Template:Did you know nominations/John Peck (politician)


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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 10:10, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

John Peck (politician)

 * ... that John Peck stood for election to Nottingham City Council 35 times before he finally won a seat?


 * Reviewed: Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 1960

Created by Warofdreams (talk). Self-nominated at 20:12, 3 September 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article is new enough and long enough. It is within policy; well-city, no obvious copyvio etc. The hook is formatted correctly, cited, and interesting, though if he was elected at the 36th attempt, is it still true to say he stood for election 35 times before he won a seat? To make it clear I've taken the liberty of adding in "without success" to make it clear the first 35 attempts were unsuccessful:
 * ALT1 ... that John Peck stood for election to Nottingham City Council 35 times without success before he finally won a seat?
 * I think that makes it clearer, though I'm willing to be corrected. QPQ done, so with that tweak it looks good to go. Retroplum (talk) 22:42, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the review; I'm happy with the ALT1. Warofdreams talk 09:37, 8 September 2015 (UTC)