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Isis Pogson

 * ... that Isis Pogson was the first woman to be nominated to the Royal Astronomical Society in 1886?
 * Comment: This article was created as part of the 2012 Ada Lovelace Day edit-a-thon.

Created/expanded by KarenLMasters (talk) and Ferma (talk). Nominated by Gobonobo (talk) at 05:56, 24 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Ahem. -- Ferma (talk) 18:57, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Added Ferma as contributor. Gobōnobō  + c 04:57, 27 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg New enough, long enough, no close paraphrasing seen in sources. However, there are a number of statements that are unsourced, which I tagged. As I am unable to access the Roger Hutchins book, I wonder if some of the information is from there? I added other references to back up other unsourced statements.
 * I would also like to see sources confirming that 42 Isis is an asteroid rather than a minor planet. Other Wikipedia articles say it's an asteroid, but all the references I added to this article say it's a minor planet.
 * Regarding the hook: After just reviewing the DYK nomination for Margaret Meyer, I notice that the hooks are identical except for the word "elected" for Margaret Meyer and "nominated" for Isis Pogson. Perhaps you would consider something catchier for Pogson, such as:
 * ALT1: ... that British astronomer Isis Pogson was probably named after a river, and an asteroid was probably named after her? Yoninah (talk) 19:02, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I found a reference for the three children accompanying their father to Madras. The remaining unsourced statements were added in this edit with the edit summary "expand from ODNB" so I think Hutchins is indeed the source for these statements.
 * My understanding is that "minor planet" is more or less synonymous with asteroid. There is some discussion of the issue on the minor planet article.
 * I very much prefer your ALT1 hook. Gobōnobō  + c 02:03, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote4.png Thank you, Gobonobo, for sourcing everything. I changed "minor planet" to "asteroid" in the alt hook. As DYK rules do not allow me to approve my own ALT hook, I leave it to another editor to approve this nomination. Yoninah (talk) 10:40, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg This article was new enough when nominated and is long enough. The hook reference is an online book source which does not show page 15, so ALT1 hook facts accepted in good faith. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:19, 12 November 2012 (UTC)