Talk:Henry Ehrenreich

Did you know nomination

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 Yoninah (talk) 23:16, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that during the First Oil Crisis, material scientist Henry Ehrenreich was asked to assess photovoltaic cells and became an advisor to the Department of Energy? Source: "More than 30 years ago, during the “first” oil crisis, Ehrenreich was asked to assess solar photovoltaic cells. He headed the American Physical Society’s Study Group on Solar Photovoltaic Energy Conversion from 1977-81, served on the Department of Energy’s Photovoltaic Advisory Committee, and testified before Congress in 1985." The Harvard Gazette
  • ALT1:... that Henry Ehrenreich, who fled Germany in 1939 via the Kindertransport, went on to become a Harvard professor? Source: "Six months after Nathan fled, on June 20, 1939, Frieda entrusted 11-year-old Henry to the Kindertransport [...]" - "[...] in 1963, he accepted an invitation to join the Division’s faculty as a Professor." The Harvard Gazette
  • ALT2:... that Harvard physicist Henry Ehrenreich bought a Powerbook because he thought that Macs "were for idiots"? Source: "I have a modem and a Powerbook at home [...]" - "I got a Mac because they were for idiots [...]" The Harvard Crimson

• Comment: This is my first DYK nomination, so I might have made a mistake somewhere (please point out any to me). In fact, it's my first non-stub article created, and I didn't do a review of another DYK (because I'm not confident judging them yet). There actually might be more possible hooks, but I believe these three are sufficient.

Created by LordPeterII (talk). Self-nominated at 11:35, 10 December 2020 (UTC).

Interesting life, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. Welcome to DYK! I am no friend of ALT2, funny but not really touching what he achieved. ALT1 does that, but remains too general, - please add at least his chair or subject. I like the original best, how is this:

ALT3: ... that material scientist Henry Ehrenreich assessed photovoltaic cells during the 1973 oil crisis, and became an advisor to the U.S. Department of Energy? - I did some copy-editing, please check if you can accept the changes. Ask if you don't understand. I suggest that you write the article a bit more lead for an introduction, and give "him" an infobox. You can copy some from John H. Dessauer. Thank you for the bio, and for your substantial additions to the Sprachkunstwerk! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:15, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for reviewing! ALT3 sounds fine, I agree that part fits best as in the end he was a scientist (ALT2 was indeed more of a funny anecdote, which is why it was my last choice). I don't mind the copyedits - obviously I didn't know they were needed, but that's why sometimes it's good to have second pair of eyes read through your text. Added an infobox (actually found one for scientist specifically) as you suggested, it really looks better now. Now what remains is the lead, and... I must admit I do not know what to do here exactly. This was suggested to me before, when the draft was entering AfC, but it got through anyway. So... what should be put in the lead? I feel like I can't decide what's important enough to be there. Could you give me some pointers? --LordPeterII (talk) 23:24, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, all set for DYK. For the lead: put in it all you think a reader should take home who has no time for the whole thing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:54, 12 December 2020 (UTC)