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* '''ALT2''' ...that '''[[Robert Curl]]''' ''(pictured)'', who won the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for the discovery of [[Buckminsterfullerene]], ruined his mother’s stove with [[nitric acid]] from his first [[chemistry set]]?
 
* '''ALT2''' ...that '''[[Robert Curl]]''' ''(pictured)'', who won the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for the discovery of [[Buckminsterfullerene]], ruined his mother’s stove with [[nitric acid]] from his first [[chemistry set]]?
 
[[User:EEng|EEng]] ([[User talk:EEng|talk]]) 23:22, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 
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:I prefer the original, as I think the progression from being a young chemistry klutz to winning the Nobel Prize is what gives the hook its punch. [[User:Antony-22|Antony&ndash;'''''22''''']] (<sup>[[User talk:Antony-22|talk]]</sup>⁄<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Antony-22|contribs]]</sub>) 03:16, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
  
 
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Revision as of 03:16, 14 July 2014

Robert Curl

Robert Curl in 2009

5x expanded by Antony-22 (talk). Self nominated at 03:34, 13 July 2014 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Sufficiently expanded and meets core policies. Spotchecks on the refs were mostly OK. Hook is cited and just inside the 200-character mark. --Jakob (talk) 17:55, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

I think as a child and some other bits can be omitted as things the reader will infer.

Further, I wonder if Buckminsterfullerene was omitted for length reasons -- it fits now and will attract interest, I think:

EEng (talk) 23:22, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

I prefer the original, as I think the progression from being a young chemistry klutz to winning the Nobel Prize is what gives the hook its punch. Antony–22 (talkcontribs) 03:16, 14 July 2014 (UTC)