Talk:List of fictional United States Republicans

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was move to List of fictional United States Republicans. —Nightstallion (?) Seen this already? 07:01, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Move

I don't think it was a good idea to move the page from "List of fictional Republicans" to "List of fictional Republicans (TV series). In Wikipeida naming conventions, an artile is prefixed with "(TV series)" to disambiguate a television show from a concept of the same name. For example, the Family Matters (TV series) article has "TV series" on the end of its name to separate it from other concepts called Family Matters. However, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper doesn't have "TV series" on the end of it's name because there is no other concept called "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" except for the television show. For an article to be named "List of fictional Republicans (TV series)" would mean that it is an article about a television show called "List of fictional Republicans", and that there are also other concepts called "List of fictional Republicans" that are not television shows. When I created this list, I did not intend on it only being about television show characters. The list just happens to include only television show characters so far. I would have intended for characters from literature, film, etc. to be in the same list, though it might be a good idea to keep them in separate sections, if they are ever added. Even if television characters are kept in separate articles, I think it would be best to name the article "List of Republican television show characters". Q0 08:30, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Something that was brought up on Wikipedia:Requested moves is that "Republican" and "Democrat" have different definitions thoughout the world so the article should be renamed to indicate that it refers to the United States Republican Party. I think renaming the article List of fictional United States Republicans would be the best way to handle this. Q0 17:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on 2008-02-03. The result of the discussion was Keep.

[edit] Archie Bunker?

There was an episode of All In The Family, where Archie attempts to vote (?in 1972?). Archie is prevented from voting by being informed that he is not even registered to vote. If Archie is not registered to vote, then how can he be a Republican?

69.39.172.114 04:56, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

He prescibes to Republican ideologies and has preivously voted for Republicans, so therefore he is a Republican. MafiaCapo 20:47, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Did Archie ever call himself a Republican? I don't think sharing a number of views with Republicans qualifies one for this list. However, if he endorsed a Republican candidate, he can be listed under the section of characters who endorsed a Republican candidate. Q0 22:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

I'll go through some episodes to see if he ever explicitly calls himself a Republican. MafiaCapo 21:57, 3 May 2006 (UTC)


There's an episode in the fall of 1974 where George Jefferson is trying to get on a local Republican committee. He needs registered Republicans to sign his petition. He drops by the Bunker house, and Archie says he's the only Republican in the household. He then signs the petition. Later in the episode, it's revealed that Archie hasn't voted in so long, he's no longer registered. But nonetheless, Archie verbally states he is a Republican.

I removed the dubious tag by Archie Bunker's name and replaced it with an explanation. Q0 02:56, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Red Forman

Did'nt Red stand up to Gerald Ford and ask him how he could possibly pardon Richard Nixon during a campaign stop in the first season? http://www.tv.com/that-70s-show/streaking/episode/1090/recap.htmlBamaman 01:05, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't remember...He is a Republican, though. Michael 22:28, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Homer Simpson Vs. George W. Bush

In this edit [1] someone deleted the statement, "It is unknown why Homer Simpson beat up George W. Bush," saying that it is false information. Does anyone know what Homer's reason was for beating up George W. Bush? I know he beat up George H. Bush because Bush spanked Bart Simpson, but I don't think a reason was given for why Homer beat up George W. Q0 09:08, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I had to remove this section because it is not sufficient for a character to have conservative or Republican views to label the person in Wikipedia as a Republican. Also, it is original research to classify a viewpoint as conservative or Republican. Q0 (talk) 02:07, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Characters who expressed conservative or Republican viewpoints