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A fact from Nick Acocella appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 June 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that New Jersey politics expert Nick Acocella hosted Pasta & Politics, a television show where he would make pasta with various politicians including Thomas Kean, Cory Booker, and Chris Christie?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:58, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that New Jersey politics expert Nick Acocella hosted Pasta & Politics, a television show where he would make pasta with various politicians including Thomas Kean, Cory Booker, and Chris Christie? Source: “ He hosted a TV show in which he spoke with local political titans like Tom Kean and Chris Christie while cooking pasta.
In 2015, he started hosting his own TV show, “Pasta & Politics,” on NJTV. He welcomed guests like U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and state Senate President Stephen Sweeney to make Italian food and chat about their trade.
“I love politics. I love pasta. The combination was inevitable,” Acocella said of the idea.” NJ.com
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game

Created by Thriley (talk). Self-nominated at 23:38, 17 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Nick Acocella; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

@Thriley: New enough and barely long enough at 1540 characters, but it reads shorter than it is because of all the choppy sentences. The TV show is legitimately interesting as a hook and checks out. Have you tried using Newspapers.com? It's now in the WP:TWL bundle for qualified editors. It has good paper density in New Jersey, and I'm finding articles like the one I've cited here.^[1] I also clipped the newspapers.com version of a paywalled North Jersey Media Group article. I'd just like to see the article be less choppy and a bit richer before approving. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:49, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for your review! I’ll flesh it out with some newspapers.com newstories. Best, Thriley (talk) 05:27, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Thriley: ping to remind – could the suggestions be implemented within a week? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:19, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
without movement in the past week, I think it's probably time to close up this nomination. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 15:38, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I’ll fix it up tomorrow!!!! Promise. Thriley (talk) 16:14, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Theleekycauldron and Sammi Brie: Thriley has made a few edits to the article. Have the concerns been addressed? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:03, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

- I think it's fine at this point. It's hard with the early life section which is what is the real choppy-reading spot. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:55, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Thriley: I concur with Sammi Brie about the choppiness: perhaps the prose can be improved so that it is not so perfunctory. I did a copyedit of the early life section. I will promote and hope that work continues on the prose. Perhaps a career section? and adding years to his teaching career? We have WP:DYKSG#D7 to consider. Bruxton (talk) 18:39, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

On second thought we do need to improve the prose and complete the bio. I moved a few refs out of the lead per MOS:LEADCITE. i am afraid this will get kicked back for WP:DYKSG#D7. Bruxton (talk) 18:48, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I should have some time tomorrow to sit back and flesh it out more. Thank you, Thriley (talk) 19:06, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Thriley: Any updates on this? It's been over a week since the last comment. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:27, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've expanded it a bit. Working on it some more. Thriley (talk) 00:48, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've done some minor rewording myself if that helps.--Laun chba ller 18:07, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thriley, this article was moved to article space three months ago tomorrow, nominated late, and you've been very busy doing other things rather than working on this article. You have every right to work on what you want, but the time for this article at DYK is just about out. If this nomination isn't completely ready to go within seven days, it will be marked for closure. Please plan your time accordingly. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:43, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've done some work on this myself and I believe it ready to go, but I'd appreciate a second opinion.--Laun chba ller 08:39, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Launchballer: Thank you for your work. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 00:09, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Bruxton as holder. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 22:46, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I did some extra copyediting on this article. Hope it helps. Edge3 (talk) 22:25, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Arnold, Laurence (March 7, 2000). "Hardball politics: Hoboken baseball writer publishes political newsletter". The Jersey Journal. Associated Press. pp. B1, B4. Retrieved March 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

@Bruxton: I'm not taking credit for this, but it looks good so I am moving it along.--evrik ^(talk) 02:29, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
--evrik ^(talk) 02:31, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[Jers000307-1] Arnold, Laurence (March 7, 2000). "Hardball politics: Hoboken baseball writer publishes political newsletter". The Jersey Journal. Associated Press. pp. B1, B4. Retrieved March 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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