Talk:Ann Bedsole

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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 SL93 (talk) 03:11, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that Ann Bedsole was the first Republican woman to serve in the Alabama House of Representatives and the first woman to serve in the Alabama Senate? "Ann Smith Bedsole". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Butters

Created by Jon698 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:20, 30 September 2020 (UTC).

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: Interesting:

QPQ:
Overall: QPQ needed, or nominator needs to claim the exemption. Otherwise, this looks good Imzadi 1979 → 18:22, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

• @Imzadi1979: Just completed the QPQ so that article can go ahead. Jon698 (talk) 18:38, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
  • now. Imzadi 1979 → 18:42, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

• @Jon698: Isn't there anything else you can say about her accomplishments other than that she was the first? And so many firsts? Yoninah (talk) 23:24, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

• Repinging Jon698. I agree with Yoninah. SL93 (talk) 21:03, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
• @Yoninah: There is nothing else important about her and I don't see how two firsts is "so many". Jon698 (talk) 15:17, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

• @Jon698: It seems you were only using your primary source to talk about her political career. I added a lot more about her business and philanthropic activities. She sounds like quite a doer. Maybe you can take one of the "firsts" and add it to something else from her career to make a better hook. Yoninah (talk) 16:34, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

• ALT1... that Ann Bedsole, the first woman to serve in the Alabama Senate, received a Philanthropist of the Year award for her numerous educational and philanthropic initiatives?
• ALT2 ... that Ann Bedsole, the first woman to serve in the Alabama Senate, was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor for her numerous educational and philanthropic initiatives?

I tried to come up with a hook that highlighted her philanthropical activities, but none of the things mentioned in the article appeared to be broadly appealing. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 01:35, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

• ALT3: ... that Ann Bedsole, the first woman to serve in the Alabama Senate, included a timetable for the state's hunting season on the back of her re-election campaign materials? Yoninah (talk) 02:10, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

That sounds a lot better. Would you want to be listed as a co-contributer for this nom? Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 03:00, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

OK. I've been expanding the article while watching the World Series! Yoninah (talk) 03:07, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Okay, I've listed you as a co-expander. We're gonna need a new review for this. Courtesy ping Imzadi1979. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 04:02, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

• Calling on evrik or Kingsif to complete this review. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:07, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

• Alt 3 is sourced, but the fact misaligns with what is written in the article. The article doesn't specify that the schedule was on the back, and the hook doesn't specify for which re-election campaign. Both could be tweaked to improve this. Thanks, Kingsif (talk) 22:45, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

• @Kingsif: I fixed the article based on the source. I think it's too much to state "first" twice in the hook, once for being the first woman and once for being her first re-election. What do you think of this:
• ALT4: ... that Ann Bedsole, the first woman to be elected to the Alabama Senate, printed a timetable for the state's hunting season on the back of her re-election campaign flyers? Yoninah (talk) 23:29, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

ALT4 good to go, thanks Yoninah, Kingsif (talk) 00:18, 28 October 2020 (UTC)