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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on February 5, 2008. The result of the discussion was Keep.

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[edit] Proposed Merge

Given that the VWP Party was only recently created and does not have much of an identity apart from its creator Jonathon Sharkey AFAIK, and given that its creator was recently arrested, which may spell the end of his political campaigns and party, it could probably be merged into Sharkey's own article. Schizombie 22:34, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Julie Carpenter

Decided not to delete it but seems someone was bolder than me. Good. However is there any point in having a circular link about Julie Carpenter that leads back to the same page its on? And I suppose some mention of the fact that she was fired from her job (possibly because of her association with Sharkey) should be mentioned. Doesn't need her own page (and he seems to have been relatively quiet lately) however what about a minor stub? And does the link to his homepage actually work? (One of these days I'll remember to sign in - Bug42)

[edit] Impaling Bush

Seems he has made a threat to impale George Bush if he gets elected president. [1] (Emperor 00:45, 16 March 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Questions? Ask them through Wikinews

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I'm Nick Moreau, an accredited reporter for Wikinews. I'm co-ordinating our 2008 US Presidential election interviews. We will be interviewing as many candidates as possible, from the Democrats, Republicans, and other parties/independents.

I'll be sending out requests for interviews to the major candidates very soon, but I want your input, as people interested in American politics: what should I ask them?

Please go to any of these three pages, and add a question.

Questions? Don't ask them here, I'll never see them. Either ask them on the talk page of any of these three pages, or e-mail me.

Thanks, Nick -- Zanimum 19:45, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BLP

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[edit] How much info on embarassing associates should be in a presidential candidate's biography?

The Barack Obama Featured Article, part of this project's scope, now has an important discussion on its talk page (at Talk:Barack Obama#Attempt to build consensus on the details) that could affect other articles, including this one, on other presidential candidates. There is already talk on that page that the articles on other presidential candidates may need to be changed, so editors involved in this article may want to get involved with the discussion there.

Some editors here think that when a U.S. presidential candidate is embarassed by someone associated with that candidate, no information about it should be mentioned in the WP biography article, even if the campaign (and therefore the person who is the subject of the article) was affected. Others think WP should only mention that this person was controversial and leave a link in the article to the WP article on that controversial associate. Still others (including me), think we should briefly explain just why that person was controversial in the candidate's life, which can be done in a phrase or at most a sentence or two. Examples:

Whatever we do, we should have equal treatment, so anyone interested in NPOV-, WP:BLP-compliant articles should look at and participate in the discussion. We've started the discussion by focusing on how much to say about former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers in the Barack Obama article, but, again, this will likely affect many other articles.

If you click on the first link I give here, you'll find a comparison I did of negative information in the Clinton, McCain and Giuliani articles. I've also posted that information on the talk pages of those articles. In that discussion (and at the McCain, Clinton and Giuliani talk pages), I've also posted a comparison of what negative information is presented on each candidate, especially in relation to associates who give the candidates bad publicity. I think editors of this article would find the comparison useful. Noroton (talk) 17:15, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

On some other pages where I've posted this, people have been responding only beneath the post, which is fine, but won't help get a consensus where it counts. So please excuse me for raising my voice, just to make sure I get the point across: Please respond at Talk:Barack Obama#Attempt to build consensus on the details where your comments will actually affect the consensus!!! Sorry for the shoutin', won't do it again (here, anyway). Noroton (talk) 18:37, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if we should have "equal treatment". Jonathon Sharkey seems to have almost nobody but embarrassing associates. --Stlemur (talk) 17:31, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Oh, I don't know. It's equality of treatment, not results, that I'm hoping for. Anyway, your input would be appreciated over on the Obama talk page. Thanks! Noroton (talk) 18:37, 3 June 2008 (UTC)