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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: promoted by 97198 (talk) 13:23, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

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Benjamin F. Lewis

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  • ... that Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis was so corrupt that his murder was considered unsolvable for having too many suspects? Source: "The popular notion at the time of his death, on Feb. 28, 1963, was that the homicide couldn't be solved because there were too many motives and too many suspects." [1], limited access
    • ALT1:... that Benjamin F. Lewis is the last elected official assassinated in Chicago history? Source: "Lewis was the last politician to be murdered," [2]
  • Reviewed: This is my first DYK that will require a QPQ. I shall select one shortly. I have done TASBot.

Improved to Good Article status by John M Wolfson (talk). Self-nominated at 00:00, 25 September 2019 (UTC).

Promoted to GA status on 24 Sept 19' and nominated within time. According to a brief look over and the GA tag, article seems aplty referenced without any blatant copyvios. As pointed out, this is the first DYK requiring a QPQ, double-checked with QPQ check. QPQ done.
However I just have one query with the first DYK and the words "was so corrupt". The source given doesn't explicity say this does it?... and the second source even goes on to say "There is a street named in Lewis' honor, even though it's unclear whether he dishonored his position." Please could you just clarify this, which citation am I overlooking which directly says he was corrupt, or is it indirectly being implied? DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 06:23, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
@DiplomatTesterMan:, it was indirectly implied by the text; while it's TRUE, in order to avoid SYNTH I believe it's best to modify the hook as follows:
ALT2:... that Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis's murder was considered unsolvable for having too many suspects?
How does that sound? – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 14:00, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
Striking words in ALT0 to avoid any confusion. ALT 1 and ALT 2 good to go from my side. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 06:58, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
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