Talk:Jim Gibbons (United States politician)

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From Nevada dude: Information that was largely POV or driven by personal agenda was removed as non-encyclopedic or otherwise political bias.

HI. I've got a question. That quote from Gibbons was plagiarized. Should it be listed as a quotation from Gibbons? [1]

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[edit] alot of this "biography" is opinon actually an "article page"

seems to me that more negative than positive quotes exist here. alot of this page is anti republican, and should not be here. these articles need to be politically neutral.

there is a lot of point of view material in this entry and it should not be here as it is non-encyclopedic. therefore, it has been deleted. it is apparent that someone, or a group of individuals, are intent on vandalizing this page with unsubstantiated and bogus information, eg including the charges leveled in the last days of the governor's campaign, all of which have yet to be proven and some have been disproven by forensic evidence.



A lot of the information that you don't like is properly sourced. ;-) 12.158.161.59 (talk) 22:36, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


"and some have been disproven by forensic evidence." - You realise that only a court of law can determine this? Even police/agent reports are subject to hearsay outside of operational matters (but protected as per Qualified privilege) until the Judiciary says otherwise.
"seems to me that more negative than positive quotes exist here. alot of this page is anti republican, and should not be here" - I'm not sure whether I see the particular sections that are anti-republican in nature? Seems to mostly be about the individual Public Figure, in fact I don't even see much mention of his Cabinet... So...? As to there being more negative quotes than positive quotes, Feel free to add any positive, inspirational or otherwise quotes from the good Governor that you can muster up - I encourage any attempts to increase knowledge, provided it's cited and NPOV. That may prove difficult, but I'm sure you can find a positive quote from him, if you would like to contribute.
"it is apparent that someone, or a group of individuals, are intent on vandalizing this page with unsubstantiated and bogus information" - A combined effort? You mean a Cons****cy? Easy there, Relax now..... don't want to turn yourself into a cliché, now do we?
On the other hand, if you really feel that there has been INsubstantiated and/or bogusectomological information posted, kindly quote the _specific_ areas so we can fix it up, straight away!
Remember, it's your duty to report and/or remove improperly cited material in articles about living persons immediately! Then again, if it's a published piece by a professional newswriter, and your language in referring to it is NPOV, then it ought to be okay. If not, I'm sure someone will edit it for improvement.
Things you don't agree with aren't necessarily Neutral, but it may suggest that you may not be so much, or possibly you misread the article. Intent and emotion is hard in text form, isn't it? Especially when it's dry like old crackers, don't you agree?
Mmm. Hungry now.
WOOF
Wernhervonbraun (talk) 03:21, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mormon?

Gibbons is listed in the "Latter Day Saint politicians" category, but I can only find a small handful of references to his affiliation with the LDS church. Most are wikipedia-mirrors, and the rest are unreliable blogs. I'm removing this for now per WP:BLP. -Porlob 04:28, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

There are numerous references to Gibbon's faith in the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Reno Gazette Journal. The two major newspapers in Nevada are hardly wikipedia-mirrors or unreliable blogs. "Jim Gibbons was born and raised LDS and considers himself a Mormon to this date," said campaign manager Robert Uithoven. http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060510/NEWS07/605100348/1002

Great. I'll add that to the article. Note that all I was doing was trying to add verifiability. -Porlob 12:12, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gibbons' Age

Jim Gibbons is older than 56 years of age. The media report he is 61 years old.--SN

[edit] criticism deleted by las vegas-based IP

An IP address located in Nevada (24.234.74.222) is the source of recent edits which completely wiped any mention of criticism and controversy. Please assist with policing this. MilitaryTarget 14:04, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

The portion of this entry devoted to scandals does seem highly unusual. A journalist complaining about a politician using rhetoric in a public-policy debate hardly seems noteworthy at all. And the alleged sexual assault incident is given very dominant coverage for an unsubstantiated charge. (For comparison, is President Clinton's biography dominated by coverage about the claims made by Juanita Brodderick?) This isn't an encyclopedia entry; it's a political hit piece. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.88.233.70 (talk) 22:58, 9 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Reference to religion incorrect

Under the "Biography" heading, the very first reference listing links to an article about JIM GIBSON, the mayor of Henderson, Nevada, NOT Jim GIBBONS, the United States Congressman for Nevada. This should be deleted, it's not even the right person! [2]

Fixed. Feel free to do it yourself the next time, per [WP:BB]]. John Broughton | Talk 21:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Jim Gibbons is LDS

[edit] Neutrality

The Neutrality tag has been on the page for a while, and there has been no discussion of it. I will remove it if there are no objections. --70.173.47.6 (talk) 22:49, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


Please don't. This page is hardly neutral.

everything is cited. what is biased about objective news reporting? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Taychert (talk • contribs) 20:32, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

A biography can be biased and truthfull at the same time. For instance, if someone wrote a biography about Bill Clinton and only talked about Monica Lewinsky, and his impeachment and disbarment would it be a neutral and unbiased article? Of course, if you are writing a biography of Adolph Hitler you don't need to emphasize his love of dogs, but this article seems to attack Gibbons conservative politics along with reporting some of his contraversies in a more negative manner than is needed. For instance, it talks about budget cuts without mentioning why he thought they were neccesary. Mikevegas40 (talk) 13:40, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 860 texts

Divorce proceedings were stayed upon agreement of living separately pending the suit. Dawn accused Jim of "infatuation and involvement with the wife of a Reno doctor,” but he stated, she is just a friend. On March-April 2007, he sent 860 text messages ($ 130) in one month to the woman.news.yahoo.com Paper: Nev. gov. sent 860 texts to woman in month--Florentino floro (talk) 13:23, 11 June 2008 (UTC)