Template:Did you know nominations/Christine Donohue

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 13:20, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Christine Donohue[edit]

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... that Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice-elect Christine Donohue is the daughter of a United Mine Worker and a union seamstress?

Reviewed: Tomb of Sikandar Lodi

Created by Hunter Kahn (talk). Self-nominated at 03:36, 7 November 2015 (UTC).

The article meets the requirements for being new enough and long enough, with no conerns about copyright or plagiarism. The format and content of the hook are good, and it is sourced in the article. QPQ has also been met. However, I have a bit of a concern about the third paragraph. Starting with the third sentence, it says:

"Donohue ran as a Democrat for Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2012,[5]..."

But source #5 is about a different candidate seeking election in 2015. So I think this source is irrelevant and perhaps inserted in error. I also think the sentence contains a typo and should say she ran in 2015. Unfortunately I cannot access source #2 to confirm the rest of the sentence about the "clean sweep".

Finally, one other issue that would be good if it could be fixed is the format of the article as a whole. Currently, it reads in reverse chronological order which makes it feel more like a news article than a biography. The first paragraph is good as a lead. Personally, I think it would be better if the contents of the following paragraphs were rearranged so that it is a chronological biography. If more could be added to make it worth breaking into sections, that would be even better.

Putting aside the rearrangment of the format, if the sourcing and date issues concerning paragrpah 3 are fixed, I think this article is ready to go. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 01:43, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the review! You are correct that the one source was inserted in error; I've removed it. I also fixed the typo you pointed out, and I've changed the chronology of the article, with section breaks, per your suggestion. As for the source you cannot access, there's a trick to get around the website's paywall: if you copy-and-paste the URL, Google it, and then click on the resulting Google search result, you should be able to access it. :)

Thank you for your prompt attention. Everything looks fine now. Thanks for the tip also. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 03:59, 9 November 2015 (UTC)