Talk:Peter Dowding

A fact from Peter Dowding appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 July 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that as a lawyer, Peter Dowding defended more than 100 Vietnam War conscientious objectors?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 12:19, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that as a lawyer, Peter Dowding successfully defended over 30 Vietnam War conscientious objectors? Source: 30 conscientious objectors: Kennedy, Peter (2019). Tales from Boom Town: Western Australian premiers from Brand to McGowan (Revised and updated ed.). UWA Publishing. p. 138. ISBN 9781760800246., General: "Dowding without rival, will be Premier of WA". The Canberra Times. 29 December 1987. p. 10. Retrieved 22 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia., Loxley, Stephen (21 December 1987). "Burke Lines Up His Following Leaders". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 21 June 2022., "Premiers – Constitutional Centre of Western Australia exhibition". WA.gov.au. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ALT1: ... that as a lawyer, Peter Dowding defended over 100 Vietnam War conscientious objectors? Source: 100 conscientious objectors: Loxley, Stephen (21 December 1987). "Burke Lines Up His Following Leaders". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 21 June 2022., General: "Dowding without rival, will be Premier of WA". The Canberra Times. 29 December 1987. p. 10. Retrieved 22 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia., "Premiers – Constitutional Centre of Western Australia exhibition". WA.gov.au. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/George Allsopp (Canadian merchant)

5x expanded by Steelkamp (talk). Self-nominated at 14:55, 22 June 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

The article looks good and was recently expanded 5x. There's a bit of overlap on Earwig but it looks like those are unavoidable word combinations not copyvio. Both hooks are cited and interesting, AGF on ALT0. This nom looks all ready. BuySomeApples (talk) 03:18, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]