- 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 97198 (talk) 03:42, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
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W. P. Mahoney
Mahoney in 1924
... that future Arizona state senator W. P. Mahoney (pictured) founded the first miner's union in Arizona in 1912?Source: [1]
Created by Onel5969 (talk). Self-nominated at 11:02, 8 June 2022 (UTC).
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@Onel5969: The article is good, but it suffers from not being chronological and is difficult to read when just skimming through which is what most people will do. I will reorganize the article and then okay it. The article is about a pretty interesting guy, but it would be semi-confusing for somebody who just browses Wikipedia. Also for some reason there were a bunch of empty parameters in the infobox, but that was just a honest mistake (I sometimes do that too lol). Jon698 (talk) 23:58, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
This was promoted, then pulled per a WP:ERRORS discussion. MANdARAX XAЯAbИAM 01:35, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Onel5969, Mandarax, and Jon698: I've also found evidence that the Snowball union existed in 1909, so we're going to need a new hook. I would like to suggest: Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 23:49, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that future Arizona state senator W. P. Mahoney (pictured) became an acquaintance of Wyatt Earp when he was a miner?
- @Sammi Brie: That sounds fine and more interesting than founding some union. Jon698 (talk) 00:48, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Jon698: Is that a tick? Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:50, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Sammi Brie: Yes. Jon698 (talk) 00:50, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Restoring tick for ALT1 per Jon698. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:59, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Onel5969 and Jon698: Two concerns with ALT1: 1) it says "future Arizona state senator" which implies that he is going to be a senator in 2022 or later, but he was a senator in the 1910s. I don't think the word "future" is needed. 2) I don't think Wyatt Earp is a well-known figure (I have never heard of this person, ) so I don't think it is an interesting hook for the general DYK audience. Is there another hook that can be suggested? Z1720 (talk) 17:18, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Z1720: Future does not exclusively mean past our present date. It can also mean past a certain event such as "future president George Washington did (x)" does not imply that he is going to become president in 2024. Also Wyatt Earp is probably the most famous lawman of the Wild West and his Wikipedia page has had 134,330 views in the past thirty days. Jon698 (talk) 19:01, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
- I'll readd the tick, as my concerns are addressed above. I still think "future" should be struck from the hook, but I will not be bothered if it stays. Since Wyatt Earp is a Level 5 vital article, and gets a lot of page views, I think it's OK.
Unfortunately, there isn't a picture slot for this at the moment soI will let another prepper promote this. Z1720 (talk) 19:06, 19 July 2022 (UTC) Miscounted the slots, but I will leave it open for another prepper to consider this. Z1720 (talk) 19:08, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
References
- ^ "W. P. Mahoney Sr. Dies; Ex-Sheriff and Legislator". Arizona Republic. August 1, 1967. p. 9. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
