Talk:House banking scandal
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[edit] Article title
This article is titled "Rubbergate" (expressing POV?) and notes that the scandal is also referred to as the "House banking scandal". There is no Wikipedia page for the latter.
Which is the more common name for this scandal? A Google search finds 473 hits for "Rubbergate", 916 hits for "House bank scandal", and 13200 hits for "House Banking Scandal". A search for "house bank" and "scandal" finds 20700 hits, so it does seem that the mahority of all references to the scandal use the term "House bank scandal".
I suggest renaming this article to "House banking scandal", and adding a redirect for "House bank scandal". --RichardMathews 19:04, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
- Absolutely agree. This completely out of line with standard NPOV article naming. Derex 19:34, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] POV and unsourced statements
This article has many problems. It's littered with POV terminology ("abusers," "looked the other way," "misappropriation of House funds"), and its sourcing is inadequate. What, exactly, did Russ plead guilty to? Neither the article nor the references provided says. Where's the reference that supports the contention that "77 Representatives resigned or did not run for reelection as a result of the scandal?" It's a mess, badly in need of cleanup.--RattBoy 13:42, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merge of Congressional Post Office Scandal?
The Merge tag says, "It has been suggested that Congressional Post Office Scandal be merged into this article or section." I strongly oppose any such action. The Post Office Scandal was a true "scandal," in which laws were broken and people served time. The banking "scandal" was arguably not a true scandal. It was an agreement by a group of people to pool their money, in order to address their personal finances. It had the "smell" of scandal, but the page lists no proof that the activities were illegal—not that I've seen, at any rate.
If there's a connection between the Post Office Scandal and the bank "scandal," the connection should be described in both articles.--RattBoy 13:42, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Expansion of articel title?
A appreciate that the articel is now at the better title then "Rubbergate", however by itself it isn't terribly obvious what "house" is being discussed here, moreso because the word "House" is first in the title. Would "United States House banking scandal" or "United States House of Representatives Bank scandal" be workable? The last I suspect would be preferred, as it includes the title of the institution in question, IMAO. 68.39.174.238 00:11, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
