Talk:Amber McReynolds

A fact from Amber McReynolds appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Amber McReynolds's advocacy for vote-by-mail supported US states' expansion of absentee balloting during the COVID-19 pandemic so millions of people could vote from home in the 2020 elections?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Amber McReynolds.

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Did you know nomination

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) 23:14, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Amber McReynolds helped millions of people vote from home in the 2020 United States elections during the pandemic? Source: Meet the Leading Lady of Vote-by-Mail

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Comanche Springs pupfish

Created by Reywas92 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:00, 27 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: In the source you cite, "millions" is not mentioned. Might be worth clarifying/linking "the pandemic" in the hook. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 00:48, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy ping Reywas92 Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 00:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Eddie891 The Fulcrum includes more info about usage. "that Amber McReynolds helped millions of people vote from home in the 2020 United States elections during the pandemic?" Reywas92^Talk 04:04, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I started to review this and reduced some over referencing. I was about to wave this through when I saw a) it was being reviewed and b) the ibox which assumes that she will be appointed. Surely this breaks the no crystal ball rule. If she is notable just for being a nominee then fine, but the article should finish at that point with "in 2021 she was one of the Presidential nominations for ...". Victuallers (talk) 16:05, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean "assumes"? She *has* been appointed [1], and I've undone your edit because it's present tense that she IS a nominee and the original version was correct. The infobox clearly notes she is a nominee and there is no crystal ball violation. She is notable for the combination of significant coverage she's received as a presidential appointment and as head of NVAHI. Reywas92^Talk 19:01, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The ref you mention says "Announces Nominee". That is not an appointment. You seem to merge the two ideas. Why do you say she has been appointed when she is a nominoee? Which is correct? Victuallers (talk) 06:14, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is not a single word in the article that is wrong so I don't know what you're still getting at. If the presidential appointment process is completed when the Senate confirms them and the president signs their commission, the article is accurate to say "who is a nominee", it is accurate to have "nominee" in the infobox, and it is accurate to use the subjunctive "that he would appoint McReynolds." Even if my statement above conflated the terms, the infobox does not "assume that she will be appointed", because it clearly says "Nominee" and assumption of office is still TBD. This is consistent with Merrick Garland, Deb Haaland, Xavier Becerra, etc. etc. and does not violate crystal ball. So can you please approve this for DYK? Reywas92^Talk 07:35, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I withdraw my query. Thank you Reywas92 for the explanation. I would approve but I think Eddie891has first dibs. Sorry to have delayed your nom. Victuallers (talk) 08:56, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

: per above discussion. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:34, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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