- 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) 20:34, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
1872 Londonderry City by-election
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kathleen Byerly
- Comment: I found this article as a two-sentence stub in dire need of improvement. No wanting to get caught up in the recent "Londonderry affair", I am happy if the main page appearance of this one needs to be delayed a bit. If it is delayed 23 November might be a good date, for the anniversary.
5x expanded by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 13:02, 14 September 2020 (UTC).
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I can't see any reference to a secret ballot act in page 74 of the given source. Gatoclass (talk) 12:10, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Gatoclass, I've added a new source to reference the Ballot Act introducing the secret ballot in 1872. Quote: "Ballot Act 1872 (introducing the secret ballot)" - Dumelow (talk) 13:16, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
- Dumelow, I can AGF on the new reference, but what I don't understand is why you have left the original cite there when it doesn't support the hook. Also, you have used the same reference for the whole of the first paragraph in the "Candidates" section, yet I see no correlation between that paragraph and the given page in the source. Are you sure you have the right page number for this cite? Gatoclass (talk) 13:48, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Gatoclass, sorry I was speaking at cross purposes. I thought you wanted a ref that the Ballot Act 1872 introduced the secret ballot which I have no added. I see now I had put the wrong page numbers for Thompson. I've now corrected these in the article, they should have been page 143 and 144, not 74 and 75. Sorry! - Dumelow (talk) 13:56, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
- Ah, now we're both on the same page - both metaphorically and literally :) - verified. Gatoclass (talk) 14:13, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
I can't see any reference to a secret ballot act in page 74 of the given source. Gatoclass (talk) 12:10, 15 September 2020 (UTC)