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A fact from Michael Smith (diplomat) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 December 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that trade negotiator Michael Smith's negotiating style was summarized by a sign at his office door that read "This is not Burger King"?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 20:23, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that American trade negotiator Michael Smith's negotiating style was summarized by a sign at his office door, "This is not Burger King. You either get it my way, or you don’t get it at all."? Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-trade-negotiator-pried-open-foreign-markets-11638370800
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Eastick
- Comment: Open to rewording the hook.

Created by Ktin (talk). Self-nominated at 20:17, 12 December 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Ktin. I made some edits to the text to improve the grammar, but the article needs a lead section (see WP:LEAD). I don't have access to the WSJ source but Earwig does and doesn't flag up anything closely paraphrased. Sources used look to be reliable. An issue with the hook, you state here "at his office door" but in the article (and source) it says "at his desk". A QPQ is needed - Dumelow (talk) 07:40, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Dumelow. Added QPQ. Will work on writing the lede later tonight. Will also relook the desk vs door thing. Ktin (talk) 18:35, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your patience Dumelow Lede expanded. Please have a look. Hook language in the article fixed. i.e. door vs desk. Ktin (talk) 01:40, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Ktin, looks good to me - Dumelow (talk) 07:01, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Modified ALT0 to T:DYK/P5

Not waiving but waving?

FIXED.

Typo fixed.

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When Michael Smith 'waived' a plane ticket, did he actually phone up and cancel it from the negotiating table, or was he merely 'waving' it in their faces? I don't have a WSJ subscription to check. --Verbarson ^talk_edits 00:17, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Fixed. Ktin (talk) 00:29, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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