Template:Did you know nominations/Julie Makani


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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 09:10, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Julie Makani

 * ... that Julie Makani won the Royal Society Pfizer Award for her research into sickle cell disease in Tanzania?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Gerd Koch
 * Comment: Author's first article; done at the WikiProject Royal Society/Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Royal Society, March 2014

Created by Francesca McKenna (talk). Nominated by Wiki at Royal Society John (talk) at 14:51, 13 March 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Article about an interesting woman is long enough and new enough, good sources, but I can't open the last two external links. - I tried to copy-edit a bit, please check if I understood. - I would like to see more about the sources in the references, such as authors and date. Consider to use the templates cite web and cite news. Perhaps get a bit more about her as a person from the interview. The hook is sourced and interesting! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:29, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I couldn't either, but I found a cached version from March 4th. I think African websites are not always up 24/7. This is the editor's first article & I certainly wouldn't suggest she get into complicated templates at this stage. Are any of these actually DYK criteria points? Wiki at Royal Society John (talk) 17:31, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I find the templates helpful, not complicated, so said "consider", not "you have to". Mentioning the author (if known) and a date is a point, and it's easier to fill out standard parameters, compared to thinking about where to place them and how to link someone. I will do one, as an example. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:42, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I've done a substantial reworking, breaking the article into sections, adding citations, confirming that all the citation links work, and adding an infobox scientist as suggested above and an external video re: the award mentioned and her work. Someone other than me should do a re-review and hopefully can sign off on it.Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 19:29, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg, yes, sure, thank you, - I would have signed it off before, just wanted to check first what could be improved, happy now to support "We hope that Dr Makani stands as role-model for other young Africans scientists wishing to make a difference on their continent and worldwide." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:47, 21 March 2014 (UTC)