Template:Did you know nominations/Alan Hale (astronomer)


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:00, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Alan Hale (astronomer)

 * ...that Dr. Alan Hale who discovered Comet Hale-Bopp (pictured) said that he "predicted" its appearance would trigger suicides... and it turns out he was right? Source: "Hale says that well before Heaven’s Gate, he had told a colleague, ‘We are probably going to have some suicides as a result of this comet.’ The sad part is that I really was not surprised.” -Frazier, Kendrick (1998). "Science and Reason, Foibles and Fallacies, and Doomsdays"


 * ALT1:...that Dr. Alan Hale who discovered Comet Hale-Bopp (pictured) said that he "predicted" it would trigger suicides, and then 39 members of a cult did just that to catch a ride on the supposed UFO following it? Source: "Hale says that well before Heaven’s Gate, he had told a colleague, ‘We are probably going to have some suicides as a result of this comet.’ The sad part is that I really was not surprised.” -Frazier, Kendrick (1998). "Science and Reason, Foibles and Fallacies, and Doomsdays"
 * Comment: Article expanded from stub
 * Comment: Article expanded from stub

Created/expanded by Rp2006 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:38, 23 September 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough (5x now, expansion began 13 edits ago on 23 September 2016), long enough (10,449 characters "readable prose size"), fully referenced. Hook and ALT1 fine, supported by online sources. Article was a stub, re-assessed as B class. Image on Commons with appropriate licence. Good to go. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:46, 15 October 2016 (UTC)