A fact from Stephanie Pollack appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 July 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that lifelong Democrat Stephanie Pollack was appointed by lifelong Republican Charlie Baker to lead the Massachusetts Department of Transportation?
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Latest comment: 4 years ago11 comments5 people in discussion
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.
We sometimes give a little extra time to first-time nominators, or people who haven't nominated in a while and might not be aware of rule changes. As best I can tell, EoRdE6 has only had two DYKs, both back in 2015, when an extension from seven to ten days was not unusual, and it may well be that they weren't aware we have tightened up since then. This was created on 6 June and nominated on 16 June, when it should have been nominated by 13 June. I'd like someone who has been reviewing DYK nominations for a while to give the circumstances here another look, and see whether ten days passes muster in this circumstance. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:05, 10 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
Welcome back to DYK, EoRdE6. Lately we have had a surfeit of hooks promoting "first" women. Is there anything else you can say in the hook about her accomplishments? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:11, 11 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
ALT1: ... that lifelong Democrat Stephanie Pollack was appointed by lifelong Republican Charlie Baker to lead the Massachusetts Department of Transportation? (Source:[2])
@EoRdE6: That's a neat hook. But the hook facts have to appear in the article with a source. Nowhere does it talk about either one's "lifelong" political affiliations. Yoninah (talk) 14:16, 15 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
Thank you. It certainly is in the headline of the source, and I tweaked the language in the article accordingly.
Here is a full review: IAR on newness requirement for nomination within 10 days of posting. Long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. ALT1 hook refs verified and cited inline. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits. ALT1 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 18:51, 15 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 4 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion
I agree it needs to be included in the article, and probably could be done better than it currently is. But saying she is "best known for her involvement in the RMV scandal" is a blatant lie. Claims about the Mattapan Line Transformation need sourcing, as do any claims about her husbands occupation, which frankly doesn't belong in the infobox regardless. It's 2020, we don't define women by their husbands occupations anymore. Add sources and drop the weasel words please. EoRdE6(Come Talk to Me!)00:37, 7 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
Unfortunately, you nominated this article 9 days after creation, which is above the 7 day limit. Sorry :(. Awsomaw (talk) 23:21, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
We sometimes give a little extra time to first-time nominators, or people who haven't nominated in a while and might not be aware of rule changes. As best I can tell, EoRdE6 has only had two DYKs, both back in 2015, when an extension from seven to ten days was not unusual, and it may well be that they weren't aware we have tightened up since then. This was created on 6 June and nominated on 16 June, when it should have been nominated by 13 June. I'd like someone who has been reviewing DYK nominations for a while to give the circumstances here another look, and see whether ten days passes muster in this circumstance. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:05, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
Here is a full review: IAR on newness requirement for nomination within 10 days of posting. Long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. ALT1 hook refs verified and cited inline. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits. ALT1 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 18:51, 15 July 2020 (UTC)