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... that during the
First Oil Crisis, material scientist Henry Ehrenreich was asked to assess
photovoltaic cells and became an advisor to the
Department of Energy? Source: "More than 30 years ago, during the “first” oil crisis, Ehrenreich was asked to assess solar photovoltaic cells. He headed the American Physical Society’s Study Group on Solar Photovoltaic Energy Conversion from 1977-81, served on the Department of Energy’s Photovoltaic Advisory Committee, and testified before Congress in 1985."
The Harvard Gazette
ALT1:... that Henry Ehrenreich, who fled Germany in 1939 via the
Kindertransport, went on to become a
Harvard professor? Source: "Six months after Nathan fled, on June 20, 1939, Frieda entrusted 11-year-old Henry to the Kindertransport [...]" - "[...] in 1963, he accepted an invitation to join the Division’s faculty as a Professor."
The Harvard Gazette
ALT2:... that
Harvard physicist Henry Ehrenreich bought a
Powerbook because he thought that Macs "were for idiots"? Source: "I have a modem and a Powerbook at home [...]" - "I got a Mac because they were for idiots [...]"
The Harvard Crimson
Comment: This is my first DYK nomination, so I might have made a mistake somewhere (please point out any to me). In fact, it's my first non-stub article created, and I didn't do a review of another DYK (because I'm not confident judging them yet). There actually might be more possible hooks, but I believe these three are sufficient.
Interesting life, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. Welcome to DYK! I am no friend of ALT2, funny but not really touching what he achieved. ALT1 does that, but remains too general, - please add at least his chair or subject. I like the original best, how is this:
Hi, thanks for reviewing! ALT3 sounds fine, I agree that part fits best as in the end he was a scientist (ALT2 was indeed more of a funny anecdote, which is why it was my last choice). I don't mind the copyedits - obviously I didn't know they were needed, but that's why sometimes it's good to have second pair of eyes read through your text. Added an infobox (actually found one for scientist specifically) as you suggested, it really looks better now. Now what remains is the lead, and... I must admit I do not know what to do here exactly. This was suggested to me before, when the draft was entering AfC, but it got through anyway. So... what should be put in the lead? I feel like I can't decide what's important enough to be there. Could you give me some pointers? --
LordPeterII (
talk)
23:24, 11 December 2020 (UTC)reply
A fact from Henry Ehrenreich appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 December 2020 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that during the
First Oil Crisis, material scientist Henry Ehrenreich was asked to assess
photovoltaic cells and became an advisor to the
Department of Energy? Source: "More than 30 years ago, during the “first” oil crisis, Ehrenreich was asked to assess solar photovoltaic cells. He headed the American Physical Society’s Study Group on Solar Photovoltaic Energy Conversion from 1977-81, served on the Department of Energy’s Photovoltaic Advisory Committee, and testified before Congress in 1985."
The Harvard Gazette
ALT1:... that Henry Ehrenreich, who fled Germany in 1939 via the
Kindertransport, went on to become a
Harvard professor? Source: "Six months after Nathan fled, on June 20, 1939, Frieda entrusted 11-year-old Henry to the Kindertransport [...]" - "[...] in 1963, he accepted an invitation to join the Division’s faculty as a Professor."
The Harvard Gazette
ALT2:... that
Harvard physicist Henry Ehrenreich bought a
Powerbook because he thought that Macs "were for idiots"? Source: "I have a modem and a Powerbook at home [...]" - "I got a Mac because they were for idiots [...]"
The Harvard Crimson
Comment: This is my first DYK nomination, so I might have made a mistake somewhere (please point out any to me). In fact, it's my first non-stub article created, and I didn't do a review of another DYK (because I'm not confident judging them yet). There actually might be more possible hooks, but I believe these three are sufficient.
Interesting life, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. Welcome to DYK! I am no friend of ALT2, funny but not really touching what he achieved. ALT1 does that, but remains too general, - please add at least his chair or subject. I like the original best, how is this:
Hi, thanks for reviewing! ALT3 sounds fine, I agree that part fits best as in the end he was a scientist (ALT2 was indeed more of a funny anecdote, which is why it was my last choice). I don't mind the copyedits - obviously I didn't know they were needed, but that's why sometimes it's good to have second pair of eyes read through your text. Added an infobox (actually found one for scientist specifically) as you suggested, it really looks better now. Now what remains is the lead, and... I must admit I do not know what to do here exactly. This was suggested to me before, when the draft was entering AfC, but it got through anyway. So... what should be put in the lead? I feel like I can't decide what's important enough to be there. Could you give me some pointers? --
LordPeterII (
talk)
23:24, 11 December 2020 (UTC)reply