Template:Did you know nominations/Les Payne

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The result was: promoted by Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 21:58, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Les Payne

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• ... that the Pulitzer Prize jury voted to award Les Payne the prize, but the advisory board overruled the decision without explanation?

• ALT1:... that Les Payne was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for a series of newspaper articles about the drug trade?
• Reviewed: Adonis García

Created/expanded by Malik Shabazz (talk). Self nom at 18:01, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

• Date, length and hook all OK. Citations are great. The only thing I would suggest is a change to the hook to emphasis the scandalous nature of the denial. Maybe add "without explanation" to the end of it. Only a suggestion, and is not necessarily. Otherwise, it's ready for the chopping block Dkriegls (talk) 22:22, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
  • Changed as suggested. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 02:39, 4 May 2012 (UTC)