Talk:Andrew Scheer

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[edit] weblog issue

Here is a reference to the story of Scheer's weblog being hacked. [1]

I'm not sure if it's appropriate to put this in the article or not. Some future editor can make that decision, if the link is still live at that time.Hiddekel 08:04, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Due to the blanking without explaination I'm adding this source to the article to remove any doubt as to the legitimacy of this fact. Hiddekel 03:15, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Entries on other politicians do not include trivial stories about campaign incidents. Of all the facts and information about Mr. Scheer, why would a minor story about a campaign website be included? Maybe we should find out how many of his lawn signs had to be replaced or if he ever got stuck in the snow.

Because while your subjective opinion may be that it's "too trivial" to be noteworthy, the news media did not, hence the major media outlet newslink on the subject--unlike most of the other positive issues posted in the article, I should add. So unless you (or someone else) can come up with a better argument than "it's too minor to mention" (and I'll give you some time to figure one out), I'm going to put it back in. And might I add that this is Wikipedia, not Andrew Scheer's campaign site. Both the positive and the embarassing issues of his political career belong here, as long as they are presented in NPOV. Hiddekel 17:54, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] education

It is an undisputable fact that Mr. Scheer indeed attended university in Ottawa and again in Regina, however, nowhere on the world wide web was I able to find acronyms for academic degrees listed behind his name. I realize that the policy on biographies of living persons restricts poorly cited or libelous amendments. But I challenge my fellow Wikipedians to debunk this fact. Otherwise, I sincerely hope that my edit does not offend or anger Mr. Scheer. If you, brother and sister Wikipedians, find this fact to be unsettling, I desire for you to gather the necessary materials and write this dashing parliamentarian to encourage him to successfully complete his sojourn in academia. I, too, hope that my statements have been forthcoming in a manner congruent with the NPOV. 15 October 2006. GoodNinja

I'm going to have to agree with a recent anonymous editor's decision to remove the statement that Scheer never graduated. While I'm sure that he didn't given the available evidence, WP:BLP is unambiguous in stating that we have to have positive proof in the form of a reliable source before making contentious and possibly damaging claims about public figures. Otherwise it amounts to original research. Can't do it. Counter-intuitive though it may be, we'll just have to leave it as it is, as far as I can see, if we don't want to violate policy. --Hiddekel 15:45, 3 May 2007 (UTC)