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The result was: promoted by Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 11:33, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

• ... that partly inspired by the 1972 Nixon visit to China, Brazilian physiologist Maria Carmelo Lico studied electroacupuncture?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Penelope Spencer

Created by Cmaximino (talk). Nominated by Wiki at Royal Society John (talk) at 02:59, 13 March 2014 (UTC).

• for IW month; sorry it's a bit late; editor's first article. Wiki at Royal Society John (talk) 03:05, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

• The nomination is 9 days old, but I'm willing to overlook that if the references can be improved. Right now all the references, including the biographical information, are sourced to research papers. These papers cannot possibly be providing all the biographical details; where did the page creator find them? The hook is not sourced inline and it's also unclear where that information came from. Yoninah (talk) 09:44, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

• Ref 2, "Hoffman", used 7 times over most of the article and quoted at length, is an obituary, and ref 3 seems to be an autobiographical memoir. Unfortunately neither seem to be online. I take your point about the hook, & will do something there. Johnbod (talk) 10:00, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

As far as I know, unfortunately these are the only sources which refer to biographical details on Lico's life. Reference 3 is not an autobiographical memoir, but Lico's thesis. Ref 2 is not an obituary, but comes from conference proceedings. Unfortunately, while reference 3 appears on Google Books, it is not accessible, nor is ref 2. I argue, however, that this is very common for South American researchers, especially when they are women.Cmaximino (talk) 15:27, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Can you clarify which source references "partly inspired by the 1972 Nixon visit to China..."? Otherwise we need a new hook. Johnbod (talk) 15:34, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

• Since the main concern is now the hook, here are two possibilities; I've confirmed that both are cited. I also suggest adding the picture of her? Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 21:54, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
• ALT1:... that Maria Carmelo Lico (pictured) spent most of her life as a physiologist researching neural mechanisms of pain?
• ALT2:... that research physiologist Maria Carmelo Lico (pictured) was an avid reader of Argentinian fiction writer Julio Cortázar?

• I think your idea of changing the hook is a good one, Mary. I suggest tweaking ALT2 as follows:
• ALT3: ... that in-between animal experiments, research physiologist Maria Carmelo Lico (pictured) read novels by Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar? Yoninah (talk) 00:18, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

• Thanks, ALT3 is catchier.Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 22:07, 27 March 2014 (UTC)