Talk:Fred Plump

A fact from Fred Plump appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 July 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Fred Plump sued Alabama governor Bob Riley over an appointment to the county commission of Jefferson County?

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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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:16, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that Fred Plump was charged with obstruction of justice after texting a legislative assistant "red alert"?~~ Source: https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2023/05/alabama-rep-fred-plump-to-resign-over-federal-charges-in-alleged-kickback-scheme.html
ALT1: ...that Fred Plump resigned from the Alabama House of Representatives less than six months after taking office? Source: https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2023/05/should-birmingham-remove-former-rep-fred-plumps-name-from-baseball-field.html
ALT2: ...that Fred Plump sued Alabama governor Bob Riley over an appointment to the county commission of Jefferson County, Alabama? Source: https://www.al.com/bn/2008/01/age_60_residence_fairfield_edu.html
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Adele One Night Only

Created by Kafoxe (talk). Self-nominated at 01:55, 25 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Fred Plump; 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 compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - some WP:CLOP concerns

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: @Kafoxe: Good article. QPQ needed. Though, i'd also suggest a slight rewrite of the article. Mainly because it kind of feels like the article nears WP:CLOP in some areas. check [1] for why. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:15, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: Sorry for the delay, finally tackled this and the QPQ. Also did some minor rewriting/adjustments as suggested. Kafoxe (talk) 20:27, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Better now. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:12, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Kafoxe and Onegreatjoke: striking ALT0 under WP:DYK#gen4a, as it's primarily negative about a living person. Any other hooks to suggest? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 01:00, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Theleekycauldron: Added two alt hooks. Kafoxe (talk) 00:59, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Onegreatjoke, do the hooks check out? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 07:46, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think that they're good. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:37, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]