Talk:Brian D. Ballard

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A fact from Brian D. Ballard appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 April 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that lobbyist Brian D. Ballard has represented The Trump Organization and the Socialist Party of Albania?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2026/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brian D. Ballard.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:47, 30 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

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... that the lobbyist Brian D. Ballard has represented The Trump Organization and the Socialist Party of Albania?

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- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Valerie Pitt and Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Storer (American mathematician)

5x expanded by Coffeeandcrumbs (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 36 past nominations.

--- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 19:32, 22 February 2026 (UTC).Reply

I'll review this. ミラP@Miraclepine 17:05, 23 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - A few cn/fv tags.
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: - The Valerie Pitt review isn't a full one per WP:DYKRR since it is only transparent with checking a few minor phrases for copyvio despite having a ? mark. The Storer one is fine though.
Overall: Expanded from 1625 B to 8245 B from 16 to 22 February, now at 8217 B after minor fixes. Hook is intriguing since Trump is internationally known as a right-wing symbol and socialism is left-wing, and I don't see a WP:DYKBLP issue since both political spectrums are represented in the hook. Not much issues worth noting. @Coffeeandcrumbs: Fix the issues and you're good to go. ミラP@Miraclepine 19:08, 23 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Miraclepine, I believe I have addressed the verification issues on the article. I have also noted more on the QPQ review to show that I had done a full review. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 23:53, 23 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Well, we're good to go. ミラP@Miraclepine 00:12, 24 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

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