Talk:Tom Maulson

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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: promoted by Monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 17:19, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that Tom Maulson was once "the most hated man in Wisconsin" because of his fishing activism?

• Source: https://mediamilwaukee.com/special-projects/overview-tribal-barricades-change-landscape/ and https://mediamilwaukee.com/features/feature-stories/spearfishing-tension-reemerges-in-the-wake-of-the-barricades/

• • ALT1: ... that Tom Maulson had a $30,000 bounty on his head because of his fishing activism? Source: https://eu.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/native-american-issues/2021/04/29/wisconsin-tribal-spearfishers-continue-tradition-amid-harassment/7340134002/ and https://sites.evergreen.edu/zoltan/wp-content/uploads/sites/358/2018/01/Wis.-Treaty-conflict.pdf
  • ALT2: ... that Tom Maulson had his home shot at and his dog poisoned because of his fishing activism? Source: https://mediamilwaukee.com/features/feature-stories/spearfishing-tension-reemerges-in-the-wake-of-the-barricades/
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kamaipuʻupaʻa

Created by ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 37 past nominations.

ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 17:06, 14 January 2026 (UTC).

• Article is new enough, moved from draftspace today, and generally in good shape. Fully cited, though there are some minor issues here: titles should be in title case, the Grossman source should have its title italicised, and that title is the [New York Guardian]] rather than The Guardian. One image, appropriately licensed (I'm not an admin over on Commons so can't approve that officially, but have verified). I'm not sure I'm sold on Media Milwaukee as a reliable source -- it seems to be student journalism. It would be ideal to replace or reinforce citations to it with more obviously authoritative publications, and I don't think it should be the only source to support a BLP hook. QPQ is done. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 20:13, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

  @UndercoverClassicist: Hi, thanks for the review. I believe Media Milwaukee should be considered reliable. While it is written by students, it's edited by professors and instructors (as stated in its about page). I think the editorial oversight of professional instructors in journalism should be enough to make it reliable, and I don't believe most student publications have this same level of editorial oversight. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 09:16, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

  It's still local news, which is generally considered a "use with caution" thing: if the same facts can be found in professional publications, it would be good to add/swap those in, and to make sure that nothing controversial is resting entirely on them (WP:BLP). But I don't think the use of the source is a problem, certainly not at DYK. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 10:57, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

  So is it good to go for DYK? ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 02:53, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

  Yes, Approved, but for ALT1 only, on the basis that I don't think local/student news, however well regarded, passes the bar to be the sole source supporting a BLP hook on the main page. But ALT1 checks from the New York Guardian source, which is certainly a professional publication and appears to have had at least statewide reach. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 09:41, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Does ALT1 fall under WP:DYKHOOKBLP? I think ALT0 definitely falls under that seeing as UC only approved ALT1. Also, I'm a bit confused on the sentence A $30,000 bounty for the murder of Maulson was put out by opponents of Ojibwe fishing rights seeing as Tom Maulson is still alive and idk whether the bounty was because of the murder or the fishing. Perhaps the full name should be listed. JuniperChill (talk) 10:58, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

The non-approval of ALT0 was for sourcing reasons (it's college news) -- I don't think either ALT0 or ALT1 would fail DYKHOOKBLP, on the grounds that Maulson seems to be proud of this status in both respects -- hated by the "right" people, as it were. Others may disagree. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 15:17, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Ah, ok then. ill go ahead and see what others think. JuniperChill (talk) 21:40, 12 February 2026 (UTC)