Template:Did you know nominations/David Dean (Texas politician)

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 19:54, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

David Dean (Texas politician)

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... that "whatever Dean dreams, he spends"? Source: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/oh-david-dean-is-mad-at-the-mayor-7117157

ALT1 ... that David Dean served as general counsel to Governor of Texas Dolph Briscoe, a Democrat, as well as his Republican successor Bill Clements?

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1976 Spring Hill shooting

Created by Chetsford (talk). Self-nominated at 22:37, 20 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/David Dean (Texas politician); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Hi User:Chetsford - thanks for your work on this article. Unfortunately, as a negative quote from a political opponent I'm not sure the current hook would pass the DYK neutrality requirements, i.e. "neutral and does not focus unduly on negative aspects of living people". ITBF (talk) 12:50, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

ITBF - thanks for the review and that makes complete sense. I was thinking this would be on the edge since he's long since left politics, however, I agree it's better to play it safe. I've proposed an ALT. Chetsford (talk) 00:43, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

Full review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:30, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
Article was new enough and is long enough. I don't see the renomination thing nor the exact dates of his services in the source. AGFing on #3. Are we sure the Dean in #8 is this Dean? I don't see Doctor of Humane Letters in #9. QPQ and ALT1 are OK. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:47, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the review! The DHumLitt was in a different source in the article I neglected to footnote to the sentence in question; that's now fixed. The Dean described in source #8 is described as "... an attorney and former Texas Secretary of State", ergo, I'm fairly confident it is the subject of the article. I've added sourcing to the service dates (Texas State Library source now #3) and clarified the renomination bit (I also took the liberty of expanding it slightly while I was at it). Chetsford (talk) 10:26, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 14:07, 25 September 2023 (UTC)