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Did you know... that when news reporters were accused of trying to force the outcome of the 1967 North Sumatra gubernatorial election, one of them said he was prepared to be shot if found guilty?
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Did you know nomination
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
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... that after failing to win the 1967 North Sumatra gubernatorial election,
Roos Telaumbanua(pictured) was nominated for vice governor, but also failed and caused protests from youth groups? Source: Bukit Barisan, 7 February 1967; Mertju Suar, 30 March 1967; Duta Masjarakat, 4 April 1966; Mertju Suar, 3 April 1967; Mertju Suar, 4 April 1967
This article is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain, the hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Personally, I would leave out the youth groups from the hook as the article only mentions the matter in passing and does not state why the youth groups disapproved of him.
Cwmhiraeth (
talk)
09:19, 14 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Hi, I came by to promote this, but the article needs some copyediting for English grammar. It's also not clear if one or more representatives were involved in the Telaumbanua affair. The Background section also needs a cite per
Rule D2. The hook wording needs some improvement; the word "caused" is not being used correctly.
Yoninah (
talk)
00:15, 3 November 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Jeromi Mikhael: are you returning to this? The lead is too short; it should at least include the outcome of the election. The first section should be written in past tense rather than present tense. That's as far as I got.
Yoninah (
talk)
21:48, 8 November 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Jeromi Mikhael: OK, I edited the whole article for you. ALT0 is not accurate according to the article; he didn't "fail", but was invalidated. IMO this hook is very geocentric and won't appeal to people outside Indonesia. You have other good information in the article for building a hook. Like:
A fact from 1967 North Sumatra gubernatorial election appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 December 2020 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that when news reporters were accused of trying to force the outcome of the 1967 North Sumatra gubernatorial election, one of them said he was prepared to be shot if found guilty?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Indonesia, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Indonesia and
Indonesia-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.IndonesiaWikipedia:WikiProject IndonesiaTemplate:WikiProject IndonesiaIndonesia articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Elections and Referendums, an ongoing effort to improve the quality of, expand upon and create new articles relating to elections, electoral reform and other aspects of democratic decision-making. For more information, visit our project page.Elections and ReferendumsWikipedia:WikiProject Elections and ReferendumsTemplate:WikiProject Elections and ReferendumsElections and Referendums articles
Did you know nomination
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.
... that after failing to win the 1967 North Sumatra gubernatorial election,
Roos Telaumbanua(pictured) was nominated for vice governor, but also failed and caused protests from youth groups? Source: Bukit Barisan, 7 February 1967; Mertju Suar, 30 March 1967; Duta Masjarakat, 4 April 1966; Mertju Suar, 3 April 1967; Mertju Suar, 4 April 1967
This article is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain, the hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Personally, I would leave out the youth groups from the hook as the article only mentions the matter in passing and does not state why the youth groups disapproved of him.
Cwmhiraeth (
talk)
09:19, 14 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Hi, I came by to promote this, but the article needs some copyediting for English grammar. It's also not clear if one or more representatives were involved in the Telaumbanua affair. The Background section also needs a cite per
Rule D2. The hook wording needs some improvement; the word "caused" is not being used correctly.
Yoninah (
talk)
00:15, 3 November 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Jeromi Mikhael: are you returning to this? The lead is too short; it should at least include the outcome of the election. The first section should be written in past tense rather than present tense. That's as far as I got.
Yoninah (
talk)
21:48, 8 November 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Jeromi Mikhael: OK, I edited the whole article for you. ALT0 is not accurate according to the article; he didn't "fail", but was invalidated. IMO this hook is very geocentric and won't appeal to people outside Indonesia. You have other good information in the article for building a hook. Like: