Template:Did you know nominations/Philadelphia municipal election, 1955

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The result was: promoted by Victuallers (talk) 16:13, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Philadelphia municipal election, 1955, Victor H. Blanc[edit]

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~~... that in the 1955 election, Philadelphians chose Richardson Dilworth as mayor and Victor H. Blanc as district attorney?~~

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nelly Omar and Template:Did you know nominations/Timeline of ceratosaur research
Comment: First article created June 5, second created June 9.

Created by Coemgenus (talk). Self-nominated at 19:56, 9 June 2015 (UTC).

These two articles are long enough and were new enough at the time of nomination. The hook facts are cited and accepted in good faith. The articles are neutral but the sources are mostly not accessible to me so I was unable to check for close paraphrasing. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:25, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

I don't think anyone except an old Philadelphian will click on this hook. What do you think about:
ALT1: ... that in the 1955 election, Philadelphians chose a veteran of World War I for mayor and a veteran of both World Wars for district attorney?
If you use this hook, inline cites need to be added to the war service for each person. Yoninah (talk) 20:14, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Note: added bolding to the Blanc piped link in ALT1; this is still a double nomination, yes? BlueMoonset (talk) 20:33, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Yes, thanks, @BlueMoonset:. Yoninah (talk) 21:55, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure that's even that noteworthy—half the men running for office then were WWII vets—but if you think it's better, it's fine by me. --Coemgenus (talk) 12:54, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

The idea is not to write something informative, but a hook – something that will reel readers in. If you don't feel this is "hooky" enough, please suggest something else. I added the inline cites in case you want to go ahead with ALT1. Yoninah (talk) 19:23, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

It's cool. I struggled to find something hooky about it, so your suggestion is fine with me. --Coemgenus (talk) 23:09, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Since I wrote the hook, I can't approve it. Could another reviewer sign off on ALT1, please? Yoninah (talk) 09:53, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Good to go with ALT1 (hook facts are cited; although I can't check the sources there's no reason to doubt them). Belle (talk) 00:32, 15 July 2015 (UTC)