Template:Did you know nominations/Debbie Rodella

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: rejected by Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (confabulate) @ 15:59, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Debbie Rodella[edit]

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~~... that New Mexico representative Debbie Rodella sparked controversy for sharing campaign funds with her husband?~~

Reviewed: Jonas Wood
Comment: The text itself has been expanded more than five fold to over 1,500 characters

~~2x expanded and sourced (BLP)~~ 5x expanded by Centpacrr (talk). Nominated by RTG (talk) at 18:03, 28 September 2014 (UTC).

Note: this had two references prior to expansion, so it is not eligible for the 2x unsourced BLP exception. But that doesn't matter, because it's been 5x expanded. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:57, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

5x expansion verified. New enough, long enough, adequately referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. QPQ done. However, the hook is rather unflattering for a BLP, despite all the scandals she and her husband keep getting involved in. How about:
ALT1: ... that New Mexico House of Representatives Democrat Debbie Rodella voted with Republicans to block a same-sex marriage bill in committee? Yoninah (talk) 21:18, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
@Yoninah:I'm not sure I can review a hook as the nominator. If I can, I say yes. ~ R.T.G 01:15, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

I'm not asking you to review it, just to say if you like it or not – and if not, to suggest something else. Yoninah (talk) 12:29, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

@Yoninah:I will give you a better exam of the alts I can see,
ALT2: ... that New Mexico House of Representatives member Debbie Rodella has been in office since 1992? (maybe "senator" should be swapped out for "member of the New Mexico House of Representatives", I don't know)
ALT3 ... that New Mexico House of Representatives member Debbie Rodella was formerly a materials science technician and a secretary?
The marriage bill, and the assaults.
I think ALT2 will generate the most targetted awareness of the articles subject. ~ R.T.G 19:51, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Really? We're trying to write hooks, not "Information, please" entries. I thought the fact that she was a Democrat voting against same-sex marriage was more hooky. Let's leave it to another reviewer to decide among the alts. I inserted "New Mexico House of Representatives member" into the alt hooks. Meanwhile, the page creator keeps editing the page, especially the part about her husband. I feel that this section borders on WP:LIBEL and is taking over Debbie's biography, which is skimpy at best. The page must be stable before it can appear on DYK. Yoninah (talk) 20:58, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

I consider the marriage bill vote a valid hook if that's the one you wanted... ~ R.T.G 14:17, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

I updated the 2014 election results-Debbie Rodella ran unopposed for re-election and is returning to the New Mexico Legislature. I do have a modest request of my fellow editors editing this article; please do not give myself credit for DYK of this article. I feel uncomfortable if this is done. I have some mixed opinions about DYK some positive and some not so positive. Many thanks again-RFD (talk) 12:48, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Article is now tagged as a coatrack and there is ongoing disagreement on the talk page as to the content. Yoninah (talk) 17:39, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

The material about her husband has been moved to his own page. The character count is now less than 1500 char. Yoninah (talk) 15:34, 20 November 2014 (UTC)