Talk:Drew Van Horn

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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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by Flibirigit (talk) 02:59, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... ~~that Drew Van Horn, president of Young Harris College, was appointed to the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission last year?~~ Source: https://sky963.com/yhc-president-appointed-as-georgia-nonpublic-postsecondary-education-commissioner/ "Young Harris College (YHC) President Dr. Drew Van Horn was recently appointed by Governor Brian Kemp to the Board of Commissioners for the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission."
- Reviewed: Frank LeMaster

Created by Mgreason (talk). Self-nominated at 16:46, 11 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Drew Van Horn; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

The article on the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission has 12 citations, 10 of which are primary sources from the GNPEC itself. Asserting the notability of the organization would be improved by adding independent sources. Flibirigit (talk) 01:48, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am concerned that the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission might not be notable for its own article, but rather than nominating for deletion, I hope the nominator can improve the article. Flibirigit (talk) 15:45, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have found and incorporated four additional sources into the article. Do you consider that sufficient? There are numerous other sources naming GNPEC but they really contribute nothing to the topic. Mgrē@sŏn (Talk)

It looks improved. A full review is still needed for both articles. Flibirigit (talk) 21:41, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I share the previous reviewer's concerns with the GNPEC article, and have similar concerns with the other one, too. Notability issues aside, they are written by cobbling together primary sources in a way that makes the text not independent of the subject, thereby failing WP:NPOV. Primary sources are acceptable to fill in non-controversial detail; they cannot be the framework on which the article is built. The GNPEC article, in particular, draws heavily from two government reports; the reports are likely public domain (I haven't checked) but we cannot construct an article by summarizing a government report. I'm going to nominate the second article for deletion, and the first requires substantially better sourcing. Vanamonde (Talk) 22:39, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- I have undone the rejection of this nomination, since the major concerns were only with one article. The biography is still eligible and deserves a full review once changes are made. Flibirigit (talk) 01:50, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - The deletion discussion for the GNPEC is closed as a merge into Education in Georgia (U.S. state). I'm willing to work with the nominator if he wants to continue with the biography of Van Horn. A new hook will be needed, and I will be happy to do a full review. Flibirigit (talk) 15:48, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    - I was going to suggest a full hook here, but none stick out in the article, due to Van Horn's article being written like a resume (something I've now tagged). theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 16:06, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
      - I've left the nom a message. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:40, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
        theleekycauldron is correct. The only thing I found interesting about DVH was his appointment to a commission I had never heard of. Remove the nomination from DYK. Mgrē@sŏn (Talk) 02:52, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Closing the nomination as withdrawn as per above. Flibirigit (talk) 02:59, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]