Talk:Boris Alexander Krukoff

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A fact from Boris Alexander Krukoff appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 July 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Boris Alexander Krukoff fought in the Russian Civil War, went on expeditions to the Amazon, spied on the Ford Motor Company, smuggled Cinchona seeds, and owned plantations?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2026/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Boris Alexander Krukoff.

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:27, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

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... that Boris Alexander Krukoff fought in the Russian Civil War, went on expeditions to the Amazon, spied on the Ford Motor Company, smuggled cinchona seeds and owned plantations?

Source: ^[1] Pages 11, 19, 22, and 75

^[2] Has the Cinchona seeds thing

- ALT1: ... that botanist Boris Alexander Krukoff conducted industrial espionage against the Ford Motor company? Source: ^[3]
- ALT2: ... that Boris Alexander Krukoff suggested putting curare into bullets? Source: ^[4] Page 42
- ALT3: ... that botanist Boris Alexander Krukoff gave contradictory accounts of his early life – including of where he was born? Source: ^[5] Pages 7 and 9 (birthplace also described in the footnotes) Pages 14 and 15 describe other examples of him doing this
- Reviewed:
- Comment: The first is my personal favourite

Moved to mainspace by EmergentAnarchy (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

EmergentAnarchy (talk) 15:21, 25 May 2026 (UTC).

The article is new enough, long enough and within policy. The prose is a bit sparse but not proseline-sparse. It is a fascinating read and written with intellectual honesty; it is within policy. All hooks are excellent, particularly the first one. I cannot however access the article (not even via JSTOR through the Wikipedia Library), so I would just like to get some kind of confirmation in the form of a quote from the source that these claims are actually substantiated? After all, we know that Krukoff seems to have changed his life story back and forth a bit. No QPQ is needed, no image. If we can get a clear picture of what the source actually says about these claims, this should be good to go. Thanks for a great article. Yakikaki (talk) 16:07, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

@Yakikaki: If you email me, i'll send you screenshots of the relavant pages. EmergentAnarchy (talk) 16:37, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

@EmergentAnarchy: Thanks for the quick response, I've sent you an e-mail. Yakikaki (talk) 18:16, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

@EmergentAnarchy:

Thanks for going the extra mile to provide me with screenshots from the sources supporting the hook claims; they all support the claims clearly and unambiguously. And again, thanks for this article, it's a fascinating life story and belongs on the main page. The article is now good to go. Yakikaki (talk) 18:43, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

References

[1]
Landrum, Leslie R.; Folkers, Karl (9 June 1986). The Life and Botanical Accomplishments of Boris Alexander Krukoff (1898-1983). Vol. 2. New York Botanical Garden Press. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
[2]
"Krukoff, Boris Alexander (1898-1983)". Plants.Jstor.org. JSTOR. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
[3]
"Krukoff, Boris Alexander (1898-1983)". Plants.Jstor.org. JSTOR. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
[4]
Landrum, Leslie R.; Folkers, Karl (9 June 1986). The Life and Botanical Accomplishments of Boris Alexander Krukoff (1898-1983). Vol. 2. New York Botanical Garden Press. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
[5]
Landrum, Leslie R.; Folkers, Karl (9 June 1986). The Life and Botanical Accomplishments of Boris Alexander Krukoff (1898-1983). Vol. 2. New York Botanical Garden Press. Retrieved 22 May 2026.

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