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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:20, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

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Winifred Hallwachs

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Winifred Hallwachs, 2003
  • ... that tropical ecologist Winifred Hallwachs (pictured) helped develop and expand the Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in Costa Rica, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site? Source: "Janzen ... and his wife, tropical ecologist Winnie Hallwachs ... have developed and expanded Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in Costa Rica ... In 1999, ACG was designated a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site", also this.
    • ALT1:... that one of the techniques used by tropical ecologist Winifred Hallwachs (pictured) to study the role of agoutis as seed dispersers of guapinol involved attaching thread-filled bobbins to guapinol fruit? Source 1: "Hallwachs (1986) has suggested that the agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) is perhaps the only effective guapinol seed dispersal agent present today in dry deciduous forests of northern Costa Rica" (page 274) Source 2: "The spool and line protocol consists of a thread-filled bobbin from which the line is dispersed ... For example, Hallwachs (1986) replaced one seed in multi-seeded Hymenaea courbaril"

Created by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk). Self-nominated at 08:01, 24 October 2019 (UTC).

Substantial article on excellent sources, Spanish and offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I made minor changes, please check and revert what you don't like. I think that - if she is known as Winnie - that should top the infobox, the other as birthname. The image is licensed and a good illustration. I feel that the ALT is too technical for general interest, striking. My take on the original is:
ALT2: ... that tropical ecologist Winnie Hallwachs (pictured) helped develop the Área de Conservación Guanacaste in Costa Rica which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Just asking if that is fine with you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:12, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
  • @Gerda Arendt: I actually prefer to keep the ALT "and expand" because she and her partner used significant amounts of award money to buy additional land. Otherwise fine, thanks for the edits! Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 13:59, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
    as you wish. I don't think the hasty Main page reader will grasp that detail, but I may be wrong. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:26, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
  • I received email indicating that although it sometimes appears in print as "Winnifred" with 2 ns, she herself spells her name with 1 n, as "Winifred". I am getting the various files including the image renamed to reflect this. Hopefully they should all be in line again soon. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:43, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
  • Name change is now consistent on Wikipedia, Commons and Wikidata Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 14:15, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
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