Template:Did you know nominations/Louis W. Roberts

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 05:06, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Louis W. Roberts

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• ... that Louis W. Roberts was among the highest ranking African-American space program staff at NASA while the Apollo program was underway? Source: https://www.post-gazette.com/life/lifestyle/2010/02/11/Let-s-Talk-About-Louis-W-Roberts/stories/201002110387
  • ALT1: ... that Louis W. Roberts founded four different microwave research companies in Massachusetts? Source: http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/physics/roberts_louisw.html

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/William Goebel

Created by GorillaWarfare (talk). Self-nominated at 22:37, 27 November 2021 (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: Everything checks out! Only caveat is I'm not fully sure which hook to choose — while ALT1 is my personal preference by a hair, the original hook feels more relevant in light of recent high-profile space explorations. Great work! Dylan620 (talk) 23:35, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

• I prefer the original, personally. GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 23:44, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

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Promoting the main hook to Prep 2 – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 05:06, 8 December 2021 (UTC)