Talk:Mark Souder

More on drugs section

I know, I know...the changes to the Tucker Carlson show are POV. But....before any changes are made, one must watch the clip. It's pathetic. I lack the articulation and neutrality to appropriately write the article, so some else must. Though it is essential that the article mention that the majority of what he said was lies. HE WAS LYING, he is a propagandist. There is no debate in that. Cannabis is NOT like crack. 1,000's DO NOT die each year as a result of direct marijuana use. A single-drug user DOES exist. This is all easily proved with a vast variety of scientific studies. If it comes down to sources, I will promptly provide them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.251.84.47 (talk) 01:49, 7 March 2007 (UTC).

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Popular culture.

The popular culture section gives one uncited and trivial factoid. Does this need to be in the article? Seems unencyclopedic to me. 7876 ann arbor street (talk) 01:41, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

infobox term_end date

user:Reywas92 removed the term_end date that i entered earlier today, but i fail to understand why. it has been well publicized and appropriately cited that souder will indeed resign effective this friday. is there a wikipedia policy of which i am unaware that suggests we ought to wait three days to add this date? Arfp (talk) 22:23, 18 May 2010 (UTC)arfp

We should not put the date on there until it actually happens. WP:CRYSTAL BALL advises avoiding predictions. While he has said he will, he could change his mind. Its happened before. We want to present a fact, and his resignation has not yet occurred. SO if he resigns Friday it can be added then. —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 22:28, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Actually I just meant to restore the listing of both the third and fourth congressional districts but accidentally removed the date as well. Since it's only a couple days away let's not mess with it. Reywas92^Talk 23:43, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

"It's only a couple of days" doesn't matter. WP:CRYSTAL BALL says we can't do it, even if we are "certain" of the date. Larry Craig once annouced a specific retirement date, only to change his mind. Editors weren't permitted to add January 20, 2009, to George W. Bush's page, even though constitutionally we knew that was the date. This was also discussed extensively at Tony Blair's article after he annouced he was stepping down. I doubt Souder will change his mind, but the precedent is the same. Anything could happen between now and Friday. Our policy is to leave term end dates blank until they actually happen. No exceptions.DCmacnut<> 13:45, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Question

English is not my first language, and I wonder this. When resigning, he said "...by having a mutual relationship with a part time member of my staff." What is the difference, in this context, between "mutual relationship" and just "relationship"? Is he stressing that he didn´t force her to do anything or what? I don´t get it.Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:54, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

You are correct that it was consensual and not forced.Boromir123 (talk) 12:02, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Is Scandal a valid category?

After hearing about the Congressman's resignation, I wanted to try and track how many members of congress resigned due to scandal. It would seem that tagging these entries with a Scandal category might help that. Is it appropriate?

JoeCotellese (talk) 12:49, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

I do not recommend that. There is Category:Political sex scandals in the United States, but that is for scandal-specific articles, not the general person article. Reywas92^Talk 14:49, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

I agree, BLP concerns, etc. Although I do think an article like List of members of the United States Congress who resigned from office, and reasons for resignations could be included. That would be alot of research, but a fun article to write! —Charles Edward ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 15:20, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

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