Talk:Biological Cosmic Ray Experiment

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 01:28, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that as part of the Apollo 17 Biological Cosmic Ray Experiment, the heads of Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey were each cut into 1600 slices, to look for brain lesions caused by cosmic rays? Source: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/enwiki/api/citations/19760005599/downloads/19760005599.pdf (p.11)
  • ALT 1... that as part of the Apollo 17 Biological Cosmic Ray Experiment, the heads of five mice were each cut into 1600 slices, to look for brain lesions? Source: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/enwiki/api/citations/19760005599/downloads/19760005599.pdf (p.11)
  • Reviewed #1: Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Raoul_Augereau
  • Reviewed #2: Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Jumalan_teatteri

Created by Seddon (talk). Self-nominated at 00:37, 9 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Biological Cosmic Ray Experiment; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Article is new and long enough, and Earwig's looks good. Looking at the first hook, it is interesting, matches the article, and sourced: The heads were serially sectioned ... The total number of sections per head came to approximately 1600. I worry that you're trying to put too much information into the hook. As the most interesting part is that the mice were sliced up into 1,600 slices, the reason for this being done (lesions from cosmic rays) could be omitted. Also, because Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey aren't common knowledge, people aren't going to immediately realise that they are mice, so it might be a good idea to link "five mice" and pipe it to the article about them. But it's your choice after all.

Just waiting on two QPQs as you have 20 nominations and we are in backlog mode. —Panamitsu (talk) 09:44, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

@Panamitsu: Two QPQ's done and I've provided an ALT1 based on your feedback above. Seddon ^talk 23:54, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Looks good. —Panamitsu (talk) 00:32, 10 March 2024 (UTC)