Talk:1979 United States elections

Unverifiable citations

@Rehan76: You didn't happen to write this article using ChatGPT or something, did you? I can't find either of your citations.

On a stylistic note, the sentence structures are pretty similar and similarly vague. I get that it's an off-year election, but this doesn't pass the smell test. Snowman304|talk 06:04, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Snowman304 you got it .. but can you tell me what to do to improve it Rehan (talk) 09:23, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rehan76: Use your own words and back them up with real sources (newspaper articles, journal articles, books, etc.). Even if it's not "perfect," it's still better than relying on a large language model that likes to make things up. Going more point by point:

What were the special Congressional elections? Who was running? What sort of insight did the outcomes provide?
Were Winter and Brown the only two governors elected? What sort of influences did their wins have?
Which state legislatures had elections? How did that affect the balance of power in those states?
Which local elections were held? Was the New York mayoral race the only important one?
What happened in the San Francisco referendum? Were people for or against developing the waterfront? What did proponents want to happen?

The 1979 elections were seen (by whom?) as a bellwether for the upcoming 1980 presidential election. (Before the 1980 election or in hindsight?) The results indicated a shift (which way did things shift?) in public opinion that would become more pronounced in the subsequent year.

And above all else, did these things actually happen? Snowman304|talk 16:46, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On further inspection – half of the sources seem to be a nonexistent book by one "John Smith" – :/ Stars-on-grey (talk) 13:08, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And the other source is fake too – leaving us with a grand total of *drumroll* zero actual sources for this article Stars-on-grey (talk) 13:10, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]