Talk:Susan Close

Remove unsourced material

There is a big section in the middle with unsourced material... everyone knows where unsourced material comes from... (let me give you a hint: the political office of the member being written about!) It should just be removed... I know there's a big box around it right now saying it's unsourced, but I say we should just delete it! What do others think? 101.183.21.131 (talk) 12:45, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Susan Close/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Pangalau (talk · contribs) 07:05, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Riley1012 (talk · contribs) 23:18, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Hello, I will take on this article for review. I should have comments up in the next few days. -Riley1012 (talk) 23:18, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

@Riley1012: It's been a week, any progress?--Launchballer 01:31, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

@Launchballer: Sorry, I've been dealing with a family situation. I will work on this today. -Riley1012 (talk) 13:21, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Sorry again that this took so long. This is a well-written article without a lot of changes needed. -Riley1012 (talk) 14:00, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

@Riley1012: Done! Let me know if there's anything else you think should be revised. Pangalau (talk) 12:48, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

Okay, thank you! I will pass this. -Riley1012 (talk) 20:12, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

Good Article review progress box

Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

1. Well-written

• ...and has served as Deputy Premier of South Australia in the Malinauskas ministry from 2022 to 2025. Take out the word "has" here since she no longer holds the position
• In 2025 she was Acting Premier on several occasions before announcing her retirement in 2025. Add a comma after "2025" and remove the second "in 2025"
• She later obtained a doctorate in political science, completing a PhD on the Australian Labor Party (ALP) covering the years 1983 to 1991. Clarify that the thesis was on the ALP, not the degree itself

2. Verifiable

• Can you add the website/new organization names to refs. 22 and 25
• Add access date to ref. 37

The article uses reliable sources from news organizations, press releases, etc. Spot check for original research and copyright violations: 3, 11, 20, 33, 40, 50– all good.

• 5: ...following Kevin Foley's resignation in November 2011. Can you add more support for when Foley resigned

3. Broad
The article covers the major aspects of her political career and her early/personal life without unnecessary detail

4. Neutral
Neutrality is particularly important for articles on political figures, and I do not see any issues here.

5. Stable
I have looked through the talk page and edit history and do not see any ongoing content disputes.

6. Illustrated
The images are tagged with their copyright statuses, are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions

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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 TarnishedPath talk 07:00, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

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Close in 2025

• ... that Susan Close (pictured), Deputy Premier of South Australia, was visiting London on a state trip when the Westminster terror attack occurred in 2017?

• Source: Novak, Lauren; Starick, Paul (23 March 2017). "London terror attack: SA Education Minister Susan Close was just '15 steps' away from scene of attack". The Advertiser. Retrieved 18 September 2025.

• • ALT1: ... that Susan Close (pictured), Deputy Premier of South Australia, declared a climate emergency, committing to decarbonising the state economy and achieving net-zero emissions in 2022?

Source: "First Australian state parliament declares a climate emergency". Climate Emergency Declaration. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2025.

• ALT1a: ... that Susan Close (pictured), Deputy Premier of South Australia, declared a climate emergency, committing to decarbonising the state economy and achieving net-zero emissions?

Same as above

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/SS William C. Moreland

Improved to Good Article status by Pangalau (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Pangalau (talk) 03:24, 24 October 2025 (UTC).

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: @Pangalau:, I'd suggest seeing if you can come up with another hook to give whoever promotes this a bit of a choice. Otherwise, good to go. TarnishedPath^talk 08:02, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Close in 2025

• I've cropped the image of Close, which may look better if a promoter decides to go with this in the top hook. TarnishedPath^talk 08:07, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

@Pangalau: you've provided the same QPQ for this (Template:Did you know nominations/74th Street Generating Station) as you have for both Template:Did you know nominations/Nurul Izzah Anwar and Template:Did you know nominations/Carrick Hill. Given that you have now made more than 5 nominations, you need to fully review one other nomination for each nomination that you make. Please go perform additional reviews so that Template:Did you know nominations/74th Street Generating Station is only listed on one of your nominations. TarnishedPath^talk 08:20, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

@TarnishedPath: Apologies for the delay; I've just finished a QPQ after reviewing a rather fascinating article and hook. Pangalau (talk) 14:35, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

@Pangalau thankyou for the QPQ. TarnishedPath^talk 22:59, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

@TarnishedPath: I have proposed an alternative for the nomination. Pangalau (talk) 04:56, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

approved for a slight variation of ALT1, ALT1a: ... that Susan Close (pictured), Deputy Premier of South Australia, declared a climate emergency, committing to decarbonising the state economy and achieving net-zero emissions?

TarnishedPath^talk 05:11, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

• I'm rejecting this as the nominator has recieved an indefinite block as a sock puppet. TarnishedPath^talk 06:48, 28 October 2025 (UTC)