Template:Did you know nominations/David van Rooyen
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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 01:57, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
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David van Rooyen[edit]
- ... that David van Rooyen was the South African Minister of Finance for 4 days?
Created by Phwaice (talk). Nominated by Nathan121212 (talk) at 20:22, 13 December 2015 (UTC).
Long enough. New enough. Neutral. Need more inline citations. The "political career" section is sourced mainly from [pa.org.za], not fin24, the only citation for the entire paragraph. Another problem is the duration of his term as Finance Minister. It has two issues: (1) was the term from 9 to 13 December 2015, or from 10 to 14 December 2015? The [City Press] citation says the appointment began on 9 December and ended on 13 December; (2) the duration whether it was from 9 to 13 or 10 to 14 is five days. So the hook as it stands now is incorrect. Hybernator (talk) 14:23, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
- @Hybernator: - I've corrected the article., adding some extra citations and correcting the length of his term. Seems his term was from 10 - 13 Dec, making it 4 days. Nathan121212 (talk) 17:12, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for the update. I've removed the "refimprove" tag. I also accept that his term in office actually began on the 10th after the swearing-in ceremony, and ended when the new appointment was announced on the 13th. GTG. Hybernator (talk) 15:51, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
