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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: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 18:50, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

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William J. McGee

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  • ... that William J. McGee said that the 2022 Southwest Airlines flight delays were the result of Pete Buttigieg “appearing to regulate rather than actually regulating.”? Source: “ William McGee, a senior fellow for Aviation and Travel at the American Economic Liberties Project, argued Thursday that while "there's plenty of blame to go around" for the latest cancellation crisis, "Secretary Buttigieg has spent months appearing to regulate rather than actually regulating."
    How do I know? Because I've spent thousands of hours annually for 23 years fighting airlines. Those of us in advocacy trenches can testify to DOT inaction," McGee wrote. "Criticizing [Buttigieg's] lack of action is neither unfair nor inaccurate. When advocates met with him in 2021, most of us were impressed and optimistic. But he's failed to take real action."
    "He has broad powers to act on unfair and deceptive acts—and airlines have done both," McGee added. "Southwest was inevitable after he failed to punish awful behavior all year."” Common Dreams

Created by Thriley (talk) and Silver seren (talk). Nominated by Thriley (talk) at 03:33, 10 January 2023 (UTC).

  •  Reviewing... Thebiguglyalien (talk) 23:12, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
  • QPQ is done. Prose length is sufficient. Article is cited, including citation for the hook.
  • Hooks should be neutral and may not unduly focus on negative aspects of living persons. A different hook would be required.
  • Several citations are incomplete or contain only links without additional context.
  • This nomination was submitted as a newly created article, but it was moved from draft space over one week before nomination and has seen only minor additions since then. Approval depends on current backlog.
  • This still needs some work before it can qualify for DYK, and the late nomination should be taken into consideration per WP:DYKPN. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 23:37, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your review. I don’t think the hook violates the rules. It’s a simple critique from someone who has written about the airline industry for most of his adult life. I will fix up the citations. I intended to nominate the article for DYK. The nom was a day late due to my forgetfulness. Thriley (talk) 04:32, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK hooks should not present critiques of ongoing political disputes or of living persons. Per the WP:DYKRULES: Articles and hooks that focus unduly on negative aspects of living individuals should be avoided and Articles and hooks must adopt a neutral point of view, and should not be approved if they promote one side of an ongoing dispute. And a more detailed instruction on the reviewing guide: Consider very carefully whether the hook puts undue emphasis on a negative aspect of a living individual. Err on the side of caution, and when in doubt, suggest an ALT hook. In this case, I don't know what the alt hook can be, as there's little else in the article. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 04:58, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
  • Citations are cleaned up and the BLP issue has been addressed, so I think it's sufficient to pass. I'll leave it to promoter's discretion if they feel that the timing is an issue or if this still promote[s] one side of an ongoing dispute. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 19:29, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
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