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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:25, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
... that in spite of being expelled from the Senate, Gaius Antonius Hybrida would go on to become Consul - the highest elected office in the Roman Republic?[b]
ALT1:... that being expelled from the Senate did not prevent Gaius Antonius Hybrida from later becoming a Consul?
Improved to Good Article status by Mr rnddude (talk). Self-nominated at 05:25, 16 November 2016 (UTC).
Overall: New GA from within seven days of the nomination. Although the GA review can be accepted in good faith (and this one looks like it was pretty thorough), a quick read-through indicates no issues concerning citations, neutrality, or plagiarism. The hook details are cited with offline sources accepted in good faith and the hook itself is of an appropriate length. Personally I think that ALT1 is phrased better (I like conciseness), but the original better emphasizes what is interesting about this hook, so maybe a combination of the two would be good? In any case, they both meet the DYK criteria, and nominator does not have any previous DYK contributions, so QPQ does not apply. This one should be good to go. CanadianPaul 13:26, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
ALT2: ... that expulsion from the Senate did not prevent Gaius Antonius Hybrida from attaining the highest elected office in the Roman Republic?
ALT3: ... that Gaius Antonius Hybrida was first expelled from the Senate, then elected to the highest office in the Roman Republic?
Canadian Paul - Would alt 2 or 3 be more like what you're looking for? The original is 162 char long, alt 1 is 114 char long, alt 2 is 144 char long and alt 3 is a 130 characters long. If I was picking, Alt 2 has more clinical wording, alt 3 is just the shortest I could get it to be succinct yet still convey the main point. Mr rnddude (talk) 15:47, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
Personally, I think that ALT2 is best... in fact better than what I had in mind originally, but both ALT2 and ALT3 are good. CanadianPaul 11:59, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
^Cited information1;Later, in 63 B.C., he was elected as consul[a]
Cited information2;the censors Gellius and Lentulus expelled Hybrida from the Senate for the criminal offences committed by him while in Greece, for disobeying the summons of a praetor and for the wasteful use of his property[2]
New GA from within seven days of the nomination. Although the GA review can be accepted in good faith (and this one looks like it was pretty thorough), a quick read-through indicates no issues concerning citations, neutrality, or plagiarism. The hook details are cited with offline sources accepted in good faith and the hook itself is of an appropriate length. Personally I think that ALT1 is phrased better (I like conciseness), but the original better emphasizes what is interesting about this hook, so maybe a combination of the two would be good? In any case, they both meet the DYK criteria, and nominator does not have any previous DYK contributions, so QPQ does not apply. This one should be good to go. Canadian Paul 13:26, 24 November 2016 (UTC)