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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 15, 2009.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon received regular briefings on the Vietnam War from Democratic President Lyndon Johnson during Nixon's 1968 campaign against Johnson's Vice President?

Current status: Good article

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A few comments[edit]

I saw your note on Happyme22's talk page. A few points:

Neither the bumper sticker nor the photograph of Eisenhower and Nixon at Wheeling are free use. You are going to have to work very hard to come up with a fair use rationale for the Wheeling photo. If you look in the Senate article, there is the NPS photo of Nixon campaigning, you might want to use that instead. And find a "Nixon's the One" campaign button to photograph? Unhappily, the only Nixon button I own is from '62 so ... Also I saw some utterly amazing photos from the Nixon campaign in the National Archives, some might be online and free use. If you're seeking to promote this article, start with free use and use fair use only if you have to.

You are relying mostly on periodical articles. You might want to read a couple of the books. Aitken's bio of Nixon talks quite a lot about how he built his political team at his NY law firm, and used the 1966 congressional elections and his foreign trips as a springboard to raise his profile. This is an article about the campaign, not the election, I'd use the leeway you have because of that to discuss the who and how of Nixon assembling his team. Read that portion of his memoirs too. And Volume 2 of Ambrose is fairly decent.

I'll put in more later if I get some time.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:23, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the input. --William S. Saturn (talk) 19:11, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nixon: A Life - Jonathon Aitken
Nixon: the triumph of a politician 1962-72 - Stephen E. Ambrose
RN: the memoirs of Richard Nixon - Richard Nixon

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Richard Nixon presidential campaign, 1968/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:04, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
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.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

A well-written, detailed, informative piece on his campaign. Just fix the problems below, and you'll be good to go! -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:45, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Content[edit]

In "Background," his "reputation as an ardent anti-Communist" is unsupported by sources. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:16, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Y OK King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:38, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In "Background," "renowned for his diplomatic skills" is a weasely statement that should either be cited or removed. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:16, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Y OK King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:38, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In "General election," it is not clear what "highest ranking African American in the nation" means. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:38, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar/Style[edit]

Usually, the title or a group of words related to the title are bolded at the beginning of an article. Can you figure out a way to do that? -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:13, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Y OK King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:38, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The lead is a little wordy, e.g. "gained enough delegate strength to be victorious." Also, "law and order was a major theme of the Nixon campaign" sounds a bit awkward due to the "to-be" verb "was." (I won't be as picky for the main prose of the passage, promise!) -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:13, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Y OK King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:38, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Try to reduce the amount of passive voice in the article. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:22, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In "General election," is there a better way to word "who relayed to Nixon, Johnson's frustration"? -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:39, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In "Aftermath," in my browser File:Richard Nixon 1969 inauguration.png protrudes down into the "References" section, causing display problems with it. Could you consider removing the image? -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:42, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Final[edit]

Y PASS King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:26, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File:1968 portrait of Pres. Richard Nixon by Norman Rockwell.jpg Nominated for Deletion[edit]

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Vietnam peace talks disruption[edit]

Should this article and Richard Nixon 1968 presidential campaign not include SOME mention that notes indicate Nixon, as part of his campaign, was involved in an effort to interfere in Vietnam peace talks Johnson was having ahead of the 1968 presidential election. It is HIGHLY notable and well-sourced, and already included in Richard Nixon and Paris Peace Accords. I might be mistaken, but it does not appear to be in this article

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/us/politics/nixon-tried-to-spoil-johnsons-vietnam-peace-talks-in-68-notes-show.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/notes-indicate-nixon-interfered-1968-peace-talks-180961627/

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/06/nixon-vietnam-candidate-conspired-with-foreign-power-win-election-215461

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-01-03/new-evidence-indicates-nixon-himself-tried-sabotage-vietnam-war-peace-talks

SecretName101 (talk) 20:29, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]