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Kevin Davis (police officer) is currently a Culture, sociology and psychology good article nominee. Nominated by ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) at 16:23, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

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Short description: American police officer (born 1968 or 1969)

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A fact from Kevin Davis (police officer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that police officer Kevin Davis's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all served in public safety?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kevin Davis (police officer).

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:49, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Kevin Davis in 2017

... that the Baltimore City Hall was occupied for several hours by protestors following the appointment of the city's new police commissioner Kevin Davis (pictured)? Source: CBS Baltimore, The Baltimore Sun
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/List of Seattle Storm seasons
- Comment: ~~QPQ coming soon.~~

Created by Tails Wx (talk) and Queen of Hearts (talk). Nominated by Tails Wx (talk) at 22:37, 23 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Kevin Davis (police officer); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Verified that the article is long enough, that there are no plagiarism concerns through the Copyvios tool and spotchecking, and that the hook is sourced in the article. Cunard (talk) 10:10, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Great work on the article! Tails Wx (talk · contribs), this will be ready once the "Reviewed" section is filled in. Cunard (talk) 10:10, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Cunard, Tails Wx, and Queen of Hearts: Not sure why the hook is interesting DYKCRIT. I imagine this has happened before. I also wonder if we can come up with a hook that does not focus on the negative in this BLP. Should also address a CLOP issue in Early life section Bruxton (talk) 21:13, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bruxton, I've taken care of the CLOP issue. How about ALT1 (courtesy pings to Cunard and Queen of Hearts as well for their thoughts):

...that police officer Kevin Davis' father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all served in emergency management? Source: Pasadena Voice

~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 21:12, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tails Wx (talk · contribs), thank you for rewording the article and proposing the new hook. The source says: "A fourth-generation public safety officer, Davis was born with a badge in hand and police work in his blood. His great-grandfather and grandfather retired high-ranking Washington, D.C., firefighters, and Davis' father is a retired Prince George’s County police officer."

Is serving as firefighters (his great-grandfather and grandfather) and a police officer (his father) considered "emergency management"? Emergency management says, "a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters"? Or is a different meaning of emergency management being used here? Cunard (talk) 06:42, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. I probably misinterpreted the use of "emergency management" here, so I think "public safety" would be a better use, since firefighters and police officers are part of public safety, no? (ping Cunard)

ALT3: ...that police officer Kevin Davis' father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all served in public safety?

~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 19:46, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Verified for ALT3. Tails Wx (talk · contribs), thank you for the updated hook! I think "public safety" is an accurate description of their work as firefighters and police officers. Cunard (talk) 07:26, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

About the nomination[edit]

@Tails Wx are you 100% sure this article is long enough to be a Good Article? I do think that this article has enough information but something inside me thinks that it isn't long enough. Please get back to me.

Cheers, Arotparaarms (talk) 12:42, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So there technically isn’t a length requirement for GAs, but criteria for GAs include the article to be broad in its coverage and to be well-written. This article seems to fulfill those requirements, although a thorough review would be needed to determine if it passes the criteria. If it isn’t “long enough”, then what else needs to be included? (@Arotparaarms) ~ Tails Wx 04:13, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Valid point, I will review it asap Arotparaarms (talk) 18:21, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]