Talk:Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

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Reference: www.apnews.myway.com is not a valid reference.

completely uncritical

so far this article is uncritical and unbalanced. Missing for example are the many examples of OIRA's extreme delays in reviews, which have stopped rules in their tracks.--Wuerzele (talk) 07:18, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

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Sources not found in article. 72.89.161.108 (talk) 18:37, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Revert by ImperfectlyInformed

@ImperfectlyInformed (talk · contribs):

As we've discussed at some length (see, for example, Talk:United_States_administrative_law your command of subject matter relating to law is, shall we say, imperfect. Your care in editing direct quotes, to avoid changing an accurate direct quote to an inaccurate quote is imperfect (a careful person, if it's necessary to change a direct quote, would at least remove the quote marks). Your command of the English language, appreciation for precision of expression in both writing of others and in your own writing, is imperfect.

In this case, the name of the agency is the "Office of Management and Budget." That's the name at the top of agency letterhead, it's the name given in the statute that created the agency, and it's the name of the Wikipedia article. Why would you change the name to "United States Office of Management and Budget?" It certainly appears that you spent exactly zero time confirming accuracy of what "looks fine" to you.

Please stop wasting the time of those of us that care about accuracy and correctness. The last two discussions we've had were over almost the same kind of thing -- you wrote at the time that you had made changes based on your personal lack of familiarity with the topic. That isn't a helpful basis to proceed, is it?

Please read, confirm, and think first, before you act. At least on law topics. Because actions based on your personal sense of what "looks fine" are no better than random walks, and waste others' efforts that could be better spent elsewhere. OK?

BostonBowTie (talk) 20:26, 12 January 2019 (UTC)