Talk:Dan Blumenthal

A fact from Dan Blumenthal appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 November 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Dan Blumenthal, a senior defense official in the Bush administration, believes that China has "three roads" to gain control of Taiwan?

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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 PrimalMustelid talk 19:47, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Dan Blumenthal supported former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's 2022 visit to Taiwan? Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/pelosis-planned-visit-to-taiwan-raises-concerns-in-the-u-s-and-china
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Created by W9793 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:27, 19 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Dan Blumenthal; 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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - n

QPQ: None required.

Overall: New and long enough, sourced, neutral and not plagiarized (Earwig's tool reports a possible violation, but that's due to the quotes used). The only problem is the hook, which is not interesting enough in my opinion. Supporting a politician's visit is not unusual; please find an alternate hook. — Material Works 20:42, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing. What about ALT1: ... that George W. Bush administration senior country director for China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mongolia Dan Blumenthal believes China has three roads to gain control of Taiwan? Source: https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3896916-china-has-three-roads-to-taiwan-the-us-must-block-them-all/ W9793 (talk)

That's better, but I think it's a bit too long; try to be more concise. Plus, it's not mentioned in the article (the piece is listed in the article, but there's no prose about it). — Material Works 09:40, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What about ALT2: ... that Bush administration senior defense official Dan Blumenthal believes China has three roads to gain control of Taiwan? Source: https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3896916-china-has-three-roads-to-taiwan-the-us-must-block-them-all/ I've also added a block quote from the op-ed. W9793 (talk)

I think we're good now, approved ALT2. — Material Works 18:56, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]