Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Ross (Washington politician)


 * 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 Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:38, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

Several weeks have passed without any response from the nominator – doesn't look like this is going anywhere.

Michael Ross (Washington politician)

 * ... that in 1972, four decades before the 2012 legalization of marijuana in the U.S. state of Washington, legislator Michael Ross introduced a bill that would have legalized the drug?

Created by DocumentError (talk). Self nominated at 09:24, 20 September 2014 (UTC).


 * This article states that "Sam Smith was just the second African-American elected to the Washington legislature", while the Sam Smith article claims he was the third... one of those appears to be wrong. Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:46, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it was a typo by me. I've corrected it (I think). DocumentError (talk) 00:22, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg The hook fact is not in the article; all the article says is "He introduced what is believed to be the first bill to legalize the recreational use of marijuana", with no further detail and without an inline citation. 97198 (talk) 04:30, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Apologies, 97198, I placed the reference in the incorrect place in the article. I think I've corrected it now; LMK if not. DocumentError (talk) 04:45, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
 * the issue still remains that the whole hook fact needs to be present in the article. Currently it does not mention the year Ross proposed the bill or that marijuana was eventually legalised in 2012. You will need to add these facts (with sources) to the article for the current hook to be eligible. If not, you can suggest an alternative hook that is already mentioned in the article. 97198 (talk) 04:48, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
 * 97198 - I think I've fixed it now. I changed the sentence to - "In 1972 he introduced what is believed to be the first bill to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, four decades before the drug was ultimately legalized in Washington ..." - which syncs to the source. DocumentError (talk) 01:13, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
 * No, it does not sync to the source (footnote 2), which only states "Mr. Ross sponsored what was believed to be the first bill to legalize possession and sale of marijuana in the nation." This on its own would make a nice hook, but does not support the hook or the statement in the article at all. 97198 (talk) 05:53, 11 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Noting for the record that a QPQ will need to be done—DocumentError has had his five free self-nominations on the main page—and that it has been over two weeks since the last post by the reviewer without further action. DocumentError, this needs your attention. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:39, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol delete vote.svg Several weeks have passed without any response from the nominator – doesn't look like this is going anywhere. 97198 (talk) 01:00, 6 November 2014 (UTC)