Template:Did you know nominations/The Skeptical Environmentalist

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 11:29, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

The Skeptical Environmentalist

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~~... that Mark Lynas once pied author Bjørn Lomborg because he disagreed with the views he had set out in The Skeptical Environmentalist?~~

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/oct/20/mark-lynas-green-movement

ALT1: ... that sales of The Skeptical Environmentalist quadrupled after a series of negative reviews in Scientific American were published? Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/423216a
ALT2: ... that E. O. Wilson said he regretted "the time wasted by scientists correcting the misinformation created" by The Skeptical Environmentalist? Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19438150903533730
ALT3: ... that The Skeptical Environmentalist was found to be scientifically dishonest by a Danish government agency? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/08/world/environment-and-science-danes-rebuke-a-skeptic.html
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ivančena

Improved to Good Article status by Arcahaeoindris (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

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Arcahaeoindris (talk) 22:41, 26 April 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: A newly promoted GA which received an appropriate review during the GAN. Overall, everything looks good for ALT0, which I think is definitely the strongest option. I'd make a few tweaks to the wording, though, to make it more concise, define "pie" (since it's not that common as a verb), and remove the identity of the thrower (which doesn't add much as not too many readers will know who he is). That leaves us with ALT0a: ...that an environmentalist threw a pie in the face of the author of The Skeptical Environmentalist? If that works for you, this should be good to go. Sdkb ^talk 01:22, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, @Sdkb:! Your proposed alt is fine with me :) Arcahaeoindris (talk) 09:02, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

I'm getting WP:false balance vibes from ALT0. Views sounds like an opinion, rather than misinformation. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 17:02, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

ALT0a presumably resolves that, though, Femke. I'll cross out ALT0 to make it clearer. Sdkb ^talk 17:24, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

yeah, you're right, should have noticed that, sorry. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 17:32, 16 May 2024 (UTC)