Talk:Wynand Boshoff

A fact from Wynand Boshoff appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 September 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that South African Member of Parliament Wynand Boshoff is the grandson of assassinated apartheid-era Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd?

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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 Yoninah (talk) 20:57, 14 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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... that South African Member of Parliament Wynand Boshoff is the grandson of assassinated apartheid-era Prime Minister, Hendrik Verwoerd, who served from 1958 until his assassination in 1966? Source: The South African, EWN, SABC NEWS, City Press, HISTORY, News24 – "Verwoerd, who was leader of the National Party, was prime minister from 1958 to 1966.", TimesLIVE – "...whose grandfather was SA's prime minister between 1958 and 1966."
- ALT1:... that assassinated apartheid-era South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd's grandson, Wynand Boshoff, is a Member of Parliament? Source: The South African, EWN, SABC NEWS, City Press, HISTORY, News24 – "Verwoerd, who was leader of the National Party, was prime minister from 1958 to 1966.", TimesLIVE – "...whose grandfather was SA's prime minister between 1958 and 1966."

Reviewed: TBD

Created by Lefcentreright (talk). Self-nominated at 11:03, 7 September 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Article is new enough and long enough. #2 does not contain the birthplace or Verwoerd's term length. AGFing on #3. What's "matric"? #1 does not say that Verwoerd was assassinated, which is a problem for the hook. No copyvio that I can see. Is this your first DYK? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:53, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Jo-Jo Eumerus: I have performed a few fixes. Now for clarity, the article already contained Boshoff's birthplace and Verwoerd's term length (I have now added it more to be clearer). "Matric" is a South African term for graduating from high school. I have changed to "vowing in high school". Hook 1 & 2 undoubtedly contain the word "assassinated". No, this is actually my third DYK, the previous two articles did not qualify. LefcentrerightTalk 10:10, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The duration of Verwoerd's term is still missing in the source. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:15, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Jo-Jo Eumerus: I have performed another round of fixes. Is the hook adequate? Do you maybe have a suggestion for a hook? LefcentrerightTalk 10:37, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, Verwoerd's term is still not sourced. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:39, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Jo-Jo Eumerus: Two sources specifying the term-length of Verwoerd has been added. LefcentrerightTalk 10:49, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

One last thing would be to source " Wynand Johannes Boshoff" in the infobox; I see it's in one of the sources. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 11:21, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Jo-Jo Eumerus: Name has been sourced. LefcentrerightTalk 11:56, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]