Talk:Karen Hanghøj

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A fact from Karen Hanghøj appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 June 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Karen Hanghøj, the 2023 winner of the William Smith Medal for applied geology, became the first female director of the British Geological Survey 183 years after it was founded?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Karen Hanghøj.

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 02:19, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Karen Hanghøj, who is the 2023 winner of the William Smith Medal for applied geology, was the first female to be appointed director of the British Geological Survey, 183 years after it was founded? Source: https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Geoscientist/Archive/July-2020/Interview
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Created by Chaiten1 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:42, 28 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Karen Hanghøj; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

I will review this DYK. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 04:24, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks about good to go! I made some small changes but overall the article is well-written, free of copyvio and the references are RS. QPQ not required. Hook is pretty interesting and sourced. Nice work, ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 04:42, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]