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 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:31, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

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Matthew H. Todd, Alice Motion
Sources: ABC News report with basic facts article in The Guardian confirming Todd's and Williamson's involvement BBC News article stating that "The students produced 3.7 grams of pyrimethamine for $20. In the US, the same quantity would cost up to $110,000." Alice Motion's USyd bio page stating that "publications prior to 2019 are under the name Alice E Williamson." (2) is new to DYK and fairly new to WP. (3) Todd article written in Draft space and moved to article space by on 22 April 2019 – added to DYK nomination page for 22 April (4) Motion article written in Draft space and moved to article space by on 24 April 2019 (5) I will need to provide two QPQ reviews.
 * ... that Matthew H. Todd (pictured) and Alice Motion supported the group of Sydney Grammar students who, for under US$20, prepared pyrimethamine for which Turing Pharmaceuticals was charging up to US$110,000?
 * ALT1:... that Matthew H. Todd (pictured) and Alice Motion supported the group of Sydney Grammar students who synthesised 3.7 g of pyrimethamine for under US$20 when this amount would cost patients in the U. S. up to $110,000?
 * ALT2:... that Matthew H. Todd (pictured) and Alice Motion supported the group of school students who synthesised 3.7 g of pyrimethamine for under US$20 when Turing Pharmaceuticals was charging up to US$110,000 for this amount?
 * Comment: (1) I've offered ALTs to try for an informative and clear under-200 character wording. I think it is desirable to name the school involved, and also Turing if possible.  Alternatives welcome.
 * Comment: (1) I've offered ALTs to try for an informative and clear under-200 character wording. I think it is desirable to name the school involved, and also Turing if possible.  Alternatives welcome.

Created/expanded by Pkin8541 (talk). Nominated by EdChem (talk) at 02:11, 26 April 2019 (UTC).

I think it's important to quickly mention that it was price-hiked - some drugs are more expensive because there's a smaller number of people needing it, for example. Pkin8541 (talk) 02:37, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 * ALT3:... when Turing Pharmaceuticals price hiked pyrimethamine, Matthew H. Todd (pictured) and Alice Motion supported the group of school students that synthesised 3.7 g of pyrimethamine for under US$20, an amount worth US$110,000?
 * ALT4:... when Turing Pharmaceuticals price hiked pyrimethamine, Matthew H. Todd (pictured) and Alice Motion supported the group of school students that synthesised 3.7 g of it for under US$20, an amount worth US$110,000?
 * ALT5:...when Turing Pharmaceuticals price hiked pyrimethamine, Matthew H. Todd (pictured) and Alice Motion supported the group of school students that synthesised 3.7 g for US$20, an amount worth US$110,000?

Axem Titanium (talk) 20:26, 4 June 2019 (UTC)


 * ALT6:...when Turing Pharmaceuticals price hiked pyrimethamine by 5000%, Matthew H. Todd (pictured) and Alice Motion supported the Sydney Grammar students that synthesised it at less 0.1% of the retail cost?

I like it with a minor change to "synthesised it for less than 0.1%" Pkin8541 (talk) 00:22, 7 June 2019 (UTC) Ok with me for ALT7. Axem Titanium (talk) 01:53, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
 * ALT7:...when Turing Pharmaceuticals price hiked pyrimethamine by 5000%, Matthew H. Todd (pictured) and Alice Motion supported the Sydney Grammar students that synthesised it for less 0.1% of the retail cost?
 * everything else besides the QPQ are good to go. Axem Titanium (talk) 22:43, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Seems that EdChem has taken a wikibreak of sorts, but it seems a shame not to promote this one, especially considering that the primary author of both articles, Pkin8541, is a DYK newbie (EdChem only assisted with the nomination itself). I'm inclined to IAR and waive the QPQ requirements. Symbol confirmed.svg Axem Titanium (talk) 18:57, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg Terribly sorry, Axem Titanium, but I can't recall the last time a QPQ was waived, especially for two articles. We specifically closed the loophole a few years back and made nominators responsible for supplying QPQs, and given how many nominations are crying out for a review (probably 100+), I would be opposed to allowing an exception here. If someone would like to donate two QPQs to the cause in EdChem's absence, that's fine. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:32, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. If would like to help review a DYK for the QPQ, that would work too. Axem Titanium (talk) 23:29, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg It's not clear why you're trying to tell the whole story in the hook rather than dangling a line (or "hook") to get readers to click on the article. All these hooks are also pushing 200 characters and are not easy to parse. Yoninah (talk) 22:43, 27 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm willing to donate some of my unused QPQs for this nomination. With that said, has it been considered that, if it will be difficult to have an acceptable hook with both articles, what could instead be done is to write two separate hooks for each of the DYK subjects? Another option, if possible, could be to simply drop the pharmaceutical angle and go in a new direction. . Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:11, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
 * My apologies to all involved, I have been swamped in the real world and horrified by the WMF and the Fram thing and so not logging in and just watching as an IP when I've had time. Were these my articles / expansions, I would see the nominations being failed for lack of QPQ as fair, but as has been noted, I nominated them to recognise the work of, a new editor.  I am comfortable with  donating QPQs and replacing me as nominator, and I agree with  that waiving QPQs as Pkin8541 is a new editor is not justified because I am not a new editor and am well aware of the DYK rules (though I appreciate 's suggestion and concur with its intent).  An alternative of treating the nomination as a self-nom and using 2 of Pkin8541's QPQ-free DYKs (by removing my nominator credits) is also a solution I would accept.  I did do some minor editing of the articles / references for the DYK nomination but the main page appearance giving me no credits is fine – the WMF already has me doubting whether to continue as a Wikipedian, sadly.  Having said that, I could do the QPQs within a few days... but I don't feel entitled to any more latitude than has already been given and will understand and accept a promotion to queues that sees me go uncredited.
 * On the hook, I think the later ALTs should refer to "the Sydney Grammar students who synthesised it" rather than "the Sydney Grammar students that synthesised it." My original wording had "the group ... that", and possibly should have been "the group ... who", but I certainly think that "the students ... who" is far preferable to "the students ... that".  ALT7 should also say "less than 0.1%" rather than "less 0.1%", in order to make sense.  On hook length, I agree with  on length and complexity and struggled for a "hooky" hook that was shorter but still meaningful.  Suggestions welcome.  In the meantime:
 * ALT7a: ... that after pyrimethamine was price hiked by 5000%, Matthew H. Todd (pictured) and Alice Motion supported the Sydney Grammar students who synthesised it for under 0.1% of its retail cost?
 * ALT8: ... that after pyrimethamine was price hiked by 5000%, Matthew H. Todd (pictured) and Alice Motion supported the Sydney Grammar students who synthesised it cheaply?
 * ALT8a: ... that after pyrimethamine was price hiked by 5000%, Matthew H. Todd (pictured) and Alice Motion supported the Sydney Grammar students who showed it could be synthesised cheaply?
 * Regards, EdChem (talk) 07:17, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
 * ALTs 7a, 8, and 8a look better, thanks, . But I think you need to identify who these bolded people are, preceding the names with "British chemists". Yoninah (talk) 10:45, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
 * , Todd is British but was working at the University of Sydney at the time, as was Motion, who is Australian... I did wonder about adding "chemists" or "chemistry academics", or perhaps "Sydney University chemists", as in:


 * ALT8b: ... that after pyrimethamine was price hiked by 5000%, Sydney University chemists Matthew H. Todd (pictured) and Alice Motion supported the Sydney Grammar students who showed it could be synthesised cheaply?
 * I also wonder if the surprise that the synthesis was done by high school students is unclear for those who don't know that Sydney Grammar is a high school (albeit an elite academically selective one), and have wondered about something like:


 * ALT8c: ... that after pyrimethamine was price hiked by 5000%, Sydney University chemists Matthew H. Todd (pictured) and Alice Motion supported the high school students who showed it could be synthesised cheaply?
 * EdChem (talk) 13:34, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you,, ALT8c is a great hook! We just need the 2 QPQs and will be ready to go. Yoninah (talk) 15:21, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Looks a lot better! I think said they would be willing to donate QPQs? Also, may I suggest wikilinking "price hiked by 5000%" to Turing Pharmaceuticals? I feel that it's a critical part of the story that should get coverage within the DYK. Axem Titanium (talk) 19:19, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I could donate, but only if EdChem says they will be unable to do so. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:22, 10 July 2019 (UTC)


 * First QPQ for the royal christening gown article is in progress at Template:Did you know nominations/Royal christening gown. EdChem (talk) 00:03, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
 * That QPQ is far enough advanced to count (the initial review needs to be complete; no need to wait for all issues to be settled). Only one more remaining, EdChem; thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:53, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I would like to suggest as a best practice, that if multiple people are presented as equal partners in a DYK hook, that an accompanying photo should show all of them. This is not an objection to passing this DYK, and I think it is unlikely to become an issue on the main page since only one photo is included in each set of DYKs, but I found it very irritating to see that only one of the two academics mentioned was pictured (and yes, the one omitted was the woman.) Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 01:42, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
 * In this case, I agree with . Because both people are bold-linked but only one is shown, I was planning to promote it to a non-image slot. In other cases, where the image shows the only bold-linked subject in the hook, I don't think it would be a problem to run it with an image. Yoninah (talk) 11:08, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg This has taken far too long, and is now the second oldest DYK; I am donating my review of Template:Did you know nominations/Kang Daniel as the second QPQ. Pinging Yoninah, who was planning on doing the requisite promotion, but we may need someone else to do the final tick. Thanks to anyone who can get this through the final steps. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:27, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * BlueMoonset If all you need is a tick from an innocent bystander, then here it is,Symbol confirmed.svg All good to go, with no image as discussed, approving ALT8c Felixkrater (talk) 17:01, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

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