Template:Did you know nominations/James Franck
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:14, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
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James Franck
[edit]- ... that during World War II, James Franck's gold Nobel Prize medal was dissolved in aqua regia and stored in a bottle on a shelf to prevent it from falling into German hands?
5x expanded by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:54, 20 June 2015 (UTC).
- I am going to approve this because it passes all the criteria. The article in general is also great! But please do two things first: 1) the nom is broken, I think it was made with the username in place of the article name, so the history links etc. don't work, and 2) change to hook a bit to explain what actually happened—I think it would be much more interesting, because people unfamiliar with aqua regia and the whole process might not understand what exactly the hook is talking about. —Ynhockey (Talk) 20:47, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
- Hi again, long time indeed! How about something like:
- ALT1: ... that during World War II, James Franck's gold Nobel Prize medal was dissolved to prevent it from falling into German hands, and recast after the war?"
- Not entirely sure my version really clarifies what happened either, but I think the fact that it was dissolved in a way that can be recast is the interesting part. —Ynhockey (Talk) 22:28, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
