Talk:Ben LaBolt

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A fact from Ben LaBolt appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 March 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Ben LaBolt is the first openly gay White House communications director?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ben LaBolt.

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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 Dying (talk) 11:04, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Ben LaBolt is the first openly gay White House Communications Director? Source: [1]
- Reviewed: Ninth and final QPQ of nine from Template:Did you know nominations/Arellano Chiefs basketball
- Comment: Please hold until March, or else the hook will need to read "will be the first" as Kate Bedingfield is stepping down at the end of February and LaBolt is currently only WHCD designate.

Created by Muboshgu (talk). Self-nominated at 19:35, 10 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ben LaBolt; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

While I admit I am a bit of a novice when it comes to reviewing, I do not see any problems here. The article is neutral, well-sourced, plagiarism-free, and long enough. The hook is also cited and seems to be backed by the source (AGF on paywalled information). I also agree that it should not be posted until it actually takes effect, but once it happens I see no issue with posting. Link20XX (talk) 03:47, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]