Template:Did you know nominations/Rita Sapiro Finkler
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:46, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
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Rita Sapiro Finkler edit
- ... that Ukrainian-American endocrinologist Ricka Sapiro Finkler began using the name Rita after being mistaken for a man named Richard?
- Reviewed: Jung-ho Kang
Created by 97198 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:09, 2 June 2016 (UTC).
The article is long enough. The article does use inline citations and is written from a neutral POV. There don't seem to be copyvios from what I can tell. However, the source for the hook is a Google preview of a book. Unfortunately, I can't access all of the pages. The information is not on the page I can preview so I can't confirm that the hook is cited correctly. Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 21:40, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
I can view the page on Google Books and verify that it is cited correctly, without close paraphrasing. Yoninah (talk) 23:19, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
The hook is a bit ambiguous - "being mistaken for a man named Richard" makes it sound like there was a man named Richard Finkler whose mail she kept getting. The real story behind the name change is far more interesting (and tragic) in my opinion - her prospective employers assumed she was a man and revoked a job offer when they discovered she wasn't. What about:
- ALT 1 ... that Ukrainian-American endocrinologist Ricka Sapiro Finkler began using the name Rita after Saint Vincent's Hospital offered her a job, only to retract it upon discovering she was a woman?
- Intelligentsium 19:22, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Intelligentsium: I like it, thanks. I wrote the original hook because I didn't think I could fit in the whole story without making it too wordy, but you've done it well. 97198 (talk) 10:15, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
as I can't approve my own hook. Cheers, Intelligentsium 14:59, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
- The ALT1 hook reads like Rita was the one who discovered she was a woman. Do you mean:
- ALT2: ... that Ukrainian-American endocrinologist Ricka Sapiro Finkler began using the name Rita after Saint Vincent's Hospital offered her a job, only to retract it when they discovered she was a woman? Yoninah (talk) 16:28, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
- I think "only to retract it upon discovering she was a woman" makes it clear whoever retracted the job offer also discovered she was a woman. However, I'm fine with either one. Intelligentsium 19:11, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
