Talk:Maita Sanchez

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: rejected by reviewer, closed by Theleekycauldron talk 07:09, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that before entering politics, Girlie Ejercito, also known as Maita Sanchez, had a career in acting and later served as the mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna, for nine years? Source: https://www.pep.ph/pepalerts/cabinet-files/161169/er-ejercito-girlie-ejercito-mayor-laguna-a734-20211005
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Created by YssaLang (talk) and Jeraxmoira (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 12:34, 9 August 2024 (UTC).

• The current hook is wordy and difficult to read, so here's a reword:

ALT1 ... that Maita Sanchez, who served as mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna from 2010 to 2019, had an acting career before entering politics?

Given how it's not that uncommon for actors to become politicians (and the Philippines has many, many examples of this), I will leave it to another editor to see if the fact meets WP:DYKINT. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:46, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

• • I've given this some thought, and unfortunately there are two issues with the nomination. One is that Sanchez being a former actress is not uncommon or unusual in the context of the Philippines. Second, there's currently nothing else in the article that would work as a hook. With that in mind, the nomination is marked for closure as simply not being a fit for DYK at this time. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:13, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

• @Narutolovehinata5: I think being a former Actor and mayor is normal in the Philippines, but being a mayor for 9 years is pretty unusual, can you maybe rethink this? 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 12:42, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Being a mayor in the Philippines for 9 years or even longer is far from unusual; in fact, it's actually the norm in many places, especially with entrenched political dynasties. Like a politician serves three terms, then swaps out a position with a relative, then returns to their original post for another three terms. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:48, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

• An alternative hook could be: ... that Maita Sanchez, a mother of four and the wife of former governor E. R. Ejercito, endured three miscarriages while moving from acting to serving as mayor of Pagsanjan for nine years?

Maita Sanchez was rescued from AfD and AFAIK, I have almost used all the sources online. New information may be available in offline sources or local papers, which I will not be able to access. So, this nomination can be considered withdrawn or declined if the alternate hook is also not interesting. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 14:39, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Although arguably interesting, I can't help but feel that this new hook might fail WP:DYKBLP or at least its spirit. Having a miscarriage, let alone three of them, is a deeply personal and depressing experience and I'm not comfortable with a hook that focuses on that aspect. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:17, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Since issues with nomination remain outstanding and it doesn't look like there's a clear path to get around them, I think it's time to close this one. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 07:09, 11 September 2024 (UTC)