# Talk:Eileen Niedfield

This GA review is retracted and the article nominee returns to the backlog for pending review, as requested on https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3AGood_article_nominations&diff=1186450459&oldid=1186444458
Maxim Masiutin (talk) 07:06, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

@Cielquiparle:, Thank you for catching this! I changed it to the Congressional Record, but I don't know whether you'd consider that authoritative enough since the Representative wouldn't have expert knowledge of the situation. Thoughts? (PS: I tried simply replying to your comment, but the system wouldn't let me.) Oh-Fortuna! (talk) 23:33, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

@AirshipJungleman29:, I wanted to answer your query about the wording for the DYK, but it wasn't clear to me if I should just edit the DYK, or how else to respond to you (there was no "reply" option). Here is the wording I suggest (it's close to yours, and thank you for showing me how to tighten): ... that as one of the first women in her medical school, Eileen Niedfield graduated valedictorian, with the highest pathology score in the US? Oh-Fortuna! (talk)

Oh-Fortuna!, the issue is that "valedictorian" is a very American term; very few people outside the US understands what it means. DYK hooks are meant for a worldwide audience, so I don't think "valedictorian" can be used. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:25, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
AirshipJungleman29, I didn't realize that. Yikes. And I even travel a lot. How about this? Same number of words: ... that as one of the first women in her medical school, Eileen Niedfield earned the highest grades, and also the highest US pathology score? Oh-Fortuna! (talk) 13:48, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
If she got the highest score in the US, that would surely also mean she got the highest in her cohort too? I don't see a reason to say it twice. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:53, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
Scores and grades are different, IMO. A score is a number, and a grade is a letter. But I'll defer to you since I think people will get the point, and they'll love her story. Oh-Fortuna! (talk) 22:04, 8 June 2025 (UTC)