Template:Did you know nominations/Selina Siggins


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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 20:17, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Selina Siggins

 * ... that in 1903, the 25-year-old daughter of an illiterate Irish immigrant became the first woman to stand for the Australian House of Representatives? "[Siggins] was born on 12 May 1878 at Tambaroora Road, near Hill End, New South Wales, only child of Irish-born James Charters (d.1879), an elderly, illiterate labourer. [...] Anderson was the first woman to contest an election for the Australian House of Representatives, in December 1903, the first Federal election in which women were entitled to stand for parliament". Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography.
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Elnora M. Gilfoyle

5x expanded by Ivar the Boneful (talk). Self-nominated at 14:00, 14 September 2018 (UTC).


 * Comment: not sure whether "first woman" or "25-year-old daughter" should be bolded. If possible I think this should run on 16 December, the 115th anniversary of the 1903 election. If it does, the blurb could be altered to say something like "115 years ago today...". Ivar the Boneful (talk) 03:48, 15 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I would mention her name and bold that. Normally, we don't keep a hook longer than 6 weeks. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:14, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright/close paraphrasing issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:34, 5 October 2018 (UTC)