Template:Did you know nominations/Hugh Leatherman

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 19:59, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Hugh Leatherman

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... that Hugh Leatherman effectively controls the state of South Carolina's budget? Source: "Leatherman has controlled South Carolina's budget for nearly two decades and influenced everything from the state's deal with Boeing to its investigation of the V.C. Summer nuclear project."
- ALT1:... that Hugh Leatherman is considered one of the most powerful politicians in South Carolina? Source: "Leatherman’s rise to the top of South Carolina’s power structure started on a farm in Lincoln County, N.C."

Reviewed: Yule Ranch

5x expanded by Muttnick (talk). Self-nominated at 19:02, 8 June 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - some close paraphrasing, see here

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I'm fine with accepting the article as it is, it would just be preferred if you could sort out some of the close paraphrasing. Thanks! Also, I find the main more interesting than ALT 1 Mcguy15 (talk, contribs) 01:41, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

@Mcguy15: I have corrected the close paraphrasing problem. The remainder of the warning is nothing I can undo as its just providing warnings about quotes and words like "General Assembly" and "Senator Pro Tempore." Thanks for the review! Muttnick (talk) 16:23, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

@Muttnick:

Looks good, thanks! Mcguy15 (talk, contribs) 16:26, 24 June 2021 (UTC)