Talk:Steve Bennett (California politician)

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 08:20, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that Steve Bennett's write-in candidacy for city council was endorsed by Patagonia, Inc.? "Patagonia Endorses Villeneuve, Bennett". Los Angeles Times. October 11, 1991. p. 464. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  • Alt1:... that Steve Bennett was a high school teacher before entering politics? "Economics teacher at Nordoff High School, 1980 to present (2004)." Newspapers.com

• Reviewed: TBA

5x expanded by Jon698 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:09, 5 June 2021 (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 eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting: - n, see comments

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I don't think the originally proposed hook is interesting because as someone who doesn't know of Patagonia, nothing stands out. As for my suggestion, I believe that it would be interesting for someone to read about how a school teacher became a successful politician. Everyone knows what a high school teacher is, and it is well known that entering politics is difficult, especially climbing the ranks. This is why I believe the mention of a teacher becoming a successful politician makes a better hook. One thing to note is that this is my second DYK review (1st that meets the criteria I am supposed to follow), and if you have any constructive criticism to offer, I'd be glad to hear it. Chef Vortex (talk) 00:31, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

• @Chef Vortex: There is nothing interesting about a teacher becoming a politician. There are a million teachers who have become politicians. Him being a write-in candidate with the support of a large company is interesting. Jon698 (talk) 00:41, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 21:37, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:37, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

Image is appropriately tagged.

• What makes joincalifornia.com a reliable source?
• Some of the early life section seems to be needlessly in past tense -- I would suggest making it "he has four children" and "He admires".
• Can we get any dates, even approximate, for the "Activism" section?
• Suggest giving a few words inline explaining what Proposition 187 was about.
• The sentence about the eight-foot bubble ordinance is long and hard to parse; suggest rephrasing, perhaps as two sentences.
• "Measure H was passed": be explicit that this is Bennett's proposal.

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:03, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

• @Mike Christie: Done. I replaced the JoinCalifornia link with a CalMatters link. You can see its leadership here. Jon698 (talk) 02:13, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

• @Mike Christie: Just making sure that the ping was sent since I didn't get the notification of it being sent. Jon698 (talk) 02:14, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Passing. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:56, 30 August 2022 (UTC)