Talk:2019–2021 Department of Homeland Security appointment disputes

A fact from 2019–2021 Department of Homeland Security appointment disputes appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen swore in the wrong person as her successor?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Amkgp (talk) 06:43, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Kirstjen Nielsen swearing in Kevin McAleenan as DHS Acting Secretary

... that a dispute about who is currently the Secretary of Homeland Security led DHS to assert that "Few things constitute a more unambiguous designation ... than personally swearing your successor in" (pictured)? Source: [1]
ALT1: ... that the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen swore in the wrong person as her successor (pictured)?

Reviewed: Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions

Moved to mainspace by Antony-22 (talk). Self-nominated at 07:39, 22 August 2020 (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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I made an edit to reduce WP:sea of blue in ALT1. Earwig score is high but only because of quoting public domain documents. I think ALT1 is much more interesting: that doesn't happen every day! (t · c) buidhe 05:52, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]