Talk:Stella Alexander (American politician)

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A fact from Stella Alexander (American politician) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 November 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Stella Alexander, the first female mayor of Issaquah, was nicknamed "Madame Mussolini" by her detractors?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stella Alexander (American politician).

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 06:27, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the first female mayor of Issaquah, Washington, Stella Alexander, was nicknamed "Madame Mussolini" by her detractors? Source: Dougherty, Phil (2008-02-01). "Alexander, Stella (1881-1960)". HistoryLink. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
ALT1:... that Stella Alexander, Issaquah's first female mayor, was nicknamed "Madame Mussolini" by her detractors? Source: Dougherty, Phil (2008-02-01). "Alexander, Stella (1881-1960)". HistoryLink. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
ALT2:... that Stella Alexander was recalled from her mayoral position on the third attempt? Source: Dougherty, Phil (2008-02-01). "Alexander, Stella (1881-1960)". HistoryLink. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dianne Lee
- Comment:

Created by ThadeusOfNazereth (talk). Self-nominated at 13:39, 3 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Stella Alexander (American politician); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems: - Please make sure to fill out the agency (AP/UPI/etc.) for newspaper citations that require them.

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - Wording is clunky and needs work; making it shorter would be helpful.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Waiting on hook improvements mostly. Sounder Bruce 23:32, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SounderBruce: I have added two alternative hooks and added agencies where listed, although I'm not sure that's actually required - Template:Cite news has the agency parameter listed as optional, not suggested. I couldn't find any specific policy mentioning it. ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)^{Talk to Me!} 02:24, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good to go now, ALT1 (which I renamed for clarity, as "ALT0" usually refers to the original hook) is the better of the two with the nickname. Sounder Bruce 05:36, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]