Talk:Winston Price

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A fact from Winston Price appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 March 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 1953, American scientist Winston Price isolated the first rhinovirus, the most prevalent cause of the common cold?

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Hi everybody! I found that there was no article on this topic so I decided to write one. However, I have only limited information and references; so feel free to contribute. I hope that this is eligible to be published as a stub article. DishitaBhowmik 13:49, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

@Whispyhistory:, this needs your help. The article needs some general improvements, expansion and organising. It was nominated for DYK but unfortunately not in time so I have to fail it. Please Add WikiProjects here too.-Nizil (talk) 06:01, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sure..will have a look. Whispyhistory (talk) 07:49, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Whispyhistory, what's the factual accuracy issue you're concerned about? --valereee (talk) 22:56, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Valereee... it appears that only he claims his JH vaccine was successful. His peers say he fabricated the data. He did isolate the JH virus and a few years later reported that he reduced the risk of getting the common cold in a cohort of school boys. This made media headlines. Will have a go at wording and citing as best able. Whispyhistory (talk) 16:10, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:33, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... ~~that Winston Price, the developer of the Japanese encephalitis vaccine, died by injecting himself with an experimental vaccine that left him with spinal meningitis?~~ Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/arts/design/18hartigan.html

Created by Dishita Bhowmik (talk). Self-nominated at 16:38, 17 February 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Doing... -Nizil (talk) 05:31, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New nominator so QPQ not required. Winston Price is new but nominated late. It was moved to from draft to mainspace on 6 February but nominated on 17 February. It should be nominated within 7 days. The article need some work as well (sentences without citations and citation needed tags, too many sections for small article). I can fix the hook for dyk which is not formatted properly but unfortunately the nomination was late. I have to fail the nomination. Don't be disheartened. Please nominated your next new article in time and please go through WP:DYK to familiarize yourself with rules. Ask someone else/me for help if you are stuck anywhere. Please keep editing. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 05:41, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nizil Shah, given that this is a new editor and a first DYK, can we IAR to allow the nomination to be a few days late? --valereee (talk) 22:30, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Valereee I would have ignored the late nomination problem. But article needs a lot of improvement before passing DYK. There are several [citation needed] tags, grammar and some MOS issues. I have asked one editor, who regularly creates medical bios, to fix them. It may take some time. So if someone fix this quickly, I would reconsider. -Nizil (talk) 07:31, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nizil Shah Issues fixed DishitaBhowmik 13:50, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nizil Shah...I just read the above. Article still needs clarifying. With due respect, although initially hesitant, I have come to develop an interest in this article. Price did discover the first common cold virus but the rest of his research appears controversial. If I get my head around this, can we take Valereee's suggestion and carry the dyk through? I'll take responsibility, but need a little time. I don't mind helping a new editor Dishita Bhowmik. The decision is yours. Whispyhistory (talk) 20:07, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK. If you people are willing to make it better, I would let go 4-days late nomination issue as an exception. I would like to encourage a new editor and a new DYK contributor. @Dishita Bhowmik:, please stay in touch and watchlist this page as well as the article. You may learn a few thing from @Whispyhistory: as he will improve the article. I will review it after it has been improved. Please propose new hooks as well because current hook is not formatted properly. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 13:47, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nizil Shah Thank You. I am really willing to improve the article. DishitaBhowmik 15:46, 22 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Nizil Shah: Thank you for being accommodating. I think I am done. One day, someone might write his biography. I'll wait for your opinion. @Dishita Bhowmik:..this was a difficult one as it is difficult to know what is true and what fabricated. Best is to say who said what. I crossed the hook as can't find anyone else who said he made that vaccine.

ALT1: ... that in 1953, scientist Winston Price isolated the first rhinovirus, common cause of the common cold? Whispyhistory (talk) 19:18, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Whispyhistory: That sounds better and more reliable...

New (late submission but new user so allowed), long enough, well cited, neutral, no copyvio, ALT1 hook cited, ALT1 hook interesting, QPQ not needed (new editor). Thanks @Whispyhistory: for improving the article. @Dishita Bhowmik: Have a look at the article and its history to understand how article is improved. It will help you in your next DYK submission. When a hook sentence is submitted for the article, it should be in the article with reference. Approving new hook ALT1.-Nizil (talk) 14:08, 27 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]