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Did you know... that the Swedish meteorologist Svante Odén was among the first scientists to address and publicize the problems of
acid precipitation in
Europe?
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The result was: promoted by
The C of E (
talk) 06:55, 6 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Also: "was among the first scientists" -> "was among the first modern scientists"
As for hook; ALT1 is contradicted by the source.
Hook ALT2 could be acceptable; but I prefer the first suggestion; with the above changes,
Is it possible to get a picture of him? Say, email
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and ask if they have a picture of him, which they will release under any of the acceptable commons-licenses?
@
Huldra, I've already emailed several persons who has the picture of him, waiting for their response. And the preferred changes are doable.
Tame (
talk) 23:08, 1 August 2021 (UTC)reply
@
Huldra, a photo has been added to the article. A person from the university whom I emailed managed to find a sample photo of him for a newspaper story, and digitally enhanced it and uploaded it.
Tame (
talk) 10:39, 2 August 2021 (UTC)reply
A fact from Svante Odén appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 August 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Swedish meteorologist Svante Odén was among the first scientists to address and publicize the problems of
acid precipitation in
Europe?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Sweden, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Sweden-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SwedenWikipedia:WikiProject SwedenTemplate:WikiProject SwedenSweden articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to
join the project and
contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the
documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Science, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Science on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
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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.
The result was: promoted by
The C of E (
talk) 06:55, 6 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Also: "was among the first scientists" -> "was among the first modern scientists"
As for hook; ALT1 is contradicted by the source.
Hook ALT2 could be acceptable; but I prefer the first suggestion; with the above changes,
Is it possible to get a picture of him? Say, email
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and ask if they have a picture of him, which they will release under any of the acceptable commons-licenses?
@
Huldra, I've already emailed several persons who has the picture of him, waiting for their response. And the preferred changes are doable.
Tame (
talk) 23:08, 1 August 2021 (UTC)reply
@
Huldra, a photo has been added to the article. A person from the university whom I emailed managed to find a sample photo of him for a newspaper story, and digitally enhanced it and uploaded it.
Tame (
talk) 10:39, 2 August 2021 (UTC)reply