Template:Did you know nominations/Donald Trump and fascism
- 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: rejected by reviewer, closed by Queen of Hearts talk 02:21, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
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Donald Trump and fascism
- ... that multiple members of Donald Trump's former staff have called him a fascist?
- ALT1: ... that JD Vance once compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/16/jd-vance-political-views-trump
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dog (2nd nomination)
- Comment: I'm fully aware that this will be a very controversial topic, but I think the article covers it from a neutral perspective.
Moved to mainspace by Di (they-them) (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.
Di (they-them) (talk) 12:30, 24 October 2024 (UTC).
- Comment is this not a WP:REDUNDANTFORK of Trumpism? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:58, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
- No, I don't think so. Trumpism is specifically about the political movement associated with Trump and his followers, while this article is specifically about the phenomenon of comparisons between Trump and fascists. Di (they-them) (talk) 13:28, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
- (Note: I became aware of this nomination from a Discord post.) Regardless of whether this article should exist, I am highly skeptical that any hook could pass WP:DYKBLP, "Hooks that unduly focus on negative aspects of living persons should be avoided." Note that that is undue relative to the person, not relative to the article, so the fact that this article is about Trump and fascism would not justify a hook about that topic, unless that is due focus for Trump. The article Donald Trump only uses the word "fascism" or "fascist" once, regarding Trump's rhetoric during his current campaign. Given that DYKBLP sets a higher bar for due-ness than standard editorial guidelines, I just can't picture any hook that would work, other than something completely tangential to what the article's about. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe) 21:25, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
I'm going to be bold and mark this for closure, concurring with Tamzin's rationale. Considering the deeply polarized nature of American politics, the upcoming election (meaning this couldn't run immediately anyway), and DYKBLP concerns, the article seems like a bad fit for DYK regardless of hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:28, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- I understand, thanks. Di (they-them) (talk) 22:08, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
