Talk:Peter T. Gallagher

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A fact from Peter T. Gallagher appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 October 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that astrophysicist and space-weather specialist Professor Peter T. Gallagher led the building of Ireland's first serious radio telescope, the 3,000-antenna I-LOFAR, at Birr Castle?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Peter T. Gallagher.

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This article has been drafted over a couple of weeks, and has a decent initial assessment, but needs:

judicious addition of publications
a photograph of the subject, and at least one major work (LOFAR ideally, but also an exhibition or talk would help) - given media exposure and student visibility, there must be some out there
a little more on personal aspects, for example a year of birth (I've heard 1973 and 1974, but have seen no reference-grade backing) - brief mention of family, and supported data on schools are now present

- would this qualify: "The professor's family also produced a Minecraft model of the LOFAR radio-telescope."^[1] It is cited on at least two official sites. The double-barreled naming is also a small information point.

And then onwards towards GA. SeoR (talk) 18:29, 3 October 2020 (UTC) Updated: SeoR (talk) 11:53, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "LOFAR Minecraft – LOFAR Enters the Virtual Universe". LOFAR.ie. The I-LOFAR Consotrium. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:55, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that astrophysicist and space weather specialist Professor Peter T. Gallagher led the building of Ireland's first serious radio telescope, the 3,000-antenna I-LOFAR, at Birr Castle? Source: "...getting better at forecasting solar storms. Scientists, including the solar physics group at Trinity led by Gallagher, have been analysing data from a pair of spacecraft , run by Nasa, that gather data on solar storms." (https://www.irishtimes.com/news/give-me-a-crash-course-in-solar-storms-1.479121), "...lead developer for the Irish Low Frequency Array (I-LOFAR) switched on at its site in Birr..." (https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dias-prof-peter-gallagher-eso-esa-i-lofar)

... that solar physicist Professor Peter T. Gallagher, Director of historic Dunsink Observatory near Dublin, also co-designed an educational artwork showing the effect of solar flares. Source: "Prof. Peter Gallagher (DIAS) ... Senior Professor of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Section and Observatory Director" (https://www.dunsink.dias.ie/open-nights-early-2019/), "...in The Heliosphere, created by artist Anita Hill and physicist Peter Gallagher, viewers will be able to feel the effect of solar flares" (https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/bright-spark-1.932390)
Comment: 4th nomination, no DYK (though I will start to contribute reviews soon)

Created by SeoR (talk). Self-nominated at 20:41, 8 October 2020 (UTC).[reply]

This substantial article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and either hook could be used, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. No QPQ is needed on this occasion. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:57, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came by to promote this, and tagged the quoted term "space weather" in the article as needing some kind of citation. Yoninah (talk) 11:16, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, term wiki-linked, one primary cite provided, now checking for a secondary one. SeoR (talk) 12:53, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I hope the citation for this point is now sufficient; that will still leave the question of which hook to consider further, or whether further proposals are needed. Thanks, SeoR (talk) 16:33, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, everything's fine now. I took space weather out of quotes and added a link in the hook because we have an article on it. Restoring tick per Cwmhiraeth's review. Yoninah (talk) 17:54, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[Minecraft-1] "LOFAR Minecraft – LOFAR Enters the Virtual Universe". LOFAR.ie. The I-LOFAR Consotrium. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

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