Template:Did you know nominations/Douglas House (Arkansas politician)

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The result was: rejected by Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 22:02, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Douglas House (Arkansas politician)[edit]

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... that Republican politician Douglas House is also an attorney, and retired United States Army officer?

Comment: Not a self nomination

Created by Billy Hathorn (talk). Nominated by Matty.007 (talk) at 17:28, 18 December 2013 (UTC).

I'm not inclined to approve this one. Billy Hathorn has an admirable commitment to documenting the biographies of relatively obscure state-level politicians, but articles like this aren't well-suited to DYK. The article is long enough, not a copyvio (at least not a copyvio of the cited sources), and it has enough footnotes, but it's thinly sourced (basically it's a prose description of some online data sources). I'm particularly concerned about the statement "Representative House has a strongly conservative legislative voting record," which appears to be original research. Because the only cited source is a collection of data on his votes and sponsorships, with no characterization of the ideological color of the voting record, the reader can only conclude that the "strongly conservative" characterization came from a Wikipedia contributor (that's original research). Moreover, the hook is dull as dishwater -- there is nothing particularly interesting or unusual about a politician I've never heard of being an attorney and a retired Army officer. --Orlady (talk) 18:36, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Orlady: do you reckon that either this or Allen Kerr are at the level needed for DYK? If not, I'll withdraw the nominations. Thanks, Mat ty.007 20:17, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

I don't think it likely that either of them can be approved for DYK without significant editing. Does that answer your question? --Orlady (talk) 03:43, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Billy Hathorn: what do you think? (I will possibly withdraw these later.) Best, Mat ty.007 12:15, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm not aware this ban has been lifted. Billy Hathorn banned from DYK. This subject came up in June 2013. Hathorn ban? — Maile (talk) 23:52, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

I was aware that Billy Hathorn was banned from DYK, but I wasn't sure if it covered other peoples noms. It was certainly suggested, but I spoke to the user who decided the block, Wizardman, who replied that he didn't like the idea, but that nominations of his articles from other users wasn't discussed. However, given Orlady's finding fundamental flaws in the articles, I will withdraw both. Thanks, Mat ty.007 08:33, 20 December 2013 (UTC)