Talk:Spectrum (physical sciences)

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Did you know nomination

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. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected by Narutolovehinata5 (talk) 03:14, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Article was not a 5x expansion, and the nominator did not respond to a request to respond after the nomination was marked for closure.


  • ... that in physical sciences, Isaac Newton adopted the term "spectrum"? Source: Newton, Isaac (1671). "A letter of Mr. Isaac Newton ... containing his new theory about light and colours ...". https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1671.0072 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 6 (80): 3075–3087. Bibcode:1671RSPT....6.3075N. doi:10.1098/rstl.1671.0072. The word "spectrum" to describe a band of colors that has been produced, by refraction or diffraction, from a beam of light first appears on p. 3076.

Created by Fgnievinski (talk). Nominated by Helloheart (talk) at 23:20, 8 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Please first have reliable references ready for this article. At present, there are many paragraphs without citation, which makes the article not eligible. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:48, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there, Helloheart! Unfortunately, this article fails to qualify for DYK under WP:DYK#gen1a, which says that new articles may not consist of text spun off from a pre-existing article. Unless the article can be 5x expanded, it's probably best to close this nomination. theleekycauldron (talkcontribs) (she/they) 19:48, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]