A fact from Sam Brownback 2008 presidential campaign appeared on Wikipedia's
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"Same Brownback grew up on a farm outside of Parker, Kansas " - typo
Fixed.
" before being appointed as an ambassador-at-large by President Donald Trump in 2017." - body just mentions him being nominated; if he did get fully appointed that needs to be explicitly stated and cited in the body
Added additional information.
" the Kansas portion of the Kansas City metropolitan area" -
Kansas City, Kansas?
Sources all look reliable enough for what they're citing. Newsweek is kinda sketchy as a source but was solid at the time the cited pieces were produced, and I see nothing wrong with the Fox pieces and other stuff like that
Did some spot checks as I went along, and didn't find any issues with copyright violations or unsupported text
Earwig copyvio check catches a couple quotes but that's it
Good work here; this one looks like it's in really good shape. Will be placing on hold.
Hog FarmTalk 02:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)reply
Hog Farm, just wanted to reach out and say that I addressed your comments regarding the article and think everything should be good to go. Thanks for starting this review, and if there are any further comments or concerns, please let me know. -
JJonahJackalope (
talk) 11:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)reply
Did you know nomination
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The result was: promoted by
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 09:11, 21 July 2021 (UTC)reply
Improved to Good Article status by
JJonahJackalope (
talk). Self-nominated at 16:23, 2 July 2021 (UTC).reply
New enough (promoted GA on July 2, 2021) and definitely long enough (16,604 characters). As it is a GA, it is within policy. Earwig Copyvio detector
detects no Possible copyright violation. Hook is withing character limit (161 characters long) and is cited. Indeed Brownback mentioned
yellow brick road during both his announcement and withdrawal speech. Hook may be rephrased by an admin if required. I think it's good to go!
Kavyansh.Singh (
talk) 08:35, 4 July 2021 (UTC)reply