Talk:U.S. presidential election, 2004/Archive 1

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1 Covering future events
2 "Self-centered" pages
3 Listing potential election issues
4 Parenthetical notes

Covering future events

Why don't we stop talking about the future? Future release album, future election, future etc... -- Taku 08:13 Jan 5, 2003 (UTC)

This is actually the present. The U.S. "election season" for presidential elections is beginning in earnest now, with several announcements about who is (and isn't) running. Election day is the end of a long public process that has already begun. - RobLa 08:33 Jan 5, 2003 (UTC)

-Hehe, getting ready are we. :)--Sv

"Self-centered" pages

There is no room for a waste of time with self-centered crap like this in an encyclopedia. Things like this are what make Wikipedia an unreliable joke by idiots with nothing more to do than create something of no real value.....DW

Self-centered? Has RobLa announced that he'll be running, then? ;) --Brion

Yay, me for President! Hmmm...have to add my announcement to the timeline... :) -- RobLa

What ever happened to the fine art of procrastination? :) --mav --Xinoph 20:07, Mar 10, 2004 (UTC)

whaddya mean...working on Wikipedia is how I procrastinate. :) Seriously though, I'm hoping that by getting an early start and tracking this election early, we'll have a really complete record of what transpired.

DW: What do you mean by self-centered? And you really think its things like this that are troubling? Read the nonsense under Fifth World and Micronation. -- Zoe

gotta go with Zoe on this. rofl.-Sv

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Listing potential election issues

Although it's not possible to list potential issues in say the 2008 election, it is certainly possible to list potential issues cited by the candidates that motivate them to run in the next election. For instance Cynthia McKinney will certainly make an issue of the Iraq crisis, 2003 and oil imperialism. Gary Johnson will certainly make an issue of the War on Drugs. Ralph Nader will make an issue of the War on Terrorism and its civil rights impact. Issues mentioned by lots of potential candidates ought to be in an 'issues' section or separate article on "likely issues in the 2004 U.S. presidential election" just so people can bone up on them in one place.

This could get a *lot* of people reading Wikipedia, if the articles established a high reputation for quality and impartiality. It's worth doing for that reason if no other.