Talk:Ben Bell

A fact from Ben Bell appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 December 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Ben Bell was elected at the age of 23 as New Zealand's youngest-ever mayor during the 2022 local elections?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ben Bell.

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User:Andykatib, I've added to your great work. Would you be interested in nominating this article for DYK so that it gets some exposure on Wikipedia's homepage? Do you know how to go about that? Schwede 66 19:24, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Schwede66:, I'll be happy to nominate the Ben Bell article for DYK. Not sure how to do it so feel free to let me know how. Cheers. Andykatib 00:24, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hit the big blue button and then follow your nose. If anything is unclear, submit anyway and let me know. I can fix up anything that needs mending. Oh, think about a hook beforehand. It doesn't say that yet in the article but he's New Zealand's youngest mayor ever. Every news outlet has reported that and I certainly can not think of someone who's ever been younger. I believe Campbell Barry previously held the age record; he was 28 when he first became mayor. Others who I thought were young mayors (Eden George, Vicki Buck) were older than Barry. Schwede 66 02:53, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, have submitted the article for DYK. Feel free to have a look at the nomination. Have also mentioned you as the co-author. Hope it works out well. Andykatib (talk) 00:30, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. I've given the hook a wee tweak for clarity. Schwede 66 04:53, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:08, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that at age 23, Ben Bell was elected as New Zealand's youngest mayor ever during the 2022 local elections? The polling victory over incumbent Tracy Hicks makes Mr Bell the youngest mayor in New Zealand’s history.
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Created by Andykatib (talk) and Schwede66 (talk). Nominated by Andykatib (talk) at 00:27, 8 December 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Article is new enough and long enough. QPQ is not done (but might not be needed if this is one of your first noms). Citations are all there, although I would prefer there to be a date of birth if possible. Other than that, the hook is interesting and cited. Adding the exact age would probably add to it, such as "that at age 23..." for example. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 08:31, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The nominator only has two prior DYK nominations so a QPQ isn't required. Pinging Andykatib regarding the other concerns. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:16, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Narutolovehinata5, I agree that it will be good to mention Ben's age. Have added it to the entry. Andykatib 08:53, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Works for me. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 19:05, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]