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DYK for Nancy Sottos
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Happy 2017!
Wishing good health and happiness as we start the new year! --Rosiestep (talk) 19:16, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Susan Reeve Lyon
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Good article reassessment of Gowanus Canal
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DYK for Yasmin Altwaijri
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article Nina Menkes
Could you take a look at this article? It's got an obvious COI problem, I stumbled into it very indirectly. I guess you could say I have a very minor interest but nothing close to a conflict of interest. In any case, I'll be editing the article very slowly and carefully over the next few weeks and could use an extra set of eyes. Smallbones( smalltalk ) 21:23, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Plant Fan
Thank you for your fantastic work last week! Lfp85 (talk) 16:27, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

William T. Greenough article
I reviewed this article for DYK and I enjoyed it. I see that you're doing a great deal of writing for Wikipedia on science and scientists, so I wanted to make the observation that this article, at least, is written at a pretty sophisticated level. One measure is that its Flesch score is 31, which means that it is more difficult to read than 5/6 of Wikipedia articles. The original target for Wikipedia corresponds to a Flesch score of about 60, but few articles are actually written that simply; see Lucassen, et al. (2012). While the body of an article may need to be pretty technical, I'll make the suggestion that at least the lede paragraphs of technical & scientific articles would avoid complex sentence construction and technical terms (even with hyperlinks). Happy to continue this discussion here or through e-mail. Cheers, Easchiff (talk) 14:05, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback  One of my writing faults is too-long sentences, so it's good to be reminded. I've broken up the lead a little more, which will hopefully help. Regarding difficulty level: Probably the biggest challenge in writing about scientists, is to get some grasp of their work and then turn around and try to explain it in a less technical way, so that someone who's not an expert can see why they were important. Far too often, I look at an article about a scientist and see where they were born, where they attended school, what awards they got, and nothing about what they actually did or why it mattered. I try to fill that gap and communicate some idea of the actual science, which by definition tends to be technical.  To some extent, I would expect that a complex topic will involve writing at a higher-than-average reading level.  I do assume that my target audience will have more expertise than the average Wikipedia reader, given that they're reading about a scientific topic. Comparables might include well-written science news articles, textbook chapters, and specialist scientific encyclopedias. That said, I don't want an article to be harder to read because I'm writing it poorly! so i appreciate the feedback. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:07, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Your article is well written! I've toyed with suggesting that technical articles get assessed for a code that indicates the expected readership. Maybe STEM graduate student, bachelor's graduate, college student, pre-college. Here's one example I recall where a specific effort was made to write a more introductory article: Introduction to general relativity. That one ends up with a Flesch score of 38, which is still pretty sophisticated. I'd say that it's written for people with bachelor's degrees, probably in a STEM major. Anyway, thanks for your Wikipedia contributions - you're covering a lot of ground. Easchiff (talk) 21:23, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I try :-) Many thanks, Mary Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 21:38, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

DYK for William T. Greenough
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DYK nomination of Robert E. Finnigan
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March 2017 at Women in Red

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DYK for Marjorie G. Horning
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Wikipedia meeting?
Usual Wikipedia meeting on Tuesday? CHF?--Dthomsen8 (talk) 21:46, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * There are no more Tuesday night GLAM Cafes; for ArtAndFeminism events in March and the WikiSalon beginning the second Saturday of each month in April at CHF, see Meetup/Philadelphia. Best wishes, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 21:52, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Furra
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DYK for Robert E. Finnigan
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DYK for Petra Hřebíčková
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DYK for Magdalena Heymair
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Template:Did you know nominations/Miriam T. Griffin
Mary Mark Ockerbloom, I wasn't sure whether you'd seen that another issue was raised with this nomination's hook shortly after your most recent post there on March 7. Please stop by when you can. Thank you very much for all your work here. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:29, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Precious three years!
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DYK for Caroline Ransom Williams
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Thanks
Many thanks for your edits to Nevertheless, she persisted. I added the text about conservative responses yesterday when the neutrality of the article was questioned at DYK, but I was concerned today that the balance had been shifted too far with conservative criticisms. I may still pare it back a bit, but you made a welcome head start on that work, and I was very glad to see your contributions! Cheers! — Grand&#39;mere Eugene (talk) 00:04, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Louis-René Villermé
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Ellen Thayer Fisher
Hi - I wonder if I could get you to review your article on Ellen Thayer Fisher with regard to her surname - especially the second sentence? I've found it hard to determine if her surname became 'Thayer Fisher' (i.e. effectively a hyphenated double-baelled surname) or if it is just 'Fisher'. The 2nd sentence threw me because you've said "Fisher Thayer exhibited her paintings..." I've also added an entry on the DAB page for Ellen Fisher - again, you might like to check the surname format is correct. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 12:39, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Good catch! Thanks for spotting that, Nick.  I've standardized to using "Fisher" when referring to her solely by last name, since secondary sources use "Ellen T. Fisher" at least as frequently as "Ellen Thayer Fisher".  Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 13:54, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Help a female librarian
Please contact User talk:Kmzundel, a Pittsburgh librarian who could use some help beyond what I can do right now.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 12:50, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Copyright problem on Carl McClellan Hill
Please don't add copyright content to this wiki, not even temporarily for editing, like you did on the above article. Please do your amendments before you save the page, or use an external editor. Thanks, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 23:42, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

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Wikimedian in Residence BoF at Wikimania 2017
Hello!

My name is David Alves (User:Horadrim~usurped), and I'm an Wikipedian in Residence at RIDC NeuroMat (User:Horadrim). I've reach your contact through the Wikimedian in residence page in Outreach. As you may know, Wikimania 2017 is coming! I am here because, as a fellow WiR, I believe this would be a great opportunity for us to share experiences, discuss difficulties and exchange solutions, creating a community among us capable of supporting in other projects that would benefit from residents. In that sense, I have submitted a proposal of a Birds of a Feather activity to Wikimania that you can check out here. I hope to count with your support in this project and would like to invite you to join us if you participate in Wikimania. In case of any doubts, please feel free to contact me, either in my talk pages or by e-mail at david.alvesoutlook.com.

Thank you very much! ‎Horadrim~usurped (talk) 00:33, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for offering a Third Party opinion on the Talk:Ellis Paul page. Kmzundel (talk) 13:19, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Ellen Thayer Fisher
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Your addition to Transmission electron microscope
I reverted your edit adding a photograph because there was no information as to why that photograph was relevant. It looks like an older out of commission TEM. Please discuss on talk page if you think it belongs in the article. --2601:648:8503:4467:449E:1FBD:9C39:D4AA (talk) 16:30, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

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Leroy Hood
Hi! Thanks for your work on the Leroy Hood article, it's looking in much better shape now. Definitely better than the current Start-class assessment, if you let me know when you're done updating, I'll update the assessments on the talk page - it may be a possible GA nomination too, see what you think. Thanks again, Amkilpatrick (talk) 08:08, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm done reworking the Leroy Hood article for now, if you want to reassess it. Best wishes, Mary

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Wanted to let you know that I'd retired
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Ernest Lawrence
I see you are trying to rehabilitate Ernie Lawrence. From your source: "Despite his assertions Lawrence was not truly apolitical. The funders who kept his cyclotrons running and with whom he rubbed shoulders were often very conservative men, and they influenced him. When Lawrence received a government Works Progress Administration (WPA) grant during the Depression to hire out-of-work shop craftsmen, many of his private foundation funders balked at the idea of being associated with a New Deal program. Ludwig Kast of the Macy Foundation, one of his largest funders, worried that if the WPA was overturned by the Supreme Court, the foundation’s and the WPA’s dual support of the Rad Lab would be incriminating and indicate "that [the foundation has] something to do with sinister communist tendencies." In response, Lawrence removed all acknowledgment of WPA funds from research papers involving work supported by the Macy Foundation."

There is also the matter of his opposition to a moratorium on nuclear testing. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:15, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm not sure which article you're looking at, but I wouldn't say I was trying to rehabilitate him -- rather I felt that there ought to be at least some mention of his not-very-pretty involvement with Oppenheimer's security clearance, since that was largely missing from the articles. The WPA events you mention would date rather earlier than the ones I was discussing, so I didn't include them. If you want to add something about them in an appropriate spot, I'm fine with that. Happy editing! Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 22:56, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * This image was previously used on Museum of the American Revolution, but now that work on the museum has been completed, it has been replaced with a photograph of the actual building. It can now be deleted. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 18:01, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

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Wherry Lines
Please look at Haddiscoe High Level railway station reverted as "Not broken] and tell me if I am wrong to make the change. Perhaps Wherry Lines would be acceptable to everyone. I have seen that on other stations on the line.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 21:20, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I've changed it to Wherry Lines as you suggested, as more correct and grammatical, but I wouldn't waste any more of your time on it if it changes again. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 22:37, 6 October 2017 (UTC).
 * I initially wrote a note about the WikiLunch, and then realized that it is next weekend and not this one. So disregard what I said if you read it! Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 23:32, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

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