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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 05:27, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Mo Cowan
[edit]- ... that the appointment of Mo Cowan (pictured) to the United States Senate marks the first time two African Americans served concurrently?
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IOUTemplate:Did you know nominations/Jais Nielsen - Comment: ALT1: ... that Mo Cowan (pictured) helped Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney identify African American candidates for judgeships after Romney was criticized for his appointees' lack of diversity?
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Created by Muboshgu (talk), Bmclaughlin9 (talk), Mr Beale (talk). Nominated by Muboshgu (talk) at 16:19, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Article is new enough, article and hook meet length requirements, and sourcing for article and hook have been verified. I think that the original hook is far more interesting than ALT1, though it astonishes me that the U.S. Constitution allows for the appointment of a United States Senator who did not have a Wikipedia article at the time of his appointment. I think that a new amendment may be in order, and if our nation only had a citizen-editable Constitution I would have done it already per WP:BRD. Alansohn (talk) 16:29, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
- Bonnie Newman was one of my first DYKs, and it was a similar circumstance (except that Gregg didn't go through with his resignation). I'll provide QPQ soon, and will add a free image once he's sworn in and gets his congressional portrait taken. Hopefully this can lead a set since February is Black History Month? (Good timing, Deval.) – Muboshgu (talk) 18:56, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
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- His swearing in is officially tomorrow. I assume we'll get a portrait tomorrow as well. At that time, I'll provide QPQ and we can get this up, hopefully with the image, like I said due to it being Black History Month. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:01, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
I've added an image and a QPQ. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:53, 7 February 2013 (UTC)