Talk:Henry Hyde

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[edit] Changes

Please Do Not Delete Changes to the talk page. The only changes that should be made are additions. EZZIE 07:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk

User:67.173.188.6 UTC: Tuesday, July, 12, 2005 - 01:23:58

This article does not exist for the purpose of advertising for any candidate for political office. The external link to the democratic candidate Christine Cegelis's website is inappropriate. I find it interesting that Goethean, who on his user page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Goethean seems to be SO concerned about being neutral, found it necessary to include it. Where is the link to the republican candidate's web site? I have decided the only neutral thing to do is to delete it again.

[edit] Picture

I reverted the deletion of the picture of Hyde & Snodgrass. There was no reason given for its deletion on the talk page. Also it was not described in the edit summary. If there was a valid reason for its removal, please let me know. Otherwise, I think it should remain. 01:48, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

That's a great picture--it's a classic, I remember seeing it in his office. EZZIE 08:55, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hyde

People under-rate this guy, he's one of the best "old school" reps left in the entire house. (repost of deleted comments) EZZIE 07:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

From here:

Wikipedians generally oppose the use of talk pages just for the purpose of partisan talk about the main subject. Wikipedia is not a soapbox; it's an encyclopedia. In other words, talk about the article, not about the subject. It's only the habits we encourage that keep Wikipedia from turning into a slanging match. See also: Wikiquette

— goethean ॐ 19:28, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

I understand where you guys are coming from on this, but discussing the subject matter is just as necessary as discussing the article on the subject matter... but that's my belief. EZZIE 06:47, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia is not a chat room or USENET. I could give my views on Hyde — which differ diametrically from yours — and then we could get into a shouting match. But I don't misuse Wikipedia by expressing my views on subjects here, only on articles. I request that you show a little bit of respect for this website by doing the same. — goethean ॐ
Agreed. Wikipedia isn't a place to chat it up or discuss anything not having to do with the article itself --OMG LAZERS 16:10, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Washington Times

This paragraph needs a citation. Also, did it the Times really endorse Hyde to succeed Hastert, when he'd already announced his retirement? That doesn't make a lot of sense. -Pete 10:14, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Remarried?

I removed the statement in the infobox that said Hyde remarried in December 2006. I scoured the Web and also ran a search on ProQuest and found no mentions of Hyde getting married. If he actually did, a reference confirming it should be added to the article. Dce7 06:58, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Hydesnodgrass.jpg

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[edit] The Alec Baldwin Death Threat

This should be better noted with the citation of the Washington Times article dated, January 25, 2001 by Tom Knott, titled - "Member of Hyde family lives in fear of Alec Baldwin"

The news article noted this direct quote by Alec Baldwin on the Conan O'Brien Show:

"I'm thinking to myself if we were in other countries, we would, all right now, all of us together would go down to Washington and we would stone Henry Hyde to death," Mr. Baldwin said two years ago. "We would stone him to death. (Crowd cheers.) Wait. Shut up. Shut up. No, shut up. I'm not finished. We would stone Henry Hyde to death and we would go to their homes and we'd kill their wives, and their children. We would kill their families."

I am looking for others right now, but the point is Mr Baldwin was not "tongue-in-cheek" but his threat was serious, with long term consequences for Hyde and his family. This makes it notable and should be included.Willie Peter 00:53, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm undoing the most recent edit. It attributes seriousness to him in a way that article source (which I have read) doesn't. It is therefore unsourced and a BLP issue and must be removed. It is possible to use other material in that or another source, but such cites must be faithful to what is contained in the source.--Chaser - T 16:54, 24 June 2007 (UTC) modified -Chaser - T 18:34, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] JSF Technology Transfer

Hyde was largely responsible for blocking British access to some F-35 Lightning II technology which threatened to scupper British participation in the project. i think it is worth a mention in his political career but i don't know enough to write an authoratative edit. Anyone help? Epeeist smudge 15:51, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:35, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Henry Hyde (1924-2007)

Would you believe (not knowing he was ill) I checked this article yesterday, to see if Hyde was still alive. GoodDay (talk) 22:32, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] News articles expired

The news articles relating to Henry Hyde's death are now no longer available. Perhaps there is another source that can replace them? GreenReaper (talk) 17:45, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

The title of the articles, the source and the date are listed, so the references are valid even if the weblinks don't work. — goethean ॐ 18:36, 16 May 2008 (UTC)