Talk:1908 California Amendment 14

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A fact from 1908 California Amendment 14 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 January 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that California voters approved a 1908 constitutional amendment by just two votes out of more than 185,000 cast?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2026/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1908 California Amendment 14.

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The result was: promoted by HurricaneZeta (talk) 02:46, 22 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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... that in 1908, California voters approved a constitutional amendment by just 2 votes out of over 185,000 cast?

Source: https://ballotpedia.org/California_SCA_14,_Increase_State_Officers%27_Salaries_Amendment_(1908)

- ALT1: ... that in 1908, California voters approved a constitutional amendment by just 2 votes, after an investigation found 110 incorrectly reported? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/808976685/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/William Riches

Created by Delcoan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Delcoan (talk) 01:25, 14 January 2026 (UTC).Reply

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:12, 15 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

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A two-vote margin in an election of that size? Wow! Article looks good. Nice work. Appears good to go. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:57, 15 January 2026 (UTC)Reply