Template:Did you know nominations/Mississippi baby


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The result was: promoted by Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  16:36, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Mississippi baby

 * ... that the Mississippi baby was thought to have been cured of HIV?
 * Reviewed: One Million Plan

Created by I am One of Many (talk). Self nominated at 18:44, 15 July 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, long enough, neutral, all paragraphs cited, no copyvio or plagiarism, some close paraphrasing corrected, QPQ done (well done, for taking that one on). This is ready to go, but I'm going to suggest another hook that the prep-builder can choose; although the hook checks out and is quite hooky out it feels a bit odd; the "was thought" (though true) is unsatisfying.
 * ALT1 ...that the HIV virus reappeared in the Mississippi baby sixteen months after she was thought to be cured?
 * I'm not sure that is any hookier. Prep-builder, what do you think? Belle (talk) 08:44, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you Belle for your careful review! Your proposed ALT1 is fine with me except I can't precisely source it.  The problem is the "sixteen months".  It was approximately 15 or 16 months but no precise time frame between the first and second announcements are provided in the sources. I am One of Many (talk) 16:13, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, I just did 46 months minus 30 months. If you think that's pushing it we can just drop the months:
 * ALT2 ...that the HIV virus reappeared in the Mississippi baby after she was thought to be cured? Belle (talk) 16:19, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
 * That one sounds good to me (I changed it to ALT2). The problem with ALT1 is the Science article which says 27 months months virus free. 18 + 27 = 45, so there is some uncertainty about whether she was 46 or 45 months old when HIV was actually detected again.  Cheers. I am One of Many (talk) 18:22, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Ready to go with ALT2 Belle (talk) 11:10, 17 July 2014 (UTC)