Template:Did you know nominations/Natan Yavlinsky


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:28, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Natan Yavlinsky

 * ... that Natan Yavlinsky, a Russian scientist of Jewish descent, was credited as the developer and inventor of the world's first working tokamak?
 * ALT1:... that the scientific contributions of Natan Yavlinsky in the Soviet nuclear program earned him the recognition as the foremost Jewish nuclear scientist of the Soviet Union?
 * Reviewed: Pawsonia saxicola

Created by Arius1998 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:07, 7 November 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and either hook could be used. The image is unsuitable for use because it does not appear in the article. The article is neutral and, with many of the sources being in Russian, I detected no policy issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:25, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Cwmhiraeth: Image changed as per recommendation. Thank you for the review. Arius1998 (talk) 00:21, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
 * The image is in the public domain and is present in the article, so can be used if the promoter wishes. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:12, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, but if Yavlinsky is credited as the inventor, why does the Wikipedia article Tokamak mention him only in passing, and credit invention of the device to Igor Tamm and Andrei Sakharov, inspired by a letter by Oleg Lavrentiev? Yoninah (talk) 00:24, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yoninah: Thank you for your notification. As the references used suggest, while Sakharov and Tamm created the concept as spurred by Lavrentiev's letter in the early 1950s, the invetion of the first working tokamak is credited to Yavlinsky. Before the T-1 in 1958, the tokamak article discusses how Sakharov and Tamm failed to stabilize fusion with their proposed models. It was with Yavlinsky's model applied in the T-1 that fusion was achieved, and thus, subsequent models followed, namely T-2 and T-3. Again, this may be confirmed in the references used. I believe he is referred to in passing because first, his name is usually referred to as Yavlinskii (an alternative spelling by some sources) in the tokamak article, and second, the course of the article focused more on developments beginning from Sakharov and Tamm. Kindly notify if there are further questions. I hope the article gets promoted soon. If this does not qualify, there is an alternative verifiable hook. Arius1998 (talk) 00:48, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I suggest you add references to the tokamak article to confirm Yavlinsky's role. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 00:52, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I have added a little more on Yavlinsky's role in the tokamak article. I hope this will suffice. Thank you. Arius1998 (talk) 02:16, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
 * this article says Yavlinsky developed the first working tokamak. The tokamak article does not say that. Yoninah (talk) 21:44, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I have added a little more on Yavlinsky's role in the lead section. Some of the references used in the Yavlinsky article were also added to the tokamak article. I hope this will suffice. Thank you. Arius1998 (talk) 01:10, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Thank you. I added a cite for that statement in the lead of tokamak. Restoring tick per Cwmhiraeth's review. Yoninah (talk) 19:25, 18 December 2018 (UTC)