Template:Did you know nominations/Harriet Low

The following discussion 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 PFHLai (talk) 01:44, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Harriet Low

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• ... that Harriet Low (pictured) was the first young American girl to live in China and caused a diplomatic incident when she entered the banned port of Canton dressed as a man?

Created/expanded by Philg88 (talk). Self nom at 22:08, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

• Age, length OK. Hook ref verified. However, the article only details a slice of her life and therefore seems unfinished. Can you add any more biographical information beyond her birth and trip to China? I would also suggest this abbreviation of the hook to make it snappier:
• ALT1: ... that Harriet Low (pictured) caused a diplomatic incident when she entered the banned port of Canton dressed as a boy? Yoninah (talk) 11:02, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

• Do you have more than 5 DYK credits? Then you also need to review another nomination. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 11:04, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi Yoninah, many thanks for your comments. Unfortunately, sources on Harriet Low's life are few and far between - her brief period in the spotlight in Macau is the best documented but outside of that little is known of her life before and after. I have no problem with your alternative hook suggestion - fine by me. Sorry, I didn't realize the review requirement still stood - it's been a while since I submitted anything for DYK and there have been a number of procedural changes (for the better!) - I will review a submission forthwith and note that here. Best ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 00:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

• A quick search of Google Books turned up a lot of biographical information, plus her married name, Hillard. Please see my note on your talk page. Yoninah (talk) 17:58, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Comments noted, thanks. Reviewed Tiang language. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 22:33, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

• I expanded the article based on quite a few valid references. I am leaving for you to expand the first paragraph of the section headed "Journal". Since this is her claim to notability, please describe the types of things she talks about in her journal and why biographers view the journal as an important record of life in early-19th century China. Also, please try to avoid close paraphrasing or verbatim quoting of your sources. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 19:51, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

• Article still isn't perfect, but it is an interesting one as it is, and plenty good enough for DYK. --Orlady (talk) 19:00, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

• Then I would like co-credit for the nom, as I wrote half the article. Yoninah (talk) 21:38, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

• Indeed you did. Possibly more than half. --Orlady (talk) 22:25, 28 January 2012 (UTC)