Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Dilys Glynne
- 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 Allen3 talk 15:14, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Promoted to Prep 4 by Montanabw
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Mary Dilys Glynne
[edit]- ... that the British plant pathologist Mary Glynne was the first woman to climb Mount Spencer in New Zealand?
- ALT1:... that the British plant pathologist Mary Glynne climbed Mount Fuji when she was 68?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Maz Kanata by Staceydolxx
- Comment: I much prefer the main hook, but since Wikipedia doesn't have an article on Mount Spencer in New Zealand, the alt may be better.
Created by Worm That Turned (talk) and Staceydolxx (talk). Nominated by Worm That Turned (talk) at 11:00, 23 January 2016 (UTC).
New enough, long enough, within policy. Verified original hook; let's go with that one. No apparent close-paraphrasing. All non-lede paragraphs have refs; all refs appear to be RS. QPQ done. GTG. If others are agreeable, I'd recommend we set this one aside for March (Women's History Month). --Rosiestep (talk) 16:32, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
- Per DYK thread, about the wording on this hook, I pulled it from Prep 4 and have this nomination now in the special holding area for Women's History Month in March. — Maile (talk) 21:31, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- @Rosiestep and Worm That Turned: Do you want to clear up the "68" in ALT1 so it's viable. Depends on which source in the article you use, actually. The source at the end of the sentence in the article is the Alpine Journal, which says 1963, which is where that 68 years old comes from. Source #1, the Oxford Dictionary, says 1962. Either of you feel like tweaking ALT1 so there is no question about it? I think it's pretty remarkable to be climbing a mountain as a so-called "senior citizen" regardless of the exact calendar age. Just think of all the mental discipline that takes to override your body telling about all its little aches and pains. — Maile (talk) 22:26, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
- I put 1963 as I felt it was more accurate - the Alpine Journal were very interested in mountaineering and are less likely to get a mountaineering date wrong than the ODNB, which was a more general biography. I couldnt' find any other sources, so went with the one that I felt was more likely to be accurate. That said, we could change it to "in her late-60s" if it's an issue? WormTT(talk) 13:16, 8 February 2016 (UTC)