Template:Did you know nominations/Trent Zimmerman
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The result was: promoted by Jolly Ω Janner 06:18, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
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Trent Zimmerman[edit]
- ... that in December 2015, Trent Zimmerman became the first openly gay man to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/West Indies cricket team in India in 1983-84
- Comment: Article was created in October 2013 and deleted at AfD in February 2015. Deor undeleted it on December 5 or 6 (depending on time zone) following two separate requests. EdChem edited it to satisfy notability under WP:POLITICIAN and moved it to main space. Advice at WT:DYK#Undeleted article confirmed eligibility. Status has been listed as "new", something else might be appropriate. Authors listed as three major contributors over the article's lifetime including prior to deletion
Moved to mainspace by EdChem (talk), Canley (talk), and Castlemate (talk). Nominated by EdChem (talk) at 07:56, 6 December 2015 (UTC).
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I actually met Zimmerman briefly at a charity event around five years ago. Anyway: moved to mainspace on 5 December; length, references, neutrality and paraphrasing are fine; hook fact is interesting and cited (article uses the broader "openly LGBTI" but of course this implies first gay man). Just waiting on a QPQ review – if you ping me here once it's complete, I'll add a tick. 97198 (talk) 07:54, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
@97198: I have added a review for the QPQ requirement. Regarding the terminology, the form of words in the hook is that found in the Sydney Morning Herald article referenced in the article. The changes to LGBTI were made subsequently by other editors, and both are true as all other LGBTQI members of the House of Representatives who have come out did so after leaving Parliament, so Zimmerman is both the first openly gay / LGBTQI member of the House and the first to be elected as an openly gay man. EdChem (talk) 10:30, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
