Talk:Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989

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A fact from Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 June 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 requires Northern Irish election candidates to sign a declaration that they will not support terrorism in word or deed?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989.

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:39, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 was aimed at "the IRA in drag"?~~ Source: Ulster University, Terrorism and international law. Routledge. pp. 133–134. ISBN 1134819676.
- ALT1:... that the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 requires Northern Irish election candidates to sign a declaration that they would not support terrorism in word or deed? Source: Terrorism and international law. Routledge. pp. 133–134. ISBN 1134819676.

Reviewed: Flag of Austin

5x expanded by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 08:48, 10 May 2020 (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:

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Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I am disqualifying ALT0 because it may not be obvious to all readers what it refers to. b uidhe 21:51, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's the point of ALT0, its designed to encourage people to click through to the article to find out. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:59, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]