Talk:Moreland Act

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Start class October 21, 2025

I have added a significant amount of content over the past 2 days, so I'm classifying this as Start class. Some possible future additions:

• Transcribing the full list of commissions I have (will take time)
• More on the specific amendments
• How Moreland Commissions function at law
• What Moreland Commission reports look like
• Whether the "permanent agency" referenced was ever created

Ilikepie2221 (talk) 20:40, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected, closed by Launchballer (talk) 01:40, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

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• Original: ... that the Moreland Act is a New York law that was actually proposed by Governor Charles Evans Hughes?

• Source: https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1873&context=legacy-etd

"In 1907 the counsel to the 1905 investigations, Charles Evans Hughes, began his first term as governor, but he soon found the governor’s office very weak. After much frustration over the limited control over his departments – including the insurance department which Hughes investigated less than two years earlier – Hughes turned to Assemblyman Sherman Moreland for help. Moreland, the Assembly Majority Leader, eager to please his old law professor, drafted a new law providing for gubernatorial investigations into any executive branch of state government. Days before the close of the 1907 legislative session Moreland shepherded the law through the legislature and it was signed by Hughes."

• ALT1: ... that Governor William Sulzer established seven Moreland Act commissions before he was impeached after ten months in office?

• Source: https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1956&context=plr (PDF page 6, marked as page 5)

"Seven commissions were established by reform Governor William Sulzer, ..."

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5x expanded by Ilikepie2221 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Ilikepie2221 (talk) 21:19, 21 October 2025 (UTC).

• Article looks ok from a quick review, long enough, no BLP issues, neutral enough. Earwig turned up the blockquote, which is PD obviously, but nothing else, and my spot checks didn't turn up any CLOP issues. The source seems basically reliable though a PhD thesis is not ideal. The issue is the hook fails DYKINT. Every law is proposed by someone and I fail to see why it being proposed by a governor would make it noteworthy. Also, the source we're using here is not cited in the article for this. Any alternatives? PARAKANYAA (talk) 08:00, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
  • The source is in the article (just formatted with author and title) but I take the point about the hook not being that interesting. I've added an ALT1 proposal that is more interesting. Ilikepie2221 (talk) 00:26, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

    That one is better, though if you could work it in that it was to investigate his political opponents that would make it more interesting. But as is this is fine. PARAKANYAA (talk) 01:03, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Actually, checking this again, source does not say he was in office for "ten months", though the main thrust of the hook is supported. Could you add a source that does, User:Ilikepie2221? PARAKANYAA (talk) 00:27, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

@Ilikepie2221: This sourcing issue needs to be addressed in both the hook and the article before this can be promoted. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 21:35, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

@Ilikepie2221: has not edited in the last two weeks. I plan on closing this in 24 hours if they haven't returned by then.--Launchballer 01:29, 1 December 2025 (UTC)