Template:Did you know nominations/John G. Hawthorne
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:05, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
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John G. Hawthorne
[edit]... that John G. Hawthorne called it "pioneering" for the University of Chicago to not suppress a sit-in with the military?Source: Chicago Tribune 1969: "U.C. Prof Hails 'Pioneering' in Sit-In Policy: [As Hawthorne said,] 'Where other colleges here and abroad have called in the police, the national guard, the military, this university, dedicated as it is to the solution of problems by intellectual, reasoning, and patient 'confrontation' of human minds has arrived at a decent, fair, and honorable solution of this crisis.'"- ALT1:
... that before children replaced academia, the wife of John G. Hawthorne was offered a place at Los Alamos National Laboratory during the Manhattan Project?Source: Chicago Tribune 2002: "she was invited by Robert Oppenheimer and others to work in Los Alamos, N.M., where the top secret Manhattan Project was under way ... After her children were born, Mrs. Hawthorne left academics to raise them."
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- Reviewed: Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act
- Comment: Piotrus, should I assume you would AfD an article on his wife?
- Like? Not particularly. Would I? That depends on the article itself. The one or two sentences you have in the article suggest she may be notable... or may not. It all depends on the sources available. Googling for "manhatan project women" shows quite a few sources, but whether they would be relavant, I didn't have time to tell. Through if you are interested in those topics, an overview (group article like Calutron Girls, Women in Bletchley Park, Women in NASA, etc.) might be a good start, as event he brief look at those google hits suggests this may be a notable topic (group, that is, notability of individuals is unclear). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:24, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
Created by Usernameunique (talk). Self-nominated at 17:49, 19 April 2018 (UTC).
Full review needed. --Usernameunique (talk) 05:10, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. However, I have tagged the lead for being too short; please say something about his notability in the lead, if not more about his history. I also added an infobox, and would appreciate your filling in his disciplines and main interests. I was unable to insert his place of death because it wasn't clear from the article. QPQ done.- Regarding the hooks, I'm striking ALT1 because it's not about the subject. ALT0 has potential, but it is awkwardly worded. Perhaps this could be written more straightforwardly, without the quote?
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... that professor John G. Hawthorne praised the University of Chicago for refraining from calling in the police or the national guard during a student sit-in in 1969?(Frankly, I wonder if he was being facetious). Yoninah (talk) 20:38, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review and suggestions, Yoninah. Made the suggested edits. He's definitely being a bit histrionic, which could be an indication of facetiousness, but it’s not entirely clear; at any rate, we can let the words stand alone. Happy with ALTa, or here’s another rewording:
- ALT2: ... that hailing its "pioneering" approach, Professor John G. Hawthorne lauded the University of Chicago for ending a student sit-in "without bloodshed, beatings, or other violent acts"? —Usernameunique (talk) 13:17, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
- Forgot to respond re: place of death. I assume Billings Hospital is this place in Chicago, but as it was not entirely certain, I just repeated what was said in the source. --Usernameunique (talk) 17:45, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
- Usernameunique the second quote in ALT2 doesn't appear in the article. Yoninah (talk) 20:18, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
- Yoninah, fixed. --Usernameunique (talk) 20:23, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
- Forgot to respond re: place of death. I assume Billings Hospital is this place in Chicago, but as it was not entirely certain, I just repeated what was said in the source. --Usernameunique (talk) 17:45, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
