- 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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:37, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
Anne Wyllie
[[File:|140px|Anne Wyllie in 2019 ]]
Anne Wyllie in 2019
- ... that when Anne Wyllie and her team developed the saliva test for COVID-19, they were partly funded by the National Basketball Association? Source: "The NBA, like the basketball guys. They had heard about Anne's direct saliva testing technique called SalivaDirect, and they wanted to use it for the NBA season....WOODS: The deal was worth another half-million dollars. WYLLIE: It's as bizarre to us when we couldn't get funding from the NIH, but we could get funding from the NBA." (Source)
Created by DrThneed (talk). Self-nominated at 05:23, 19 September 2021 (UTC).
- Open to other hooks, one around the recent NZ controversy would be good I just haven't quite got my head around how to phrase it. Will add in a photo if one is forthcoming. QPQ Quintin Quintana DrThneed (talk) 05:34, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hook is cited and interesting. The only change I made was turning "NBA" into "National Basketball Association" (although I think everyone knows the NBA). Article is new enough, long enough and sourced. qpq is done and no copyvio detected on Earwig. This nom is a-go! BuySomeApples (talk) 00:01, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
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- Ha! Of course. Thanks @Theleekycauldron: for the hook suggestion, I'm happy with that, and thanks @BuySomeApples: for the review. I also have an image available now (not quite sure how to add it to the nom). As Anne uploaded it to Commons herself, I checked with her about the copyright, and she tells me she commissioned the headshot and owns the copyright. DrThneed (talk) 21:21, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
- BuySomeApples, theleekycauldron and DrThneed: I've added the photo. Schwede66 03:53, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
BuySomeApples, theleekycauldron, Schwede66 I had missed that one of the journalists covering the saliva testing story did write an update mentioning why Wyllie's page got created. I can now offer an alternative hook, if that takes anyone's fancy. DrThneed (talk) 20:21, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
- ALT2:... that because Anoop Singh asked "who is Anne Wyllie" (pictured), she now has a Wikipedia biography? (source: this article)
- Yes, please. ALT2 is awesome! Schwede66 20:28, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
- ALT3:... that because Anoop Singh asked "who is Anne Wyllie" (pictured), a.k.a. "The Spit Queen", she now has a Wikipedia biography? (my attempt to make this more quirky; fact already referenced in ALT1) Schwede66 20:47, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
- @Schwede66 and DrThneed: thanks, both of you! I'll take ALT3, I love it; I might make it a quirky hook, but for now, we'll make it the lead. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 22:37, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
ALT3 to
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Hook is cited and interesting. The only change I made was turning "NBA" into "National Basketball Association" (although I think everyone knows the NBA). Article is new enough, long enough and sourced. qpq is done and no copyvio detected on Earwig. This nom is a-go! BuySomeApples (talk) 00:01, 21 September 2021 (UTC)