Talk:Alice Ball

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A fact from Alice Ball appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 May 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Alice Ball developed an injectable medicine that was the most effective treatment of leprosy before the 1940s? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alice Ball.

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Alice Ball

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I've listed this article for peer review because it is my first article on Wikipedia.

Thanks, Matthew Brown 18:05, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

• Nice first article! I only found minor issues, and I corrected them. I have nominated your article for the
  Main page. RockMagnetist (talk) 22:23, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply
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• For a first article, this shows a remarkable grasp of the rules concerning the form, structure and referencing of a WP article. I imagine that either you spent a long time on one of the "how to..." pages, or that you had an earlier incarnation, perhaps as an IP? Whatever, the article, though short, is pretty good as a first effort.
• I can find only a few things that I would change:

• Perhaps expand the lead by a sentence or to, so that it is summary of the whole article.
• One or two terms are perhaps a little too everyday in nature to warrant wikilinks. I refer particularly to "chemist" and "postgraduate", but you could check for others
• You should be consistent about whether to use numerals or words for values of 10 or more. At themoment you have "10" and "78", but also "ninety"
• Maybe the sources don't say, but do you know why, specifically, February 1929 was nominated as "Alice Ball Day"? There doesn't seem to be any connection between this day and her life and work.

• I think the article is worth a B classification and have changed its ratings. I also consider that "medium importance" rather than "low importance" is appropriate.

If you are intending to work on other articles, give me a shout if you would like me to take a look. PS: in future would you please sign yourself with your username by using the four tildes. Brianboulton (talk) 22:31, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Yzzysmith. Peer reviewers: Desireelagunas, Siesmith, Imrosapark.

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 4 January 2019 and 17 April 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Clarkekent19.

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 25 January 2021 and 20 May 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Arnavv2.

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Alice Ball’s Wikipedia includes some substantial information about her background and her contributions in science however; her article can be improved upon with additional understanding of her personal life and the impacts of being a female and woman of science had on her work. I believe that it is important to recognize what shaped Alice Ball into who she since it reflects why she chose to pursue a higher education and go into leprosy research. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flightless13wings (talk • contribs) 15:29, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia does not accept original research. The unfortunate fact is that, being black and female and living in that era, she probably doesn't have a well-documented personal life. RockMagnetist(talk) 00:20, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply

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Professor?? Its said Ball become a professor at the Hawaiian University. Really? Or did she got job as one of the university teachears, by tradition politely called by students as professor? Ball had barely a fresh master degree, and got employed as it seems for me as sooner in assistant role. (even if she apparently did indenpendent major scientific work). A university professor candidate needs usually a doctor´s degree, and also some background as minimum, to even dare to seek. A professor in a local college may have less. OR?? So, did she got the professor title for real, or is it a misunderstanding, and she got job as a university teacher of "lower degree"?/StefanZ213.64.147.208 (talk) 08:30, 31 December 2019 (UTC)/StefanZ[reply]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 24 August 2023 and 8 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Cpmyrick (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Everdin26, Kemorri.

— Assignment last updated by MatthewGuareschi (talk) 19:55, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A few suggestions I think Alice Ball is a phenomenal person and her work is often overlooked. To add to this article, perhaps include information about her Master thesis and how this led to her work on Hanson's disease. What made her master thesis stand out? In addition, more information regarding her upbringing could be included such as her parents labeling themselves "white" on her birth certificate, how did that affect Ball? Further information regarding how she discovered the method of turning the oil into an ester compound to make it react better with the human body, what led her to that discovery? Finally, more information on how racism impacted her life/after her death should be elaborated on. Myokgy (talk) 21:41, 25 September 2020 (UTC)myokgy[reply]