Template:Did you know nominations/Katie Bouman


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The result was: promoted by &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 09:06, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Katie Bouman

 * ... that at the age of 29, imaging scientist Katie Bouman presented her algorithm used in creating the first images of a black hole (pictured)? Source: "The effort wouldn't have been possible without Katie Bouman, who developed a crucial algorithm that helped devise imaging methods."
 * Reviewed: Carmen Thomas
 * Comment: It might be nice to have this on the Main Page while the news is hot, or else on her 30th birthdday (9 May).

Created by Jesswade88 (talk), Starsandwhales (talk), Swordman97 (talk). Nominated by Surtsicna (talk) at 13:01, 11 April 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Interesting life and achievements, on plenty of sources, no copyvio obvious. We see the image right now on the Main page, so it's soon without image or perhaps on her birthday with it. Nice teamwork! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:35, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, but I have two technical questions. In the hook, "imaging scientist" is linked to Imaging science, but in the article, her profession is linked to Computer imaging. Secondly, could you rewrite the hook caption? Perhaps: "First direct image of a black hole, 2015"? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:16, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ but I did not mention any year for the caption. The photo was taken in 2017, processed, then published in 2019; this seems too long to include in a caption. feminist (talk) 12:04, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thank you. Restoring tick per Gerda Arendt's review. Yoninah (talk) 12:43, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

I'm really sorry, but per discussion at WP:ERRORS I've had to pull this one. It seems from the sources presented there that her algorithm wasn't actually used in producing the picture. As this is a very noteworthy and interesting subject, can we tweak the hook and come up with a version to repromote? Thanks &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 06:54, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * ALT1: ... that imaging scientist Katie Bouman first learned of the Event Horizon Telescope in 2007, while still in high school, and joined the project six years later?
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg New blurb for anyone to review. ? --- Coffee  and crumbs  08:37, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg, fine with me, no image I guess, - I removed one "later". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:50, 9 May 2019 (UTC)