Talk:Steve Bennett (California politician)

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A fact from Steve Bennett (California politician) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 July 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Steve Bennett's write-in candidacy for election to the Ventura city council was endorsed by Patagonia, Inc.?

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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 Desertarun (talk) 08:20, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Steve Bennett's write-in candidacy for city council was endorsed by Patagonia, Inc.? "Patagonia Endorses Villeneuve, Bennett". Los Angeles Times. October 11, 1991. p. 464. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Alt1:... that Steve Bennett was a high school teacher before entering politics? "Economics teacher at Nordoff High School, 1980 to present (2004)." Newspapers.com

Reviewed: TBA

5x expanded by Jon698 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:09, 5 June 2021 (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:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - n, see comments

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I don't think the originally proposed hook is interesting because as someone who doesn't know of Patagonia, nothing stands out. As for my suggestion, I believe that it would be interesting for someone to read about how a school teacher became a successful politician. Everyone knows what a high school teacher is, and it is well known that entering politics is difficult, especially climbing the ranks. This is why I believe the mention of a teacher becoming a successful politician makes a better hook. One thing to note is that this is my second DYK review (1st that meets the criteria I am supposed to follow), and if you have any constructive criticism to offer, I'd be glad to hear it. Chef Vortex (talk) 00:31, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Chef Vortex: There is nothing interesting about a teacher becoming a politician. There are a million teachers who have become politicians. Him being a write-in candidate with the support of a large company is interesting. Jon698 (talk) 00:41, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Steve Bennett (California politician)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Mike Christie (talk · contribs) 21:37, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:37, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Image is appropriately tagged.

What makes joincalifornia.com a reliable source?
Some of the early life section seems to be needlessly in past tense -- I would suggest making it "he has four children" and "He admires".
Can we get any dates, even approximate, for the "Activism" section?
Suggest giving a few words inline explaining what Proposition 187 was about.
The sentence about the eight-foot bubble ordinance is long and hard to parse; suggest rephrasing, perhaps as two sentences.
"Measure H was passed": be explicit that this is Bennett's proposal.

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:03, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mike Christie: Done. I replaced the JoinCalifornia link with a CalMatters link. You can see its leadership here. Jon698 (talk) 02:13, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mike Christie: Just making sure that the ping was sent since I didn't get the notification of it being sent. Jon698 (talk) 02:14, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Passing. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:56, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]