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The narrative is a train wreck of discontinuity

Basically what it says. The events of his life are related out of sequence, in no logical order that is immediately evident. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wscholine (talk • contribs) 19:56, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

His Name

The Mayor's name appears to be LaGuardia, rather than La Guardia. Shouldn't the article and text should be consistent

References seem to conflict on this. The New York Times (e.g. in 1918) and the Encyclopedia of New York City use the space. Since the page is currently "La Guardia", I just regularized to that usage (except in the proper names of namesakes, e.g. "LaGuardia Airport"). – Fitnr 02:20, 28 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

NYC bankruptcy

The last paragraph of the WWII section blames La Guardia for the city's bankruptcy 30 years after he left office relying on one multi-page cite for the entire paragraph. While this is arguable, it doesn't strike me as encyclopedic as the causation requires 30 years of intervening events96.250.80.193 (talk) 18:28, 11 August 2014 (UTC)(11 Aug 2014).[reply]

And now looking at the source, it makes no mention of a connection to the 1975 fiscal crisis. I'm going to amend the paragraph in question.96.250.80.193 (talk) 18:36, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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POV problems

This article is extremely promotional in its tone. Just look at the lead: "La Guardia revitalized New York City and restored public faith in City Hall." Single-handedly? "His administration engaged new groups that had been kept out of the political system, gave New York its modern infrastructure, and raised expectations of new levels of urban possibility." That last part is awfully broad. Then there's this in the body "La Guardia was a tireless and vocal champion of progressive causes". A champion? Awfully strong word to be used in such a declarative sense. -Indy beetle (talk) 06:04, 25 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the lead. Nothing yet to the body, though it does need some work as well. epicgenius (talk) 17:03, 16 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is incorrect. It is pretty consensus that La Guardia was a quality mayor and those sentences if you know the history are not broad. I am new to wikipedia though.Joco179 (talk) 02:30, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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La Guardia banned pinball machines in NYC

The following was copied from Pinball#Prohibition. I'll leave this here for other authors to determine if they want to add a subset to this article.

Pinball was banned beginning in the early 1940s until 1976 in New York City.^[1] New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia was responsible for the ban, believing that it robbed school children of their hard-earned nickels and dimes.^[1]^[2] La Guardia spearheaded major raids throughout the city, collecting thousands of machines. The mayor participated with police in destroying machines with sledgehammers before dumping the remnants into the city's rivers.^[2]

• Sbmeirow • Talk • 00:18, 20 March 2023 (UTC) • Sbmeirow • Talk • 00:18, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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^ ^a ^b "11 Things You Didn't Know About Pinball History". Toys. Popular Mechanics. September 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "NYPD Held Prohibition-Style Raids on Pinball". 11 Things You Didn't Know About Pinball History. Popular Mechanics. September 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2011.

Can't get malaria by eating bad meat

In the "early life" paragraph it says his father contracted hepatitis and malaria from consuming embalmed beef. He could've gotten hepatitis from it but not malaria. Malaria is transmitted by the bite of the Anopheles mosquito. You can't get it any other way. This statement needs changing. 65.248.13.32 (talk) 20:51, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[PopularMecg1-1] "11 Things You Didn't Know About Pinball History". Toys. Popular Mechanics. September 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2011.

[PopularMecg2-2] "NYPD Held Prohibition-Style Raids on Pinball". 11 Things You Didn't Know About Pinball History. Popular Mechanics. September 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2011.

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