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Michigan Republican Party was one of the Social sciences and society good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
August 18, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
June 14, 2008	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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I am taking down the current staff section as it is no longer relevant after the 06 Elections.

GA Review

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
a (fair representation): b (all significant views):
It is stable.
It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
a (tagged and captioned): b lack of images (does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):
Overall:
a Pass/Fail:

—Preceding unsigned comment added by MrPrada (talk • contribs) August 17, 2007

GA Sweeps Review: Delisted

In order to uphold the quality of Wikipedia:Good articles, all articles listed as Good articles are being reviewed against the requirements of the GA criteria as part of the GA project quality task force. I am specifically going over all of the "Culture and society" articles. Unfortunately, as of June 19, 2008, this article fails to satisfy the criteria. The article was passed as a GA back in 2007, and since then, the criteria have changed significantly. The article currently lacks inline citations for several statistics and statements that should have them. If you can find sources online, feel free to include those, although book sources are always great. The following are several issues that should be addressed before renominating the article at WP:GAN:

Needs inline citations:

"Saul Anuzis has been Chairman of the Michigan Republican State Committee since February, 2005 winning re-election in February 2007 by unanimous decision."
"The Michigan State Senate had a Republican majority (21-17) when the 2007 term began with Randy Richardville as President Pro Tempore and Mike Bishop as Majority Leader."
"The Michigan State House of Representatives had a Republican minority (52-58) when the 2007 term began with Craig DeRoche of Novi as House Minority Leader."
"In 1856, the Republicans became a national party when John C. Fremont was nominated for President of the United States under the slogan: "Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men, Fremont."" All quotes need inline citations directly after the statement.
"Even though they were considered a "third party" because the Democrats and Whigs represented the two-party system at the time, Fremont received 33% of the vote." Statistics also need direct inline citations.
"Gerald R. Ford was the only Republican U.S. President and also the only Republican U.S. Vice President from Michigan."
"The only Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from Michigan who was appointed by a Republican President(Benjamin Harrison) was Henry Billings Brown."
"Zachariah Chandler and Arthur E. Summerfield are the only Michiganders to become Chairman of the Republican National Committee."

Other issues:

The intro needs to be expanded to better summarize the article. See WP:LEAD for guidelines.
The first image/logo needs a more detailed fair use rationale on the image's page stating why it should be used on this article. Make sure to include the article's title in the heading (ex. "Fair use rationale for Michigan Republican Party")
I would consider moving the history section to the beginning of the article and the current members to the end. If you think it should remain as is, please explain your rationale.
"Saul is also the only GOP State chairman to host a party blog [1]." Convert this link into an inline citation or make it an external link at the end of the article.
"(For continued history 2)" Convert this to an external link.
"He was also the longest living President in U.S. History who died at the age of 93, only surpassing Ronald Reagan by 45 days. He is the only President born in Nebraska, as well as the only President to be buried in Michigan. His wife Betty is currently living in California." Is all of this information really relevant to the article? It would best to cover some of this feats/criticisms while serving as President and impact on Michigan Republican Party.
The section "History of Michigan Republicans in U.S. Congress" reads like a list and would be improved with some expansion. Touch on each of the politician's careers briefly and the impact on the party itself. I would also recommend adding inline citations for the statements declaring the politicians' "first" and "only" statements.
Consider adding more pictures as there are many that are available for the politicians mentioned on this page.
If possible expand the history further and current positions held by the party along with accomplishments, criticism, and any other notable events.
This isn't required for GA, but I tagged Image:SenatorHenryBaldwinofMichigan.JPG to be moved to Wikimedia Commons. If you have an account, consider moving it.

For these reasons, the article has been delisted from WP:GA. However, if improvements are made bringing the article up to standards, the article may be nominated at WP:GAN. If you disagree with this review, you can seek an alternate opinion at Good Article reassessment. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I have updated the article's history to reflect this review. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 08:39, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Questionable legitimacy of new party chair

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-republicans-vote-oust-kristina-karamo-court-fight-next

While it appears that Karamo was removed, there may be a challenge to the legitimacy to this move. 96.230.46.11 (talk) 17:36, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that, at the time of writing, now there are not one, but two websites for the MIGOP:

https://migop.org (domain registered in 1996): claims that Kristina Karamo is still the chair, and that Malinda Pego does not speak for the party;
https://mi-gop.org (domain registered 2024-01-07): claims that Malinda Pego is the interim, acting chair, and that Kristina Karamo has been voted out of office.

Note: as an European, I offer the above comment in neutrality :) — and just for the sake of history.

— Gwyneth Llewelyn (talk) 20:13, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad other people have noticed there's now 2"Official" Michigan Republican Party websites. When a local news segment from FOX 17 (WXMI) put up the dueling Jan 8 press releases (one each from the Karamo and Pego camps) I saw those two slightly different domains in the contact email addresses: communication@mi-gop.org from the Pego faction and COMMUNICATION@MIGOP.ORG from Karamo. Either the WXMI reporters didn't notice this or they noticed but chose not to mention it. WarEqualsPeace (talk) 13:54, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, not sure what we should do yet. Looks like this will get resolved in court? (Michigan's GOP battle is likely heading to court)

Think maybe we can show both leaders as disputed? Elli (talk | contribs) 18:00, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Until the Republican National Committee decides that Pete Hoektra is the MIGOP chair, the position of MIGOP chair in the infobox should still be listed as 'vacant'. Steelbeard1 (talk) 02:53, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

With the RNC recognizing Hoekstra as the MIGOP chair, the Wikipedia article also recognized Hoekstra as chair. A court case being held this week will determine if Karmano is indeed the ex-chair of the MIGOP. The URLs given in the infobox show links to the officially recognized MIGOP web site and the Karmano faction web site. Steelbeard1 (talk) 22:11, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed Merge of Malinda Pego to this page.

I'm proposing moving the relevant content from Malinda's Pego's page to this page, because I don't believe Pego meets notability as per BLP. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 03:30, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]