Template:Did you know nominations/Carol Rasco
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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:33, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
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Carol Rasco
[edit]- ... that during Governor Bill Clinton's presidential campaign, political aide Carol Rasco was credited for running Arkansas in his absence? Source: ""she ran much of the state's daily business for the year that Mr. Clinton was out campaigning for the Presidency" as well." (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- Reviewed: 4th nom, N/A, I'll review one if I have time tonight though
5x expanded by Originalmess (talk). Self-nominated at 23:17, 4 August 2018 (UTC).
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Policy compliance:
- Adequate sourcing:
- The lead's "She has been described as one of the former president and governor's most trusted aides" is not sourced, and not repeated in the body. (The NYT source is not sufficient, and I can't see another source for this.) - Neutral:
- Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Hook eligibility:
- Cited: - I feel like "credited for running Arkansas" is not the best description: she wasn't formally credited with anything; it's just a small part of a NYT article. I've proposed an alt below.
- Interesting:
- Other problems: - I would add an inline citation for the "credited with running Arkansas during his absence" clause in the lead of the article.
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Nice work overall! Just a couple of small details to fix. Extra thoughts: Under Political career, there is this bit: "but 'she ran much of the state's daily business for the year that Mr. Clinton was out campaigning for the Presidency' as well." The quote looks weird for a few reasons, mainly because it's not attributed in prose (e.g. "The New York Times reports that"). I would just rewrite this in your own words. (This isn't relevant to the DYK process though.)
- ALT1: ... that during Governor Bill Clinton's presidential campaign, political aide Carol Rasco took over business in Arkansas in his absence?
I've been trying loads of variations of phrasing in the last clause and I can't tell what sounds most natural anymore. Let me know what you think. — Bilorv(c)(talk) 19:01, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
- Bilorv Thanks so much for the in-depth assessment! I've made the recommended changes, and your alt sounds good - how does this sound though?
- * ALT2: ... that during Governor Bill Clinton's presidential campaign, political aide Carol Rasco took over Arkansas' daily business?
- It's similar, just a bit shorter. Let me know which of those you prefer, I'm not sure if alt2 is too vague/implies something that didn't happen. originalmesshow u doin that busta rhyme? 13:53, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
