- 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 Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 12:37, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
2021 Dublin Bay South by-election
Improved to Good Article status by Sheila1988 (talk), Iveagh Gardens (talk), BrownHairedGirl (talk), Spleodrach (talk), CeltBrowne (talk), and Uses x (talk). Nominated by BrownHairedGirl (talk) at 22:55, 2 January 2022 (UTC).
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This might be too specific, but since the press release states "Voters will also be asked to bring their own pen or pencil to mark the ballot paper" could the hook be " ... that at the 2021 Dublin Bay South by-election, voters were asked to bring their own pen or pencil?". It's also written that way in the article itself ("Voters were also asked to bring their own pen or pencil to mark the ballot paper...") I do not see any other issues though, this is well-written and well-sourced. --Riley1012 (talk) 02:07, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Riley1012: I omitted the "pen or" simply to save a few characters from the length-sensitive hook.
Personally, I think that that nature of the writing implement is secondary to the bring-your-own thing, but I see your point too. So if you prefer an exact match, then I won't object. I have added your version as ALT1. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 06:30, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
@BrownHairedGirl: Ok, your reasoning makes sense to me. I am fine with the original hook, I just wanted to make sure the "or pen" wasn't accidentily ommitted. --Riley1012 (talk) 14:06, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
Promoting ALT1 to Prep 5, without the image (it would still be a great hook!) – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 12:37, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
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This might be too specific, but since the press release states "Voters will also be asked to bring their own pen or pencil to mark the ballot paper" could the hook be " ... that at the 2021 Dublin Bay South by-election, voters were asked to bring their own pen or pencil?". It's also written that way in the article itself ("Voters were also asked to bring their own pen or pencil to mark the ballot paper...") I do not see any other issues though, this is well-written and well-sourced. --Riley1012 (talk) 02:07, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
