Talk:Legislation sponsored by Ron Paul

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[edit] Notability of this stuff

How are the reams and reams of hopeless legislation that Paul has proposed notable? Burzmali (talk) 19:12, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello again and thank you for inserting your POV ("reams", "hopeless"). The editors of Ron Paul have found this topic notable enough for seven long paragraphs, which I am in process of moving into this article to set up further summary style in that article. Consensus for creating this article was established at Talk:Ron Paul/Archive 6#Excessive trivia in addition to the general calls to shorten Ron Paul, found elsewhere in talk. While many pieces of legislation have been regarded as notable in themselves and/or in their association with Paul, I have also added less notable legislation where a one-line summary can't hurt. In general, Paul's high output of legislation has been widely noted by the press, and a categorical review of the topics legislated is much better than the relatively haphazard assembly so far at Ron Paul. John J. Bulten (talk) 19:25, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
John, you know that "reams" is simply a reference to the fact that he has introduced more legislation than any other Congressperson, and you know hopeless merely refers to the fact that the overwhelming majority of said legislation has died in committee, only to be reintroduced each year. My point is that few of these pieces of legislation have received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources per WP:N. Sure you can verify when each was proposed and when it was killed in committee, maybe the list should just include the legislation that has its own article. Burzmali (talk) 00:16, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
POV nonetheless. My friend, a quick check shows each of the following bills is notable enough to have received its own article (or in the last two cases, subarticle coverage):

The following bills have been notable enough to receive coverage in the main Ron Paul article:

  • Declaration of war in Iraq
  • Sunset of Public Law 107-243 Act of 2007
  • Earnings limit repeal
  • Eminent domain
  • Lake Texana dam
  • International Criminal Court (ICC)
  • Global tax
  • Surveillance
  • Sunlight Rule
  • Sanctity of life amendment
  • Professional Educators Tax Relief Act of 2007
  • Cancer legislation
  • Ag and rural legislation

Virtually all of this was old WP work which I only uncovered independently. A significant number of other bills have been discussed, not per se, but as Political positions of Ron Paul, such as abolishing the Fed and the IRS; I haven't even scoured that article to see if additional bills are covered as bills themselves. In short, most all these bills pass notability criteria on their own merits, and the ones that don't are worthy enough of being included as one-liners in a listlike "broader article providing context". But even though everything can pass notability on its own, "the particular topics and facts within an article are not each required to meet the standards of the notability guidelines." The topic itself, an encyclopedic categorization of Paul's bills, is notable in itself due to the thorough coverage of that topic WP has already provided in the many articles already alluded. Finally, as already discussed, it's a very appropriate breakout article for the RP article, which consensus still finds too long. John J. Bulten (talk) 17:02, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

My point is simple, if you can find a reliable source discussing the an item it should be kept, if not, it should be removed. Some of the articles you've listed above are unsourced cruft(Cures Can Be Found Act of 2007, Parental Consent Act) and other are not (Teacher Tax Cut Act). I would suggest that only the notable ones be listed at all, being submitted to Congress does not make a piece of legislation notable. Burzmali (talk) 18:26, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Just so I and others can track the redlink crusade, here's some recent AFD's:

John J. Bulten (talk) 05:36, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletion

Diligent Terrier tagged PROD, CU, COI, and NPOV; I removed PROD and COI. I have admitted potential COI on my talk page and that tag is redundant with the others. If, however, potential COI has led to NPOV, that can be documented here.

This page was created from a consensus at Ron Paul to break this section out according to WP:SUMMARY. It would not be easily reinstated as a merge candidate; at breakout time it was already seven paragraphs long (unduly weighted against other sections), and not because of my edits either. I have here since fleshed out the topic, proven notable by the consensus there, with additional details from other articles and new sources on bills notable and less so. Per WP:N, less notable bills may be included if the overall topic (Paul's legislation) is notable, which has not been seriously challenged and which has been established by the consensus for summary previously referred to. There is no evidence this consensus has changed, though there have been negative comments from one other user, who also initiated a couple AFDs on related individual bill topics.

Terrier, please state here your cleanup and NPOV concerns within five days or those tags will be subject to removal as well. Thank you for considering this article. John J. Bulten (talk) 22:14, 8 April 2008 (UTC) P.S. I am leaving this terminal so if you have something immediate I will need to respond later. Again, thank you for your consideration. John J. Bulten (talk) 22:19, 8 April 2008 (UTC) To expand, the reason COI is redundant is that even if I had a COI, it would only affect the article in ways related to other tags. However, to be fair, please note any COI concerns (quoting specific applicable sentences of policy) here as well, within the next 4.5 days. Thank you. John J. Bulten (talk) 13:12, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Deleting tags as unsupported. Please discuss here before reinserting. JJB 04:25, 14 April 2008 (UTC)