Talk:Alena Analeigh Wicker

A fact from Alena Analeigh Wicker appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 August 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Alena Analeigh Wicker is the youngest Black person to be accepted into medical school in the United States and the youngest person to work as an intern at NASA?

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The result was: promoted by Evrik (talk) 22:42, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Alena Analeigh Wicker is the youngest Black person to be accepted into medical school in the United States and the youngest person to intern at NASA? Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/07/20/girl-13-is-youngest-black-student-accepted-to-medical-school/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/07/20/alena-analeigh-wicker-college-stem/
- ALT1: ... that Alena Analeigh Wicker is the second youngest person to be accepted into medical school and the youngest person to intern at NASA? Source:
  Second youngest med acceptance: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2022/07/14/alena-analeigh-13-year-old-asu-student-heading-medical-school/10042717002/?gnt-cfr=1
  NASA internship: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/07/20/alena-analeigh-wicker-college-stem/
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Created by Significa liberdade (talk). Self-nominated at 13:04, 22 July 2022 (UTC).[reply]

More of a comment than a review, but the hooks are pretty complicated. I'd suggest having separate hooks for the "youngest Black person" and "youngest internet" angles since I think both facts are solid in their own right and don't really need to be combined. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:59, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note to the reviewer: the nominator only has one previous DYK nomination so no QPQ is required. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 16:29, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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:

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Cited:
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QPQ: - Not done
Overall: There is no rule against two facts in a hook. No QPQ needed here. All points check out, ready to go. Moonraker (talk) 05:11, 28 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

questions for an article?[edit]

Dear ma’am

My name is Haashim Farooq, I’m a journalist that works with the Ottawa sun,

Could you email me at haashimfarooq@gmail.com

With your info, and I would love to discuss this over an article

Thank you 2607:FEA8:BD60:1F80:8439:FD1C:8674:5824 (talk) 16:09, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Last name?[edit]

What is the correct last name for Alena? While the WaPo lists her as Wicker, this article lists her as McQuarter: https://www.fox29.com/news/13-year-old-fort-worth-girl-becomes-youngest-black-person-ever-to-be-accepted-to-medical-school Erockett (talk) 20:38, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure. At present, though, she has "McQuarter" listed on her social media. Additionally, she won the Grio Award using the name McQuarter. As such, I wonder if it's worth updating. Fuzheado, I know you've been working to address changes to the page involving the last name. What are your thoughts? Significa liberdade (talk) 03:08, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]