Talk:Bill Slavick
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[edit] Fleshing Out Detail
Added information on candidate, since Wikipedia has the other two politicians in the race. Any help would be appreciated. mitchsensei 21 June 2006
[edit] Removed prod
The template above is enough, as a warning for admins in cases where they may need to temporarily protect the article. In my opinion, prod is too much. I may reverse my opinion if futher evidence is supplied : ) -Jc37 13:39, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Prod?
As the Initial contributor of this article, I strongly disagree with removing this article. Bill Slavick is a legitimate, registered candidate. He has an active campaign.
He could well prove to be a spoiler, even though he is not necessarily in contention. By the same reasoning, Ralph Nader would not deserve an entry, which I believe he thoroughly does.
Perhaps, after the election, he might not merit quite as extensive entry, but since Wikipedia is a place people come for information on matters such as candidates, it deserves to stay
mitchsensei July 29, 2006
[edit] Spoiler?
The race isn't remotely close enough for Bill Slavick to be a spoiler. Olympia Snowe is expected to breeze to reelection, and most people have no idea who Bill Slacick is. (His website claims 4% of voters support him, and 10% support the Democrat in the race.)
Turning in a nomination form shouldn't be enough to deserve someone a wikipedia article. This article should be considered for deletion, or at the very least the vanity-article-sounding biographical information should be removed.
(Active in Sacred Heart/St. Dominic parish as Council members and leaders of the Haiti project. They have six living children and nine grandchildren. They reside in Portland.)
Also the Politics sections seems very POV. It makes it sound like someone else opposes "human dignity."
[edit] It Should be Here
Please sign your comments and register an account on Wikipedia if you want to participate in the debate.
I believe Bill Slavick deserves a listing on Wikipedia, at least for the duration of the election, which is why I started it here in the first place. He has a legitimate and active campaign, and seeing how Wikipedia is a place people come for information, and is high on search results, it is a worthy inclusion.
If there is something POV/Vanity about the article you don't like, fix it, in the spirit of Wikipedia. Suggesting the whole article should be deleted because of errors is spurious.
If Living Political Candidates of any ilk are going to be on here, so should Bill Slavick. mitchsensei Aug 27, 2006
[edit] Deleted Links
Two links were put on this site, one linking to an opinion piece and another linked to the opposing candidates viewpoints on Slavick. They were not sources or factual information, so I deleted them. mitchsensei Aug 27, 2006
I'm the one who put the links on. Both links substantiated information in the "Controversy" section. While the pages I linked to should not be viewed as neccecarily factually accurate, they confirm that there was a real controversy. jules1236
I do not think it apppropriate to include opinion piece based criticism as a source. If there is some more authoritative 'factual' source, by all means, it could be included.
Also, I do not think it valid to include criticism from an opposition candidate in a piece about an active candidate. If there was ever a less credible source of information than that, I have not discovered it. mitchsensei Aug 28, 2006
[edit] Minimizing this Entry
I created this entry, and now I believe it should be minimized. With the end of the election. Slavick is not a person that should have a large bio here on Wikipedia. I am leaving the stub to show his limited significance to larger events.
mitchsensei Nov 19, 2006
Look, I am the guy who put Slavick on here in the first place, because of his relevance to the election. If he decides to do something incredibly worthy, or runs for major office again, perhaps then he merits a full bio here, but he just doesn't merit it otherwise. Participate in the discussion. I believe giving him a full bio here amounts to bias, by the 5% who may have voted for him.--Mitchsensei 23:54, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
