Template:Did you know nominations/Congressional office lottery
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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 17:05, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
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Congressional office lottery
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Push-ups during the office lottery
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Push-ups during the office lottery
- ... that the congressional office lottery has involved a "Jedi mind trick", head rubs, and push-ups (pictured)? Source: "'I was concentrating,' he joked. 'My name is Knight. It was a Jedi mind trick.'" Incoming representatives choose their new digs during House office lottery and "Sharice Davids of Kansas dropped to the floor for a lightning round of push-ups. And Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, in her lucky jeans, paused to rub a colleague's bald head for an extra boost of support." High Stakes for House Freshmen: The Office Lottery
- ALT0a: ... that congressional office lottery winners have prepared by pulling tissues from a box and doing a "Jedi mind trick"? Source: "'I was concentrating,' he joked. 'My name is Knight. It was a Jedi mind trick.'" Incoming representatives choose their new digs during House office lottery and "'I practiced pulling tissues out of the box,' he said. 'I'd pull 20 to 25 until I decided that my form was good.'" Freshman Lottery Doles Out New Office Space
- ALT1: ... that the congressional office lottery has led to representatives "being sent to Siberia"? Source: "But drawing an office on Cannon’s fifth floor ... is the congressional equivalent of being sent to Siberia." Scramble for office space in Congress is about status
- Reviewed: Daniel Larsen (mathematician)
- Comment: For ALT0, taking any three items from Congressional office lottery § Superstitions would probably work, though the three I picked seemed like the most wacky ones. Alternative selection and slightly different focus at ALT0a.
Created by Sdrqaz (talk). Self-nominated at 02:09, 4 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Congressional office lottery; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- Interesting topic. New and long enough, no issues with neutrality/sourcing/copyvio. Image would need a crop if used, but license seems OK. QPQ present. The History section seems short, but don't know what more would go there. @Sdrqaz: Maybe clarify exactly which buildings are available to be chosen?
I prefer ALT1 and then ALT0a, but all factually OK. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 04:14, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for the quick review, Hameltion. How much cropping do you want for File:Sharice Davids office lottery.jpg? I didn't crop it for the article since having the surroundings made it clear it was a circus environment, but given the limitations of the Main Page, I would be happy to do so. I think that there's definitely further information out there for the history section: I thought of compiling a list of "winners", but I thought that would be too trivial. I've added information about which buildings are available too. Sdrqaz (talk) 17:17, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
- @Sdrqaz: Good additions. I like list of winners if any source has ever mentioned a series of them as a group. I took a closer look at trying to crop (one attempt), but unfortunately the sharp angle kind of makes it not great for main page scale. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 17:41, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
- I've not seen any mention of a series of them as a group: just that when sources cover the lottery, they tend to mention who won that year. Maybe not viable, then. Hmm, that's quite a drastic crop. Maybe something like File:Sharice Davids office lottery (cropped02).jpg? Anyways, I've added both to the image template at the top, replacing the original. Promoter's choice
. Sdrqaz (talk) 16:06, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
- I've not seen any mention of a series of them as a group: just that when sources cover the lottery, they tend to mention who won that year. Maybe not viable, then. Hmm, that's quite a drastic crop. Maybe something like File:Sharice Davids office lottery (cropped02).jpg? Anyways, I've added both to the image template at the top, replacing the original. Promoter's choice
- @Sdrqaz: Good additions. I like list of winners if any source has ever mentioned a series of them as a group. I took a closer look at trying to crop (one attempt), but unfortunately the sharp angle kind of makes it not great for main page scale. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 17:41, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for the quick review, Hameltion. How much cropping do you want for File:Sharice Davids office lottery.jpg? I didn't crop it for the article since having the surroundings made it clear it was a circus environment, but given the limitations of the Main Page, I would be happy to do so. I think that there's definitely further information out there for the history section: I thought of compiling a list of "winners", but I thought that would be too trivial. I've added information about which buildings are available too. Sdrqaz (talk) 17:17, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
