Template:Did you know nominations/Sheila Bird

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The result was: rejected by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:52, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
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Sheila Bird[edit]

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... that statistician Sheila Bird (pictured) told the UK Home Affairs Committee in 2012 that the efficacy of drugs policy should be measured more objectively by using randomized controlled trials?

Comment: Created at the Royal Society "Women in Science " edit-a-thon to commemorate Ada Lovelace Day

Created by Edwardx (talk). Self nominated at 22:30, 20 October 2013 (UTC).

The length and date look ok but I see two issues immediately. The second paragraph of the lead makes big BLP claims but doesn't have a citation and seems to be independent content rather than a summary of the article body. And there's no QPQ review. So, some more work is required to make the grade, please. Andrew Davidson (talk) 09:44, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. That second para has been moved down and a ref added. I've also done a QPQ review, Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Caldwell Cook Edwardx (talk) 19:46, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Last paragraph has very close paraphrasing issues with its source, in many cases just changing a few words and keeping the original structure. Since this issue is recurring in the nom's noms (nom), I'm recommending a rewrite to avoid the copyvio. (Also the article has excessive quoting, which should be pulled out as blockquotes when so lengthy, but ultimately shouldn't be quoted at all if it's possible to rephrase into new language.) czar ♔ 14:56, 9 November 2013 (UTC)