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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Kanye West is running under the Birthday Party for his 2020 presidential campaign, because "when we win, it's everybody's birthday"?

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The result was: promoted by Seven Pandas (talk) 15:06, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Kanye West announced his 2020 presidential campaign on Twitter? Source: https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9413556/kanye-west-presidential-run-2020

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Børge Ring
Comment: Currently being expanded but already meets the minimum length; very much a collaboration by multiple editors so I suggest checking the history when this is closer to the main page to determine authorship credits

Created by DannyS712 (talk) and Nice4What (talk). Nominated by DannyS712 (talk) at 03:13, 5 July 2020 (UTC).[reply]

@DannyS712: @Amariokart: @Nice4What: Date and length fine as is the Billboard source in the lead. No close paraphrasing aside of quotes and QPQ done. However this is currently undergoing a AFD so this nomination cannot proceed until that is complete and it is looking unlikely at the moment. If the AFD is closed as keep, this can move forward. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:26, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@DannyS712 and The C of E: Could I propose an alternative blurb considering the recent developments in his campaign? Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Thanks ♥) 17:37, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1: ... that Kanye West's advisors for his 2020 presidential campaign are his wife Kim Kardashian and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk?
ALT2: ... that Kanye West is running under the "Birthday Party" for his 2020 presidential campaign, because "when we win, it's everybody's birthday"?
Got no response but want to put out these proposals anyways. Making announcements via Twitter is no longer unusual in this Trump era. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Thanks ♥) 16:07, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Update: @The C of E: AfD closed and the article was kept, so this can move forward. There are probably better hooks, and the credits definitely should be updated to reflect the bigger contributors --DannyS712 (talk) 10:29, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good then. Well with the new ones, I think ALT2 is the most quirky so I'd go for that one to be promoted. Good to go, rest of review as above. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 12:12, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"U.S." presidential campaigns[edit]

Is there a reason why we specify that these are "U.S." presidential campaigns in the article title? Per WP:CRITERIA, titles should be consistent with the pattern of similar articles' titles, and we don't specify countries in other article titles about presidential campaigns or any political campaigns for that matter. I know that the article was created years before this merger proposal, but not a single editor proposed specifying the country in the article title in that discussion either. Throast ^{{{ping}} me!} (talk | contribs) 18:53, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No, there was not. Hence why I moved it SecretName101 (talk) 06:25, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]