Talk:2024 Delaware elections

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:00, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that Republicans did not win a single statewide election in the 2024 Delaware elections?

• Source: https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-republicans-2024-election/

• • ALT1: ... that Democrats won every statewide election in the 2024 Delaware elections? Source: https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-republicans-2024-election/
  • ALT2: ... that a large number of candidates ran unopposed in the 2024 Delaware elections? Source: https://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/index.shtml?electionId=GE2024
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Junella 2, Template:Did you know nominations/The New Sound

Moved to mainspace by Olliefant (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 27 past nominations.

Olliefant (she/her) 21:07, 27 October 2025 (UTC).

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Overall: Olliefant The article is all right overall with no real issues I see, the only thing is that all the hooks are a bit meh. The first two state something that is rather common knowledge for most people following American politics - so no "wow" factor, while the third one is vague about "large" (it's a relative and somewhat subjective term). How about quantifying this? Something like:

ALT2a ...that in 2024 Delaware elections for the state Senate, all but two candidates ran unopposed?

or, if you include the number of Senate seats up for grabs,

ALT2b that in 2024 Delaware elections for the state Senate, 80% of candidates ran unopposed?.

That's more interesting particularly for an average reader outside of Anglophone countries, where first-past-the-post voting dominates. If you agree with either version - choose whatever you believe is a more interesting formulation - I'd need some other editor to sign off on my proposal as I cannot approve my own hooks. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 00:35, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

• I don't think those hooks work for this page, they'd work for 2024 Delaware Senate election but this is about all the 2024 elections. Olliefant (she/her) 06:02, 29 October 2025 (UTC) Maybe something like:
• ALT3 that in the 2024 Delaware elections, nearly all candidates ran unopposed?

This doesn't seem to be true, because for example only 21/41 state House seats were not contested (I think you should add this info if we are running on a variation of this hook). "Nearly all" would suggest figures closer to 100%. "Most" or "majority" would be better. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 11:14, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

How about Olliefant (she/her) 03:55, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

• ALT3A ... that in the 2024 Delaware elections, most candidates ran unopposed?

The hook is good, the only thing that is missing is the number of state representatives who ended up not having any competition - this is to make sure that any person reading the article can check that this statement is true. After that, we are good to go. Ping me when ready. Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 12:23, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

@Szmenderowiecki: I don't think thats needed as there is a source directly next to the statement in the article. Olliefant (she/her) 08:09, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Olliefant I get your point, however, DYK eligibility criteria require that facts of the hook need to appear in the article with a citation no later than at the end of the sentences in which they appear (emphasis mine). I hope we both agree that we don't want to be dragged to WP:ERRORS for such a small fix. Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 11:44, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

@Szmenderowiecki: Done Olliefant (she/her) 11:08, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

ALT3A is good to go. Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 12:42, 3 November 2025 (UTC)