Talk:Héctor D. Abruña

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:19, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• ... that Héctor D. Abruña was only the second Puerto-Rican born scientist to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, when he became an elected fellow in 2018?
  • ALT1:... that 15 of 55 students who had graduated from Héctor D. Abruña's electrochemistry research group at Cornell University by 2018 were from Puerto Rico, just like Abruña himself? Source: Hispanic-serving institutions partner with CHESS in the Cornell Chronicle
  • ALT2:... that Héctor D. Abruña conducts fuel cell and battery research at Cornell University and has co-founded a company each in both of those fields?
  • ALT3:... that Héctor D. Abruña and Paul McEuen created a single-atom transistor at Cornell University in 2002?

Created by AthalGolwen (talk). Self-nominated at 02:40, 28 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

• New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits. The hook, though, tells us nothing about his notability or accomplishments other than he was the "second". You have written quite a bit about him; could you suggest a different hook fact? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 15:36, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you, Yoninah, for your review and for encouraging me to come up with a better hook! I have suggested two new ones and am grateful about feedback for how to improve them. AthalGolwen (talk) 21:30, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• @AthalGolwen: thank you for the alts. But a hook is just that – something that "hooks" the reader and makes him want to click on the article to read more. ALT1 is more like a story and tells me everything I need to know; forget about reading the article. ALT2 is okay but not exciting. Sometimes it just takes clever wording to make things "hooky". I'd like to look at this with a clear head tomorrow and suggest something. Best, Yoninah (talk) 21:34, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you again, @Yoninah: After lots of pondering, I have finally created an ALT3. What do you think? AthalGolwen (talk) 15:57, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• OK, I looked at the article more closely, added cites and fixed some language that did not exactly express what the source was saying. What do you think about this tweak to your ALT1:
• ALT1a: ... that due to Héctor D. Abruña's outreach efforts, 15 out of 55 graduates of a Cornell University electrochemistry research group by 2018 were from Puerto Rico, like Abruña himself? Yoninah (talk) 20:12, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks, @Yoninah: this sounds great! AthalGolwen (talk) 20:20, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks. But since I added more information to the hook, someone else will have to approve it. Requesting reviewer for ALT1a. Yoninah (talk) 20:30, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is a comment and not a review, but is it acceptable to say "thanks to" in a hook?

csdnew 08:11, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply

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Noted. Changed to due to. Yoninah (talk) 10:56, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• ALT1b: ... that Héctor D. Abruña's outreach efforts, resulted in 15 out of 55 graduates of a Cornell University electrochemistry research group coming from Puerto Rico, like Abruña himself?

• Approving Alt1a. Offering Alt1b to the promoter. --evrik ^(talk) 04:54, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]