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A fact from Valerie Cowie appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 September 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when Valerie Cowie was appointed a senior lecturer, one of her referees wrote that his "only reservation is that the post ... does not adequately do justice to her high academic status"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Valerie Cowie.

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 01:43, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Valerie Cowie was once described by a colleague as "one of the stars of modern psychiatry"? Source: "Consultant hailed as 'star of modern psychiatry'". The Times. 9 September 2023. p. 73. Like Valerie, John became a consultant psychiatrist and throughout their 20-year marriage the pair would support each other. Yet it was Valerie who became, as a colleague described her, 'one of the stars of modern psychiatry'.
- ALT1: ... that when Valerie Cowie was appointed a senior lecturer, one of her referees wrote that his "only reservation is that the post ... does not adequately do justice to her high academic status"? Source: Illman, John (24 July 2023). "Valerie Cowie: Influential psychiatrist and geneticist". BMJ: 1705. doi:10.1136/bmj.p1705.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Helen O'Brien

Created by Cordless Larry (talk). Self-nominated at 21:22, 10 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Valerie Cowie; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Claiming for review, comments to come. ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)^{Talk to Me!} 12:08, 18 September 2023 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

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Article is good! I have a slight preference for ALT1 but both are excellent options. ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)^{Talk to Me!} 12:36, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]