Talk:Al Gore Platform


 * Wikipedia is not a website for political campaigns. RickK 03:59, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * Also note the copy at Al Gore's opinions
 * Very useful content. Merge into Al Gore article. &rarr;Raul654 04:05, Feb 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * Describing a political campaign is very encyclopedic. Keep. BL 04:25, Feb 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * It's not a description of a political campaign. It's a collection of quotes. Read it.--Jiang
 * Keep. If you're not allowed to list a politician's policies, then you can't really write a very good article about them for an encyclopedia! ShaneKing 04:42, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * Please read the article before voting. We did not "write" that article. Al Gore did. His views may be (and indeed are) mentioned as part of his biography at Al Gore. A collection of quotations is inappropriate.--Jiang
 * Delete, it is not even a platform. He never ran on issues like gay marriage or the Iraq war.  Also wikipedia is not a collection of quotes, which this article is. - SimonP 07:26, Feb 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * delete, see what wikipedia is not.--Jiang
 * Delete both. Ask yourself, "What is it we're trying to make here?" Bmills 09:38, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * What is wrong with having a page that shows Gore's platform? I would rather have quotes that describe his stands than someone else try to characterize them for him.  Plus, if you look at the Howard Dean page, where they show his views, they are also quotes.  So what is the big deal?  Everytime I take time to do something about Al Gore, the same people throw a fit everytime.  But what I do is not something out of the ordinary, it comes from other Wiki pages, but they have no problem with them.  I think you are on the wrong side of the issue here and the people's voice has spoken.  This page provides a first hand look at how Al Gore stands on the major issues, and again, it is him speaking for himself, which is better because of clarity.  So please leave it. ChrisDJackson
 * The difference of course being that Dean's opinions are not given a page to themselves but are placed in a context (his life) as befits an encyclopaedia. Bmills 12:51, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * The Dean page has quotes under views, just as this page does. Now if you want to merge it with the main article, go ahead, but I don't see what the problem is.  ChrisDJackson
 * Transwiki to Wikiquote:Transwiki:Al Gore. Gentgeen 12:59, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep: useful material on an important person. A collection of quotes is a pretty crappy article, but the article needs to be there and it's better than nothing. Encourage someone to put some analysis into it. Wile E. Heresiarch 07:48, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about it now, I have done more work on the Gore page and added a views section that does not have quotes, but statements on how he stands. But there is already one person bringing up a rip about that.  I just don't see why you all are so intent on bugging me on everything I do with this page.  It is redundant and I would like it to stop because I am only trying to help.  ChrisDJackson]
 * Keep or merge and redirect. Anthony DiPierro 00:05, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)