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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:22, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita

 * ... that the first Nepali woman to climb Everest and one of the first Nepali women to climb K2 had the same name, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa?
 * Reviewed: Jim Delligatti
 * Comment: Source: "On the afternoon of July 26, after 16 hours of pushing upward, Maya Sherpa, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita and Dawa Yangzum Sherpa made history and became the first Nepalese women to summit the infamously dangerous and unpredictable K2"; "first Nepali woman to reach the top of Everest". Note that Akita's pre-married name was the one in the hook, so they did have the same names, not just overlapping names, and that the "Snowball Fight on K2" source explicitly talks about their same names. The past-tense "had" is because the Everest climber died and the K2 climber now uses a different surname. And as a meta-comment, wouldn't it be better in general to have sourcing comments like this here, rather than tacked onto the end of the hook(s)? —David Eppstein (talk) 22:37, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Created by David Eppstein (talk). Self-nominated at 22:37, 8 December 2016 (UTC).


 * ... ALT1 : ... that ... Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, one of the first Nepali women to climb K2, was named for the first Nepali woman to climb Everest? Source: "When Dawa Yangzum Sherpa, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita and Maya Sherpa summited K2 on July 26, 2014, they were the first Sherpa and Nepalese women to climb it. Pasang Lhamu had been named after the first Nepalese woman who climbed Everest. " Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 17:13, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg New enough, long enough, within policy (neutral, sourced, no copyvios); QPQ completed; hooks are appropriate and sourced. (Info about naming is near the end of the article.) I have suggested ALT1 as an alternative hook; it's interesting to know that she didn't get the same name by accident. Someone else will need to re-confirm the new hook so that this is good to go. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 17:23, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * FWIW I think the new hook is an improvement — thanks! —David Eppstein (talk) 18:35, 18 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Approving ALT1 and striking the original hook. Otherwise relying on Mary Mark Ockerbloom's review. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:41, 1 February 2017 (UTC)