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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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2020 presidential campaign	3,629	152,513
Background	12,216	12,216
Announcement	7,861	7,861
Forbes piece and signature collecting	6,429	6,429
FEC paperwork and South Carolina rally	8,810	8,810
Petition submissions and withdrawals	10,640	10,640
Republican Party contacts	7,024	7,024
Marketing	1,598	1,598
Campaign finance	11,726	11,726
Analysis	10,466	10,466
Endorsements	9,264	9,264
Ballot access	6,399	6,399
Litigation	14,613	14,613
Polling	285	27,712
National polls	9,502	9,502
Hypothetical polls	763	763
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Iowa	796	796
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Minnesota	1,739	1,739
North Carolina	1,911	1,911
Oklahoma	1,626	1,626
Pennsylvania	2,240	2,240
Wisconsin	2,071	2,071
Favorability	2,129	2,129
Results	11,997	11,997
2024 presidential campaign	5,446	15,155
Trump–West–Fuentes meeting	4,776	4,776
Later developments	4,317	4,317
Aftermath	616	616
Political positions	1,509	18,847
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Did you know nomination

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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]

Cite Errors

I'm sorry I attempted to replace a link to Kanye's now offline campaign site with one from the Wayback Machine and it caused several cite errors. I'm unsure how to fix them. ARandomShyGuy (talk) 05:01, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]