Template:Did you know nominations/Ruth Huenemann

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The result was: promoted by CSJJ104 (talk) 16:47, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Ruth Huenemann

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... that Professor Ruth Huenemann was tall and slender but she spent much of her career studying obesity? Source: Article title: Ruth Huenemann -- pioneer in study of childhood obesity. Also in the article: She was the second of 14 children born to a farming family. She and her siblings were tall and slender.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Linus Roth

Created by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 19:20, 7 September 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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: Definitely an interesting take on the subject! Looking at the article it definitely passes the requirements for DYK, and I look forward to seeing it up. --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 07:54, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Bruxton Sky Harbor I don't see how the hook is interesting. She was a health official that studied childhood obesity. I have never heard of anything that would make a slim person studying obese people odd. If we're working with opposites, the hook could also say that she wasn't an obese child since it was childhood obesity that she specifically researched. That hook would work just as bad as the current one. SL93 (talk) 00:38, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

I'm also a little reticent to promote this hook – if only because obesity tends to come with an increase in height, and this hook suggests the opposite. Wouldn't want to give off the wrong image. And SL93 isn't wrong in his analysis, either. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 23:31, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

How about:

ALT1: ... that Ruth Huenemann, who spent much of her career studying obesity, was anything but?

-- RoySmith (talk) 17:12, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

It is reworded, but I don't see the interesting factor. SL93 (talk) 18:13, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

I have to agree – the wording is catchy, but I don't think the hook raises a question that needs to be addressed by clicking through. I don't see much else in the article, either. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 19:53, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

ALT0 and ALT1 appear to not be viable – could Bruxton propose another hook? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 16:59, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

ALT2: ...that Ruth Huenemann studied the causes of childhood obesity by researching the eating habits, activity and body type of children over a long period of time?

ALT3 ...that Ruth Huenemann was one of the first researchers to make a connection between socioeconomic status and childhood obesity?

Bruxton (talk) 17:57, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Source

@Bruxton: ALT3's not bad, but the source you've provided isn't nearly strong enough. I'd want a reputable, non-local, independent source for that claim. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:44, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

source. Bruxton (talk) 21:46, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

on a list of absolutely terrible hooks that should not be used, the grim pun of her foreseeing a "growing problem" (ibid.) has gotta be up there. But ALT3 is cited and reasonably interesting :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:51, 6 October 2022 (UTC)