Talk:Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley declares bid for 2024 US presidential election

First Asian American ambiguity
I saw a few issues here. One of the sentences was worded in such a way that it could be interpreted as "Haley would be the first Asian-American governor of a US state," but that was. I took it out for now. Was it supposed to be the first female Asian American governor? Darkfrog24 (talk) 18:49, 17 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Yes, that was, thank you. Heavy Water (talk) 18:53, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

'Major'
Hey, Heavy Water. My "don't disown" comment applied to this:

Haley, also a former US ambassador to the United Nations under then-President Donald Trump, would be the first 'major' primary opponent to her one-time employer.

If you are quoting a source directly, then you are indeed correct that these would be single quotes but only if there are double quotes around them somewhere, and I don't see any.

It sounds like you don't want other people to work on this draft at this time. Have you considered using the tag? Darkfrog24 (talk) 18:53, 17 February 2023 (UTC)


 * "But only if there are double quotes around them somewhere": you are referring to the instances when we quote sources' quotation-enclosed words?
 * I am fine with other people working on it, as long as they are preserving the style guide and style preferences. My edit summary ("You may note the developing tag and thus understand that I have not yet arranged this in WN:PYRAMID") was directed at anyone wondering why it was in such a poor arrangement. Heavy Water (talk) 18:59, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. So that's nto what you're talking about?
 * You say you used single quotation marks because you're quoting someone, but I don't see whom you're quoting. The sentence appears to be in Wikinews' own voice.
 * If there is some rule I haven't heard of that says it's okay to use single quotes to disown words&mdash;or do something else to them&mdash;then I'd sure like to see a source on that, like a Purdue Owl page, because that is something I would like to know about. I have a copy of AMA 11th here on my desk but not AP or Economist.  All the style guides I've read have said not to do that, but the rules of English do change over time. Darkfrog24 (talk) 19:33, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Just clarifying. It's quoting CBC.ca: "Nikki Haley...[middle of sentence], becoming the first major challenger to former president Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination." Other sources also used "major" though not in a similar order to the sentence in this article. Heavy Water (talk) 19:53, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
 * It looks like only CBC referred to Haley as a "major" contender. ABC News and Politico both refer to her as the first GOP candidate to vie for the presidency after Trump. This doesn't seem to be exactly true. Data from the Federal Elections Commission show there's several other people running for the presidency as Republicans, at least those who are actively collecting campaign money (not that they'll be successful). It's probably for the best to simply avoid the usage and avoid even something of an opinion. —chaetodipus (talk &middot; contribs) 23:55, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, major outlets tend to skip over those people. The avoidance does sound better. Heavy Water (talk) 00:01, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Review - nearly stale
@Chaetodipus: Would you have the time to review this before it goes stale on Tuesday? I can handle the rest of the queue. Thank you, Heavy Water (talk) 20:21, 20 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I should have just enough time today to get through it. —chaetodipus (talk &middot; contribs) 22:12, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Great! Heavy Water (talk) 22:50, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Review of revision 4710686 [Passed]

 * @Chaetodipus: Thanks! Admittedly not my best work because of reviewing preoccupations this week, but still glad we're keeping up with presidential election coverage. Heavy Water (talk) 03:26, 21 February 2023 (UTC)