Template:Did you know nominations/Anne Croy

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:49, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Anne Croy

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• ... that reproductive immunologist Anne Croy was the first woman in the biomedical sciences department at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto to earn a PhD? Source: Interview With a Reproductive Biologist: A Closer Look at the Life and Work of Dr. Anne Croy " I worked at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, and I was the first woman in the department of biomedical sciences, as well as the first woman to get a PhD in that department"
  • ALT1:... that reproductive immunologist Anne Croy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for her work with uterine Natural killer cells during pregnancy? Source: Dr. Anne Croy elected to the Royal Society of Canada
  • ALT2:... that reproductive immunologist Anne Croy was the first nonmedical doctor to earn her PhD at the University of Toronto's Institute of Medical Sciences? Source: A PASSION FOR RESEARCH "she became the first nonmedical doctor to enter graduate studies at the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto"
  • ALT3:... that reproductive immunologist Anne Croy was one of three women in her graduating class at the University of Guelph? Source: Dr. Anne Croy "One of three women in a class of 80, she earned a DVM and married a classmate."

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Created by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk). Self-nominated at 07:15, 20 May 2019 (UTC).

• New enough (created and nominated on 20 May), long enough (4280 characters), well cited (except for the degree years and thesis which only appear in the infobox but and unreferenced), free from plagiarism (earwig only picks up award name etc), and neutrally worded (except for "finding success in science during high school" is a bit fluffy).

ALT0: fewer than 200 characters (154), neutral and cited inline. The first woman, in a particular department, of a particular hospital = not interesting or notable

ALT1: fewer than 200 characters (157), neutral and cited inline. Just the phrase "Natural killer cells during pregnancy?" = very interesting

ALT2: fewer than 200 characters (150) and neutral. Not cited inline: not only is not an actual inline citation for the relevant sentence in the article, but the source cited above only supports her being the first nonmedical doctor to enter the program not to graduate.

ALT3: fewer than 200 characters (116), neutral and (sort-of) cited inline. A PASSION FOR RESEARCH states "Croy was one of only four women in her class", rather than one of three. Regardless, its not that interesting to be the first of 3/4 women to do a particular degree, at a particular university...

Comment: Tales from the Mouse Lady states "Croy had never owned a pet. “He told me, ‘Why, you didn’t even keep honeybees’,” she recalls. “He thought that I had no experience and no justification, but I had an Ontario scholarship, so they couldn’t turn me away.”" - that's an interesting hook into her FRSC or current research: she hadn't had a pet, wanted to be a vet, they tried to turn her away, but she goes on to become one of the top top researchers in Canada?

No images, QPQ completed. The article passes. ALT1 is fine if you don't want to try another, HickoryOughtShirt?4?. Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk 01:02, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

• Thank you for doing such a thorough review Gaia Octavia Agrippa. As you can probably see by my contributions, I am a little lacking on-Wiki due to IRL events. While I don't want to come off as lazy, I'm not sure I can promise to add your (very good) suggestion to the article in a timely fashion. It may be best to go with Alt1. Thank you again for your review (and for catching my silly mistakes), it was very appreciated. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 23:32, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

• Thank you HickoryOughtShirt?4 for creating this article on such an interesting woman. ALT1 is good to go, Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk 16:52, 20 June 2019 (UTC)