Talk:Wilda Diaz

Bias and libelous information

Please refrain from construing information found in articles to paint Mayor Diaz in a negative light. I don't know Ms. Diaz, don't live in Perth Amboy, nor will vote for her , however as an editor who maintains Puerto Rican-related articles, I won't tolerate her article being used as a billboard of hatred and lies. Remember anything you post can be liable should Mayor Diaz decide to sue for slander. Read the article carefully, as Ms. Diaz met with the Kushner Companies, and NOT MR. Kushner alone. I am sure there were more people at that meeting as any publicity of a face to face, personal meeting between Ms. Diaz and Mr. Kushner would not paint her in a positive light. She is not an idiot to risk an investigation by state or federal prosecutors on having personal meetings closed to others, especially as her role as mayor. I will remove any information that is considered libelous from the article and will report any editor who fails to conform to Wikipedia's NPOV when editing an article. --XLR8TION (talk) 01:24, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

If 5000 people were at the meeting between Ms. Diaz and Mr. Kushner, then it would still be true that she met him. "She is not an idiot" is a subjective conclusion without foundation and nothin in the article suggests that the two of them were "having personal meetings closed to others" but the mayor met Mr Kushner and endorsed his proposals. The original assertion is accurate, fair and relevant. Please refrain from censoring truthful information in articles to paint Mayor Diaz in a positive light. I know Ms. Diaz and live in Perth Amboy, and I had as much to do with helping her get elected as anyone. I have personally confirmed that she met Mr Kushner when he toured to construction site. By definition libelous information is false. It appears that XLR8TION is the one guilty of bias. AmboyBeacon (talk) 13:07, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

PS/ Mr Kushner is out of jail. He is back in business. Mayors meet with rich developers all the time and it does not invite federal prosecution unless they break th elaw, and nobody said this reform politician or the convicted criminal with whom she met did anything except talk about the stunted development project. AmboyBeacon (talk)

Once again, you have a vendetta against Mayor Diaz. Go on Fox News to air your hatred for her record in office. The NPOV will be applied to this article. Goodbye.--XLR8TION (talk) 21:31, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

It is a matter of public record that Charles Kushner led the delegation from Kushner Companies that met in August with Mayor Wilda Diaz and the other city officials involved with redevelopment. What vendetta, lies or information that paints the Mayor in a negative light is at issue? Nothing that is true can be libel or slander -- and public officials are usually judged by the voters, not the facts related to their performance in office. Njdemocrat (talk) 04:44, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Reference Formatting

I don't know exactly where you learn how to format references, but your method does not comply to any style I've seen on this site in the many years I've been editing. I have properly referenced this article with links and not multiple periods (WHY? :-/) and adding author's names when that only should be used for books. Please be aware that the dates are formatted to international standards (date, followed by month, and year; as it done by the rest of the world). I have reverted your unconstructive formatting of reference to allow a consistent style that is easy for the reader. Please discuss.--XLR8TION (talk) 01:19, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Where did I learn to format references? Primarily:

• by working on and familiarizing myself with the formats used in multiple articles, including many GAs and FAs;
• by noting the formats resulting from the widely used templates {{Cite news}}, {{Cite web}}, and {{Citation}} (among other similar templates not relevant to the current content of this article);
• by reviewing WP:MOSTITLE, which calls for books, magazines, and newspapers (shortened list) to be italicized and for article titles to be enclosed in quotation marks;
• by reviewing WP:STRONGNAT, which calls for using the date format common to a particular English-speaking country when the article subject has strong ties to that country, as is the case of the mayor of a U.S. city who was born (if "lifelong" is accurate) in the U.S., and whose notability, in any case, is clearly tied to the U.S. (As an aside not relevant to this article, I think most people, myself included, ignore the "English-speaking" part of that rule, so an article about a person or place in, e.g., Spain, France or Italy would use the dmy format common in Europe.)
• by studying WP:Citing sources#Newspaper articles, which calls for inclusion of author/byline information when available and re-iterates the WP:MOSTITLE description of article titles as being "within quotation marks";
• by also reviewing WP:Citing sources#Web pages, which also calls for inclusion of author information when available and is pretty much a tweaked paraphrase of the previous subsection;
• by a personal preference for the full stops used as separators by the Cite templates rather than the commas used by the Citation template, though that preference was late in developing and becomes relevant only when the existing cites in an article don't have an obvious consistent usage of one or the other.

So exactly where did you learn how to format references? Fat&Happy (talk) 03:04, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

biography

Wilda Diaz widely circulated a biography during her campaign that stated:

• She is Roman Catholic and a parishioner at La Acuncion Church, where she held a public Mass on the even of her inauguration. (La Asuncion Church Perth Amboy, NJ 08861 www.parishesonline.com/scripts/hostedsites/Org.asp?ID=6215)

• She is a graduate of Perth Amboy High School, with no further education, who worked her way up from bank teller to become manager of the Banco Popular branch in Elizabeth. Her official title was not "assistant vice president" but as branch manager she was an assistant to a vice president.

I will try to obtain a copy of the bio, which was included in her first campaign mailing. For some reason, that one was not included on her political consultant's website: http://devineadvertising.com/samples/ even though the other five mailings are posted there (Full Time Mayor, Democrats, Sleaze Machine, Criminals & Trust). The bio was also published in the Amboy Beacon newspaper during April 2008. AmboyBeacon (talk) 23:35, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Also... The Perth Amboy City Council voted to move municipal elections from May to November, when they will coincide with the General Election. Consequently, the mayor & two council members whose terms would have expired June 30, 2012 will now instead end on Dec. 1, 2012. AmboyBeacon (talk) 23:45, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Most of the bio information (except religion, I think) is now covered by acceptable refs. "Bank teller" is a speciic entry-level job, not a profession. "Banker" is a profession.

Incumbents do not normally have term end for their current office specified in the infobox; that omission causes the template wording to be modified to indicate the incumbency and the date "assumed office". The term end is not known until it occurs; if she is re-elected in 2012, the term end might be in December 2016. Or not. If she is successfully recalled at some point, the term end will be then. The prose about the chsnge in projected end of her current term would be OK if you had a source that actually supported the entry; the one supplied said the council did not approve the extension. Fat&Happy (talk) 02:00, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

As a matter of fact, the Council later adopted the change so the next election is November 2012. If you want to search city council minutes, you will find a valid source. If not, then decide if we should deny information to readers for lack of a cite, ask someone else to look up the reference or leave it alone until someone challenges the fact. Newspapers do not cover everything that happens and what might be a priority at one meeting may be tiny news at another. AmboyBeacon (talk) 16:25, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Christie Christie

Christie resigned as US Attorney in December 2008, prior to his active candidacy for governor. XLR8TION altered this article to reflect that in March 2009, he was campaigning for governor while he was US Attorney. Njdemocrat (talk) 05:54, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Benefits and pensions

The new law stripped public employees of their collective bargaining rights with respect to state health benefits and pensions, thus government entities to impose rules without regard to contract negotiations. While this may save money, it is more than a POV to assert that the savings comes at the expense of existing rights and freedom. Njdemocrat (talk) 07:32, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

assistant to the vice president

The statement above confirms accuracy of an unsigned change that was UNDONE by another editor. I reverted the change as it appears accurate and confirmed that by contacting someone knowledgeable about the bank. Her official title was not "assistant vice president" but as branch manager she was an assistant to a vice president. There is a similar note on her campaign bio from the 2008 election but I see no other source online. Monroe Cole (talk) 05:22, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

The post to which you refer proves zilch. "I remember seeing something on a campaign flyer but it's not online and I don't have a copy available" isn't exactly a reliable source. Her official biography on the City of Perth Amboy website and the article from the Star Ledger, however, are reliable sources. Interestingly, although neither refers to her as "an assistant to the vice president" the official bio says "assistant vice president" while the Star Ledger reflects a higher title of "vice president". Given that the city bio is currently displayed unchanged and could have been reviewed by Diaz herself, and she has no apparent reason to falsify a lower title than she actually held, I think the Star Ledger article should be discounted as a misprint and I will restore the long-standing content of "assistant vice president". Given the conflict, "officer" might be a viable alternative; "vice president" seems a bit of a stretch unless significant consensus (or, preferably, additional sources) supports that wording. The diminished description of "assistant to the vice president" is a complete no-go without a source strong enough to offset the two we already have. Fat&Happy (talk) 06:08, 30 August 2012 (UTC)