Talk:Joe Eddins

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Sources

Some more sources (I don't even think these are worthy of {{refideas}}):

Eddins, Joe (September 26, 2014). "Joe Eddins: Public education: What works for which children?". Tulsa World. Archived from the original on May 11, 2025. Retrieved May 10, 2025. This one is by Eddins himself about how test-based and standards-based education fail students. The archive link is not paywalled.
"State Representative Candidate Biographies". Tulsa World. October 27, 1996. p. 20. Retrieved May 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. A very short 1996 biography of Eddins.

House Blaster (talk • he/they) 01:02, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also for the record: I got this article idea from this video from Vox (website). House Blaster (talk • he/they) 01:05, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Joe Eddins got Oklahoma to enact universal preschool?

Source: Lerner, Sharon (December 4, 2012). "Pre-K on the Range". The American Prospect. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2025.

ALT1: ... that Joe Eddins fixed kindergarten enrollment in Oklahoma by enacting universal preschool? Source: Lerner, Sharon (December 4, 2012). "Pre-K on the Range". The American Prospect. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
ALT2: ... that Joe Eddins helped Oklahoma enact universal preschool? Source: Lerner, Sharon (December 4, 2012). "Pre-K on the Range". The American Prospect. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
ALT3: ... that Joe Eddins helped conservative Oklahoma enact universal preschool? Source: Lerner, Sharon (December 4, 2012). "Pre-K on the Range". The American Prospect. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
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Created by HouseBlaster (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

House Blaster (talk • he/they) 01:52, 11 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

@User:HouseBlaster Hello! Concerning the hook, I believe there is a NPOV problem. It seems a tad bit outside of neutrality to imply that he was the one person who "got Oklahoma to" enact this policy. I don't feel like this NPOV issue could be fixed by using ALT1, as ALT1 also has similar issues with wording, to me, the word "fixed" carries positive connotations, something i'd like to avoid for the sake of neutrality. As such, I wanted to propose the following rewording as ALT2

...That Joe Eddins helped Oklahoma enact universal preschool?

It gets across the same message, but with a slightly more neutral tone. I wanted to know your thoughts on this suggestion. -Samoht27 (talk) 16:26, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review :) Would ALT3: ... that Joe Eddins helped conservative Oklahoma enact universal preschool? work? (I realize that ALT0 does not have that adjective, but coming back to this nomination I think it aids understanding why this is "special".) With my hat as an occasional reviewer of DYKs, for the {{DYK checklist}}: you should add a value to the |status= parameter, and throw in a |picfree=NA to make sure it understands that part is not required. Thanks, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 22:08, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to get back to this a bit late! I really like ALT3 because it addresses the neutrality concerns and would be more interesting to someone unfamiliar with where Oklahoma tends to fall politically. -Samoht27 (talk) 17:47, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: My first time doing a DYK review, would enjoy a second opinion. -Samoht27 (talk) 17:05, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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