Template:Did you know nominations/United States federal government shutdown of 1990


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:07, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

United States federal government shutdown of 1990

 * ... that when President George H. W. Bush violated his "read my lips: no new taxes" pledge, opposition by House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich led to the U.S. federal government shutdown of 1990?
 * Reviewed: Bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium(III) chloride

Created by Antony-22 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:14, 11 May 2017 (UTC).


 * New, long, neutral enough. Earwig ("Violation Unlikely, 9.1% confidence") only picks up job titles etc. QPQ waits on reply to query. Johnbod (talk) 15:45, 12 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Johnbod, the review was done in good faith and seems to have covered everything (though if it hasn't, what I'm about to say doesn't apply): there's no need to wait to see whether there will ever be a reply in order to count this as a valid QPQ. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:40, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Ok, on that basis, hook checks out, so GTG. Johnbod (talk) 19:11, 26 May 2017 (UTC)