Template:Did you know nominations/Walter Nash

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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 Bruxton (talk) 02:02, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Walter Nash

Walter Nash c. 1920s
Walter Nash c. 1920s
  • ... that Walter Nash has been credited with turning New Zealand's Labour Party into a fully functioning entity by establishing an efficient organisational structure and paying off the party's debts? Source: Sinclair, Keith (1976). Walter Nash. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-647949-5. Page 64.
    • ALT1: ... that Walter Nash's 14 years as New Zealand's Minister of Finance is the longest continuous time anyone has ever served in that post? Source: Sinclair, Keith (1976). Walter Nash. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-647949-5. Pages 121-122.
    • ALT2: ... that at 86 years old, Walter Nash was the oldest person to be a serving New Zealand MP? Source: Freer, Warren (2004). A Lifetime in Politics: the memoirs of Warren Freer. Wellington: Victoria University Press. ISBN 0-86473-478-6. Page 152.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Free State Gold Rush
    • Comment: There's a lot of hooks you can do with this guy.

Improved to Good Article status by Kiwichris (talk), Schwede66 (talk), and Marshelec (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 17:53, 16 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Walter Nash; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Length and history verified; references accepted. Original hook is kind of dull; I like ALT1 the best although it should be cited in the intro if we're going to use it. ALT2 works, too. I edited the hooks so all of them make clear that New Zealand is the country being referred to (other countries have Labo(u)r parties and Ministers of Finance). Daniel Case (talk) 01:45, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Daniel Case, what do you mean by ALT3? Schwede66 06:07, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Oops. I miscounted. I meant ALT2. Comment appropriately amended. Daniel Case (talk) 06:09, 3 May 2023 (UTC)