Talk:Lamar Alexander/Archive 1

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Validation of article performed by WIKICHECK. February 8, 2006 5:43pm. WikiCheck 22:43, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

U.S. Presidential elections

Please verify that he indeed ran for president only 2 times. --Jiang 00:33, 15 Aug 2003 (UTC)

He did, 96 and 2000.

I concur. He did both in 96 and 00

I definitely remember him running in 1996. I did not take notice of the 2000 campaign until weeks before the election. So could someone add that in the article as I am sure they are more people who know about his presidential campaigns than I do. --The Shadow Treasurer 03:35, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Added presidential-run information: I don't know a whole lot about it, but I was able to put together two paragraphs with enough information that readers at least are AWARE of the candidacies. (I was as surprised as any of you to find no mention of them!)Lawikitejana 02:28, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Removed from "lawyers" subcategory

I temporarilly removed this article from Category:American lawyers because the article and his linked home page don't appear to make any reference to him actually practicing law. (There's plenty about his political career, but nothing about actually being a lawyer.)

I'm not saying he isn't a lawyer; I'm just saying it's never mentioned or verified in the article. Once this info is included with an appropriate citation, then go ahead and place it under Category:Tennessee lawyers, assuming he practiced law in Tennessee.Dugwiki 21:18, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

IRS and NAACP

I have removed the paragraph about this. Although the Washington Post did indeed report this on September 1, 2006, it later corrected itself (see here). As such, the information, while properly sourced, was inaccurate and trumped by a later source. Danny 14:38, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Utilized Tennessee church non-profit status to obtain liquor license for business

I removed this paragraph, originally added by 4.88.154.204. It looks to be copypasta from somebody's copy of a long-dead forum post. If somebody can track down the original article and rewrite this as unplagiarized content, that would be keen. Bigwyrm 02:11, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Lamar Alexander

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Lamar Alexander's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "tehc":

From Joseph McMinn: John Thweatt, "Joseph McMinn," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2010. Retrieved: 18 September 2012.
From Thomas Clarke Rye: Anne-Leslie Owens, "Thomas Clarke Rye," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 4 December 2012.
From Jim Nance McCord: Carroll Van West, "Jim Nance McCord," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 16 December 2012.
From Prentice Cooper: Anne-Leslie Owens, "William Prentice Cooper, Jr.," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 14 December 2012.
From John Bell (Tennessee politician): Jonathan Atkins, "John Bell," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 10 October 2012.
From William B. Campbell: John Thweatt, "William Bowen Campbell," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 2 October 2012.
From Winfield Dunn: Michael Rogers, "Winfield Dunn," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 30 December 2012.
From Chattanooga, Tennessee: Timothy Ezzell, Chattanooga. Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2002. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
From Neill S. Brown: "Neill Smith Brown (1810-1886)". The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
From Frank G. Clement: Alan Griggs, "Frank G. Clement," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 19 December 2012.
From John C. Brown: Anne-Leslie Owens, "John Calvin Brown (1827-1889)," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 31 October 2012.
From Aaron V. Brown: Connie Lester, "Aaron V. Brown," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 26 September 2012.
From Alvin Hawkins: Russell Fowler, Alvin Hawkins, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 3 November 2012.
From Dewitt Clinton Senter: John Thweatt, Dewitt Clinton Senter, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 30 October 2012.
From James D. Porter: Christopher Losson, "James Davis Porter," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 1 November 2012.
From James C. Jones: "James Chamberlain Jones". The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
From Benton McMillin: Leonard Schlup, "Benton McMillin," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 19 November 2012.
From Albert S. Marks: John Thweatt, Albert Smith Marks, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 2 November 2012.
From William B. Bate: John Thweatt, William B. Bate, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 6 November 2012.
From Ben W. Hooper: Anne-Leslie Owens, "Ben Walter Hooper," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 1 December 2012.
From Malcolm R. Patterson: Timothy Ezzell, "Malcolm R. Patterson," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 30 November 2012.
From Hugh Lawson White: Jonathan Atkins, "Hugh Lawson White," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 9 September 2011.
From Hill McAlister: Dan Pierce, "Hill McAlister," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 11 December 2012.
From William Blount: Terry Weeks, "William Blount," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2010. Accessed: 10 September 2012.
From Alfred A. Taylor: Robert L. Taylor, Jr., "Alfred Alexander Taylor," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 6 December 2012.
From William Hall (governor): "William Hall". The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
From Buford Ellington: Vaughn May, "Buford Ellington," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 29 December 2012.
From Henry Hollis Horton: Jeanette Keith, "Henry Horton," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 9 December 2012.
From Austin Peay: Dan Pierce, "Austin Peay," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 7 December 2012.
From Ray Blanton: Fred Rolater, "Leonard Ray Blanton," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 31 December 2012.
From Gordon Browning: Fred Rolater, "Gordon Weaver Browning," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 12 December 2012.
From Peter Turney: Leonard Schlup, "Peter Turney," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 15 November 2012.
From John P. Buchanan: Connie Lester, "John Price Buchanan," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 13 November 2012.
From John I. Cox: Vaughn May, "John Isaac Cox," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 29 November 2012.
From Albert H. Roberts: Jeanette Keith, "Albert H. Roberts," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 5 December 2012.
From William Carroll (Tennessee politician): "William Carroll". The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
From James B. Frazier: John Thweatt, "James Beriah Frazier," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 27 November 2012.
From Isham G. Harris: Leonard Schlup, "Isham Green Harris," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 5 October 2012.
From William Trousdale: "William Trousdale". The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
From Robert Love Taylor: Robert L. Taylor, Jr., "Robert L. Taylor," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 8 November 2012.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 03:39, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Fixed Bms4880 (talk) 03:43, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Lamar Alexander, track and field athlete at Vanderbilt

Here's another reference. http://www.vucommodores.com/ot/2011-hof-alexander.html BillVol (talk) 17:09, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Preemie

I just reverted a statement regarding the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act (S. 252; 113th Congress). Please provide a secondary source to indicate the significance of Alexander's vote for this legislation.CFredkin (talk) 22:00, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Certainly a "list" should have more than one entry. Bms4880 (talk) 22:26, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

If you want to move it elsewhere in the article, or populate the list, feel free. I think it's important/helpful/useful, when I write an article about a piece of legislation, to post something about it on the sponsor's page. The fact that he introduced this piece of legislation demonstrates that he really cares about it. I'm ambivalent to it's placement on the page - every page for a member of congress that I've read seems to have a slightly different organization about how they arrange things. Thanks. HistoricMN44 (talk) 14:11, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Alexander didn't vote for the legislation (well, he did), he introduced the legislation. That's way more significant than just voting on a piece of legislation - they all have to do that on each one. This one he created himself (maybe with a few other people) meaning he cares a whole lot more about it than he does about many other bills. Don't you think that's worth knowing about? It's being voted on by the House today, and is expected to pass, so it's very close to becoming law. Thanks. HistoricMN44 (talk) 14:11, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Ryan Loskarn

I just removed a reference to Loskarn, who was chief of staff for Alexander and arrested for child pornography. I don't believe Loskarn is relevant in an article on Alexander, as Alexander has not been implicated in any way in the charges. CFredkin (talk) 17:42, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

It isn't relevant and unless Alexander is implicated, mentioning it on his article violates WP:BLP. Tiller54 (talk) 02:25, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Does BLP cover post-suicide? http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/ryan-loskarn-death-102565.html Hcobb (talk) 17:24, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

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Footnote

Footnote three, after a sentence about boys state, does not actually seem to be about that topic. Sajita (talk) 03:07, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

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The current sentence in the article, "Senator Alexander voted no for additional witnesses and testimony in the 2020 presidential impeachment of Donald J. Trump.[1]", isn't yet factual as the votes haven't occurred; they're expected to take place during the Senate session on Friday the 31st of January. The article should either not include anything on this yet, or specify that "Senator Alexander has stated he will vote against additional witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Trump." 68.55.63.52 (talk) 06:03, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

I've removed this part. I suppose someone could add his intended vote to the article somewhere (but not the lead section, that's a bit much). Personally I would just wait until the vote actually happens and do it right. --Bongwarrior (talk) 08:30, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Have to agree it seems a little silly to add how he intended to vote. And it's even sillier to say he voted in a certain way, when he can't have since no vote has taken place yet. Nil Einne (talk) 16:28, 31 January 2020 (UTC)