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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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by Schwede66 talk 16:35, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

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1966 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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5x expanded by OlifanofmrTennant (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 34 past nominations.

Questions? four Olliefant (she/her) 08:54, 19 March 2025 (UTC).

  • Let's do this, been a while for me! Article was expanded fivefold in the last week; it's long enough, well-sourced (U.S. Congress biodict is technically non-independent but the statements aren't controversial), and neutral; an Earwig check comes up clean and a QPQ's been done. ALT0 doesn't really check out, there's something off with the wording; she wasn't the last Democrat in that seat, since there's been two since (Carper and Rochester). ALT1 does check out, but I'll suggest a bit of a rewording:
Should be good to go with either ALT1 or ALT1a – nice job, OlifanofmrTennant! Fun read, good hook :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:07, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
@Theleekycauldron: I had intended to write that McDowell would be the last democrat until Tom Carper, but for some reason I just didn’t. That’s the what the synth comment was in relation to. I have alter the hook now. Questions? four Olliefant (she/her) 20:10, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
Hope you don't mind, I've moved that to ALT0a so the original's there for posterity :) ALT0a checks out factually – I honestly don't think it's too unusual, seats change partisan polarity all the time, but if the promoter wants it I don't mind. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:16, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
Reopened to give longer to discuss a hook.--Launchballer 22:09, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
@GGOTCC, Schwede66, Theleekycauldron, Khajidha, Gerda Arendt, Fram, and Cielquiparle: RoySmith (talk) 12:12, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
I also see Template:Did you know nominations/1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Template:Did you know nominations/2023 Singareni Collieries Company Limited union representative election, and Template:Did you know nominations/1963 Mississippi House of Representatives special election in Lauderdale County on similar topics. RoySmith (talk) 12:56, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
marking as unapproved, since we don't currently have a viable hook. Unless someone comes up with something in a reasonable timeframe, I think it's best to mark this one for closure. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 16:14, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
I would like to formally withdraw this, I hope to be a bit more conservative in my dyknoms in the future. Olliefant (she/her) 16:20, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Apologies. I thought that I was commenting on this nomination at Errors. It was the 1968 Delaware election, though. Didn’t spot that. Hence, what i said at Errors did not make sense. Sorry for my confusion. Schwede66 16:34, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
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