Template:Did you know nominations/Tomas Fonacier

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The result was: promoted by — Maile (talk) 15:24, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Tomas Fonacier

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• ... that according to the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, Filipino historian and educator Tomas Fonacier had the longest government service record in the Philippines, which spanned more than 64 years?
  • ALT1:... that Tomas Fonacier is the first Dean of the University of the Philippines Iloilo, which is now part of University of the Philippines Visayas, and the second Filipino Chairperson of the University of the Philippines Department of History?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jiggs II
• Comment: Please feature on his 120th birthday, December 25, 2018.

Created by Arius1998 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:31, 5 December 2018 (UTC).

• New enough, long enough, neutrally written, adequately referenced, no close paraphrasing seen in online sources. I broke up the overlong paragraphs and added a "citation needed" tag to the end of one. I also added a disambiguation tag to the University of California link. I commented out some words in the lead that had no context and no source. QPQ done.
• The first hook is okay, but it has too many blue links and the subject is buried in the middle. And as I noted in my edit history, his role as a regent at a state university is called "public service"; "government service" is usually said about politicians. I suggest writing it this way:
• ALT0a: ... that historian and educator Tomas Fonacier had the longest public service record in the Philippines, spanning more than six decades? Yoninah (talk) 18:20, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

• • @Yoninah: I have no issues with the suggested hook. I hope it makes it in time for his birth anniversary on 25 December. Thank you for your review. Arius1998 (talk) 00:20, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks. ALT0a good to go. Yoninah (talk) 13:00, 24 December 2018 (UTC)