Template:Did you know nominations/Blue and White (political alliance)


 * 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: rejected by Yoninah (talk) 21:15, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Blue and White (political alliance)

 * ... that Blue and White is a new centrist Israeli political party, led by Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid (pictured)? Source:
 * ALT1:... that that Blue and White is a new centrist Israeli political party, led by Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid? Source:
 * ALT2:... that that Blue and White is a new centrist Israeli political party, formed from three smaller parties? Source:

Created by Bellezzasolo (talk). Self-nominated at 13:18, 27 February 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg The newness of the party has some potential, but I don't think being a new party by itself is a good enough hook for DYK. Could you propose something else here? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:13, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Can I make a suggestion? Ivar the Boneful (talk) 15:50, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
 * ALT3:... that the leaders of Israel's Blue and White alliance have agreed to rotate the office of prime minister if elected?
 * That sounds better, I will approve it if Bellezzasolo doesn't object. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:35, 5 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg I was about to give this a full review, but I noticed that the article has a citation needed tag: Can this be addressed so that this can proceed? Thanks. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:15, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Sorted. &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;   Discuss  19:30, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
 * There is still no reference for the position of Yesh Atid in the table. I'm aware the fact is in the article for the party itself, but still. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:49, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
 * , That should be solved now. &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;   Discuss  14:43, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
 * There's one more sentence that needs to be sourced, about one of the parties and the number of seats they won. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:44, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
 * , done (I forgot to ping) &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;   Discuss  09:51, 2 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks. This should be good to go now as the article meets DYK requirements. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than five credits. Struck the other hooks and leaving ALT3 as the only approved option, for reasons I mentioned above (it's the only one that's interesting to a broad audience, and it's cited inline and verified). Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 11:51, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Since the Israeli elections are on April 9, this hook cannot run before then per WP:DYK. To run after the elections, a different hook is needed. Yoninah (talk) 17:36, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * How about this?
 * ALT4 ... that the Blue and White political alliance is named after the colors of Israel's flag?
 * Granted, since ALT3 can run after the election anyway, this might end up being moot anyway. In the likely event that they don't win the election, then ALT3 would need to be modified slightly. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 20:06, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I added "political" to the hook. Let's see if they garner any seats in the election. Yoninah (talk) 20:53, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg Returned from prep. Let's see if they pass the threshold in the election before selecting a hook. Yoninah (talk) 17:50, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, they're probably going to be in the opposition, so the first 3 hooks remain struck. ALT4 really doesn't say anything to an international readership. After you update the article with the election results, please propose a different hook with a little more meat to it. You may want to say it's a new political party, named after the Israeli flag, and mention some of their platform. Yoninah (talk) 17:34, 10 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Suggesting new hooks since the election is over (ALT5 basically the original hook but in past tense):
 * ALT5 ... that the Blue and White, which was formed to compete in the 2019 Israeli legislative election,  had promised to rotate the office of prime minister had they been elected?
 * ALT4a ... that the Blue and White political alliance, which competed in the 2019 Israeli legislative election, is named after the colors of Israel's flag?
 * These could probably still be reworded, or perhaps another hook could be suggested. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 23:56, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
 * past-tense hooks like these really aren't interesting. I've struck ALT5 because it is so in the past. The fact is that the faction gained the same number of seats as its competitor (Likud) but will probably be in the opposition. The government won't be formed for at least another few weeks. The article must be updated with the election results to make it current and relevant, and then ALT4 could be adjusted, substituting the "which competed in the 2019 Israeli legislative election" clause with something more up to date. Yoninah (talk) 01:10, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

The nominator appears not to have edited in almost a month. Do you think this nomination can still continue? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 05:50, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I see that the election results were placed at the bottom. But the article doesn't seem organized smoothly. There's a lot of present-tense language for things that happened in the past. Yair Lapid's picture doesn't appear under Leaders. The lead has not been updated with the election results. If the nominator is no longer responding, I would close this nomination as unsuccessful. Yoninah (talk) 17:14, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Nominator has not edited in a month and was unable to respond to Yoninah's concerns. Marking for closure as stale. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:01, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I see that BlueMoonset has given the nominator a message. I'll give them until May 16 to respond; if they don't respond by then, this will be marked for closure as stale. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:11, 14 May 2019 (UTC)