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A fact from Esther T. Mookini appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 August 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that linguist Esther T. Mookini translated many works of 19th-century native Hawaiians, including the 1838 Anatomia, the only medical textbook written in the Hawaiian language?
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I wrote this article during the edit-a-thon because Mookini was listed in several places as an indigenous woman, but she is of Japanese ancestry, not native Hawaiian ancestry, though she has contributed greatly to Hawaiian linguistics.
1. In 2006, she received the Mary Kawena Pukui Award from the West Honolulu Rotary Club, "given to honor a non-Hawaiian person who has made a significant contribution to the Hawaiian community through their chosen vocation or field of endeavor."
2. In an interview she stated: "My daughter has quarter-Hawaiian and she always says, "Gee, Mom, it’s too bad you don’t have any!" [laughing] I have only one child and I’m the only one who’s going this Hawaiian Language route, and I’m not Hawaiian! That’s what she means." see Melehina Groves lāua ‘o Ken Ordenstein. "Interview with Esther T. "Kiki" Mo'okini". Kamehameha Schools. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
If the inclusion of her in edit-a-thon is inappropriate, please delete these categories and any related tags, etc. Thanks!
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... that linguist Esther T. Mookini translated many works of 19th-century Native Hawaiians including the 1838 Anatomia, the only medical textbook written in the Hawaiian language?
Interesting life and work, on excellent sources, no copyvio obvious. - The hook is fine, but how about "in Hawaiian" instead of "the Hawaiian language", - we wouldn't say "in the French language"? - I don't know if "native Hawaiians" (article) is better or "Native Hawaiians" (hook), but please be consistent. Consider combining super-short paragraphs, don't put more than three refs for one fact, and perhaps please me by more lead ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 10 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
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Interesting life and work, on excellent sources, no copyvio obvious. - The hook is fine, but how about "in Hawaiian" instead of "the Hawaiian language", - we wouldn't say "in the French language"? - I don't know if "native Hawaiians" (article) is better or "Native Hawaiians" (hook), but please be consistent. Consider combining super-short paragraphs, don't put more than three refs for one fact, and perhaps please me by more lead ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 10 August 2020 (UTC)