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A fact from Myron Levoy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 February 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that before becoming a successful children's author, Myron Levoy was an engineer doing research on nuclear-powered spaceships for a mission to Mars?

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I think we should be on more solid ground now – in addition to his obituary from Publisher's Weekly, there are also the entries about him in Writers of multicultural fiction for young adults and Something About the Author (hooray for the Internet Archive for making those works easily accessible). Plus while the actual text itself in Speaking for Ourselves is autobiographical, the fact that he was included in that book in the first place shows that at that time he was considered notable enough by a selection of teachers from the NTCE (see the preface of that book for the methodology on how authors were selected for inclusion in that book).

Additionally, he might arguably possibly qualify under WP:Author criterion 3 as well: He wrote Alan and Naomi, which won multiple awards/honours when it came out, has been translated into multiple foreign languages and was e.g. often a part of the high school literature curriculum in Germany (certainly up into the early 2000s/2010s, maybe even today?), so arguably "significant or well-known". Beyond that, Alan and Naomi was both subject of multiple independent reviews (as per Green 1996 nationally at least in both NYTBR and Horn Book), as well as turned into a film as well, thereby satisfying both alternative options of the second clause.

While I feel that e.g. the paragraph about his work could do with a little more expanding (though I don't yet have a good idea on how best to summarise e.g. the relevant section from Green 1996), I think this needn't necessarily block getting the article back into main space. JanTH (talk) 11:52, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 19:43, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that before becoming a successful children's author, Myron Levoy was an engineer doing research on nuclear-powered spaceships for a mission to Mars? Source: "Levoy studied chemical engineering […]. He was involved in numerous scientific projects, including an attempt to send a manned space flight to Mars, and nuclear propulsion projects for rockets and spacecraft." [[1]]
"But the group’s most notable theoretical treatment was Newgard and Levoy’s most ambitious 1958 concept for a 150 ft long, 15 ft in diameter, nuclear-propelled, deep-space spacecraft powered by a solid-core reactor." Frank H. Winter, America's First Rocket Company: Reaction Motors, Inc, p. 278
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Moved to mainspace by JanTH (talk) and EytanMelech (talk). Nominated by JanTH (talk) at 21:32, 27 January 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Myron Levoy, so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Article is well-written, has good references (AGF on offline material) and appears to offer a complete coverage of its subject. Hook is interesting and the reference checks out, although I would also suggest adding a link to 'mission to Mars' (cf [2]). I am a bit puzzled as to eligibility, though, as the article was moved to draftspace and back to mainspace again. There is no 5x expansion compared to the original mainspace version, but if we count it as a new article, then it certainly qualifies. I will assume the latter. Both article authors don't have prior DYK noms, so QPQ is not necessary. As such, this is good to go. Constantine ✍ 12:26, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

One Hook source: "Page 251 Levoy studied chemical engineering at City College of New York and earned his master’s degree at Purdue University. He was involved in numerous scientific projects, including an attempt to send a manned space flight to Mars, and nuclear propulsion projects for rockets and spacecraft. Although Levoy was an engineer by day, writing "remained his first love" Bruxton (talk) 19:40, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]