Template:Did you know nominations/Alben W. Barkley

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 11:50, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Alben W. Barkley

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... that Works Progress Administration employees were accused of campaigning for Kentucky Senator Alben W. Barkley (pictured) during the 1938 Democratic primary, prompting passage of the Hatch Act of 1939?

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Comment: I know it's odd to see a 5X expansion on an article that started out as long as this one, but I put a lot of work into it in my user space.

Created/expanded by Acdixon (talk). Self nom at 17:33, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Great expansion work. Image is licensed; hook is exactly 200 characters and sourced. IgnorantArmies – 11:44, Sunday October 21, 2012 (UTC)

The image may be licensed, but I don't see it in the article, and one of the DYK rules is that images submitted to DYK must appear in the article being nominated. Can another image be submitted, or this one (which can be the cropped version here or the original) added to the article? Otherwise, it won't be eligible for the lead slot, and an article this good belongs in the lead slot. (I only wish I hadn't found this problem, or it would be in a lead slot now!) BlueMoonset (talk) 22:02, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

I didn't actually realize that was a DYK rule; you learn something new every day. I dropped the uncropped version in a place where the text was a little dense anyway. I actually wanted to do a 4-up presentation of the "Big Four" – Wallace, Barkley, Rayburn, and McCormack – in that section, but we don't have any particularly good images of McCormack. Hope this addresses the concern. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 22:41, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Uncropped image of one used here now in article (still a licensed Commons image); restoring approval per above review by IgnorantArmies. (There are lots of DYK rules that people haven't run into before, but they all tend to make sense once they're mentioned.) BlueMoonset (talk) 23:01, 21 October 2012 (UTC)