Talk:Lillian Comas-Díaz

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Did you know... that award winner Lillian Comas-Díaz became interested in psychology after consoling classmates recovering from a destructive hurricane?

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Listed below is the notability criteria for Lillian Comas-Díaz. Rizzle13 (talk) 17:50, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Notability Criteria

Comas-Díaz is a professor at George Washington University, as such I have relied on Wikipedia's Notability requirements for academics.^[1]^[2]

Comas-Díaz meets the following requirement at a minimum:

The person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level.WP:PROF#2^[2]

In 2019 she was awarded the American Psychological Association Gold Medal Award for life achievement in the practice of psychology.^[3] Rizzle13 (talk) 17:50, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

^ "GW Professor Profile". George Washington University. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Wikipedia Notability for academics". Wikipedia. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ "APA Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement". APA PsycNet. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 17:18, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that APA Gold Medal Award winner Lillian Comas-Díaz became interested in psychology after consoling classmates after a destructive hurricane?~~ Source: "Born in Chicago, Lillian and her nuclear family moved to Yabucoa, a small town on the southeast coast of Puerto Rico. They arrived after a hurricane devastated the town. Unbeknown to Lillian, her healing career began after she consoled school classmates who were traumatized by the natural disaster. Based on this experience, she learned early in life that she wanted to be a psychologist." Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology: Lillian Comas-Díaz

Reviewed: Henriette Spitzeder
Comment: Written by Rizzle13. Moved to mainspace by QuakerSquirrel. Full paper of the hook reference is likely behind a paywall. I have access to it & copied the quotation from it.

Moved to mainspace by QuakerSquirrel (talk) and Rizzle13 (talk). Nominated by QuakerSquirrel (talk) at 18:41, 14 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting life and work, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. Sorry, the hook doesn't work for me ignorant. Gold medal lets me think of Olympics, and APA told me nothing, - perhaps turn it around, also trying to avoid "after" twice. - In the article, we have a sequence of three sentences, saying "work" five times, - please entertain us better ;) - It is not clear - due to that "recently" (a nono-word) - when the hurricane happened, please clarify. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:48, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Gerda Arendt -- responses below:

I have edited the article to lessen the use of the word "work" and its various tenses.
With reference to the hurricane, "had been recently" refers to when she moved there. Thus, the hurricane occurred around the age that she was 6. The reliable reference article does not name the hurricane or give the year. Using a rough estimate of age based on when she earned her BA, she would have been 6 around 1953-1956. Hurricane Betsy (known as Hurricane Santa Clara in Puerto Rico) struck the island in 1956. The Wikipedia article about the hurricane states that Yabucoa was particularly hard hit, leaving 12,000 people homeless. Although I think that's a pretty good guess for which hurricane it was, we really can't say for sure that's it, nor do we know her birthdate so I can't say for sure when she was 6. "Had been recently" places the hurricane slightly before she arrived at age 6. Let me know if you have a wording change suggestion.
The award is called the Gold Medal Award. If it makes people think of the Olympics & they see that it's the American Psychological Association (I dropped the acronym), I think that may pique their interest to learn more.

ALT1 ~~... that American Psychological Association Gold Medal Award winner Lillian Comas-Díaz became interested in psychology after consoling classmates recovering from a destructive hurricane?~~ Source: "Born in Chicago, Lillian and her nuclear family moved to Yabucoa, a small town on the southeast coast of Puerto Rico. They arrived after a hurricane devastated the town. Unbeknown to Lillian, her healing career began after she consoled school classmates who were traumatized by the natural disaster. Based on this experience, she learned early in life that she wanted to be a psychologist." Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology: Lillian Comas-Díaz -QuakerSquirrel (talk) 18:52, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

if you want that, fine. I'd probably drop out reading the hook at "Psychological Association", but the author's wish is my command ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:27, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda Arendt, do you think it would be more interesting to just start at Lilian Comas-Díaz? And leave out the award entirely? Or to change to "award winning psychologist"? I'd be fine having ALT 2 as an option below & letting the promoter decide? (Sorry to complicate things after you already approved -- also fine to strike ALT 2 & go forward with what's above your approval tic.)

ALT2~~... that award-winning psychologist Lillian Comas-Díaz became interested in psychology after consoling classmates recovering from a destructive hurricane?~~ Source: "Born in Chicago, Lillian and her nuclear family moved to Yabucoa, a small town on the southeast coast of Puerto Rico. They arrived after a hurricane devastated the town. Unbeknown to Lillian, her healing career began after she consoled school classmates who were traumatized by the natural disaster. Based on this experience, she learned early in life that she wanted to be a psychologist." Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology: Lillian Comas-Díaz -QuakerSquirrel (talk) 20:39, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For me, the thing - without award - would be interesting enough. You could also try to begin with the consoling and end with an award. What you can't do is have psychology twice ;) - You can try alternatives, there's no rush, and I'm interested. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:47, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT3... that award winner Lillian Comas-Díaz became interested in psychology after consoling classmates recovering from a destructive hurricane? Source: "Born in Chicago, Lillian and her nuclear family moved to Yabucoa, a small town on the southeast coast of Puerto Rico. They arrived after a hurricane devastated the town. Unbeknown to Lillian, her healing career began after she consoled school classmates who were traumatized by the natural disaster. Based on this experience, she learned early in life that she wanted to be a psychologist." Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology: Lillian Comas-Díaz

ALT4... that after consoling classmates recovering from a destructive hurricane, Lillian Comas-Díaz became interested in psychology, for which she was awarded the Gold Medal by the American Psychological Association? Source: "Born in Chicago, Lillian and her nuclear family moved to Yabucoa, a small town on the southeast coast of Puerto Rico. They arrived after a hurricane devastated the town. Unbeknown to Lillian, her healing career began after she consoled school classmates who were traumatized by the natural disaster. Based on this experience, she learned early in life that she wanted to be a psychologist." Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology: Lillian Comas-Díaz

Thoughts on either of those? -QuakerSquirrel (talk) 20:58, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda Arendt, can you please comment on the alternate hooks provided at your request? MeegsC (talk) 09:42, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

both ALT3 and ALT4 work for me, and sorry for missing them. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:21, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[GW_Professor_Profile-1] "GW Professor Profile". George Washington University. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

[Wikipedia_Notability_for_academics-2] "Wikipedia Notability for academics". Wikipedia. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

[APA_Gold_Medal_Award_for_Life_Achievement-3] "APA Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement". APA PsycNet. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

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