Talk:Gertrude Webster

A fact from Gertrude Webster appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 January 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a cactus (pictured) is named after Gertrude Webster, who helped found the Desert Botanical Garden in Arizona?

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 15:08, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Echinocereus websterianus, named after Webster in 1947 by George Edmund Lindsay

... that Gertrude Webster once donated a room to the Smithsonian Institution, but is better known for helping found the Desert Botanical Garden in Arizona? Source: [3]The Michigan Alumnus: News By Classes. Alumni Association of the University of Michigan. May 24, 1947. p. 371.

[27]United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory (1957). "Hall of Everyday Life in Early America, Museum of Natural History". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 2022-01-01.

- ALT1: ... that a cactus is named after Gertrude Webster who helped found the Desert Botanical Garden in Arizona? Source: [43] Eggli, Urs; Newton, Leonard E. (2013-06-29). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-3-662-07125-0.

[44] Lindsay, George (1947). "Echinocereus websterianus G.E.Linds". Cactus and Succulent Journal of America. 19: 153.

- Comment: This is my first time doing this, so I am not clear on how to cite those statements, but the article is fully referenced, so I look forward to seeing how the citations will be used in the DYK format. Thanks for considering this.

Created by DaffodilOcean (talk). Self-nominated at 01:44, 4 January 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Long enough, new enough, no copyvios detected by Earwig's tool. Sources support the hooks. The image appears to be properly licensed. The hooks are both interesting. My only concern is the use of Find-a-Grave as a source, but as it's one of two sources and not directly supporting the hooks, I don't think it's an issue. Guettarda (talk) 19:55, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoting slightly modified ALT1 to Prep 1 – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 15:08, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Gertrude’s Education Philanthropy

Gertrude also contributed to the continuing education of 14 men and women. One recipient attended CalTech and contributed to numerous aerospace projects culminating in the Space Shuttle. 23.118.54.45 (talk) 19:48, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]