Talk:Elizabeth Wilkins

Did you know nomination

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 Bruxton (talk) 13:07, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

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Wilkins in 2021

• ... that Elizabeth Wilkins (pictured), the director of the office of policy planning at the Federal Trade Commission, wants to make “the government sensitive to the needs and wants of ordinary people”? Source: "Wilkins says she’s eager to 'make people think twice about setting up a whole business model that is premised on extraction and exploitation.' For decades, the FTC has primarily evaluated mergers in terms of whether they would raise consumer prices. Now Wilkins wants the agency to consider a broader array of potential harms, including how mergers hurt workers' wages and hinder small businesses' ability to compete. The goal: 'Making the government sensitive to the needs and wants of ordinary people,' she says." The Washingtonian
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Debra Lew Harder

Created by Thriley (talk). Self-nominated at 00:23, 2 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Elizabeth Wilkins; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Article creation versus filing date okay. Article length okay. Sourcing and neutrality okay and a few spot checks showed no signs of copyvio. QPQ done. Hook length okay and sourcing verified. Hook interest is as good as it's going to get out of this article. Note I have made some changes to the article myself that are unrelated to the DYK itself, meaning formatting cites, adding links and cats, that sort of thing. Wasted Time R (talk) 00:33, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

• Comment: With due respect, I am not sure of the statement

  .. “the government sensitive to the needs and wants of ordinary people” ..

  in suggested hook. Pl. Take this question easy, Is Wikipedia a Noble award committee to award peace prizes in anticipation? Good emotions but an encyclopedia need not award on basis of emotions but on proof of actual work. IMHO as of now better hooks would be possible. If article author and reviewer would not mind. Bookku (talk) 12:24, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

@Bookku: The hookiness comes from the FTC not normally being thought of as a kind of place that relates to the needs and wants of ordinary people, but I get your point. How about:

• ALT1: ... that Elizabeth Wilkins (pictured) has gone to work at the Federal Trade Commission on the hope that the agency is now positioned to address economic injustice?

Something like this would get the essential point of the Washingtonian piece across, but without being predictive about what if anything the FTC will actually accomplish. Wasted Time R (talk) 14:00, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Yes WP:CRYSTAL was concern with earlier one, this Alt1 seems better than earlier one, but present sentence in the article covers Alt 1 meaning or you need to accommodate a sentence to that effect. I also suggest following Alts

• Alt2: ... that Elizabeth Wilkins (pictured), the director of the office of policy planning at the Federal Trade Commission, is the daughter of Roger Wilkins, who was a member of the group that reported on Watergate?
• Alt3:... that Elizabeth Wilkins (pictured), the director of the office of policy planning at the Federal Trade Commission, leads inquiries into issues like antitrust, prescription-drug prices, and the baby-formula shortage?

Bookku (talk) 14:29, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

I've added a sentence to the article to support ALT1. I think it's a bit hookier than ALT2 or ALT3, but let's see what the nominator has to say about any of these. Wasted Time R (talk) 15:30, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

I prefer ALT1. I’m going to propose an additional hook as well. Thriley (talk) 17:32, 3 June 2023 (UTC)