Talk:Angela Rasmussen

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This person actually works at the University of Saskatchewan per her Twitter bio, but that isn't mentioned anywhere in this article. Pkirvan (talk) 13:43, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Media

https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-study-of-bats-in-china-met-nih-grant-requirements-ecohealth-says-11635441406 2600:1700:8660:E180:3434:B7E7:AC74:FAEE (talk) 00:39, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Significance?

I'm just wondering what the criteria used for notability is here.

The page is sparse. I suppose it's under this criteria:

Wikipedia:Notability (academics) - Wikipedia

Which one(s) is (are) claimed to have been met? EmaNyton (talk) 09:23, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I guess the significant factor that raised her profile was her Covid-19 work in general and more specifically her [widely reported] caustic response to an egregiously unscientific article in The Lancet. See "what links here" at the side of the article for more.

If you want to raise a formal challenge, see WP:Articles for deletion. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:36, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

> "profile was her Covid-19 work in general"

The highest profile Covid-19work I see is here: The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic | Science and here: Genetic tracing of market wildlife and viruses at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic: Cell

In both cases, she's just a middle author and adjacent authors (Wertheim, Goldstein, Kraemer) also on those two papers don't have wikipedia pages.

> "more specifically her [widely reported] caustic response to an egregiously unscientific article in The Lancet."

I am not sure what you are referring to, "what links here" does have a link to the Lancet, but not a specific article. If this is a major reason for notability, shouldn't it be reflected in the article?

> "If you want to raise a formal challenge"

Not at the moment, I'm just curious and open to information and arguments. EmaNyton (talk) 09:01, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"What links here": I meant within Wikipedia. On the left hand side of every page, there is a column of links to useful resources. It is the first item in the section 'Tools'. And gives you this list.

Also, at the top of the page, there is a tab called 'View history' and there you can find who first created the page and ask them: it was user:Webmz. But the bad news is that they haven't contributed anything since 2022. The history shows other significant contributors since then, who I hope are still watching the page and can comment. (I have never contributed, I just have a watch on the page because it was a vandalism target by conspiracy theorists.) --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:06, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

> "What links here": I meant within Wikipedia. On the left hand side of every page, there is a column of links to useful resources. It is the first item in the section 'Tools'. And gives you this list."

Yes, I saw that list, I don't know which link in that list you are referring to regarding " her [widely reported] caustic response to an egregiously unscientific article in The Lancet."

> "Also, at the top of the page, there is a tab called 'View history' and there you can find who first created the page and ask them: it was user:Webmz. But the bad news is that they haven't contributed anything since 2022."

Well, that user profile makes it clear that they are out to increase representation of women in science. It also indicates a bias that may potentially lead to applying a lower standard. I note that the page was created before Angela had any papers in Cell, and just 1 in Science. EmaNyton (talk) 13:53, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]