Talk:Surabaya City Regional House of Representatives

A fact from Surabaya City Regional House of Representatives appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 November 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in the 1909 election to the city council of Surabaya, fewer than 1 percent of the population could vote?

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 03:14, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in the 1909 election for the city council of Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, less than 1 percent of the population could vote, and the turnout was just 25 percent? Source: [1] - electorate size, turnout; [2] population figures (150,000).
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Benin Moat
- Comment: Dutch East Indies as it was at the time.

Created by Juxlos (talk). Self-nominated at 11:09, 17 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Surabaya City Regional House of Representatives; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Article was nominated on time and a QPQ has been done. The hook is cited inline and cited to an offline source as well as an Indonesian source so AGF. No close paraphrasing found. The hook is a bit clunky for my tastes: I was wondering if it could be split into two separate hooks (one hook solely about the 1% angle, the other about the 25% turnout), as a complicated hook may not be as effective in hookiness compared to simpler hooks, in this case. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:01, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Narutolovehinata5: I feel like they're individually weaker, but I suppose:
- ALT1 : ... that in the 1909 election for the city council of Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, less than 1 percent of the population could vote?
25% turnout is probably fairly run of the mill for modern elections in many places, so I think as an individual hook it is weak. Juxlos (talk) 13:10, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think ALT1 is better so let's go with that. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:41, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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@Juxlos: nice article! could it go into a bit more detail about why only 1%? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 22:55, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Europeans only"? I thought it was stated in the article already. Juxlos (talk) 14:22, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]