Template:Did you know nominations/John Ollivier; Lincoln by-election, 1889; Lincoln (New Zealand electorate)
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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 23:23, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
John Ollivier, Lincoln by-election, 1889, Lincoln (New Zealand electorate)
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- ... that when John Ollivier contested the Lincoln electorate in New Zealand in a 1889 by-election, he was praised by his opponent for his good-humoured campaign?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Polish civilian camps in World War II
- Comment: Lincoln by-election, 1889 is a new article, the others are expansions.
Created/expanded by Schwede66 (talk). Self nom at 20:14, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
- Lincoln by-election, 1889.
- As of 1 May 2012, the article was sufficiently long (2,859 characters), and was properly referenced.
- John Olliver.
- As of 3 May 2012 (three days after article was nominated on 30 April), the article had been expanded more than five times (191 on 30 March 2012 v. 4,375 characters), and was properly referenced.
- Lincoln (New Zealand electorate).
- As of 28 April 2012, the article had been expanded five times (157 on 25 February 2012 v. 1,987 characters), and was properly referenced.
- General comments about the three articles which should not affect the hook appearing in DYK.
- The lead sections do not adequately summarize the articles.
- Archive URLs should be added to protect against link rot.
- Hook. The hook is of an appropriate length and is properly referenced.
- Lincoln by-election, 1889.
- — SMUconlaw (talk) 17:20, 11 May 2012 (UTC)