Template:Did you know nominations/Oswald Harding


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The result was: promoted by Montanabw (talk) 03:23, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Oswald Harding

 * ... that Oswald Harding, Jamaica's longest serving senator, is the only person to have served two non-contiguous terms as President of the Senate of Jamaica?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mick Parker
 * Comment: Hook facts are backed by citations [3] and [4] at the end of the lead (as well as separate from one another in the body text).

5x expanded by Sven Manguard (talk). Self nominated at 07:06, 8 April 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Length and date ok. But I don't find in the refs 3 and 4 any mention of him being the only person to serve as president of the Senate for 2 non-consecutive terms. --Soman (talk) 10:55, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Soman: Yeah, my bad. I got the two Glenaer sources switched there. It's actually in source [1] "He already holds the record for the longest continuous service in the Senate:1977-2002. Now, with his return to the Upper House of Parliament, Oswald Gaskell Harding, OJ, has achieved another mark of distinction, becoming the first person to serve twice as President of the Senate."  S ven M anguard   Wha?  18:24, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * So then it should be 'first person' rather than 'only person'? If a reference with a list of presidents could be attached to the article, then it would be fine though. --Soman (talk) 18:31, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I wish it were that easy. There actually isn't a list that's more current than List of Presidents of the Senate of Jamaica. The official government list stopped updating in 1995. Even though I know he's the only one, because he was the first in 2007 and it hasn't been done since, I can't find a citation for "only".  S ven M anguard   Wha?  18:49, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * ALT1 ... that Oswald Harding, Jamaica's longest serving senator, was the first person to serve two non-contiguous terms as President of the Senate of Jamaica?
 * Soman - Alt proposed.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  18:58, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg fot alt1, good to go. --Soman (talk) 20:04, 8 April 2014 (UTC)