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A fact from 1983 Kiribati presidential election appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 August 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that President Ieremia Tabai of Kiribati was elected in 1978, 1982, 1983 and 1987, despite a term limit of three elections?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1978 Gilbertese Chief Minister election.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:43, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that President Ieremia Tabai of Kiribati was elected in 1978, 1982, 1983, and 1987 despite a term limit of three elections?

Source: Somoza, Alexander (2001). "Kiribati". In Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford University Press. p. 675. ISBN 9780191600012. "Before the presidential election a debate had open regarding Tabai's term of office, the question being whether he was running for his third or for his fourth term. The latter case would have been unconstitutional, since only three terms were possible. Finally, the High Court considered it to be Tabai's third term, as in 1978 he had been elected Chief Minister, and only in 1982 and 1983 President."

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Comment: 5x expanded all four within the last week. I'm open to changing the hook's wording if there's a clearer way to say this.

5x expanded by Thebiguglyalien (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

Thebiguglyalien (talk) 06:13, 28 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Articles have been expanded 5 times and they are long enough. I've GAN reviewed one of these articles, so I know that they're well-sourced, neutral, and without copyvio (though I did have a look at other articles and the criteria has been met for other articles too). Articles are presentable. Hook is cited to a reliable source and is interesting. I don't see an image here but Tabai's image is freely licensed and could be used. QPQ for all four articles has been completed. Looks good to me. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 12:34, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. Fritzmann (message me) 12:08, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: Thebiguglyalien (talk · contribs) 03:02, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Fritzmann2002 (talk · contribs) 01:39, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'll be reviewing this article shortly! Fritzmann (message me) 01:39, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like it'll be a pretty straightforward review, I am using the 1982 and 1987 articles as comparison and on a first run-through I don't see any major issues. Fritzmann (message me) 17:17, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Prose

"After winning re-election and serving a term" serving a second term?
- I went with "a full term".
The very last sentence of the lead is a bit confusing to me. I don't have any background knowledge so the chronology is a touch blurry as a first-time reader
- I removed it. It's mostly relevant to the 1987 election.
I would start background with the first time Tabai was elected, and perhaps a sentence or two on who he is
- Done.
"The short-lived political party Wiia I-Kiribati was created afterwards" I'm not understanding the correlation here; is this a party he created because of low support or an opposition party?
- Specified "opposition party"
I split the sentence starting "Wiia I-Kiribati justified its decision..." let me know if it looks alright
- Looks good.
Is there a possible redlink for the 1980 labour strike?
- Done.
"was allegedly weary with politics" Who alleged this? Attribution is likely warranted
- Attributed.
Is there any information on the platforms of Teannaki or Tentoa?
- No, they were minor candidates, so not much is written about their role here.
I notice the other election year articles have more information on the candidates' campaign. Was there a lack of campaigning in this election because it followed a vote of no confidence? If so, are there any sources that state that so it can be mentioned?
- All I was able to find is that his victory was "never in doubt", so I added something to that effect. My suspicion is that they hadn't been prepared for campaigning since the sequence of events was so sudden, but I have nothing to base that on except a hunch.

References

The 1982 and 1987 articles have a news piece from Pacific Islands Monthly on the results; have you checked to see if any such sources exist for this year?
- I double checked; not much, but I added one minor detail about Teannaki retaining his vice president position after the election
Schutz 1983 verifies its claims; Van Trease 1993 verifies the election statistics at ref 10. Neither spotcheck yielded issues so assuming good faith on the references I don't have access to.
- I don't think additional spot checks are necessary given the very small number of sources, but note that Ghai can be borrowed for free with an Internet Archive account, while Macdonald and Somoza are available through WP:LIBRARY.

Summary

Just a few small prose fixes and a reference query to address, and then this will all be good to promote. This was a pleasant read and review, thanks for an excellent article! Fritzmann (message me) 17:17, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fritzmann2002, that should be everything. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 05:17, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thebiguglyalien, thanks for the quick response, promoting now. Congrats! Fritzmann (message me) 12:08, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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