Template:Did you know nominations/George Weil


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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 10:32, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

George Weil

 * ... that George Weil removed the control rod from the Chicago Pile-1 nuclear reactor, initiating the first man-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Athena Farrokhzad.

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self nominated at 02:01, 8 March 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg mainspaced on the 8th, long enough, neutral, no copyvio found via spot check (though some close paraphrasing can be avoided), QPQ done. A few questions about sourcing the hook: (1) Is him being the rod operator sourced to "Weil worked the final control rod..." or to the block quote? If the latter, is it dubious that it's one person's opinion ("opined")? If the former, it needs an immediate ref in article (see 3b). (2) There needs to be a single sentence where we can cite the fact that it was the "first man-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction". Since this is a "first", I want to make sure we're doing due diligence as to the specificity of what specific kind of "first" it is. Also do you want me to delete the sandbox junk from the page history that has nothing to do with the article? Please ping me if I don't respond. Good work czar ⨹   01:00, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The former. I've moved the citation to directly after the bit in question. The source actually says; "On December 2, 1942, man first initiated a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, and controlled it. ... George Weil withdrew the cadmium-plated control rod". Weinberg was stating Weil's role as fact; I used "opined" to indicate that it was just Weinberg's opinion that Weil was skeptical about his high flux reactor due to skepticism  about breeders in general. The article was created on 8 March and could have been built in the mainspace, but you never know when you might get interrupted. You can revdel the history if you like; I am not an admin any more. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:36, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * That energy.gov source would seem to back up the "self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction" part of the hook, but is that part mentioned and sourced at all in the WP article? I don't see it there czar ⨹   04:29, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Is now. Hawkeye7 (talk) 05:19, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Also, an aside, I don't think Geni.com is a reliable source—it's all user-contributed content with no editorial oversight. czar ⨹   05:09, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Hook checks out in src, gtg czar ⨹   05:22, 9 March 2015 (UTC)