Template:Did you know nominations/Baltimore mayoral election, 1999

Baltimore mayoral election, 1999
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 * ... that African American community leaders said that Martin O'Malley's (pictured) election as mayor of Baltimore "would be the worst thing that could happen in this city" and could "tear this city apart"?
 * Reviewed: Second QPQ of two from Template:Did you know nominations/Julia Klöckner
 * Comment: I'd kind of love to get a The Wire related hook for this, but while there are sources that compare O'Malley to Tommy Carcetti, there aren't really sources that compare the real mayoral election to the fictional one (despite the similarities). – Muboshgu (talk) 01:35, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

5x expanded by Muboshgu (talk). Self nominated at 01:32, 21 October 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg Length/expansion, QPQ, and date are good on the article. Both images are licensed properly. The article is well cited and neutral and the sample of sources I looked at backed up their statements with no major copyright problems that I saw. There are however two problems with the proposed hook. The first is that it violates Articles and hooks that focus unduly on negative aspects of living individuals or promote one side of an ongoing dispute should be avoided from the DYK rules. The second is that it implies that all of the African American community was very opposed to O'Malley when in fact it was pretty divided. I propose the following:


 * ALT1: ... that Kweisi Mfume (pictured) declined to be a candidate in the 1999 Baltimore mayoral election even though the state legislature changed a law specifically to allow him to run? Thingg &#8853;&#8855; 04:46, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Good points about the hook. ALT1 is a good alternative, and allows the use of this image. Let me think about if there's another ALT I can suggest. – Muboshgu (talk) 12:38, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, I can't think of a better hook than ALT1 at the moment. I'm fine with it. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:04, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT1 looks fine. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:16, 27 November 2013 (UTC)