Template:Did you know nominations/Yale Institute of International Studies


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 04:54, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Yale Institute of International Studies

 * ... that the Yale Institute of International Studies (1935–51) was a bastion of international relations realism and sought to have its research influence the decisions of U.S. government officials?


 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Arthur Barclay (American politician)

Created by Wasted Time R (talk). Self-nominated at 17:50, 27 August 2016 (UTC).


 * Hook comment: I think we can drop everything in the hook after "and." Surely all or most international research institutes seek to have their research be influential? Neutralitytalk 04:20, 10 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Influential among other academics, certainly, but influential among government officials, not always. But how about something more specific:
 * ALT1: ... that the Yale Institute of International Studies (1935–51) was a bastion of international relations realism and sent brief reports of its research to some 1,500 U.S. government officials?  Wasted Time R (talk) 11:41, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
 * That's much better. Neutralitytalk 08:43, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Despite being an old nomination now, this was nominated within a week of its creation, so new enough. It was easily long enough at nomination time and is longer now, with no significant writing quality issues or maintenance tags. Sourcing meets DYK standards for the article in general, and I think the claim about realism in the hook is supported by the phrase "led the cause of policy-oriented realism" on p.85 of the hook source. I'm not sure where exactly "sought to have its research influence the decisions of U.S. government officials" is supposed to be sourced in the article, and I agree with the criticism of it, but anyway I much prefer the greater specificity of ALT1, which is short enough and adequately sourced. Earwig's Copyvio Detector found nothing of interest. QPQ done. Good to go with ALT1. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:55, 10 October 2016 (UTC)