Talk:Rada Dyson-Hudson

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A fact from Rada Dyson-Hudson appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Rada Dyson-Hudson was denied academic tenure at Johns Hopkins University and Cornell University despite her academic record and capabilities?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:54, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that despite studying fruit flies for her Westinghouse Science Talent Search-winning experiment and doctoral dissertation, Rada Dyson-Hudson later moved to anthropology in East Africa? Source: V. Rada Dyson-Hudson ... became the second Long Islander to win, for a study of fruit flies + Various species of her dissertation is on Drosophila + the American Anthropologist source
- ALT1: ... that despite originally studying fruit fly genetics as a student, Rada Dyson-Hudson later moved to anthropology in East Africa? Source: American Anthropologist source
- ALT2: ... that anthropologist Rada Dyson-Hudson was denied academic tenure at Johns Hopkins University and Cornell University despite her academic record and capabilities? Source: American Anthropologist source
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kylian Portal (Kylian Portal)
- Comment: For some reason, WL access to Wiley's American Anthropologist went off after I finished using the ref for this article, so I'll have to AGF for now.

Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 60 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 21:28, 22 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Article is new enough and long enough, well sourced and neutral. Plagiarims free - earwig picks up titles of books and organisations. Hooks are cited - I think I prefer ALT2. QPQ is done. Lajmmoore (talk) 07:51, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]