Template:Did you know nominations/James Wilson Robertson (educator)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:37, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

James Wilson Robertson (educator)

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... that James Wilson Robertson resigned as the first principal of Macdonald College after his budget was set at $100? Source: [1]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/List of 1968 Winter Olympics medal winners (old but I haven't done a DYK myself in a while, so I have several QPQs from a while ago that haven't been used.)

5x expanded by TonyBallioni (talk) and Rosiestep (talk). Nominated by TonyBallioni (talk) at 16:57, 22 April 2019 (UTC).

The hook says his "budget was set" at $100, but the source says his "spending" was "limited" to $100. They are not necessarily the same thing. Gatoclass (talk) 13:32, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
- I was trying to avoid a close paraphrase, so if you can think of a better way I’d be grateful. I disagree with your assessment: limiting someone’s spending is synonymous with setting their budget, but it’s also not something I’m going to fight over if there’s another possible way to say it. TonyBallioni (talk) 13:40, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

A budget is a set amount for a given period of time, and there is no time period mentioned in the source, it just says his spending was limited to $100. Most probably that just means he wasn't permitted to spend more than $100 on anything without getting approval. So I think "budget" is misleading and unsupported by the source. With regard to close paraphrasing, I think you only need to follow the wording of the article which says his spending was "restricted". Gatoclass (talk) 13:56, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

I disagree with you on this point, and think that this hook is both better than any alternatives and is in fact supported by the source. It is obviously talking about a budget, as that reading is the only one that makes sense in context. That being said, it's not worth fighting over, so I've done alt1 below. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:21, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that James Wilson Robertson resigned as the first principal of Macdonald College after his spending was restricted to $100? Source: [2]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

ALT1 verified. Thank you Tony. Gatoclass (talk) 12:47, 26 April 2019 (UTC)