- 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 Bilorv (talk) 15:44, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
Meatballs (advertisement)
2000 Reform Party presidential nominee Pat Buchanan
- ... that Pat Buchanan (pictured) became the first presidential candidate to air a national ad (Meatballs) during the 2000 US general election campaign? Source: ("Buchanan's Broadside: Anti-Immigration Spot": "The effort also has the distinction of being the first 2000 presidential campaign spot to run nationally")
- ALT1:... that although the Pat Buchanan (pictured) campaign commercial Meatballs was created by a Houston-based ad agency, the ad wasn't initially aired in Houston, lest its message turn off voters? Source: ("Of Love and Hate": "While some similarly themed Buchanan advertising has run on local radio stations, Houstonians have not seen the filmed versions. They are targeted for other states deemed more receptive to the Reform Party message.")
Improved to Good Article status by Historical-idealist (talk). Self-nominated at 15:50, 4 July 2021 (UTC).
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| Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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Overall: 
That was an easy evaluation. The policy requirements are all met, QPQ waived as no credits are outstanding. I've made some minor copyediting and removed "reportedly" from one sentence, as one of the sources already used in the article stated the fact explicitly. I see no obvious or major flaws in the article content, it's broad in its coverage and reading it is a pleasure, so I am happy to let it go on the main page. Good job.
As for the hook that I would prefer, among the two mentioned, I'd prefer ALT1, but it's a tad too long, at 204 characters. "for fear that the message would turn off voters" could be reformulated with a more succinct "lest its message turn off voters". The phrasing is a little too formal but at least it'd be below 200 characters. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 16:37, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
- Done — I reworded the ALT1 hook so it's below 200 characters. Thank you so much for your help! —Historical-idealist (talk) 22:05, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
Passed for me. Have a good day. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 23:39, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
That was an easy evaluation. The policy requirements are all met, QPQ waived as no credits are outstanding. I've made some minor copyediting and removed "reportedly" from one sentence, as one of the sources already used in the article stated the fact explicitly. I see no obvious or major flaws in the article content, it's broad in its coverage and reading it is a pleasure, so I am happy to let it go on the main page. Good job.
