Talk:Maciej Grabowski (economist)

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A fact from Maciej Grabowski (economist) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 January 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Maciej Grabowski became the Polish minister of environment in 2013 despite having no environmental experience?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Maciej Grabowski (economist).

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 22:52, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Maciej Grabowski became the Polish Minster of Environment in 2013 despite never having environmental experience? Source: Wszystko, co powinieneś wiedzieć o nowych ministrach. "Za młody, bierny, zbyt wyluzowany" (in Polish)
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- Comment: QPQ not required, 5th nom. Always open to suggestions

Created by Kline (talk). Self-nominated at 22:27, 14 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Maciej Grabowski (economist); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Date, size, refs, all good. I have mild concerns about the hook's neutrality, plus - it is mind numbingly boring IMHO (and true for a lot of politicians in similar positions worldwide). I am passing it as I can't think of anything more interesting in this very down-to-earth-boring-politician biography, and the implied criticism is also pretty tame. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:38, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Kline: I agree with @Piotrus: that the hook is not interesting. It also requires research within the sources to confirm the claim as none explicitly state it. Bruxton (talk) 20:18, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Bruxton:, @Piotrus:, you guys can just decline the hook if so, because there’s no way in hell I’d be able to find another hook. Kline • talk to me! • contribs 20:51, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bruxton, I did check the sources and it is mentioned there. I am not declining the nom as I don't think it is possible to get a more interesting hook about this pretty boring (to me) topic (don't take it as criticism, Wikipedia needs those kind of articles too). But since you voted, I am not sure what that means for the review. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:24, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Piotrus: I won't close this, but I will leave it for another promotor. Bruxton (talk) 03:38, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In this source I see At the Ministry of Finance, Grabowski was responsible for tax issues, he is not a specialist in geology or ecology. He is a maritime navigator and economist by profession. Lack of knowledge about the environment is cited as its biggest disadvantage. So I guess that is the support for the

despite never having environmental experience?

part of the hook. Bruxton (talk) 22:48, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]