Template:Did you know nominations/Calutron Girls

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 17:46, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Calutron Girls

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Calutron Girls at their control panels at Y-12.

• ... that during World War II, the U.S. government recruited farm girls to operate the machines that enriched uranium, without telling them what they were doing? Source: [1]
  • ALT1: ... that in a weeklong contest during World War II, trained farm girls were found to produce more enriched uranium than professional physicists? Source: [2]
  • ALT2: ... that the enriched uranium for the first atomic bomb was produced by trained farm girls who did not know what they were working on? Source: [3]
  • Reviewed: [[]]
  • Comment: I was originally aiming for International Women's Day, March 8, but I might be too late for that- if so, it can just go whenever.

Improved to Good Article status by Aerin17 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:54, 2 March 2022 (UTC).

• Y Article is a GA, nominated in time (became GA on 1 March, nominated 2 March), and article is within policy
• ? ALT0 is unclear, as it refers to the government, and it wouldn't be clear to someone reading the hook which government this is (as not every Wikipedia reader is American). I recommend changing it to the U.S. government. For ALT2, didn't should be changed to did not, as per MOS:CONTRACTION (this gets picked up quite a lot by DYK regulars, so someone else would likely complain about it if I didn't). Once changes are made, I can approve all these hooks- they are all fine for DYK, my slight personal preference would be ALT1
• Y Image is PD in US (country of origin), used in the article, and looks good at low resolution
• Y QPQ exempt, as the nominator has 1 previous DYK nomination
• Aerin17 could you make the minor changes to the hooks that I suggested above? No other issues. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:01, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Fixed! (Assuming I did this properly- should I have rewritten the hooks separately or is editing them as is fine?) Thanks for the review. Aerin17 (t • c) 23:23, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
    • Y Thanks for updating, editing the original hooks is fine. All three hooks are short enough, interesting enough, in the article and well cited. Approving all hooks, so promoter can choose
    • Overall, this nomination now passes, congratulations. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:24, 5 March 2022 (UTC)