Talk:Alexis Nikole Nelson

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This article was the first attempt by a new editor to create a new one. I really like the selection of the subject. Help in expanding this article and suggestions for subheadings would be most appreciated. Thanks. TMorata (talk) 14:26, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

GA review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Alexis Nikole Nelson/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Jishara (talk · contribs) 20:22, 14 September 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: Carnival of Lights (talk · contribs) 20:56, 26 September 2026 (UTC)

Reviewing for WT:GARC#136. Carnival of Lights (talk) 20:56, 26 September 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Jishara (please ping upon response) (talk) 19:51, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Lead

• Lead looks good. Just remove the reference on her birthday and make the lead all one paragraph since it is short.

Early life and education

• Add her birthday on here and use the ref from the lead for here instead
• "She graduated from the Ohio State University in 2015 with degrees in theater and environmental science.[4][1]" Please swap the refs at the end.

Social media

• "Her popularity grew in 2021, from under 500,000 TikTok followers early that year to 3.3 million by January 2022." - "Nelson's social media following expanded significantly in 2021, growing from fewer than 500,000 TikTok followers early in that year to 3.3 millions followers by January 2022."
• "Her efforts were successful enough that she left her job as a social media manager in September 2021 to focus on her foraging work full-time." - "By September 2021, she had resigned from her role as a social media manager to focus full-time on foraging content."
• "National media attention that year included New York Times and Bon Appétit articles, as well as segments on The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Drew Barrymore Show. She was also added to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list that year." - "Throughout 2021, she received national media attention from outlets that included The New York Times and Bon Appétit, alongside guest appearances on The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Drew Barrymore Show. She was also included to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list that year."
• "In December 2023, an episode of Eat This with Yara featuring Nelson titled "The Awful Truth About ‘No Trespassing’ Signs" won the Outstanding Lifestyle Program award at the 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards." - "In December 2023, an episode of Eat This with Yara featuring Nelson titled "The Awful Truth About 'No Trespassing' Signs" won the Outstanding Lifestyle Program award at the 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards."

Personal life

• Can you merge this with the early life and education section? This part is only two sentences.

References

• Make sure to archive all the sources
• Ref 1: Link BlackPast.org and change it from "work" to "publisher"
• Ref 2: Link Columbus Monthly
• Ref 3: Link NPR
• Ref 4: Link National Geographic
• Ref 5: Change "Cleveland" to "Cleveland.com" and link it. Also change it from "work" to "publisher"
• Ref 6: Link Marie Claire
• Ref 7: Link CBS News and change it from "work" to "publisher"
• Ref 8: Link Columbus Monthly
• Ref 9: Change "Kitchn" to "The Kitchn" and link it. Change it from "work" to "publisher"
• Ref 10: Change "NPR.org" to "NPR" and link it. Change it from "work" to "publisher"
• Ref 11: Link The New York Times
• Ref 12: Link Elle Canada to Elle (magazine)
• Ref 13: Please link In the Know and Yahoo
• Ref 14: Change Tufts University Now to Tufts Now
• Ref 15: Link TheGrio and change it from "work" to "publisher"
• Ref 16: Link Food & Wine
• Ref 17: Link Katie Couric Media to Katie Couric and change it from "work" to "publisher"
• Ref 18: Link Columbus Monthly
• Ref 19: Link Bon Appétit
• Ref 20: Link Insider to Business Insider and make TED lowercase in the title
• Ref 21: Link Columbus Monthly
• Ref 22: Link Eater
• Ref 23: Link The Columbus Dispatch
• Ref 24: Link Columbus Monthly
• Ref 25: Ok
• Ref 26: Change "The WNET Group" to "WNET" and link it. Change it from "work" to "publisher"
• Ref 27: Change "Al Jazeera" to "Al Jazeera English" and link it. Change it from "work" to "publisher"
• Ref 28: Lowercase Time and link it. Change TIME100 to Time100
• Ref 29: Link Cleveland Museum of Natural History and change it from "work" to "publisher"
• Ref 30: Link Simon & Schuster and change it from "work" to "publisher"
• Ref 31: Link Library Journal
• Ref 32: Link Eater
• Ref 33: Link The Seattle Times
• Ref 34: Change "WDIV" to "WDIV-TV" and change it from "work" to "publisher"
• Ref 35: Ok

Final comments

Overall good job on the article. I am going to put it On hold so you can address the issues above. Carnival of Lights (talk) 08:51, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

@Carnival of Lights: I believe I've made all the fixes mentioned. Please let me know if you need anything else! Jishara (please ping upon response) (talk) 13:02, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

@Jishara: You did everything I mentioned above. The article looks great so I am more than happy to  Pass this nomination! Congratulations! Carnival of Lights (talk) 04:25, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

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• ... that Alexis Nikole Nelson won the inaugural James Beard Award for Social Media Account?

• Source: https://www.eater.com/2022/6/11/23164075/james-beard-foundation-awards-2022-media-winners-cookbooks-journalism

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nannie Washburn

Improved to Good Article status by Jishara (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 38 past nominations.

Jishara (please ping upon response) (talk) 18:21, 1 October 2026 (UTC).

• Passed GA recently enough Y, long enough Y, hook and article are reliably sourced. I can't really tell if a spotcheck for text-source integrity and copyvio took place at GA (Carnival of Lights?), but a brief look doesn't turn up anything Y. Hook is short enough and interesting, though I'm sure some won't be happy (someone has to be the first to win in a category afterall). Maybe a gloss that the James Beard Award is for food would make the interest of social media more apparent? Y QPQ done Y. Approving -