Talk:South Carolina Statehouse corruption investigation

Need for background[edit]

For readers unfamiliar with South Carolina politics, this article needs a background section explaining the actions and events that led to the investigation. Schazjmd (talk) 00:41, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I will work on that - hopefully others will too. ProfessorKaiFlai (talk) 04:50, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback from New Page Review process[edit]

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 11:54, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Problem with article title/framing[edit]

The sources cited in the article for the ethics investigation don't mention "Quinndom". As best as I can tell, "Quinndom" is a nickname for political consultant Richard Quinn Sr.'s "empire of influence" through his political consulting firm.[1][2] I haven't found any sources that use the term to refer to the investigation or the public corruption case. Schazjmd (talk) 20:57, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @ProfessorKaiFlai, as article creator. Schazjmd (talk) 21:02, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly! This public corruption case never had a name like 'Operation Lost Trust'. That would have been handy.

I'll look to see if I can find references using the term for the public corruption case. ProfessorKaiFlai (talk) 04:15, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't seen any formal name used in the press other than 'public corruption probe'.

I suggest using the name of the Jury, drawn from the State Grand Jury Report:

"28th State Grand Jury Public Corruption Investigation" - using this title would include the investigation of the legislators, Richard Quinn Sr.'s firm, and the corporations

I haven't figured out how to change the title of articles, so someone will have to help me with that. ProfessorKaiFlai (talk) 04:49, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ProfessorKaiFlai, none of the sources I can find refer to the event that way, so it fails WP:COMMONNAME. Best I can tell, the most frequent descriptions are Statehouse corruption probe and Statehouse corruption investigation. I suggest South Carolina Statehouse corruption investigation for the article title. Schazjmd (talk) 15:10, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I like South Carolina Statehouse corruption investigation - thank you for coming up with that!

I will make that change now in the body of the article, but I have yet to figure out how to change the name of an article. If you can explain how to do that, I will go ahead and change the title, or you can feel free to make the change, if you like. ProfessorKaiFlai (talk) 15:41, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ProfessorKaiFlai, to change an article title, you move the page to the new title. This method retains all of the editing history. Schazjmd (talk) 15:52, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WOW! Moving a page is quite a production! I can now read the wiki article on it and see how you did it in real time. Thanks so much for moving the page! ProfessorKaiFlai (talk) 16:18, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's pretty simple, actually: there's a Page dropdown menu at the top of the article and one of the options in the menu is Move. You just enter the new title, give a reason for the move, and the tool takes care of the rest. Schazjmd (talk) 16:26, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]