Template:Did you know nominations/Michał Węsławski
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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 13:15, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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Michał Węsławski
... that the first non-Russian mayor of Vilnius since the January Uprising was approved only after 43 years in 1905?Source: Wołkanowski, Waldemar (2015). Michał Węsławski. Biografia prezydenta Wilna w latach 1905-1916 [Michał Węsławski. Biography of the President of Vilnius in 1905-1916] (in Polish). Opole. p. 137.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link): At the Council session on December 7,. M. Węsławski chaired the session for the first time. Doctor J. Sumorok welcomed him on behalf of all councilors and gave a short speech in Polish: "Mr. President! We welcome You, as the first Polish president after 43 years"- Reviewed:
- Comment: After the January Uprising, Lithuania was put under martial law, and in 1876 a new city law was introduced, giving wealthy residents the right to elect a president. However, even if a non-Russian was elected, the governor blocked the election. Thus invalidated at least two elections of Poles (1893 and 1897) were thus invalidated. Until finally, on the wave of the political thaw in 1905, Węsławski's election was recognized. You can see the list of mayors: Mayor of Vilnius
5x expanded by Marcelus (talk). Self-nominated at 20:39, 14 January 2023 (UTC).
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It's all good except:
- This needs a copy edit; there are some typos and some phrasing oddities (probably translation artifacts) that need some refinement.
- I would recommend a more straightforward hook:
- ALT1: ... that Michał Węsławski was first non-Russian mayor of Vilnius since the January Uprising? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jengod (talk • contribs)
- Maintenance note: I relocated the misplaced notification template from here to the nominator's talk page, and added the unsigned comment tag above. Flibirigit (talk) 02:33, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
Ready to go. jengod (talk) 15:43, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Marcelus and Jengod: ALT1 looks good...but the fact stated in the hook could be stated in the article more explicitly and clearly. (Is the following sentence the one supporting the hook? If so...I think it needs some further editing anyway.)
Michał Węsławski finally took office on December 2, 1905, as his deputy was elected Mieczysław Malinowski. It was a significant event, since until then it had been impossible for a Pole to run a governorate city.[44]
Cielquiparle (talk) 12:11, 10 February 2023 (UTC)- @Cielquiparle: fixed as requested Marcelus (talk) 12:17, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Marcelus and Jengod: ALT1 looks good...but the fact stated in the hook could be stated in the article more explicitly and clearly. (Is the following sentence the one supporting the hook? If so...I think it needs some further editing anyway.)