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The result was: promoted by Carabinieri (talk) 19:21, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Fisher v. University of Texas

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... that the US Supreme Court agreed to hear the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas?

Reviewed: Angela Byron

Created/expanded by Gobonobo (talk). Self nom at 21:51, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Very dull hook. There is nothing unusual or remarkable whatsoever about the U.S. Supreme Court taking a case. Daniel Case (talk) 21:27, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that in the upcoming US Supreme Court case of Fisher v. University of Texas, a white woman argues that the university's affirmative action policy is discriminatory? Yngvadottir (talk) 19:28, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Article is new enough and long enough. Both hooks are verified -- but I edited ALT1 for accuracy, and I agree with Yngvadottir that the original suggestion is way too dull to be considered. Article needs additional inline citations -- we aim for at least one footnote per paragraph. I added a citation to the Circuit Court decision. I saw a need for citations in two other places, but I didn't readily find sources to cite: (1) the sentence that describes the district court decision and (2) the paragraph about the amicus curiae briefs. --Orlady (talk) 14:57, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

I've added references for both the amicus briefs and the district court decision. Also, more interesting alts below. Gobōnobo ⁺ ^c 04:30, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

ALT2 ... that an upcoming US Supreme Court ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas could end affirmative action at public universities in the United States?

ALT3 ... that an upcoming US Supreme Court ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas could result in fewer black and Hispanic students being admitted to public universities in the United States?

Article is adequately supported by citations now -- and its content is generally improved. With the improvements in the article, I realize that my edits to the ALT1 hook were erroneous (based on the earlier article, I thought there were still two plaintiffs), so I changed that hook again. The original hook is valid, but it's still very dull. ALT1 isn't completely accurate -- the case doesn't argue about "fairness," but rather about discrimination. I agree that ALT2 and ALT3 are interesting, but I don't think either one is appropriate because they are speculative. Accordingly, I suggest the following reworded variations on the original and ALT1 hooks:

ALT4 ... that the US Supreme Court agreed to consider the case of Fisher v. University of Texas, in which a white woman argues that the university discriminated against her based on race?
ALT5 ... that in the upcoming US Supreme Court case of Fisher v. University of Texas, a white woman argues that the university discriminated against her based on race? --Orlady (talk) 23:25, 6 April 2012 (UTC)