Template:Did you know nominations/Teno Roncalio
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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 Yoninah (talk) 20:45, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
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Teno Roncalio
... that Teno Roncalio, the last Democratic Representative from Wyoming, had the ceremonial role of giving John F. Kennedy the minimum amount of delegate votes needed to win the nomination?[1]- ALT1:
... that Teno Roncalio, the last Democratic Representative from Wyoming, had land claims along Snake River worth an estimated US$7 billion in gold?[2][3]
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5x expanded by Jon698 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:08, 13 January 2020 (UTC).
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Overall: WP:DYKCHECK throws up an error (presumably because of time elapsed) but differences in prose size if from 2,020 (5 Jan) to 10,873 (13 Jan). I prefer your ALT1, though a couple of (easy) fixes are needed. Citations are required for:
- "...was later awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in the Normandy invasion on Omaha Beach."
- "In 1976 he received his best electoral performance and easily defeated Larry J. Hart in a landslide."
- "...Roncalio would later support the 26th amendment when he returned to the House of Representatives in 1971"
I think that even though the hook is <200 chars, it's a bit wordy. The source doesn't mention Snake River Canyon as far as I can see, so a mention of just Snake River may suffice. May I propose:
- ALT1b: "... that Teno Roncalio, the last Democratic Representative from Wyoming, had land claims along Snake River worth an estimated US$7 billion in gold?[4][5]" MIDI (talk) 10:19, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hey @MIDI: I made the edits to the article that you requested and I like your version of the hook. Jon698 (talk) 4:58, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, I came by to promote this, but I don't see an inline cite for the first part of the hook fact, that he was the first Democrat Congressman from Wyoming. Yoninah (talk) 23:19, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hey @Yoninah: I have added a source for that and hope that it will be promoted quickly. Also edited it for the hook that I wanted. Jon698 (talk) 23:46, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Jon698: What??? You edited the hook after it was approved? Please restore the original thread and then add your new alts at the bottom. They will need a new review. Yoninah (talk) 23:48, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
References
- ^ Bradlee, Ben (May 31, 2011). "A Good Life". Simon and Schuster. p. 198 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Teno's gold land said worth $7 billion". The Billings Gazette. 6 October 1972. p. 5. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "From Bootblack to Congressman: the Career of Teno Roncalio". November 19, 2014.
- ^ "Teno's gold land said worth $7 billion". The Billings Gazette. 6 October 1972. p. 5. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "From Bootblack to Congressman: the Career of Teno Roncalio". November 19, 2014.