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The following discussion 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 PumpkinSky talk 22:38, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Bob Ely[edit]

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Created/expanded by William S. Saturn (talk). Self nom at 18:00, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

  • Length, date, and hook verified; no signs of copyright violation. I'm inclined to pass this, but I see some small issues with the referencing. The link to Ely's letter, "Who Voted for Me", seems to lead to the wrong place. The last sentence in the body needs a reference. And I think it would be preferable to put a separate reference right after the "tired of bitching and moaning" quotation, especially because the source given at the end of the sentence censors the word "bitching". A. Parrot (talk) 18:04, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
I've addressed these issues except for the link to the letter. For me, it leads to the letter. Where does it go for you?--William S. Saturn (talk) 18:33, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Ah, it does lead to the letter; my browser just downloaded it as a PDF and left a blank screen in the browser window.
  • Length, date, hook, and all. Normally hooks aren't supposed to derogate living people, but because Ely himself has repeatedly made the derogatory statement, I think it would be unreasonable to object. (In Wikipedia-speak, I think invoking WP:Ignore all rules is justified in this case.) A. Parrot (talk) 18:46, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
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