Talk:Dave Barrow

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A fact from Dave Barrow appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 October 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Dave Barrow quit municipal politics to work at his family's insurance brokerage before becoming mayor of Richmond Hill?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dave Barrow.

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 17:50, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Dave Barrow quit municipal politics to work at his family's insurance brokerage before becoming mayor of Richmond Hill? Source: Toronto Star; Richmond Hill Liberal (insurance brokerage)
- Reviewed: William Williams (printer and publisher)
- Comment: Eligible per Rule 1d, because it is only appeared in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link.

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self-nominated at 11:20, 25 September 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting and sourced hook. Between 22 September and 29 September the article was expanded from 603 to 3226 bytes (5.35x). Earwig gives no copyvio. No other content issues; QPQ done. ~Styyx^Talk? 19:50, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Styyx: thanks for your review! If there are no outstanding issues, could I please trouble you to give this a green tick? (otherwise the nom will not be moved to the approved page) Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 21:57, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The green tick, yes, , I forgot the green tick??? ~Styyx^Talk? 21:58, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]