Talk:Political positions of Mike Gravel

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Contents 1 Response to speedy delete notice 2 Email to Gravel Campaign, 3 March 2007 3 Neutrality check tag 4 Discussion at another article named "Political views of ......" 5 Abortion 6 National Smoking Ban

[edit] Response to speedy delete notice

This article is similar in structure and content to Political views of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Political views of Barack Obama, Political views of Rudy Giuliani, etc. Yes, some work needs to be done to water down User:DavidYork71's press flackery, but the candidate is legitimate (if little known) and the existence of the article itself is legitimate. Wasted Time R 12:52, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Given that we don't have a Political views of George W. Bush article, for example...I question the need for these articles. Can't the candidates' political views be adequately addressed within their own articles? 71.203.209.0 01:53, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I personally prefer these pages. It makes it easier to navigate. Maybe the reason there is no Political views of George W. Bush is because no one bothered to make one. Poetic^X_contribs 08:15, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Email to Gravel Campaign, 3 March 2007

Dear Michael and Gravel Campaign,

this article has now been created on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Mike_Gravel

as a counter point to other candidate articles, eg.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Views_of_Hillary_Clinton

The article is lacking referenced content on a number of subheadings under social policy from 'Decriminalisation of marijuana' to 'Display of the Confederate flag'. Would the campaign be able to provide statements and references outlining his positions or proposals on those issues.

Also, can you provide a picture of Senator Gravel with Granny D?

Yours Sincerely,

DavidYork71 01:14, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I have been in contact (by email) with the campaign again today for the purpose of getting further information and references about their candidate's position on those issues listed in this article with nil or cursory information to date. DavidYork71 04:38, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality check tag

Well is there a better source than the man and the campaign itself as to what the subjects political views are? Think about it? It's also quite hard to find other material revealing his views. So expect it to continue to have heavy reliance on statements coming out of the campaign or reported from the candidate in other media.DavidYork71 17:18, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, independent sources using the candidate's past statements and actions are a far superior source than copy-pasts of a candidate's website. Until those sources are added, the article should be tagged npov.24.178.199.83 08:56, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Since no one is paying any attention to Gravel, it's a legitimate point that the campaign itself is by default going to be the source of most of this material. I don't see a big problem with it, as long as User:DavidYork71 sticks to simple descriptions and doesn't drift off into quoting or paraphrasing the campaign's promotional language. Wasted Time R 13:48, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion at another article named "Political views of ......"

• It appears that a number of the United States presidential candidate biographies or presidential campaign pages on Wikipedia have an associated "Political views of ____" article.
• There is a discussion of the merits of changing the name of Political views of Mitt Romney to Political positions of Mitt Romney, or, depending on how the conversation develops, some other name.
• In case you're interested, go to Talk:Political views of Mitt Romney#Requested move.
  
• The conversation there might influence other "Political views" articles.

-- Yellowdesk 06:05, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Abortion

For a significant portion of voters, the issue of Abortion is the primary one on which they base their vote. What is Mike Gravel's position? I know that it cannot be found on the issue page of his website, or on ontheissues.org 140.180.149.219 23:56, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] National Smoking Ban

I read on [1] that Gravel supports a national smoking ban in all public places. This seems inconsistent with his other views. Can anyone confirm this? --Darbyshmr (talk) 15:19, 13 February 2008 (UTC)