Template:Did you know nominations/Mike Enoch

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 15:23, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Mike Enoch

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• ... that Mike Enoch helped white nationalist Richard Spencer successfully sue Auburn University, after the University attempted to cancel their speaking engagement? Source: [1]

• Comment: Article was published last week with serious BLP violations. I did a complete rewrite of the article. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 23:12, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

• QPQ done at Leon Day The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 16:49, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Created by The Wordsmith (talk). Self-nominated at 23:12, 1 May 2017 (UTC).

• @The Wordsmith: The history of this article is a bit unclear, but it is long enough and I'll AGF the fact that it needed to be completely rewritten. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. I cannot find the hook fact (that he assisted Spencer) in the source given. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:27, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

• @Cwmhiraeth: From the source: "Padgett and Spencer, along with Mike Enoch, enlisted the services of Sam Dickson, an attorney with ties to several far-right groups including the KKK. They argued that public safety concerns weren’t enough to override the First Amendment. They won, a federal judge intervened, and so the speech was reinstated to one of the campus halls."

• Fixing ping: @Cwmhiraeth: The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 15:30, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

• Well, yes, but that was not the citation covering that sentence in the article. Anyway, I have added a citation at the end of the sentence concerned and can now approve this. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:27, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

• @Cwmhiraeth: I'm now wondering if perhaps "...that white nationalist Mike Enoch helped Richard Spencer..." might be a better way to tell the readers who the subject is. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 13:50, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

• ALT0a ... that white nationalist Mike Enoch helped Richard Spencer successfully sue Auburn University, after the University attempted to cancel their speaking engagement?

OK, giving a tick for ALT0a. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:47, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

• Hi, I came by to promote this, but noted a paragraph that lacks a cite, per Rule D2. I would also like to know if any biographical information could be added? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 15:45, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: I've fixed that, it is now sourced to the post-protest podcast episode. Regarding biographical information, there isn't a whole lot of info out there that's sourced to RS. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 16:33, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

You might want to note that 'white supremacist' has long been the preferred consensus wording on the Richard Spencer page, and phrasing it as White Nationalist may be seen as POV phrasing. I'd stick with 'white supremacist'. PeterTheFourth (talk) 19:19, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

The current hook does not label Spencer as anything. The Wordsmith^{Talk to me} 21:50, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

@The Wordsmith: Sorry, I was looking at the wrong thing. My bad, I'll pay more attention in the future. PeterTheFourth (talk) 02:56, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

• Replacing tick so that this nomination can move forward. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:13, 6 June 2017 (UTC)