Template:Did you know nominations/Pleas Jones
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:01, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
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Pleas Jones[edit]
- ... that Pleas Jones was the first person to retire from the Kentucky Supreme Court after its creation in 1976?
- ALT1:... that after Republican Pleas Jones accepted an appointment to the Kentucky Court of Appeals from a Democratic governor, the Kentucky Republican Party supported another candidate in the forthcoming special election for the seat?
- ALT2:... that Republican Pleas Jones was appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals by a Democratic governor but won re-election to the seat as an Independent?
- ALT3:... that President Richard Nixon refused to appoint Pleas Jones to a federal judgeship because Jones had supported Nelson Rockefeller for president at the 1968 Republican National Convention?
- Reviewed: Dallas Equal Suffrage Association
Created by Acdixon (talk). Self-nominated at 14:49, 25 May 2016 (UTC).
- Review by SteveStrummer
- Eligibility
- New article since 25 May 2016, within 7 days of nom
- Article is of sufficient size
- Article is NPOV, currently stable, no edit wars, no dispute tags
- Sourcing
- Every paragraph sourced inline
- No bare URLs, and no external links used as inline source
- Hook
- Hooks are verified, but ALT3 shouldn't be used without a stronger historical source. I prefer the original hook.
Good to go. SteveStrummer (talk) 21:24, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
