Template:Did you know nominations/Willie Hobbs Moore

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 13:09, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Willie Hobbs Moore

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... that Willie Hobbs Moore, the first African-American woman to receive an American PhD in physics, studied vibrational spectroscopy of macromolecules before beginning her engineering career with Ford Motor Company?

ALT1:... that Willie Hobbs Moore, an engineer credited with expanding Japanese manufacturing practices at Ford, was the first African-American woman to receive a PhD in physics?

Created by Pyriquin (talk). Self nominated at 19:12, 17 February 2015 (UTC).

Comment: I think it would be awesome to get this up during Black History month!

This a nice article which is almost ready for DYK – unfortunately Black History Month has passed but it will still make a good hook for Women's History Month. A couple of issues that need to be fixed before it's ready, though: reference #1, which is placed after "the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in physics", actually says "Dr. Willie Hobbs Moore was the first African American woman to have received a Ph.D. in physics in the United States" (the implication being that it's possible that another African American woman did so first, but outside the US). Can you find a source that says she was the very first, not just in the US, and use that as a reference instead? Also, the first hook is too long (hooks should be <200 characters), but this isn't a big deal since we can just use ALT1 instead. 97198 (talk) 05:39, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

I added an extra word to says its an American PhD to address 97198's point. Victuallers (talk) 10:58, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

I was afraid the first might be too long, but am glad the alt looks okay. I've updated the first reference to an article that states she was the first to be granted a PhD in physics at any institution. Thanks for your feedback! Pyriquin (talk) 14:54, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the new ref. Confirming that all of the DYK criteria are met: long enough, new enough, well referenced, neutral, no copyvio, interesting hook which is cited inline. ALT1 good to go. 97198 (talk) 22:27, 28 February 2015 (UTC)