Talk:John Yarmuth/Archive 1

Archive 1

LEO comments

The comment about LEO (", in order for LEO too maintain a semblance of balance in covering the race.") wasn't necessary -- not to mention the poor grammar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlc3007 (talk • contribs)

Covering negative information about a living person

I just want to note for everyone, that according to WP:BLP, all negative aspects about a living person have to be absolutely NPOV and credibly sourced. The recent addition (before W.marsh thankfully quickly NPOV'd it) contained obvious biased political baggage and wasn't sourced--that violates strict policy. I will copy this notice to the person originally adding that info. Thanks. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 23:34, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

unnecessary

I don't believe that the paragraph about the campaign volunteer is relevant to the article. This article is supposed to be about John Yarmuth, not the campaign or news trivia. If no one objects, I'll remove that section tomorrow (9/1). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlc3007 (talk • contribs)

I object to its full removal, although it could be scaled down as part of an overall discussion of his campaign. Yarmuth is a political candidate, and thus a discussion of the campaign is fair game. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 14:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps there should be a seperate page about the campaign or an entry in wikinews to track the campaign. This is not a new page about the campaigns. Please dont confuse the two. Biography != news.

I don't see how a volunteer Yarmuth may or may not have known deserves more space on a Yarmuth bio than any other single item. I know that a volunteer for Gaitwood Galbraith's campaign got drunk once and shouted obscenities. That doesn't mean that it belongs in GG's bio. What you're suggesting is that every trivial event in the campaign should be -- whether Yarmuth was personally involved or not -- belongs in his biography. That's just silly.

Dlc3007 15:09, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't agree. Campaign information is fair game. It's his campaign, so therefore it's about him. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 15:11, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

I suggest that we seperate that paragraph into a new section specifically for the 2006 Congressional Campaign to differentiate it from the biography. There can also be additional entries with news about the campaign. I will look for outside opinions concerning the inclusion of current events, which may belong in other place like wikinews, for example. Does this sound like an acceptable compromise for the time being? Dlc3007 15:23, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that's a fair approach. And as I said before, I think this event can be reduced and discussed amongst other notable campaign information. Note that many Wikipedia articles cover current and even future events. While all news doesn't belong in an article, noteworthy events do. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 15:32, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Reference section

I don't know if this is because of wikipedia policy, but there is an error in the reference section and I am unable to fix it. Reference #8 notes that the particular source is WKLY.com, when in fact it should be WLKY.com. I live in Louisville and I immediately spotted the error, yet I cannot correct it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.128.87.11 (talk) 05:57, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

OK. It is done. But the link happens to be a "dead link". To change "References", one edits the body of the article itself. You may have been trying to edit the Reference section directly. Bus stop (talk) 06:47, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

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The second of the three links (in archived form) works. The first and the third are archiving failures. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 15:15, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Political Views

If no one objects, I suggest that we work to add a section to Representative Yarmuth's page regarding his political views on individual issues. For example, he is notable in that he is a jewish congressman who supports Palestinian statehood. I think this, as well as his stances on education and other issues should be given a dedicated section on his page. Firstclass306 (talk) 16:32, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

As long as the views are attributable to reliable sources, go for it. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 16:49, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Committee assignment

Why was he removed from Ways and Means? Usually once you get on there, you're there until you leave Congress. Why was he "demoted?" 98.10.165.90 (talk) 23:25, 25 December 2016 (UTC)