Talk:Svante Odén

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The result was: promoted by The C of E (talk) 06:55, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that Swedish meteorologist Svante Odén was among the first scientists to address and publicize the problems of acid precipitation in Europe? Source: Svante Odén is known because of his efforts in the 1960s to publicize the problem of acid rain...Acid rain was known to European scientists in the seventeenth century, but only became a popular environmental concern after the Swedish National Science Research Council published Odén's findings
  • ALT1:... that Swedish meteorologist Svante Odén was the first scientist to address and publicize the problems of Acid Precipitation in Europe? Source: Svante Odén is known because of his efforts in the 1960s to publicize the problem of acid rain...Acid rain was known to European scientists in the seventeenth century, but only became a popular environmental concern after the Swedish National Science Research Council published Odén's findings
  • ALT2:... that in July 1986, Swedish scientist Svante Odén disappeared at the sea near the Stockholm Archipelago ​while testing a top-secret device that could detect submarines? Source: Swedish scientist was testing a new device for detecting submarines when he disappeared at sea last summer near islands off Stockholm A Swedish professor reported to be working on a top-secret invention to track alien submarines has disappeared without a trace

• • ALT3: ... that Swedish meteorologist Svante Odén was among the first modern scientists to address and publicize the problems of acid rain in Europe? Source: Svante Odén is known because of his efforts in the 1960s to publicize the problem of acid rain...Acid rain was known to European scientists in the seventeenth century, but only became a popular environmental concern after the Swedish National Science Research Council published Odén's findings

Created by Tamingimpala (talk). Self-nominated at 09:29, 1 August 2021 (UTC).

• New enough and long enough; no obvious copyvio (according to Earwig's Copyvio Detector)
• I don't like the expression "Acid Precipitation"; that is just a redir to "Acid rain"; we should use Acid rain instead, me thinks.
• Also: "was among the first scientists" -> "was among the first modern scientists"
• As for hook; ALT1 is contradicted by the source.
• Hook ALT2 could be acceptable; but I prefer the first suggestion; with the above changes,
• Is it possible to get a picture of him? Say, email Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and ask if they have a picture of him, which they will release under any of the acceptable commons-licenses?
• Huldra (talk) 22:26, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

@Huldra, I've already emailed several persons who has the picture of him, waiting for their response. And the preferred changes are doable. Tame (talk) 23:08, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

@Huldra, a photo has been added to the article. A person from the university whom I emailed managed to find a sample photo of him for a newspaper story, and digitally enhanced it and uploaded it. Tame (talk) 10:39, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

User:Tamingimpala; that is excellent! I think we could go with hook ALT3, then? Huldra (talk) 22:45, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

@Huldra, AL3 it is.

Good to go, Huldra (talk) 20:33, 3 August 2021 (UTC)