Talk:John Eder

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[edit] Picture

If anyone has a picture of him, go ahead and add it. --Contrib 17:37, 4 May 2005 (UTC) There's a good picture here but is it fair use? [1]

[edit] NPOV and PR language

I've knocked out some language that has a definite POV and some that was taken wholesale from Eder & Green Party PR and newspaper articles; some of it was in copyrighted material. None of it was sourced. Quotes by Dean Myerson on how cool it all was or on his swearing-in ceremony didn't seem necessary or appropriate to a short biographical article about a politician, and phrases like "great organizations" are definitely inappropriate, being value judgements. This language should NOT be reintroduced to the article. If anyone knows some basic biographical information, like date and place of birth, age, occupation (I think Eder's a house painter?), etc., that would be useful and appropriate. The article still needs work, and really, campaign info doesn't seem all that pertinent to Eder's overall life and influence in politics. Deirdre 28 June 2005 21:46 (UTC)

There's more. I marked a NPOV dispute sign over one section in particular. 69.207.229.129 03:16, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

As of February 2008, this article is still havily baised. I would almost dare to add a notability tag to this article. User:AsukaSeagull —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.210.73.160 (talk) 04:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bio

Thanks to whoever it was who wrote the bio; we still need a photo, though. Perhaps the Maine Greens can let us use one for public domain. I'll look into it. Deirdre 21:11, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

found one--now I just have to figure out how to post it properly.... Deirdre 19:36, 8 September 2005 (UTC)