Talk:Brian Mast/Archive 1

Donald Trump section
I removed the part about the subject NOT recending his endorsment of Trump after the Billy Bush tape became public, but left in his reaction. What do others think? Thank you, --Malerooster (talk) 17:56, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
 * This seems suitable, cock. - Pierre Delecto (talk) 21:25, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

IP vandalism on Harvard education
An IP number keeps changing 'Harvard Extension School' to 'Harvard University', without using appropriate sources, and has now exceeded the 3RR limit. Presumably because the extension school does not sound as prestigious. A RS in the article already notes that Mast went to the 'Harvard Extension School'. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 15:53, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Possible source for new "Controversies" or "Criticism" section
Will this new story be considered by Wikipedians? - AppleBsTime (talk) 04:06, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Analysis of page views shows a 6X increase in traffic to this biography versus the prior 3-day average, which suggests that readers are looking to see how Wikipedia is addressing the recent issue about 15-year-olds. We're doing a disservice to readers by not even addressing it. - AppleBsTime (talk) 21:20, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , what text are you proposing that we add? – Muboshgu (talk) 21:54, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * You can take a look at what I've added to the biography. With Jacob Perry (former Mast campaign consultant) calling the comments "vile", and with Palm Beach County Commissioner Melissa MacKinlay calling for Mast to resign, I think it is fair to isolate this discovery in its own "Criticism" section.  I'm happy to consider alternative opinions, of course. - AppleBsTime (talk) 22:22, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Substantial cuts
An editor with what I'd describe as "occasional but focused" interest in editing Wikipedia recently attempted to delete over 5,000 bytes of content from this biography. I am hoping that this editor's and my disagreement on that cutting of material could be resolved with a community discussion here. I have notified the other editor of this wish. - AppleBsTime (talk) 13:09, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Whitewashing
I'm not sure if this is whitewashing the biography, but it feels like whitewashing to me. Could some other editors weigh in on this? - Buckaboob Bonsai (talk) 01:26, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * It was not "whitewashing". As said, a mention of the Facebook posts is included in the 2020 election subsection, and should not be covered twice. I also think the "Criticism" section that Marquardtika deleted presented an WP:UNDUE amount of detail and was inadvisable anyway per WP:CONTROVERSYSECTION. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:31, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Cannabis and MORE act
There's nothing particularly contentious about this and it's well sourced. It's functionally useful for the article to have a brief sourced summary of what he voted for. Pipsally NLI86.99.87.85 (talk) 08:22, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Wait, your ? I will not ask you again: Stop stalking me with five different IPs. Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 08:24, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Do you have any thoughts on the issue at hand? Pipsally NLI86.99.87.85 (talk) 09:29, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

I believe the material should stay in the article. I understand that sometimes press releases can be a problem if they are self-published, but this is a press release from Representative Jerry Nadler, not Brian Mast. Also it would be better to not have a one-sentence section with no context provided as to what MORE Act is. I think it is fine to use a press release to provide that additional context considering that it is not self-published and there is already another reference that establishes the notability of the overall subject matter.--Jamesy0627144 (talk) 11:17, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Re-reading my above comment, I used the word "self-published" when what I really meant to say "not third party". The press release was published by Jerry Nadler, not Brian Mast, so it is third-party.  Even if it were published by Brian Mast though I think it would still be OK to use in the article in this case.--Jamesy0627144 (talk) 13:10, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Fundraising on anti-mask
Received gop fundraising solicitation from him objecting to being fined for no mask by Pelosi. His position as anti masker should be included.