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Elizabeth Laird (physicist)

 * ... that female physicist Elizabeth Laird came out of retirement in WWII to research radar?
 * Comment: Created for the Women in Leadership editathon on Ada Lovelace Day.
 * Comment: Created for the Women in Leadership editathon on Ada Lovelace Day.

Created by Web-Betty (talk). Nominated by Andrew Davidson (talk) at 22:17, 19 October 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg Hm, in its current shape, I don't think the article is fit for DYK. It has a couple of lists (timelines) that should be converted to prose, and then we can have another discussion about it. Both timelines are unreferenced, and they should technically not count towards prose (but since they don't have leading bullet points, the page size tool does count them). If you don't count the timelines, then the article is too short for DYK. So, converting the timelines to prose and adding references can overcome this.  Schwede 66  02:46, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg The timelines have been kindly turned into prose by Gobonobo with citations. Please take another look.Andrew Davidson (talk) 21:21, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Much better! The hook fact needs an immediate reference after the sentence (one of the DYK requirements). Can you please add that? That may be a repeat of one of the refs at the end of the paragraph. The Mount Holyoke College section is unreferenced. So add some refs and then we'll have to check the hook fact. Otherwise long enough, new enough, and no copyvio detected.  Schwede 66  17:44, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Hook fact is now referenced as are all sections.  Gobōnobō  + c 01:31, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go then. Beyond DYK issues, I assume that London Collegiate Institute (not wikilinked) refers to London South Collegiate Institute. If that is so, can you confirm that she died in London (as is wikilinked in the infobox), or did she perhaps die in London, Ontario?  Schwede 66  01:54, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * comment by promoter - Andrew Davidson has since edited the place of death in the infobox. Baldy Bill  ( sharpen the razor &#124; see my reflection ) 00:34, 28 October 2013 (UTC)