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The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
talk) 21:11, 18 January 2021 (UTC)reply
This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done.
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 11:16, 12 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Shouldn't it be "led the trials of the" as I previously changed it to?
Philafrenzy (
talk) 13:11, 12 January 2021 (UTC)reply
IMO this hook is rather uninteresting, another "Did you know that X=Y?" It also doesn't sound like he's someone of importance, more like a lab technician...
Yoninah (
talk) 00:47, 17 January 2021 (UTC)reply
I'll go through the article again @
Yoninah:, unless someone has another idea. Thanks for your thoughts.
Whispyhistory (
talk) 07:07, 17 January 2021 (UTC)reply
ALT2 ...that Shabir Madhi led the study that showed that a rotavirus vaccine could significantly reduce the death rate among African infants? (infants, babies, newborns, children? article will need expansion on this)
Philafrenzy (
talk) 11:58, 17 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Thanks,
Philafrenzy, your ALT1 does the trick, as always. Pinging original reviewer
Cwmhiraeth to review ALT1.
Yoninah (
talk) 12:10, 17 January 2021 (UTC)reply
A fact from Shabir Madhi appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 January 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
talk) 21:11, 18 January 2021 (UTC)reply
This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done.
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 11:16, 12 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Shouldn't it be "led the trials of the" as I previously changed it to?
Philafrenzy (
talk) 13:11, 12 January 2021 (UTC)reply
IMO this hook is rather uninteresting, another "Did you know that X=Y?" It also doesn't sound like he's someone of importance, more like a lab technician...
Yoninah (
talk) 00:47, 17 January 2021 (UTC)reply
I'll go through the article again @
Yoninah:, unless someone has another idea. Thanks for your thoughts.
Whispyhistory (
talk) 07:07, 17 January 2021 (UTC)reply
ALT2 ...that Shabir Madhi led the study that showed that a rotavirus vaccine could significantly reduce the death rate among African infants? (infants, babies, newborns, children? article will need expansion on this)
Philafrenzy (
talk) 11:58, 17 January 2021 (UTC)reply
Thanks,
Philafrenzy, your ALT1 does the trick, as always. Pinging original reviewer
Cwmhiraeth to review ALT1.
Yoninah (
talk) 12:10, 17 January 2021 (UTC)reply