Template:Did you know nominations/Demon core
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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 11:27, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
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Demon core
[edit]- ... that the demon core killed Manhattan Project scientists Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin?
Improved to Good Article status by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:34, 27 September 2015 (UTC).
Long enough; newly GA'ed enough; neutral (unbiased that is, not inert); hook fine and cited (though I'd drop "plutonium" to make it more intriguing; I'm "prepassing" that altered hook too); no copyvio or any of that nasty stuff in the sources I could examine; QPQ done. Non-DYK points: please explain what a "pit" is; try to substitute another word for "gadgets"; are "cataracts" really an aggravating factor for a myocardial infarction? Please make a note of why the 1978 end date is given for Theodore Perlman being "still alive" (I guess this is the last time a study was made?). Good to go. Belle (talk) 02:07, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for that. I have switched to the proposed hook. "Pit" is another word for "core"; I have switched to using "core" consistently throughout. "Gadget" is Los Alamos-speak for what a layman might call an "atomic bomb"; I have switched to using "bomb" instead. Hawkeye7 (talk) 10:06, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
- Just to note that we'd like to save this for Halloween for a day of spooky hooks (see WT:DYK#Halloween hooks?. If you'd prefer not to do this, please do say. Prioryman (talk) 21:32, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
