Template:Did you know nominations/Tony Minson

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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 19:08, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Tony Minson

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• ... that Tony Minson created a virus that can only replicate once?

• ALT1:... that Tony Minson developed a new way of disabling viruses for vaccines?
• Reviewed: Marian Cripps, Baroness Parmoor

5x expanded by Espresso Addict (talk). Self nom at 10:13, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

• I would have to say that I like the ALT1 hook much better. The top hook doesn't really have context as to why it is important. Article is long enough, recently expanded well, and well cited. ALT1 hook is cited well. One issue I would have in the article is that some things are only cited with a note of PubMed search. A vague reference to a search result isn't a reliable source. Thankfully, this isn't by the hook, so it may not be a problem for DYK, but since I'm not sure, I'm not checking it yet. Thank you. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 05:19, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

• The point with the main hook is that viruses are proverbial for replicating a lot; but I'm happy with either.
• The reason for citing the PubMed search is that the collaborations in most cases involve several publications, and it felt laborious to individually cite a string of papers where Minson collaborated with each of the people mentioned. Finding secondary sources to cover these sorts of things for scientists who are still alive is extremely hard/impossible, in my experience. Espresso Addict (talk) 05:39, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

• I've now replaced the PubMed search with some specific references to papers. I hope this answers your concerns. Espresso Addict (talk) 04:03, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

• Yes, I was looking to see if that stuff really mattered to DYK anyway and had to look over article again (lots of info there!). Either hook would be acceptable, but I think ALT1 is more interesting a hook. Long enough, new enough, well cited, QPQ done. Looks good. Thank you for your work. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 14:30, 14 January 2013 (UTC)