Template:Did you know nominations/Shanique Speight

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:05, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Shanique Speight

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• ... that a judge ruled that Cory Booker had improperly cast a tiebreaking vote for Shanique Speight to serve as a member of the Newark, New Jersey city council, forcing her to vacate the seat? Source: "Responding to a challenge by West Ward Councilman Ronald C. Rice and other council people, a judge this morning ruled that the Newark City Council did not technically record a tie vote and so therefore threw out the legitimacy of how Mayor Cory Booker and the council sat At-large Councilwoman Shanique Speight. The decision by Judge Dennis Carey renders the council seat vacant."
  • ALT1:... that a "near-riot" broke out after Cory Booker cast the deciding vote to seat Shanique Speight as a member of the Newark, New Jersey city council? Source: [http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2012/11/newark_city_hall_disturbance_c.html "A behind-the-scenes political maneuver by Newark Mayor Cory Booker to fill a vacant council seat with his choice led to a near-riot in city hall tonight, with dozens of residents rushing the council stage and police responding with pepper-spray. After weeks of jockeying for Rep. Donald Payne’s successor, Booker made an unprecedented personal appearance to cast the deciding vote with his council allies for Shanique Davis Speight, a longtime ally of power broker Stephen Adubato, over the angry objections of residents."}

• Reviewed: Bergen Beach, Brooklyn

Created by Alansohn (talk). Self-nominated at 02:35, 19 January 2018 (UTC).

• Article is long enough and new enough. The first sentence of the lead is not supported by source #2, second sentence of the lead is supported by the article text. The next paragraph is sourced to #2 and #1, with #2 not supporting anything and #1 some parts of the text - I wonder if there was an URL error with #2. Source #8 does not support the retirement of the incumbent. Hook is supported by the article but not by the source given here (I also wonder if it gives undue importance to Cory Booker when the article the hook is about is not about him). Didn't notice any plagiarism or copyvio. QPQ is done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 11:45, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks for the review. I'll go through the sourcing and verify. The mention of Booker is deliberate, but it was put at the front of the hook to draw attention to Speight herself; I'm not sure that merely indicating that a judge forced her to step down from a seat would be sufficiently hook-worthy. Alansohn (talk) 17:58, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
• Jo-Jo Eumerus, I've reviewed the article and added / adjusted a number of sources to address your concerns. In terms of a source for the hook, the source cited above and in the article ("...a judge this morning ruled that the Newark City Council did not technically record a tie vote and so therefore threw out the legitimacy of how Mayor Cory Booker and the council sat At-large Councilwoman Shanique Speight. The decision by Judge Dennis Carey renders the council seat vacant." would appear to cover every aspect of the hook. Please confirm and let me know if any further issues exist. Again, I believe that Booker's involvement is not only relevant, but is what makes the hook interesting to readers at large. Alansohn (talk) 22:16, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

  Well, the first sentence in the lead is still not supported. I've asked on WT:DYK about whether the hook is overly political. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 11:28, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

• Jo-Jo Eumerus, "Shanique Davis Speight (born November 14, 1978) is an American Democratic Party politician who has represented the 29th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2018" is the first sentence of the lead. What part of that sentence is not covered by the source provided at her legislative webpage, as currently worded and sourced? Alansohn (talk) 15:43, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

  Because you fixed the link. So the article is almost ready, pending only a further comment on the hook as asked for here. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:47, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

• See ALT1 added above. Alansohn (talk) 15:55, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:04, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Alansohn. Alex Shih (talk) 15:20, 31 January 2018 (UTC)