Template:Did you know nominations/Walter Mears

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.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:01, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Walter Mears

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~~... that Walter Mears compared President Trump to Huey Long? Source: https://today.duke.edu/2016/03/mears~~
- ALT1:... that Walter Mears was featured in Doonesbury comic strips? Source: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1974/02/05
- ALT2: ... that Walter Mears was one of the Boys on the Bus during the 1972 presidential election? Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/the-boys-on-the-bus-172403

Created/expanded by Mollifiednow (talk). Self-nominated at 22:00, 2 September 2020 (UTC).

@Mollifiednow: what do you think is an interesting fact about Mears that we could put on the front page? Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 01:10, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Mollifiednow (talk) 22:12, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Are you sure? Although DYK may not have been your intention, at a quick glance, it appears to be eligible. And in the process, the article will be reviewed. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:31, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Ok. I'll give it a go...Deleted my withdrawal. Thanks for the encouragement. I really appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mollifiednow (talk • contribs) 00:53, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and any of the hooks could be used, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. This seems to be Mollifiednow's first DYK, so no QPQ is needed. (I find the first paragraph in the "Personal" section confusing as the two sentences are not in chronological order and seem to contradict one another.) Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:45, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. Apologies for the confusion, I have corrected the typo under Personal, 2011 was changed to 2001. Mollifiednow (talk) 13:37, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote the ALT0 hook. I think it would be helpful to add some description of Long to the hook and article for readers who don't know who he is. Please also add cites to the two "citation needed" sentences. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 21:33, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

ALT3:... that Walter Mears compared Donald Trump to Huey Long, a 1936 presidential hopeful? Source: https://today.duke.edu/2016/03/mears Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 00:04, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

@Rotideypoc41352: I think Mears is comparing Trump to Huey Long because the latter was a populist politician, not because he ran for president. I suggest:
ALT3a: ... that Walter Mears compared Donald Trump to populist senator Huey Long? Yoninah (talk) 14:03, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

If nom (the nominator) has no objections to Yoninah's suggestion, we can proceed with the review. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 14:58, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

@Rotideypoc41352: Sorry, I got mixed up reading the thread in the edit window and thought you were the nominator. Yes, if the nominator is okay with this, I'll promote it. Yoninah (talk) 15:02, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Sounds good to me! Mollifiednow (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:45, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Separated out misplaced reply. Courtesy pinging Yoninah. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 17:23, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. Restoring tick for ALT3a per Cwmhiraeth's review. Yoninah (talk) 18:00, 17 September 2020 (UTC)