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Mary Metlay Kaufman

Hi Shockofsputnik, and thanks for an article off to a fantastic start! I was wondering if you would be interested to nominate the article for Wikipedia:Did you know (DYK).

If you haven't done a DYK nomination before, I would be happy to help (or even nominate the article on your behalf). Just note that it should be done within seven days of the article's creation.

Otherwise, it does seem to me like the page is well on its way to be recognized as a good article, which has its own review process. = paul2520 💬 02:31, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind note and encouraging words! I have a busy week so I’m not sure that nomination is the right thing for me to be working on right now but I would definitely support you putting in a nomination. Thanks so much! Shockofsputnik (talk) 12:45, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Sounds good. I should be able to. = paul2520 💬 18:39, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi Shockofsputnik! Not sure if you saw the updates on Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Metlay Kaufman. Are you interested in either/or (1) adding additional text to the page, so it meets the "1,500 bytes of prose" that aren't copied from CC-by-SA sources? OR (2) working on nominating this as a good article? I'd be happy to help with the latter, but I'd defer to you for additional references for (1). = paul2520 💬 15:40, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Sorry about the late reply! The semester is starting and things are busy. This is a bit complicated. Part of the reason I work on wikipedia articles as part of my professional work is that it's important to surface stories of people who haven't had a lot of academic acknowledgement -- but it's a chicken-and-egg problem, because it means that there aren't too many secondary sources to cite! I would love to see this move forward but it's probably unrealistic for me to spend more work time doing this. Thank you for everything you've done to make this more visible! Shockofsputnik (talk) 17:01, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

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