Template:Did you know nominations/Measure S


 * 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 HaEr48 (talk) 03:51, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Measure S

 * ... that opponents of Los Angeles's Measure S suggested the AIDS Healthcare Foundation sponsored it because its director wanted to block a development that would have ruined the view from his office window? An AIDS advocacy foundation is bankrolling L.A.'s draconian anti-development measure. How is this social justice? "From his office on the 21st floor of a Hollywood skyscraper, one powerful man looked out the window and saw cranes, construction sites and new buildings rising from the ground below. He didn't like what he saw." Los Angeles Times editorial; February 25, 2017
 * ALT1:... that supporters of Los Angeles's Measure S had to retract a claim that Leonardo DiCaprio supported it? Campaign retracts Leonardo DiCaprio's endorsement of anti-development measure, Los Angeles Times; October 21, 2016
 * ALT2:... that a campaign mailer for Los Angeles's Measure S designed to look like an eviction notice drew the ire of the sheriff's department after many recipients thought it was real? Sheriff's Department demands halt to Measure S mailers that mimic eviction notices; Los Angeles Times; February 23, 2017
 * Reviewed: Bee Free Honee
 * Comment: Although it's already quite long, I'm still working on this and there is no particular date I want it to run, so take your time reviewing it. There may even be more hooks available.

Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 17:55, 31 March 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article was newly-created and nominated within the 10-day period. The article is certainly long enough, weighing in at 54k characters. Equal weight seems to have been given to both sides of the issue, so it passes the neutrality sniff test. Inline citations are at the end of every paragraph (or better) and plagiarism detectors aren't showing any red flags. All three hooks are short, interesting and cited inline. The original flies under the neutrality policy and given its nature, I would not recommend running with it. ALT2 is, in my opinion, the most interesting of the bunch.  Sounder Bruce  05:11, 16 April 2017 (UTC)