- 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. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath talk 10:20, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
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Dianna Cowern
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Cowern in 2018
- ... that Dianna Cowern (pictured) has an asteroid named after her? (Source: International Astronomical Union, WGSBN Bulletin, 17 March 2025, p.25)
- ALT1: ... that Dianna Cowern (pictured) has an asteroid named after her? (Same source)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/National championships in men's college basketball
- Comment: Driveby nom.
Improved to Good Article status by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 334 past nominations.
Launchballer 03:04, 11 October 2025 (UTC).
- I've added a source, and ALT1 (same as the main blurb, but linking asteroid). Renerpho (talk) 23:54, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
General: Article is new enough and long enough
| Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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| Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px. |
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| QPQ: Done. |
Overall: 
Article was promoted to GA on 9 October and is 922 words (5,703 characters) in length. It is fully sourced, neutral and free from plagiarism (as verified by the GA review). The hook is supported by a citation and is interesting, although I'd suggest introducing Cowern as a "YouTuber" or "science communicator". The picture is freely licensed and is clear at a small size. QPQ has been done. There is still an "Update needed" tag in the infobox that needs to be addressed before I can approve this nomination. Grnrchst (talk) 10:42, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
- ALT0a: ... that YouTuber Dianna Cowern (pictured) has an asteroid named after her?
- ALT0b: ... that science communicator Dianna Cowern (pictured) has an asteroid named after her?
- Also, I could have sworn blind that YouTube counts violated some core policy, but as I can't think what that is I've updated it.--Launchballer 13:20, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
- I think ALT0b is better (not least because that's what she's called in the source). @Grnrchst: We have an image of the asteroid, File:Diannacowern 2021.gif. I think using a photo of the person, rather than the space rock, makes more sense though. @Launchballer: Regarding the view count, maybe you're referring to the recent discussions around Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 September 30#Social media personality infoboxes? Renerpho (talk) 16:36, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
- Pictures of women tend to do better at WP:DYKSTATS. Not sure what policy I was thinking of.--Launchballer 16:58, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
