Template:Did you know nominations/Perdur Radhakantha Adiga
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:33, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
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Perdur Radhakantha Adiga[edit]
- ... that Perdur Radhakantha Adiga discovered how grass pea caused the neurological disorder neurolathyrism by finding the presence of N-oxalyl-diaminopropionic acid in those plants? Source: P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)
Created by Tachs (talk). Self-nominated at 13:50, 24 February 2017 (UTC).
Everything checks out except for the fact that the article doesn't cite the source you've listed here for the relevant fact. The closest reference is to the Indian National Science Academy (ref #5), which only partially supports the claim. Also, maybe it would be good to link oxalyldiaminopropionic acid (and use the slightly less-intimidating format) in the hook? Otherwise fully eligible. – Juliancolton | Talk 21:26, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks @Juliancolton:, but it is clearly mentioned in the article I linked. During this time, he initiated work on the unusual amino acid, N-oxalyl-diaminopropionic acid, neurotoxin present in Lathyrus sativus. The group demonstrated by elegant experiments that this compound was responsible for the debilitating neurological disease, neurolathyrism, prevalent in large tracts of North India (starts with line 10 of paragraph II). The previous sentence in the article has inline citation (ref# 7) based on this link, so I did not repeat it again. I have also given below an ALT. jojo@nthony (talk) 06:19, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
- The reference must appear after the information it supports, naturally. Otherwise it's essentially an unsourced claim. If you moved ref #7 to after the neurolathyrism statement, that would address my concerns. – Juliancolton | Talk 15:17, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks @Juliancolton:, but it is clearly mentioned in the article I linked. During this time, he initiated work on the unusual amino acid, N-oxalyl-diaminopropionic acid, neurotoxin present in Lathyrus sativus. The group demonstrated by elegant experiments that this compound was responsible for the debilitating neurological disease, neurolathyrism, prevalent in large tracts of North India (starts with line 10 of paragraph II). The previous sentence in the article has inline citation (ref# 7) based on this link, so I did not repeat it again. I have also given below an ALT. jojo@nthony (talk) 06:19, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
- @Juliancolton:, I have added citation at the end of the sentence. Trust this suffices. jojo@nthony (talk) 18:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
Looks good. I've suggested a second Alt hook with perhaps more concise wording. – Juliancolton | Talk 19:38, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
- ALI 1 ... that Perdur Radhakantha Adiga discovered that the presence of N-oxalyldiaminopropionic acid in grass pea caused the neurological disorder neurolathyrism?
- Alt 2 ... that Perdur Radhakantha Adiga identified N-oxalyldiaminopropionic acid in grass pea as the cause of neurolathyrism?