Talk:Gouzenko Affair

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

Did you know... that the Gouzenko Affair marked the beginning of the Cold War in Canada?

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

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First and only Communist MP?

@Jiffles1: Here is another inconsistency you might want to look into, as Dorise Nielsen is - according to her article, the first Communist MP elected in Canada (not Fred Rose). The question is, why have your sources overlooked her? [ETA: I suppose it may be the case that she wasn't openly a Communist at the time] -- Earl Andrew - talk 16:02, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I've corrected the article. The "first communist MP" statement came from Callwood 1984 (page 103). I would guess Nielsen was overlooked since, as you noted, she was not openly communist at the time (or perhaps it was an error; after all, Callwood did not have the benefit of Wikipedia in 1984). After double-checking the sources, the "only communist MP" statement appears to be an error on my part (I misread "the only MP elected as a communist in Canadian history" to mean "the only communist MP ever elected in Canadian history"). Jiffles1 (talk) 17:08, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 01:36, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that the Gouzenko Affair is considered by historians to have marked the beginning of the Cold War in Canada, as well as potentially setting the stage for the "Red Scare" of the 1950s?~~ Source: Kavchak, Andrew (2006). "Remembering Igor Gouzenko". In Black, J.L.; Rudner, Martin (eds.). The Gouzenko Affair: Canada and the Beginnings of Cold War Counter-Espionage. Penumbra Press. pp. 133–147 ISBN 978-1894131919.
- ALT1: ... that the Gouzenko Affair was the first significant international incident of the Cold War? Source: Kavchak, Andrew (2006). "Remembering Igor Gouzenko". In Black, J.L.; Rudner, Martin (eds.). The Gouzenko Affair: Canada and the Beginnings of Cold War Counter-Espionage. Penumbra Press. pp. 133–147. ISBN 978-1894131919.
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- Comment: The article was expanded 5 fold since December by User:Jifflers1, with its most recent expansion on the 20th.

5x expanded by Jiffles1 (talk). Nominated by Earl Andrew (talk) at 14:19, 22 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Gouzenko Affair; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Offline source. Approve ALT1 as cited inline, but ALT0 struck out for now as I do not see the red scare statement mentioned and cited inline (outside the lead, which is not cited inline). ALT1 is more hooky anyway. Earwig flagged a 43%, but that's due to a quoted sentence and a particularly long commission name. Sufficient expansion and referencing otherwise, QPQ not needed as this is Earl Andrew's first DYK. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 07:29, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]