Template:Did you know nominations/Charm quark 2

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:16, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Charm quark

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• ... that physicists ate hats over the discovery of the charm quark? Source: They wagered to eat their hats and ended up eating candy hats provided by the conference organizers later. See p. 321 of Riordan, Michael (1987). The Hunting of the Quark: A True Story of Modern Physics. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-50466-3. or p. 18 of this conference paper:Rosner, Jonathan L. (1998). The Arrival of Charm. Heavy Quarks at Fixed Targets. AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 459, no. 1 (published 1999). p. 9-27. doi:10.1063/1.57782. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  • ALT1: ... that the charm quark made physicists eat hats? Source: Same sources, trying a different wording here.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Blockchain Chicken Farm
  • Comment: I am also nominating this for Wikipedia:April Fools' Main Page/Did you know, if possible. Not sure how that works. After second thought and asking around I realize that this hook, although quirky, hasn't reached the level of April Fools. Well, we gave it a try :) Oh goodness gracious me, this is going to April Fools? --TheLonelyPather (talk) 01:44, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Improved to Good Article status by TheLonelyPather (talk). Self-nominated at 16:04, 24 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Charm quark 2; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Extra comment: A amateur church historian wrote a particle physics article. Did he see God? Or did he lose God? He screams, for he does not know. --TheLonelyPather (talk) 16:09, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

• Article has achieved Good Article status. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hooks are interesting and sourced. Perhaps the ALT hook is best here? QPQ is done. Looks ready to go. I’m not familiar with the process for April Fools hooks, but this would be a fun one. Congratulations on this excellent article! Thriley (talk) 17:08, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

• Thanks a lot, Thriley! I will ask around how the April Fools hooks work. --TheLonelyPather (talk) 19:20, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

@TheLonelyPather: Have moved this hook into the April Fools holding area, by the way. See WP:DYKAPRIL. Cielquiparle (talk) 05:23, 1 September 2023 (UTC)