DaffodilOcean

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	For making so many biographical articles! Kj cheetham (talk) 12:07, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thanks for your efforts expanding articles on women in science/academia, great work and very much needed! You might want to consider nominating some of your articles for Wikipedia:Did you know, this would allow them to appear on the front page and have increased visibility - you can do this here. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 16:23, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Aw, thanks! @Ivar the Boneful:. I will consider Wikipedia:Did you know as a way to increase visibility. Some of these women are remarkable.--DaffodilOcean (talk) 17:25, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Gertrude Webster

On 15 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gertrude Webster, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a cactus (pictured) is named after Gertrude Webster, who helped found the Desert Botanical Garden in Arizona? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gertrude Webster. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gertrude Webster), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Great work! You inspired me to create an article for Echinocereus websterianus too!! CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 22:51, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

What fun CaptainEek. I am glad to have provided the inspiration. DaffodilOcean (talk) 22:56, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your efforts to rescue abandoned drafts! S0091 (talk) 19:42, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

S0091 - Thanks for the recognition. I am enjoying going through these pages. There are plenty of notable people in there, with varying degrees of work needed to get the pages ready for the mainspace. DaffodilOcean (talk) 20:19, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

You should consider becoming an AfC reviewer at some point so you can catch some of them before they are abandoned. I know having a COI is tricky but I know we have at least one other reviewer with a COI and as long as you do not accept your drafts, it is likely fine. Although, not all drafts are submitted which is worrisome. Also, you might want to reach out to DGG for some tips/tricks in finding drafts as he also trudges through abandoned drafts and has a focus on academics. Regardless, you do great work for Wikipedia. S0091 (talk) 21:31, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jasmin Graham has been accepted

Jasmin Graham, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

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CNMall41 (talk) 16:39, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thanks for working on Elaine_Nicholson and getting it published to mainspace. Luke Nelson 22:32, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dina Ayman has been accepted

Dina Ayman, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. It is commonplace for new articles to start out as stubs and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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Bogger (talk) 08:19, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Dorothy Binney Palmer

On 5 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dorothy Binney Palmer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Dorothy Binney Palmer built two houses that are on the United States' National Register of Historic Places? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dorothy Binney Palmer. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Dorothy Binney Palmer), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Chris Ernst

On 7 July 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chris Ernst, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Chris Ernst stripped naked in 1976 with her Yale University teammates to protest the lack of showers for the women's rowing crew? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christine Ernst. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Chris Ernst), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 23,969 views (998.7 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of July 2022 – nice work!

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 19:31, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Ann Klein

On 15 July 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ann Klein, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ann Klein supported a successful bill that allowed women to register to vote in New Jersey without disclosing their marital status? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ann Klein (politician). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ann Klein), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For all of your work to clean up and expand the Lisette Nieves article! Beccaynr (talk) 23:02, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Margaret Chase

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		Nice job with your research and improvements on this article!

MarchOfTheGreyhounds (talk) 12:36, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks MarchOfTheGreyhounds - I think I have found what I could for now, so I am done editing if you want to add in more pieces. DaffodilOcean (talk) 12:37, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Cheers, I'll definitely give it a few tweaks today. MarchOfTheGreyhounds (talk) 12:38, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Mildred Newman

On 13 September 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mildred Newman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that American psychologist Mildred Newman and her husband treated so many celebrities that the two were known as "therapists of the stars"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mildred Newman. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mildred Newman), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar :)

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		Good job on rescuing the article! It's me... Sallicio!$\color {Red}\oplus$ 13:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thank you very much for your awesome research and additions to Marilyn Gayle Hoff! -- Beccaynr (talk) 03:32, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! I enjoyed the digging, but I think I have found all that I can. I thought I was close to getting access to the 'Sister Lode' journal, but it is eluding me. DaffodilOcean (talk) 03:44, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Happy holidays

Fairies dangling on and frolicking around flowers	Seasons greetings!
	Wishing you joyous holiday spirits, DaffodilOcean! and best wishes for the New Year	Illustration of dancing fairies, 1914, taken from the poem “A Spell for a Fairy,” by Alfred Noyes

Beccaynr (talk) 03:39, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Isabel Cooper (artist)

On 22 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Isabel Cooper (artist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Isabel Cooper painted live snakes while holding them in her hand? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Isabel Cooper (artist). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Isabel Cooper (artist)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Cara De Silva

On 15 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cara De Silva, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Cara De Silva described a cookbook compiled by a woman in Terezin concentration camp as a record of "psychological resistance”? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cara De Silva. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cara De Silva), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 12:02, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Sheila P. Burke

On 22 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sheila P. Burke, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sheila P. Burke was once known as the 101st U.S. senator? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sheila P. Burke. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sheila P. Burke), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Evelyn Pruitt

On 21 June 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Evelyn Pruitt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Evelyn Pruitt was the highest-ranking woman scientist in the United States Navy when she retired in 1973? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Evelyn Pruitt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Evelyn Pruitt), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hello, DaffodilOcean,

I just wanted to thank you for keeping an eye on expiring drafts. I do a lot of work with drafts that are edging towards the six month mark and I've noticed you delaying deletion on ones you think are promising. This is amazing to me as you often pay more attention to these drafts than the editors who created them one day and then abandoned them. It's hard enough to get editors to finish up their drafts much less expect other editors to spend time working on other people's drafts. But I can see from notices on your User talk page that some of these have found their way into main space which is awesome. Thanks for spending time working with promising drafts that would ordinarily just be deleted. It's appreciated! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:00, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

There are some interesting people in the set of expiring drafts, and I enjoy broadening my horizons by working on people I might otherwise not encounter.

On a practical note, I browse through SDZeroBot's reports to see what will be deleted soon. I keep my focus on women as my goal here is to increase the number of articles on women. If I miss someone you think has promise, feel free to send the details my way. DaffodilOcean (talk) 06:35, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Draft:Grace Wyshak

Thank you for reviewing Grace Wyshak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Grace_Wyshak

I would LOVE to see this draft become a real article. MaynardClark (talk) 01:28, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Are you interested in seeing the Grace Wyshak article go public? MaynardClark (talk) 01:53, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

@MaynardClark - I am interested in this article, and I have some text to add (quite a bit actually), but we just edit conflicted. Can you let me know when you are done for a little bit and I will put in the citations I have found? DaffodilOcean (talk) 00:10, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Sure. Take it away! I would be HAPPY to see the article about Dr. Wyshak published. I would also like to see a WP Harvard, if it could be developed. That HAD been a dream of (the late) Joseph Brain (one of Dr. Wyshak's colleagues at HSPH) before he (recently) died at age 84. MaynardClark (talk) 00:27, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

OK - I will add in my edits.

For what it's worth, I don't know what you mean by this "WP Harvard" ? DaffodilOcean (talk) 00:33, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

The late Dr. Joseph Brain (one of Dr. Wyshak's colleagues at HSPH) before he (recently) died at age 84, had convened a group of Faculty and "knowledge worker" staffers in Harvard's Longwood Medical Area to develop a working group to author Wikipedia articles on Harvard-based scientists and other noteworthy contributors. David Eppstein is currently working on the Wikipedia article "List of women in mathematics", which I suggest would likely host this finished and accepted article in their list. I know that she was born in August 1927, and I do not at this time know whether or not she is still alive. However, quite a few of her research articles were cutting edge "firsts" in evidence-based medicine and advice giving. Although the name "Wyshak" is considered to be a Jewish name, she had told me that she had some involvement with the local Greek Orthodox church (nearby HSPH) and had several times asked me how I was "going to deal with the Bible." MaynardClark (talk) 00:37, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

I was (somewhat) dismayed that you had removed so many of her IMO cutting edge reearch publications (because I consider her WORK to be quite notable (even if she had not been given the organizational or institutional recognition that she had earned with that leading light research that has proved nearly "prophetic" and has changed researcher perceptions on risk factors in human health. MaynardClark (talk) 00:46, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Ah, OK. Any chance you have a citation for her birth year? Or anything about her education? I find plenty of notes that she was at Harvard, but I have not yet found anything before her time at Harvard. DaffodilOcean (talk) 00:47, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

(though I wonder if she was at Yale in the late 1960s) DaffodilOcean (talk) 00:50, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@MaynardClark - I am done for now. Let me know what you think. DaffodilOcean (talk) 02:07, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@DaffodilOcean - To me, it looks great, but I wonder about a "See also" section at the bottom, with health disparities and social determinants of health.MaynardClark (talk) 02:13, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@DaffodilOcean - Birthdate: She had told me that her birth year was 1927 (we were in the same department and talked often), but The TruePeopleSearch site says that she was born in August 1927 (consistent with what she had told me, but not from a "reliable source"). The only street address available for her now is 53 State Street, Boston, MA 02109, but she had lived in Brookline before (same phone number). We both can continue looking; she would be 96 years old now. I have e-mailed her (our) Department at Harvard for news about her. I find NO obituaries about her; I have reached out to (friends at) the Harvard Center for the History of Medicine at HMS (Countway Library). Several OTHER online people finder sites give the same information about her. MaynardClark (talk) 02:20, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@DaffodilOcean - Marriage and children: I believe that Dr. Wyshak had been married (and had outlived her husband) and had birthed a few children (with whom she may he lived later in her 70s, 80s, and 90s. Online "people search" engines seem to show quite a few persons surnamed Wyshak living at 32 Commonwealth Avenue, (slightly west of) Boston.MaynardClark (talk) 02:34, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@DaffodilOcean - In 2009, Dr. Wyshak uploaded her CV to her ResearchGate account.

@DaffodilOcean - Dr. Wyshak's CV (as of 2009) shows 123 refereed journal pubilcations, 11 Books and Monographs, 3 book reviews and book chapters, 3 Proceedings of Meetings, 6 letters to the editor, 1 doctoral thesis (listed), and (at least) 5 International Abstracts/Scientific Paper Presentations. No birthdate is shown, but her 1949 baccalaureate from Smith College appears, and there is enough here to population an Infobox about a scientist and/or academic. MaynardClark (talk) 02:53, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@DaffodilOcean - Dr. Wyshak's (user-uploaded) CV (as of 2009) shows her having received a bachelor's degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1949. In the USA, the average age for completing a baccalaureate (right out of high school) is 22, so 1949 minus 22 = 1927 (the year Dr. Wyshak had told me was her birth year AND the year that appears on numerous "people finder" websites (considered unreliable, but what they are saying is both "reasonable" and consistent with everything else that we DO know).MaynardClark (talk) 03:40, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing me to some dates and work locations. Given that you know Wyshak, you have a conflict of interest (WP:COI) and are discouraged from editing her article. I will finish up this up and submit it to AfC for someone else to consider for review. DaffodilOcean (talk) 21:19, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

I think you need to add what is the one unique thing she has done that nobody else had done before.MaynardClark (talk) 01:41, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

References

Draft:Angela Allen-Bell

Hello, DaffodilOcean,

I saw you doing some work on drafts of women in academia so I was wondering if you could offer your help to this article I just moved from main space to Draft space. It needs a great deal of pruning but she might very well be notable. Right now though it looks like a cut and paste of a CV. Thanks for any help you can provide to this editor. Thanks for considering this request. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:38, 8 April 2024 (UTC)