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A fact from Doug Hamlin appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Doug Hamlin vowed to recruit more women and minorities to the National Rifle Association?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Doug Hamlin.

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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. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath talk 11:25, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the National Rifle Association credited future CEO Doug Hamlin with saving the organization $30 million as director of publications?

Source: Parker, John (July 30, 2024). "NRA CEO & EVP Doug Hamlin Says 'Return On The Investment The Members Have Made In The NRA Is Undeniable'". NRA Shooting Sports USA. Retrieved November 20, 2024.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nayib Bukele
Comment: there's a much more interesting hook here, but DYKBLP and all that.

Moved to mainspace by Queen of Hearts (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

charlotte ^👸♥ 23:30, 25 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

If you're referring to what I think you're referring to, then for me it's interesting enough that they went after him for something that happened that long ago. I therefore propose ALT1 ... that after Doug Hamlin was appointed CEO of the NRA in May 2024, anonymous employees called for his suspension over something that happened in 1979? which I believe sidesteps the negative bit.--Laun chba ller 16:35, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Everything looks in order, but I am going to quibble about the word "company", as I don't know if that's the totally correct word here. Just swapping in "organization" would probably do the trick. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:06, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  @Pbritti: sure, done. charlotte ^👸🎄 18:33, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - Excellent work! The degree of neutrality showed on such an obviously contentious topic (which is further exacerbated by the cat thing) is especially impressive. ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:12, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure about promoting the first hook because it isn't independent of the subject. The second hook could still be deemed as too negative. Pinging another promoter AirshipJungleman29 for thoughts. SL93 (talk) 22:29, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- I feel similarly, SL93. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 02:08, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  - @SL93 and AirshipJungleman29: very well then.
    - ALT2: ... that Doug Hamlin vowed to recruit more women and minorities to the National Rifle Association?
    - Source: Bedard, Paul (June 14, 2024). "NRA under new management". Washington Examiner. Retrieved November 19, 2024.

If this is not acceptable, I withdraw this nomination. charlotte ^👸♥ 02:01, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Quite liked ALT1, but passing ALT2 by default.
The article was nom'd five days after the move to ~~Nevada~~ mainspace. Article is of sufficient length at 5140 characters, neutral and well-sourced. The hook is cited in the article (fn 9) and well within length at only 93 chars. There are no close paraphrasing issues (names, titles and quotes throw up the usual false positives). Hook is still interesting. QPQ done. GTG. Serial (speculates here) 15:29, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]