A fact from Wahsayah Whitebird appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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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) 02:02, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
... that Wahsayah Whitebird is the only known member of the Communist Party of the United States serving as an elected official? Source: "In doing so, in 2019, this means he has become the only openly Communist elected official in the English-speaking world." [1]
ALT1:... that Wahsayah Whitebird'sCommunist Party membership was not publicly known until after he was elected? Source: "'They never asked' said Wahsayah Whitebird ... 'When they did ask, after the election, I said right away I was and showed them my Party identification'" [2]
Article is new and long enough. QPQ has been completed. No copyvio or close paraphrasing on Earwigs. Hooks are cited, interesting, and short enough for DYK. Preference is for ALT0; the fact in the ALT0 source (e.g. that he is the only openly communist elected official in the English-speaking world) would also make a very interesting hook. Morgan695 (talk) 04:36, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Article is new and long enough. QPQ has been completed. No copyvio or close paraphrasing on Earwigs. Hooks are cited, interesting, and short enough for DYK. Preference is for ALT0; the fact in the ALT0 source (e.g. that he is the only openly communist elected official in the English-speaking world) would also make a very interesting hook. Morgan695 (talk) 04:36, 27 January 2021 (UTC)