Template:Did you know nominations/Mississippi's 4th congressional district special election, 1981


 * 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 Yoninah (talk) 00:13, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

Mississippi's 4th congressional district special election, 1981

 * ... that a 1981 congressional special election in Mississippi was held after the previous incumbent resigned because they were charged with attempted sodomy? Source: "Representative Jon Hinson, Republican of Mississippi, who faces charges of attempted sodomy, announced today that he would resign from Congress April 13." (The New York Times)
 * ALT1:... that Robert Weems, one of the candidates in a 1981 congressional special election in Mississippi had the slogan: "Vote Right, Vote White, Vote Weems"? Source: "Robert H. Weems, 35, is a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan who has a campaign slogan of "Vote Right, Vote Right, Vote Weems" (and Clarion-Journal)
 * ALT2:... that both a former Ku Klux Klan leader and former member ran in a 1981 congressional special election in Mississippi? Source: "Much of McDaniel's recognition has come through his past involvement with the Ku Klux Klan, an association the candidate says ended years ago. // "Robert H. Weems, 35, is a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan who has a campaign slogan of "Vote Right, Vote Right, Vote Weems" (Clarion-Journal)
 * ALT3:... that a Democrat won a 1981 congressional special election in Mississippi by just 912 votes? Source: "Dowdy sworn in; final tally shows 912-vote margin" (Clarion-Journal)
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sally Rooney
 * Comment: This is one of my favorite articles I've ever worked on so I wrote a lot of alts. I kind of think ALT3 is boring but I think it's also likely that it may get chosen, because it's still interesting. The Ku Klux Klan stuff is nuts and just a note that Hinson passed away in the mid-90s so the BLP policy doesn't apply here for the first suggested hook.

Created by Nomader (talk). Self-nominated at 23:49, 5 June 2018 (UTC).


 * Thanks, ! Definitely thought about it but I thought it was kind of getting away from the subject of the article... but it works pretty well as you see below.  Nomader  ( talk ) 16:46, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
 * But an alternative here is:


 * ALT4: ... that one of the candidates in a 1981 congressional special election in Mississippi was kicked out of his leadership position with the Ku Klux Klan after going to a house party attended by neo-Nazis?
 * Now that's one I can totally support! &mdash; Javert2113 (Let's chat!) 16:21, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Addendum: before I forget, though, do you have a source regarding the host of that house party? From what I read in the Clarion-Ledger, it noted that the party was "attended by neo-Nazis", but not hosted by them, so if you have an additional source to verify the identity of the host, I'd appreciate that. &mdash; Javert2113 (Let's chat!) 16:26, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Nice catch, I originally changed it because I used 'attended' twice in the sentence and it looked weird to me, but that is definitely NOT a synonym! Changed the first word to "going"-- just went ahead and edited the ALT4 above so I didn't copy it below. Let me know if the change is all good to go!  Nomader  ( talk ) 04:33, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg for ALT 4. (I think this was implied earlier, but I'll be specific now: Symbol confirmed.svg for ALT1, ALT2, and ALT3, as well as the original DYK submission, too.)
 * Signing, lest I forget. &mdash; Javert2113 (Let's chat!) 12:51, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much!  Nomader  ( talk ) 19:53, 16 June 2018 (UTC)