Template:Did you know nominations/Mae Jemison

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:55, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

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Mae Jemison

 * ... that Mae Jemison (pictured), the first black woman in space, took with her a photo of Bessie Coleman?
 * ALT1:... that Mae Jemison (pictured), the first black woman in space, took with her a poster from her former dance school?
 * Reviewed: Jens Harzer
 * Comment: Hold for July 2019. Note image is POTD for September 12, 2019, so don't feel obligated to run the the beautiful photo.

Improved to Good Article status by Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) and Knope7 (talk). Nominated by Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) at 01:16, 5 June 2019 (UTC).


 * Review by Maile


 * QPQ
 * QPQ provided has not been used elsewhere
 * Eligibility
 * 15339 characters (2479 words) "readable prose size"
 * Article was promoted to Good Article status on June 4, 2019. NOTE: GA review was pretty thorough, more extensive than the average GA review.
 * Sourcing
 * Extensively well-sourced
 * Hook
 * First hook is 95 characters, mentioned in the article and sourced therein
 * Alt 1 hook is 107 characters, mentioned in the article and sourced therein
 * Images
 * Images used are appropriately licensed on Commons
 * Copyvio check
 * Earwig tool currently down, so ran spot checks with the Duplication Detector tool - all seems OK
 * Read-through and spot check on sourcing seems fine

This easily passed. — Maile (talk) 02:58, 5 June 2019 (UTC)


 * taking into account 's concern on hooks about women, I want to add one more hook that is more focused on her work: Alt 2:
 * ... that Mae Jemison (pictured), the first black woman in space, worked at a Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand while in medical school and was a medical officer for the Peace Corps before becoming an astronaut? --- Coffee  and crumbs  20:43, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

ALT2 approved, which I believe to be superior to the other hooks. Good job there. — Maile (talk) 20:51, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

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