Template:Did you know nominations/Nora Lilian Alcock
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:46, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
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Nora Lilian Alcock
[edit]- ... that Nora Lilian Alcock was the Scottish government's first plant pathologist?
- Comment: Created as part of the Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon at Brown
Created by Kjalcock (talk), Redwellie14 (talk). Nominated by Gobonobo (talk) at 09:42, 20 October 2013 (UTC).
Unreferenced paragraphs present in article. ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 10:06, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
- I don't see unreferenced paragraphs. New, long enough, within policy, no copyvio found via tool, no QPQ necessary as outside nom. Not sure about source reliability. Willing to accept based on domain's affiliation, but the page looks "dodgy". However, please fix close paraphrasing for at least the hook's article sentence ("such a high-level position") before promoting, if it isn't an even larger issue. Please ping me if I don't respond. czar ♔ 20:10, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that Nora Lilian Alcock was the first government-appointed plant pathologist in Scotland?
- I've struck the original hook and provided an alt. The identified instance of close paraphrasing has been addressed ("such a high-level position" is too vague for me to want to reword it). I agree that the 'memorials map' reference appears less than ideal - it would be better to use the source on which it is based, The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. I do not have access to that work, but I've replaced the reference where possible with the International Women in Science reference. Gobōnobō + c 20:17, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
