Talk:Blaine Higgs

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Promotional material

The brand colours of an oil company are clearly recognizable on Higgs' picture. Such - presumably unintentional - "product placement" reflects poorly on Wikipedia as a source of information free of promotional material. I wasn't able to find a better pic of Higgs, but I think the issue is bad enough that this picture should be taken down. I'm also cross-posting this on the French Wikipedia. Bbrnrd (talk) 19:11, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Seniors

Wondering if Mr. Higgs is doing anything to aid seniors pay for their medical expenses. Some have been hospitalized because they could not afford the cost of medicine, it comes down to choosing between paying for food or utilities or meds. It is a sad situation that the government of New Brunswick is ignoring this grave situation. Oldager (talk) 17:47, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the free press finally will send investigative reporters to scrutinize the rumors about BH's loyalties as premier of the province.

Can an admin put a temporary block on this page?

A user with an anonymous IP has twice added an unsupported statement regarding the subject, most likely in reaction to the recent developments regarding Policy 713. Could an administrator put a temporary block from editing this page for a short time until that anonymous user gets bored and stops trying to vandalize this page? MauriceYMichaud (talk) 18:22, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, it's not typically enough to ask for protection on the article's own talk page, because there's no guarantee that anybody with the power to do anything about the request will see the request. You generally need to go to a noticeboard, such as WP:CWNB or WP:RFPP, to make the request in a place where it will be seen.
That said, I have placed pending changes on it, but I came across it only because there had been a redlinked (i.e. non-existent) and inappropriate (there's absolutely not a shred of evidence that he came out as gay recently) category left on it in the vandalism reversions. If the vandalism continues despite the pending changes restriction, then it can be escalated to higher levels of protection — but if that becomes necessary, please post the request to CWNB or RFPP rather than just making it here without alerting anybody in a higher-traffic venue. Bearcat (talk) 17:05, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Bearcat! I figured that starting this thread in the Talk page probably wasn't enough, but I didn't know what else to do. But now I do. The persistent vandalism has everything to do with the recent controversy over Policy 713 in New Brunswick, and if I were a betting guy, I'd say that Scott Moe's page might be the next target. MauriceYMichaud (talk) 02:18, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Policy 713 hasn't had any significant development in months, I wouldn't assume there to be a connection between it and vandalism here because there's no evidence to suggest it. B3251 (talk) 03:04, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the issue was at the forefront in the spring and summer, but then there's been speculation for all of October about a snap election being called by Higgs (which he only put to rest in the last few days), and that may have brought him back to mind for some. Beyond the policy itself, there was clearly some dissatisfaction about his style of governing and that might still be lingering. At any rate, there's no point in trying to pin down the exact reason why this article is suddenly subjected to repeated vandalism. What matters is getting it to stop. Another repeated unconstructive edit has been to suggest that he has been reported dead, which we have to agree is rather violent and hateful. MauriceYMichaud (talk) 12:20, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]