Template:Did you know nominations/1919 Australian federal election


 * 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: promoted by &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 21:14, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

1919 Australian federal election

 * ... that the 1919 Australian federal election was the first to use preferential voting? Source: "1919: First federal election with preferential voting was held on 13 December".
 * ALT1:... that an anti-war poem became such an issue at the 1919 Australian federal election that its author was tarred and feathered? Source: "Temporary notoriety came when, in their 1919 election campaign, the Nationalists used reworded verses of his anti-war poem 'The White Man's Burden', written in 1900 [...] Stirred on by shameful publicity, a gang of returned soldiers dispensed rough justice, luring McDougall from his home to be tarred and feathered and dumped in an Ararat street".
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark
 * Comment: Please reserve this for 18 May, the date of the 2019 Australian federal election.

5x expanded by Ivar the Boneful (talk). Self-nominated at 21:15, 21 April 2019 (UTC).


 * starting review for nomination. Flibirigit (talk) 03:09, 16 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the review Flibirigit. I had actually meant to leave a comment here about the charts. At some point they were added to all Australian federal election articles. The newer ones are well sourced, but others (while mostly accurate) are basically a form of original research based on results pages. As well as the problems with sourcing, there are also some inaccuracies and inconsistencies with the prose which might confuse the reader. My personal preference would be to comment them out and re-add after the DYK is run and/or bring them up at a project page. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 09:28, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The two blurbs I originally provided were effectively placeholders. I'm going to give the article a thorough read-through and possibly add/modify some blurbs, and source them if necessary. I'll tag you again when that's complete, hopefully within the next little while. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 09:40, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Let me know when you're ready. I should be near a computer for most of the day. Flibirigit (talk) 13:33, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
 * User:Flibirigit Actually I think I've changed my mind about additional blurbs. I've added a source for ALT0, and I think that's probably the strongest hook. The only issue is that I'm not sure whether "preferential voting" should link to preferential voting (which is more of a disambiguation page) or instant-runoff voting (which is more precise). I can't find a source specifically stating instant-runoff voting was introduced, but that article does state that Australian terminology is just to call IRV "preferential voting". Let me know if there's any other issues. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 19:02, 16 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks for the changes and additions. The sourcing issues have been rectified. I am content with the linkage to preferential voting. Both hooks are properly cited and mentioned inline. I approve of both hooks with a preference for ALT0. I will follow-up on the special occasion request at WT:DYK. Flibirigit (talk) 19:16, 16 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Hopefully this is a quick fix. Citations 49, 50 and 51 don't point to anything. Is it possible you meant to reference Murphy rather than Ryan?  Please correct.  Thanks. — Maile  (talk) 19:44, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Good catch there. Murphy and Ryan look to be coauthors on the work being cited. I made the update, and hopefully Ivar will confirm quickly. Flibirigit (talk) 19:56, 16 May 2019 (UTC)


 * FYI, I think Ryan is actually part of the book's title, rather than the author. But it certainly looks to me like that one's the intended source. — Maile (talk) 20:00, 16 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg AGF Re-ticking, and accepting fix as correct.  The nominator may not respond in time for this last-minute request to run on the main page on May 18. — Maile  (talk) 18:52, 17 May 2019 (UTC)