Template:Did you know nominations/Traci Hunter Abramson

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:17, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Traci Hunter Abramson

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~~... that Traci Hunter Abramson wrote a novel inspired by the Virginia Tech shooting to help her process the trauma~~?Deseret News article
- ALT1:~~... that since Traci Hunter Abramson worked for the CIA, her novels about the CIA are reviewed by the agency?~~ The Free Lance-Star's article, plus other supporting articles cited on the Wikipedia page.

Reviewed: Baby I
Comment: Abramson said that writing the novel helped her "heal from" the trauma; I interpreted that as being the same as "process" (since she wasn't directly a victim, I thought that wording made more sense).

Created by Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk). Self-nominated at 21:31, 27 July 2017 (UTC).

I think the main hook still kind of implies she was a victim. Daß Wölf 00:11, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Hmm. True. I've struck out the last part. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 14:44, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

ALT1 is true for any former CIA employee who writes fiction or nonfiction about the Company. It's in the contract they sign when they start. In other words, I consider it a dull hook as it is not terribly surprising information. Daniel Case (talk) 01:21, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

I should note that this page has been nominated for deletion. So I'd advise any potential reviewer to wait until that resolves. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 15:59, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

The result of the page's deletion nomination was keep, so it is ready for review. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 17:45, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Full review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:12, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Interesting life, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. - I am not happy with the hooks. Perhaps mention one book with a good title, and the award? If that's not enough mention swim coaching? - Article: how do you feel about an infobox? Could you sort the refs in ascending order when you have more than one? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:19, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi Gerda Arendt, I've added an infobox. I also reorganized the references, although I don't think it's necessary to sort them by ascending order (I like to put the best ref first and supporting ones afterwards). Here's an alternate hook:

ALT2: ... that Traci Hunter Abramson used her experience as a swim coach and as a CIA employee to write Undercurrents, a book about an Olympic-hopeful swimmer in witness protection?
ALT3~~... that Undercurrents by Traci Hunter Abramson describes the trails of a competitive swimmer in witness protection?~~ Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 18:48, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the changes and the ALTs. Sorry that I am not familiar with "witness protection" nor would I know what "trails" mean for a swimmer, - short: ALT3 is a good hook (only) for people who know these things. - I usually have only one ref for a fact. If one is good, why have others anyway?

ALT2 is approved, but I am open for other ideas. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:48, 21 August 2017 (UTC)