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The result was: '''promoted''' by [[User:Cwmhiraeth|Cwmhiraeth]] ([[User talk:Cwmhiraeth|talk]]) 05:41, 5 June 2019 (UTC)<br />
 
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* ... that '''[[Kitty O'Brien Joyner]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first woman engineer at [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA]]?
 
* ... that '''[[Kitty O'Brien Joyner]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first woman engineer at [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA]]?
 
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<small>Improved to Good Article status by [[User:Rhododendrites|Rhododendrites]] ([[User talk:Rhododendrites|talk]]). Self-nominated at 22:35, 22 April 2019 (UTC).</small>
 
<small>Improved to Good Article status by [[User:Rhododendrites|Rhododendrites]] ([[User talk:Rhododendrites|talk]]). Self-nominated at 22:35, 22 April 2019 (UTC).</small>
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:*[[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] Article is in date as a GA, meets all policies as one would expect. The article and sources however state that rather than being the first woman engineer at NASA, she was actually the first at the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]], which did not become NASA until 1958. By which point there might have been, and presumably were, other woman engineers who all became part of NASA at the same time. So I think the hook is a bit misleading. Perhaps change it to make it explicit that it was NACA, the forerunner of NASA? [[User:Spokoyni|Spokoyni]] ([[User talk:Spokoyni|talk]]) 10:03, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 
:*[[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] Article is in date as a GA, meets all policies as one would expect. The article and sources however state that rather than being the first woman engineer at NASA, she was actually the first at the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]], which did not become NASA until 1958. By which point there might have been, and presumably were, other woman engineers who all became part of NASA at the same time. So I think the hook is a bit misleading. Perhaps change it to make it explicit that it was NACA, the forerunner of NASA? [[User:Spokoyni|Spokoyni]] ([[User talk:Spokoyni|talk]]) 10:03, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
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::*{{ping|Spokoyni}} Thanks. A good point. If it were simply a rename, I wouldn't think it a big deal, but given it's more accurate to say one was replaced by/succeeded by the other maybe ALT1 above? Feel free to tweak or propose an alternative. &mdash; <samp>[[User:Rhododendrites|<span style="font-size:90%;letter-spacing:1px;text-shadow:0px -1px 0px Indigo;">Rhododendrites</span>]] <sup style="font-size:80%;">[[User_talk:Rhododendrites|talk]]</sup></samp> \\ 22:34, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 
::*{{ping|Spokoyni}} Thanks. A good point. If it were simply a rename, I wouldn't think it a big deal, but given it's more accurate to say one was replaced by/succeeded by the other maybe ALT1 above? Feel free to tweak or propose an alternative. &mdash; <samp>[[User:Rhododendrites|<span style="font-size:90%;letter-spacing:1px;text-shadow:0px -1px 0px Indigo;">Rhododendrites</span>]] <sup style="font-size:80%;">[[User_talk:Rhododendrites|talk]]</sup></samp> \\ 22:34, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 
:::*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] The proposed ALT1 hook checks out, though happy to let the promoter use their discretion and pick which is best. [[User:Spokoyni|Spokoyni]] ([[User talk:Spokoyni|talk]]) 13:35, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 
:::*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] The proposed ALT1 hook checks out, though happy to let the promoter use their discretion and pick which is best. [[User:Spokoyni|Spokoyni]] ([[User talk:Spokoyni|talk]]) 13:35, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
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Latest revision as of 05:41, 5 June 2019

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. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:41, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Kitty O'Brien Joyner

Kitty O'Brien Joyner analyzing the operation of a wind turbine at NACA Langley in 1952
Kitty O'Brien Joyner analyzing the operation of a wind turbine at NACA Langley in 1952

Improved to Good Article status by Rhododendrites (talk). Self-nominated at 22:35, 22 April 2019 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Article is in date as a GA, meets all policies as one would expect. The article and sources however state that rather than being the first woman engineer at NASA, she was actually the first at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which did not become NASA until 1958. By which point there might have been, and presumably were, other woman engineers who all became part of NASA at the same time. So I think the hook is a bit misleading. Perhaps change it to make it explicit that it was NACA, the forerunner of NASA? Spokoyni (talk) 10:03, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
  • ALT1: ... that Kitty O'Brien Joyner (pictured) was the first woman engineer at NASA's predecessor, NACA?
  • Template:Ping Thanks. A good point. If it were simply a rename, I wouldn't think it a big deal, but given it's more accurate to say one was replaced by/succeeded by the other maybe ALT1 above? Feel free to tweak or propose an alternative. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 22:34, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg The proposed ALT1 hook checks out, though happy to let the promoter use their discretion and pick which is best. Spokoyni (talk) 13:35, 28 April 2019 (UTC)