Talk:Ruth Northway

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 14:47, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that Ruth Northway was the United Kingdom's first Professor of Learning Disability Nursing? Source: ...I am very proud to be a learning disability nurse and equally proud to have been the first Professor of Learning Disability Nursing in the UK.
  • ALT1: ... that Ruth Northway was the second Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing to have been a learning disability nurse? Source: Ruth was [...] the second learning disability nurse to be awarded an RCN Fellowship.
  • ALT2: ... that nurse Ruth Northway decided to become one because she "enjoyed working with people with learning disabilities and this was the best way that [she] could do it"? Source: "I came into nursing 35 years ago, not because I wanted to be a nurse but because I enjoyed working with people with learning disabilities and this was the best way that I could do it."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/María Pérez Rabaza

Created by Miraclepine (talk). Self-nominated at 19:51, 7 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ruth Northway; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks great! I think the first hook suggestion is better than either of the ALTs. If possible, I'd love for the DYK hook to be shown on the main page sometime this month, to tie up with the May Women and Disability event for WiR. Prosperosity (talk) 04:35, 8 May 2023 (UTC)