Talk:1946 California's 12th congressional district election

Parmet
You need to put "Parmet 1990, pp. 92–93" in the References if you intend to use it for a DYK hook source. Also, some categories would help. I'll add them if you don't. &mdash; Mattisse  (Talk) 23:20, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I've added Parmet as a ref, sorry. I added a couple of categories.  I'm going to see if I can do a WP:FOUR on this one.  God knows I have all the references.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:25, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I think this subject has real potential. What is going to be touchy is discussing all the myths and legends that have sprung up about this campaign, plus those things (Nixon getting funding from the oil companies, the alleged anonymous calls saying "Jerry Voorhis is a communist") that will never be known for sure.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:35, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

I remember in The PBS series The Presidents hearing nixon himself or someone saying that he admitted he won this election through red baiting... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.22.204.181 (talk) 01:50, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Argh!
How could this become a featured article without a map of the district? -- Earl Andrew - talk 13:58, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I couldn't find one in the public domain. There is one on the wall of the portion of the Nixon museum in Yorba Linda that deals with his congressional race (that's where the Voorhis license plate attachment comes from) but where they got it is unclear.  I asked at the California State Archives in Sacramento, they may have one (although they actually couldn't find it for me) but I didn't pursue it that far as it would not have been provably in the public domain.  State copyright, you know.  I've never found a Federal publication that had a map of it in it.  Sorry, but I saw no point pursuing a fair use image.  I thought of having one done, and actually got a copy of the redistricting bill, but that doesn't have a map in it either, just precinct descriptions.  I looked at the precincts; they are dependant on road descriptions which are not the same today.  In other words, it was pursued vigorously, but it just didn't happen.  And I looked through the files relating to 1946 at the Nixon Library.  Nixon was not as good a recordkeeper in 1946 as he later became.  I even looked through the donations of people like Day, Faries, and other early Nixon supporters.  Nothing.--Wehwalt (talk) 14:12, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * What I would've done is used the one that wasn't in the public domain as a reference, and made my own map. At least a rough illustration would be good, perhaps its location within the state. I do know that there is an atlas that shows congressional districts going way back. -- Earl Andrew - talk 20:33, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Now a FA in Chinese Wikipedia
I have translated this article to Chinese Wikipedia here and promoted to FA status, and I want to thank User:Wehwalt for his effort to write this amazing article. --Jarodalien (talk) 08:21, 11 January 2016 (UTC)