Template:Did you know nominations/Edward A. Hanna

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 05:30, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Edward A. Hanna

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• ... that when Edward A. Hanna, the mayor of Utica, New York, brought a locksmith to break into his chief of police's office, they were both arrested? Source: Mr. Hanna and a locksmith were arrested last night on misdemeanor charges of criminal trespass while trying to enter the locked office of Police Chief Benny Rotundo to obtain departmental records.
  • ALT1: ... that the mayor of Utica, New York, Edward A. Hanna, banned city employees from talking to the local press? Source: this happened multiple times, but the first one was Utica's Mayor Bars Aides From Talking To 2 Papers' Staffs
  • ALT2: ... that when a nine-year-old girl wanted to work at a city park, the mayor of Utica, New York, Edward A. Hanna, tried to raise her age to 16 by proclamation? Source: Utica Mayor Raises Age Of Girl by Proclamation
  • ALT3: ... that Edward A. Hanna wanted to eliminate the New York State Assembly while he served in it, and later wanted to close down the government of the City of Utica while he was its mayor? Source: His next public appearance was as a state assemblyman in 1966, and it ended in a similar fashion when he began urging fellow assemblymen in Albany to create a unicameral legislature and, in the process, to abolish their own jobs., and He speaks often about his main proposal to solve Utica's problems. City government should be closed down, he said.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Iszac Henig

Created by Apocheir (talk). Self-nominated at 01:35, 14 January 2023 (UTC).

• The full review is to follow, but among the hooks proposed so far I think ALT3 is the most intriguing option here despite being the longest. However, maybe it's just me missing direct mentions, but what's the sentence that mentions that he wanted to close down the city government? In addition, per WP:DYKCRIT a footnote must be located at the end of every sentence that supports a hook fact, and the sentence about him wanting to eliminate the Assembly is lacking such a footnote. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:03, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
  • The relevant sentences in the article are He advocated for the elimination of the assembly, making New York a unicameral legislature. and He spoke of wanting to eliminate city government entirely. Both now have a sentence citation instead of a paragraph citation. Apocheir (talk) 21:23, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarifications. My spot check does show that the article meets requirements and a QPQ has been done. I also didn't find any close paraphrasing. The hooks are now okay and I'd reiterate my preference for ALT3. However, due to real-life busyness and the length of the article I can no longer commit to a full check of the article so I'd like to ask for help from a new reviewer to sign this off. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:56, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

• Starting review. Zeete (talk) 13:51, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

• Review: New (moved to main space January 11), long enough (18,132 per DYK check, a few long quotes), cited, neutral, Earwig reported Violation Unlikely (21.3%, due to quotations), QPQ done, hooks interesting, length checked ok. Also prefer hook ALT3.

• Good to go. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 14:25, 2 February 2023 (UTC)