Talk:Erika Podest

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A fact from Erika Podest appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 August 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Panamanian earth scientist Erika Podest uses remote sensing to see how climate change has affected global soil moisture?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Erika Podest.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:45, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Panamanian earth scientist Erika Podest joined NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to use remote sensing to study how climate change has been affecting soil moisture around the world?

Source: "La mujer panameña en las ciencias" - Panama America

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Costello's

Created by Silver seren (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 124 past nominations.

Silver seren^C 22:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: It would add length to the hook, but would you consider adding "[...] Jet Propulsion Laboratory to use remote sensing to study how [...]" (or similar)? Personally, this would make it more interesting and would clearly link her work with NASA. Otherwise everything is good. Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk 13:46, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, Gaia Octavia Agrippa. And it looks like it's still within the hook character limit at 185 characters. Silver seren^C 17:11, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Then, as everything else is good, this is ready to go! Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk 18:29, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Silver seren, as a promoter I don't think this hook meets WP:DYKINT, because there's nothing unusual about a scientist joining a scientific organisation to do scientific work. Are any other hooks possible? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:23, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1: ... that Panamanian earth scientist Erika Podest uses remote sensing to see how climate change has affected global soil moisture?

How about a shorter one like this, AirshipJungleman29? Silver seren^C 21:35, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly much better, and I don't think a new review is necessary because no new information is introduced. Thank you very much. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 23:13, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]