Talk:United States presidential elections in Washington (state)

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 05:44, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Washington's location within the U.S.

... Washington state's voters are politically divided by the Cascade Range in the presidential election? Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/red-state-blue-state-watch-40-years-of-political-change-in-washington/
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5x expanded by 金色黎明 (talk). Self-nominated at 12:47, 21 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/United States presidential elections in Washington (state); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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:
Other problems: - Article is in major need of cleanup.

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - Citation is not to a reliable, high quality source needed for a contentious political statement.
Interesting:

Image eligibility:

Freely licensed:
Used in article:
Clear at 100px: - Picture is not necessary and wouldn't help the hook.

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: I'll attempt to clean up the article, but in its current state this hook is unacceptable. The hook itself also has grammar issues and needs to be rewritten. Sounder Bruce 19:27, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure how "contentious" the hook is, but in any event, I was able to find many references in well known sources that directly back up the hook. I added one, from Time, but I found a half dozen others from ABC News, The New York Times, the Pew Center, and the Seattle Times. I also fixed up the layout and some SP/GR. I'd be inclined to pass this. Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:51, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Those sources would need to be added to the article. @金色黎明: The hook still needs work, and the article still needs to be copyedited. Sounder Bruce 01:38, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SounderBruce: "Those sources would need to be added to the article" - they were. "the article still needs to be copyedited" - it was. Always check the history. I like the hook, what is the issue there? Maury Markowitz (talk) 16:50, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The hook is not grammatically correct, and also paints too broad a brush for the entire state. We should acknowledge that neither western nor eastern Washington are politically homogenous, lest this be pulled at WP:ERRORS. Sounder Bruce 01:04, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SounderBruce: I am sorry to hear that, I have rewrite the hook. 金色黎明 (talk) 05:45, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Wildly different ways" is not appropriate; also, "Washington State" should be "Washington state", as the former refers to the university. Sounder Bruce 07:43, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SounderBruce::Thanks for your advice,I've refined the grammar issues--金色黎明 (talk) 04:36, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SounderBruce: Looks good now. Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:33, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Follow-up ping to SounderBruce, or we can throw to a new reviewer to see if the issues have been addressed. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 22:35, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing has been resolved. The hook is still misleading and the article quality leaves a lot to be desired. I'm still waiting on the appropriate changes to be made. Sounder Bruce 04:40, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

All right, then let's say (with a ping to 金色黎明) that if the issues aren't fixed in a week, we should probably close the nom. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 05:38, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SounderBruce:Can I withdraw my nomination? I don't want to be entangled with it anymore.--金色黎明 (talk) 06:04, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator withdraws. Sounder Bruce 21:14, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]