Talk:Donald Trump/Archive 38

Conflicts of interest, using Obama as a guide
There are huge (yuggge) potential conflicts in writing this article. One conflict is if one is a US citizen or living in the US. Another is that there were lots of opponents of Trump as well as voters who voted for him but did not like him.

Since it is hard to eliminate conflicts of interest, it may be good to mirror this article to that of Obama. If it is in that article, then a similar section would be here. I know Wikipedians often say "other crap exists" but Obama is a featured article.

One area of evaluation is the Political Positions section. That is typical in Wikipedia for candidates but not for Presidents. Besides, it could be seen as a campaign tool because political positions and what the person will actually do or think is not always the same.

Another area of evaluation is the where the Wikipedia Trump articles leads to. President Obama's WP article got the "Obama" name, taking it from Obama, Japan and defeating proposals for Obama (disambiguation). If the "Follow the Obama WP article" guideline is used, Trump should be redirected to Donald Trump.

Usernamen1 (talk) 07:24, 6 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Your last paragraph is a false equivalence. Obama is not a word in the English language. This is why WP:OSE exists, advising us to avoid making such comparisons between articles. It is wise advice. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  08:19, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Nativist?
The lead says, "He self-identifies as a conservative, and his ideology is described by scholars and commentators as populist, protectionist and nativist." Nativism is defined as "the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants." However, I am not aware of any policy proposal that Trump has made to discriminate in favor of native-born Americans and against other lawful inhabitants such as naturalized citizens. I am also not aware that he has sought to ban lawful immigration to the United States. According to Michael Savage, "If you were to define Donald Trump's politics, you would not say that he's a nativist, you would say that he's a nationalist" (Scorched Earth: Restoring the Country after Obama, Hachette Book Group, 2016). Many sources do apply the word "nativist" to Trump, but a significant minority say that this is more of a buzzword (like "racist" and "xenophobe") than an accurate descriptor, see here. In any event, there is no significant dispute that Trump is a "nationalist" and so I will substitute that word in the lead for "nativist".Anythingyouwant (talk) 05:18, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for noting this subtle but significant difference and updating the article accordingly. — JFG talk 07:32, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

‎Appearances in popular culture deletion
Casprings, deleting this section may very well be a good idea. But, deleting 12,000 characters without discussion is more than bold. Objective3000 (talk) 21:15, 6 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Revert if you want. However, IMHO, this article needs to be squeezed. We need to summarize a good deal of the information about his business, personal life, ancestry, etc. It is just too much, given Trump’s historical significance is likely to be high. I would suggest that someone start swinging an axe and if people don’t like it, revert and discuss.Casprings (talk) 21:20, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't even like such sections.:) Just thought I'd start the inevitable discussion. Objective3000 (talk) 21:26, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I plan on working on squeezing the juice out of the article in the next few days (when I want a break from real work), so I am sure there will be lots of discussion. Casprings (talk) 21:30, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I think you've got the right idea, Casprings. I boldly split that info you deleted to Donald Trump in popular culture, which had been merged via AfD in 2007. I think enough has changed in the last nine years to justify it being an article now. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:46, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Sure, good idea. A shortened section can be added back to the main article. Eventually, Public image of Donald Trump will be created, and some of that will be briefly covered in his main article. (Woahh... apparently, it's been created, but is being considered for deletion. Anyway, the point remains.)  Jasper  TECH (talk) 21:54, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * "Public image" would be a better place to put the section on his hair. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:16, 7 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Just FWIW, having recently read the most recent collection of issues from Constantine (comic book), the apparently reborn character Neron (DC comics) is a fairly obvious Trump pastiche, including more than once (I think I remember) referring to "the art of the deal" and also having for him really weird hair. It would probably need an independent source to point out the similarities though. John Carter (talk) 17:26, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

"Sexual misconduct allegations" in Trump's infobox
Trump's page and Hillary's page read as you'd expect from Wikipedia these days - completely left POV, weasel words, half truths advanced as certainty when it comes to Trump, glossed over or sanitised on Clinton's page. But this gem in Trump's infobox is the kicker. Not even Bill Clinton has this in his infobox - despite actual lawsuits and a much longer series of accusations (that didn't magically appear in the month leading up to his election). Only a reference to the Lewinksi "scandal".

Wikipedia is fast becoming as "fake news" as MSNBC, CNN and the others. I know you are upset over the election results, but this is just sad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.132.10.250 (talk) 18:26, 7 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Agree the infobox doesn't need that link. Since it's generated by a template that is used by many Trump-related articles, that is an issue for Template talk:Donald Trump series, not this page. Disagree with your more general observations. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  18:38, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

celeb status was deleted
He is better known as an entertainer than a businessman. He has been on the TV screen for decades. Wiki used to list him as a television personality. However this has since been deleted. Request to have that restored.

207.245.44.6 (talk) 20:52, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
 * It was moved to Donald Trump in popular culture. For better or worse, he's much more important for his politics. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:04, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Time man of the year
I'm guessing being declared Man of the Year by Time magazine, like Trump has been here, is probably significant enough to be included in the article, and probably even in the lede. John Carter (talk) 21:51, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Definitely in the article. I would say not in the lede. I doubt if that has been done for most previous "person of the year" awardees. --MelanieN (talk) 23:14, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
 * You're right. It isn't in the lead of last year's winner, Angela Merkel. John Carter (talk) 23:16, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Trump Photo 2 Rfc
Should the infobox image be replaced with one of these photos?:

Dyl1G (talk) 20:16, 12 November 2016 (UTC)Dyl1G (Additional photos added by Gwillhickers (talk) 03:19, 17 November 2016 (UTC)}

That could be one possible although it's B&W. Unfortunately, most CC Donald Trump photos are not NPOV. If you think you found one suggest it. If there isn't any, I guess we can wait for his greatagain.gov site to post one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dyl1G (talk • contribs) 18:42, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
 * How is the current image not NPOV? Anyway, I really don't think we should switch to a black and white picture. Dustin  ( talk ) 19:58, 12 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose any change to infobox image before the official White House portrait is released, as a cost/benefit fail (actually I Oppose this RfC). Oppose this choice in particular, for various reasons including B&W. OP's NPOV argument appears to be a misunderstanding of NPOV. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  20:00, 12 November 2016 (UTC)


 * No, I am saying the black and white is a possibility but I can't find anything else. I am looking for suggestions while trying to the get this picture approved from author Picture Dyl1G (talk) 20:16, 12 November 2016 (UTC)Dyl1G
 * Ok, but that's a misuse of the RfC process. An RfC is for asking a specific question ("Do you have any suggestions?" is not a specific question) or making a specific proposal, and seeking a consensus on the question or proposal. If your intent is to solicit photo suggestions, you should remove the Rfc template from this thread and assume that there is enough participation at this article to get a fair number of viable suggestions. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  20:24, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

NOTE: I put the Rfc back because I found a photo which I think is good and will add more when found Dyl1G (talk) 17:57, 13 November 2016 (UTC)Dyl1G
 * Fine. Please at least do it right. You code one Rfc template for each RfC, not two. And this is not what is meant by a Wikipedia proposal, so "prop" should not be coded. Finally, this is a biography, so "bio" should be coded to list this at Biographies. I fixed all this for you the first time around, this time it's your turn. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  21:00, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

@Mandruss Fixed. Dyl1G (talk) 21:22, 13 November 2016 (UTC)Dyl1G
 * You dropped the Politics listing. Fixed. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  06:25, 14 November 2016 (UTC)


 * SUPPORT - Please let's replace the current photo of Trump that is in the infobox here, and on the United States 2016 President Elections page! Anything is better, as long as he is smiling and doesn't have a microphone obscuring him.--FeralOink (talk) 22:46, 13 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose until an official presidential photo is released. Until then, the longstanding photo should remain, as it has undergone much discussion and survived all of them. Chase | talk 23:04, 13 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose. Compare the cover photos at Great Again and Audacity of Hope. Also compare the official presidential portrait photos of Theodore Roosevelt and Barack Obama. A grin is appropriate (and true-to-life) for Obama, not Trump. --Dervorguilla (talk) 01:07, 14 November 2016 (UTC)


 * All I am saying is that the photo seems a bit biased in my opinion. That's all. Dyl1G (talk) 01:42, 14 November 2016 (UTC)Dyl1G
 * That's because you (like many editors, so don't feel bad) don't really understand WP:NPOV, as I and others have said previously. One immediately above, at 01:07. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  06:32, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Strongly oppose - If anyone is given the opportunity to change the picture, there will be bias. Just wait for an official presidential photo to be released, then use that one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adotchar (talk • contribs) 10:21, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Strong oppose – First, per, I oppose the very idea of changing the picture at this point. Second, the proposed image looks absolutely dreadful to me, just like probably the current one looks dreadful to the OP. And we won't ever settle an WP:ILIKEIT debate, so i advocate a WP:SNOW close for this RfC. — JFG talk 09:27, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Support said close (abort), as I said. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  09:40, 14 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Mandruss, This RfC, even though handled poorly, is only a few days old and already you're ready to shut it down. What are you afraid of? -- Gwillhickers (talk) 03:08, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Assuming facts not in evidence. Who said I'm afraid of something? Did you read my !vote argument? Anyway, I don't have the power to shut down RfCs. I stated my view that we should do so, and, if that view gains consensus, the RfC will be shut down. That's how RfCs work, and in fact an RfC was aborted on this page just weeks ago because a consensus was reached to abort it. I welcome you to particpate in the process instead of making spurious and fallacious arguments to try to circumvent it. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  04:21, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * With all due respect, this RfC is not being handled very well. Given the present location I doubt this RfC is going to get much attention as it is. This entire talk page is beginning to resemble a wall of graffiti -- who notices any one item anymore. i.e.One voice in a middle of an arguing crowd. Thanx for the effort at least. I'll see what I can do to bring attention to the matter. I added the other photos to this gallery. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 03:08, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * With all due respect, this RfC is not being handled very well. Not being handled very well? Is it anybody's fault that 27 threads were started after they started this one? I'm sure Dyl1G appreciates the "all due respect", but your reasoning frankly sucks, and that's been an ongoing pattern throughout your disruption of this talk page on this issue. Let's note that you found a solution to that problem 22 minutes after you complained about it, but your complaint remains. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  14:05, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Excuse me, but I extended respect and merely mentioned a general criticism that the RfC wasn't being noticed by many, explained that it was buried in a sea of talk, and did not fault anyone personally as it is obviously no one editor's fault. Once again this is not the place to vent petty peeves with repeated personal attacks. Anyway, it appears there will not be enough support for a comparable, pleasing and formal image for Trump's bio', as the Clinton bio' has received, yet you're still venting. Please try to calm yourself, try not to violate talk page rules again and confine your remarks to article improvement as the rest of us have done. Thanks for your patience and understanding. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 18:23, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * No, you didn't just say that it was buried, you said that the RfC was not being handled very well. Nobody felt it was unduly buried until you did, and you could have just solved the perceived problem without a comment about the RfC not being handled very well. No post here was necessary or useful. That's the difference between facilitating collaboration and trying to undermine it. I'm quite calm, by the way, and opposing talk page disruption is a widely accepted way to indirectly improve the article and is anything but a talk page violation. It is not personal attack. It would be personal attack if one said something like, "You are an incredibly obtuse person who should spend a lot less time talking and more time watching and learning about accepted Wikipedia decision-making process." The talk page violation is your persistent disruption. You and I are indeed involved in a days-long one-on-one conflict, and the difference between us is that I'm supporting process and using sound reasoning, and you have done neither. Don't expect me to give you the last word on this, as you have absolutely no leg to stand on. However, we can continue this on my user talk page if you like. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  18:58, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Please don't lecture me on process when you just took it upon yourself to suppress supporting opinion across the page. And your recital here about what you didn't say, but said anyway, is sort of a cheap stunt and clearly a personal attack. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 19:52, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Behave like a belligerent newbie for days, and expect to be treated like one. We would have been at WP:ANI about 24 hours ago with a disruptive editing complaint, but I'm well aware of the ineffectiveness of that approach. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  20:06, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The only time ANI's are not effective is when peevish editors go there expecting to get a ruling about peckish issues that don't involve policy violations. When there is a clear policy violation they are effective. Problem? -- Gwillhickers (talk) 20:55, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * If only that were true. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  21:19, 17 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Support (image 1) -- We need to treat both the Trump and Clinton biographies in a fair and balanced manner for the sake of the readers (remember them?) who come to Wikipedia to see a neutral presentation. Both biographies deserve a formal/smiling pose of their subjects. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 03:19, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose all of the above – there is nothing wrong with the current picture. Wait until the official White House portrait is release to change the picture. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 03:42, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose all. The current image is unproblematic, and we already have consensus for a replacement when the official White House portrait soon becomes available. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 04:07, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Strong oppose There's nothing wrong with the current photo, never has been. Wait until his official presidential portrait is available then we will use that.  -- WV ● ✉ ✓  05:36, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose: there have been too many changes and too many votes. Let's wait for the official portrait.--Jack Upland (talk) 07:01, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Support - I would prefer image 5 if the microphone wasn't in the way. IMO image 3 is our next best option because he's smiling. The current image should be replaced until his official portrait is available. It is POV to have an infobox image where he has a uneasy/troubled look on his face when there are so many other images to choose from. Shocking that on Hillary Clinton's page, her infobox image is of her smiling... Meatsgains (talk) 13:47, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Strong support (1, 2 or 4) - to put it bluntly, I think the current image is a disgrace to wikipedia. Not the picture per se, but the fact that it is used in the infobox, or in any infobox at all. As far as NPOV is concerned, I just find this absolutely sickening, even though I'm definitely not a fan of Donald Trump. Jean-Jacques Georges (talk) 15:33, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose: this and any more like RfCs that come up until there is an official photo. Objective3000 (talk) 15:40, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose: Seems silly to change it after all this time and other RFCs, we should wait until the official white house portrait is unveiled. g@rycompugeek   talk  20:37, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose: This is a debate about personal preferences, which will never be productive. The current image is perfectly fine until they release an official portrait. Cosmic Sans (talk) 21:53, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose nothing wrong with current photo and wait until an official one is released. --Bod (talk) 22:15, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose until official photo is released. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 23:29, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment Can we use a photo on the Presidential Transition site, for the content is licensed under a CC license? Just wondering since nobody brought this up yet. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 23:35, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The URL is a governmental one, but there is actually a 501(c)(4) organization behind (at least some of) the contents, founded back in April or May or something like that, aka probably campaign-owned. I would be careful yanking photos from there, unless the photo in question is specifically licensed, as an individual photo, unmistakably.  You might be able to get a proper answer if you email media_at_ptt_dot_gov (which I guess stands for potus-transition-team), although that contact is intended more for newspaper-journalists rather than wikipedians per se.  But if you are going to do that, might as well just ask them to directly upload a proper ccbysa4 photo to commons.  47.222.203.135 (talk) 19:10, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Added image 6&7 Dyl1G (talk) 01:37, 18 November 2016 (UTC)Dyl1G
 * Oppose - Incomplete or ill considered here, the photo has been discussed since he election with general result of wait for the official photo. The proposal above gives no basis to reconsider that, a basis of how these photos were chosen or any rationale why they would be preferred or why a change is much needed.  The existing photo is not problematic by WP:BLP items at WP:BLPTALK or WP:MUG, and is reasonable by WP:LEADIMAGE and WP:IUP.  And these have no other special context to prefer them - they're not iconic of the moment or acceptance speech, not even after the election.  The existing photo actually seems somewhat more appropriate as the image he won with, but I'll suggest that status quo should apply -- because if we change this one on a whim, then what's to stop another coming up tomorrow and the next day and dueling whims ???   We'd have to toss anything out in a couple of months anyway when the official photo arrives so wait for the official photo.  Markbassett (talk) 00:30, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose-This is getting ridiculous. I was once in favor of changing the photograph, but we have now had far too many time-wasting discussions on the issue. Just wait until we have the official photo. Display name 99 (talk) 01:41, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment This is not a photoshopping contest. --Bod (talk) 02:21, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Support - I personally do not see this as a very flattering picture and think that a better one (particularly looking at the camera) should be used. — CobraWiki ( jabber 03:38, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Additional Comment - In connection with my above support, I see "Wait for an official photo" as more of an excuse to do nothing than a choice based on the photo itself. The article is being viewed hundreds of thousands of times per day, if there is a better, recent photo of him, it should be changed/used immediately for all of the future viewers of the article to see including the majority who are not talk-page viewers or editors at all. — CobraWiki ( jabber 03:38, 18 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose - wait for official WH photo. -- Somedifferentstuff (talk) 07:02, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Support three-quarter portrait #1 for now, and look forward to official portrait as that seems to be unquestioned consensus. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 18:02, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment Summoned by bot. The current photo is fine. Agree that an official portrait would probably suffice unless it is peculiar in some way. Coretheapple (talk) 16:11, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The photo is out of context, and shows Trump with sort of a frown with his eyes shifted to the left. In terms of president's and notable people's biographies, the image is far from fine. Raises the question of why this bio isn't treated the same as the others, esp since there are formal images that show Trump smiling to chose from. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 03:29, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Why do you obsess over having him smile? Look at the official portrait of FDR or Trump's choice of a cover photo for his own campaign book. The presidency is not about being cheerful! — JFG talk 05:19, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * "Obsess" is unfair. And it's not like that Q hasn't been answered before, in detail, in Talk archives. (And Trump's book had a specific focus/purpose. Not a BLP. Sheesh.) IHTS (talk) 07:00, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks IHTS. -- JFG, once again, it's about treating the Trump biography the same way other such bio's are treated. As mentioned, the Trump bio is viewed by the readers thousands of times a day, and as many have already expressed, they are going to wonder why Trump's bio/photo isn't par with the others, esp when they compare it to Clinton's, which many have done and will continue to do, esp on inauguration day. Don't expect you to acknowledge any of this at this point -- I only reiterate for newcomers to the talk page. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 09:41, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I understand where you're coming from; I once advocated for a change of picture, or at least some retouching of this one. Ultimately, this choice is very subjective. All along the campaign, there have been many debates over Trump and Clinton's pictures, including a particular photographer pushing his portraits… Ultimately it's a matter of WP:JDLI and for both candidates I guess the least-bad image outlasted the other options. I also believe that stability over time and consistency across articles are more important than style. I appreciate your effort to rectify bias; I just don't happen to believe that the stability of this particular picture is a result of anti-Trump bias (and God knows we've seen a lot of such bias). — JFG talk 02:40, 22 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Support the current photo looks ridiculous with smoke coming out of his ear. Nor is the photo representative of a decent serious pose.  To an unbiased viewer, it could easily be assumed that the photo is a back-handed slap, trying to coast under the radar and still maintain a narrative that Wikipedia is an unbiased source for knowledge, as opposed to a cog in what is viewed by half the country as a corrupt and biased media. Mojavegreen (talk) 00:11, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Strong Support – The current image is definitely not representative of a neutral pose for which the main image of an article should be. Any of the above selections would be infinitely better than the current, which to me, seems to portray Donald Trump as not-so-good.  Nik ol ai Ho ☎️ 06:06, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Wait for official portrait. This is not a matter for partisan discussion. Usable photographs of politicians can be hard for us to get hold of. They must have a licence we can use, they must be of good quality, and they must show something of the character of the subject. As well as being reasonably current. This photo is of excellent quality- as opposed to what must be hundreds of phone camera shots - it shows Trump at a campaihn rally looking reasonably calm and controlled, and it has a CC license. Ticks all the boxes. If and when there is an official portrait, then it will be of the highest quality, it will have a usable licence, and it will have the full approval of the subject FWIW. While I can understand that there are those who are vehemently pro or anti any given politician, Wikipedia's needs override partisan debate, which is likely to be arid and acrimonious. --Pete (talk) 21:41, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment : Regardless of any "partisan" input you feel may exist, the fact remains, the Trump lede photo is not par with Clinton's, President's and other such notable's photos. This has been made clear several times now. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 17:56, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment : You do realize that the Clinton photo is the official photo from the State Department. -- Somedifferentstuff (talk) 16:36, 24 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment : A quick read of the submissions above reveals an overflowing wealth of partisan input. The more experienced hands here are not taking any such stance, but BLP image quality shouldn't be a matter of counting noses pro and con. The wikisuitability of the image is paramount. In line with similar articles, the official portrait will be the best. --Pete (talk) 20:38, 24 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose. He does deserve a reasonably flattering photo. I think the current one makes him look thoughtful. The proposed other ones, he looks just a little goofy. But they're all OK. Replace with official photo ASAP though. Herostratus (talk) 02:10, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose and wait for official photo. Linguist  Moi?  Moi.  22:24, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose I like the current photo and do not think it needs to be changed. Edge3 (talk) 01:46, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Think the current image is fine Summoned by bot. Couldn't care less. Put them all there if it makes people happy. Costatitanica (talk) 15:42, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Support #5, then replace with the official photo. Is this a public photo which can be used? https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DonaldJTrumpforPresident CuriousMind01 (talk) 12:52, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Support. The encyclopedia will stagnate if you allow naysayers to prevent updates. The decision ultimately resides with the biographical subject himself, Donald J. Trump!  b. roffmann (talk) 18:52, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Donald Trump has as much say in the choice of infobox image as in any other content in this article; i.e., none. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  13:22, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose. There's nothing non-neutral about a non-smiling photograph, and it's best to just leave the status quo until we get an official White House photo shortly. Chase (talk &#124; contributions) 19:10, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose. All of the other images given in the RfC show him with an unrealistic grin, but Trump is much more known for his serious side than for smiling a lot. The current image looks fine, and, as others have pointed out, is similar to the cover of his campaign book. Think, "You're fired!" Furthermore, we should wait until an official portrait of him is available since it'll be changed at that point anyway.  Jasper  TECH (talk) 01:40, 29 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose. There is nothing biased about, and nothing wrong with, a picture's subject not smiling. In addition, as has been noted, one in which he was smiling would not actually reflect his persona throughout the campaign. Editors should wait for an official presidential picture. AndrewOne (talk) 00:55, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose. No need to change it now, just wait until the official presidential photograph comes out next month and use that. MB298 (talk) 05:21, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The current picture is actually rather flattering -- he appears to be listening to someone else. The pictures where he is smiling make him look rather predatory to my eye -- a salesman. I think that any image used for this article will be accused of some sort of NPOV slant; so I agree that we should just use the official photo when there is one. There will be enough strife with the article. Elinruby (talk) 08:29, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose: while we do need a better photo of Trump than those we currently have, none of those suggested are any better (and in some cases are much worse). Ebonelm (talk) 21:08, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support. Image 3 is better (w/o a microphone), and if a microphone is used, Image 2 is much better for him (this is not about other persons photos). YahwehSaves (talk) 22:25, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support, mostly image 2, but since I read the comment above about the current one being ridiculous because of the "smoke coming out" of Trump's ear every time I look at it now I lol. Good image, except for the cloud coming out of his ear, which renders it useless as a dignified encyclopedic picture because, lol. Randy Kryn 4:43, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support Yes, there will be an official portrait eventually, but the current image is too dreadful to justify keeping. JJARichardson (talk) 15:55, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Close requested
The RfC is 30 days old and has been de-listed. I have requested an uninvolved closer. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  22:51, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll give it a shot... give me a few minutes  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 23:22, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Change that picture. Sheesh. He looks retarded. I brought this up too back after he was elected. Allanana79 (talk) 05:06, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

GOProud misspelled in two occasions
In two occasions GOProud is misspelled as GOPround.

207.245.44.6 (talk) 22:46, 8 December 2016 (UTC)


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the first sentence of the article should mention his three current titles and delete businessman and politician
I suggest businessman and politician be deleted because they are vague and should be replaced by specific titles.

1. the president of The Trump Organization

2. an executive producer of the Celebrity Apprentice

3. the President-elect of the United States

45.58.83.234 (talk) 06:03, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The first paragraph of the lead should provide context, and I think that limiting his businesses to the Trump Organization is a bit too narrow. But it may be worth mentioning in that paragraph that he is also an entertainment personality, not only because of The Appendice, but he performed cameos in some movies, and he appeared on talk shows from Oprah to Jimmy Fallon.MackyBeth (talk) 17:37, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * See the discussion above under "Titles for Trump". Based on other articles about presidents, the consensus seems to be that once a person is elected president, their previous activities pale in comparison and are not mentioned in the lede sentence. In a few cases the person's career before running for office is so notable, and so major a part of their life, that it does get mentioned (Dwight D. Eisenhower "politician and general", Ronald Reagan "politician and actor") which is why we are listing "businessman" as well as politician for Trump. As for "politician", a person who runs for and wins elective office is by definition a politician and is so described in the lede sentence of virtually all presidents. --MelanieN (talk) 11:51, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Any prose Nazis lurking about?
Opinions about the use of a bulleted list for cabinet nominations at Donald Trump?


 * Support for better readability (and elimination of a 117-word sentence). &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  18:37, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment - I have now separated two appointments (Priebus and Bannon) from the nominations, splitting the long sentence, but I think they could be included in the same list with explanation that they are appointments. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  20:21, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Why do we need to list the cabinet positions in this article? Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't those go in the Presidency of Donald Trump article?- MrX 23:56, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Pile on why regarding relevance of that material to this article. John Carter (talk) 00:14, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support inclusion, oppose list – The nomination of Cabinet members is the essential activity of the presidential transition, so it deserves a brief mention in this section. There would be a lot more to remove from this article if we looked at everything that has been accumulated during the campaign… Regarding prose vs list format, both are legible but I feel that keeping it in prose will curb tendencies to expand it with minor details, because as soon as you have a bullet point per nominated person, editors will have an incentive to add details about that person. — JFG talk 09:53, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose bulleted, oppose prose-listing, support summarization of key figures only. This topic is covered in excruciating detail of the innards of the vetting-process at Cabinet of Donald Trump, and less-high-ranking nominees are at List of Donald Trump political appointments.  The broader transistion is at Presidential transition of Donald Trump, and the broader presidential activity is at Presidency of Donald Trump.  We should NOT be listing every single nominee here by name, but instead should give a couple sentences (with parenthesised example-names) of the overall trend of the cabinet-picks and other crucial appointments.  Trump has picked (relatively) a lot of military people (e.g. Flynn Mattis Kelly) unlike himself, but also a lot (again relatively speaking here) of billionaires (e.g. Ross DeVos Ricketts) like Trump himself, which means more than half of his cabinet is composed of non-politicians, extremely unusual by historical standards.  Trump has picked some who were supporters (e.g. Sessions Mnuchin Bannon), and some who were not as supportive (e.g. Haley Chao Pruitt) plus at least one rival-turned-supporter (Ben Carson).  About as demographically diverse as usual, Obama usually had ~23% femmes and ~30% minorities whilst Trump currently has ~27% and ~27% so far.  Also a geographically diverse bunch.  It is hard to summarize whether Trump's cabinet will be Very Conservative, or Somewhat Conservative, or Mixed Bag With No Clear Ideological Bent, since there are several open spots yet to be filled and the sources cannot make up their minds about the indicators thus far, especially with all the non-politicians, but we can link to preliminary speculation about the overall composition if people think it is really necessary. 47.222.203.135 (talk) 15:46, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Russian involvement in lede
New article just created that really belongs mostly in the sub articles. Maybe a brief mention in the post election section, but certainly not in the lede nor an entire section of a BLP. --68.228.149.115 (talk) 21:34, 10 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Agreed. There is no proof of Russian involvement in the US election. Innocence unless proven guilty. That is a foundation of western law dating back to Hammurabi. 204.197.184.245 (talk) 21:54, 10 December 2016 (UTC)


 * It is a hearsay allegation so far, with no other evidence presented. Inclusion in the lead is not indicated. Marteau (talk) 22:04, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * "In a statement from the director of national intelligence, James R. Clapper Jr., and the Department of Homeland Security, the government said the leaked emails that have appeared on a variety of websites “are intended to interfere with the U.S. election process.”"


 * It sounds to me like authorities have said that Russian's at least tried to interfere with the election. No hearsay here.- MrX 22:24, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, Clapper, the guy who lied to Congress on NSA surveillance, prompting Edward Snowden to take action and reveal universal massive spying on American citizens? Yeah, I guess we should definitely trust his word here… — JFG talk 00:28, 11 December 2016 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't call it hearsay. But, still don't think it belongs up top. Objective3000 (talk) 22:27, 10 December 2016 (UTC)


 * It's being discussed widely in innumerable reliable sources, so I don't think it can be ignored. But I agree that it has no business in the lead. A brief mention somewhere down south is fine until we get a better handle on this. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:38, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

I invite other users to comment on these mass deletions by Volunteer Marek. The CIA's December 9th statement that Russia was actively promoting Trump does, in fact, contradict numerous past statements from both the CIA and the FBI to the effect that Russia was merely attempting to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system. I believe this should be made clear to readers, even if you think the latest CIA leaks are the most authoritative sources on the matter. Many sources attest to the fact that the FBI is still not on board with the Intelligence Community's new "consensus," and, indeed, is leaking info to undermine it. The contradiction between the earlier assessments and the stunning new assessment is self-evident, so I don't think WP:OR or WP:SYNTH apply at all; more importantly, I would like to ask If the issue was simply the use of the "contradicted" adjective, why didn't you simply revise the text? In other words, do you have any reason to think this article is improved by excluding this material entirely? In any case, Glenn Greenwald explicitly notes the contradiction between the FBI and CIA assessments here ("recall that the FBI, just weeks ago, was shoveling anonymous claims to the New York Times that had the opposite goal")—I just refrained from citing him on this page because he could be seen as an opinionated source and I thought it was unnecessary. In addition, Wash Post tells us: "Previous CIA assessments of Moscow's goals were more cautious, saying they were limited to undermining faith in the U.S. electoral system. In earlier statements to the intelligence committees in Congress, the agency stopped short of saying the intrusions were meant to benefit one candidate over another. ... Many of the Republican lawmakers welcomed the FBI's caution. They didn't think the CIA had a basis for coming to the conclusions presented to the Senate panel." So ... if I use those two sources instead, both of which explicitly note the "contradiction," will it be accepted—or are we going to keep looking for reasons to delete?TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 06:52, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Marek's edit removed OR and SYNTH. New information has been released and is now known to the public. There is no contradiction. Those are not RS to claim "contradiction" with respect to what we now know.  We very likely will know more as the congressional inquiry unfolds, and we can expect further revisions to the article's treatment of this subject and related statements from Mr. Trump in the future.  SPECIFICO  talk  14:09, 11 December 2016 (UTC)


 * This current version is very biased, CIA's claims are without evidence, and this has been already criticized. FBI doesn't support CIA's assessment--MyMoloboaccount (talk) 15:43, 11 December 2016 (UTC).


 * I don’t think you can say the CIA’s claims are without evidence. How would you know? The CIA and FBI appear to agree there was Russian meddling. The FBI just isn’t willing to claim a motive is known. Not surprising as the CIA and FBI have different jobs and it’s unlikely, and probably illegal, for them to share all their info with each other. Objective3000 (talk) 16:09, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think it is precisely the point that there is a lot of evidence ("Intelligence agencies have identified individuals...", etc. ). The statements will obviously change as investigation(s) develop, so one should use the most recent statements/information, as usual. This is debated in Russian language sources as well . My very best wishes (talk) 16:26, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

These weren't "mass deletions", so please drop the rhetorical hyperbole. These were removals of obviously WP:SYNTH and WP:OR material. There isn't a single source which says anything about a "contradiction". That's all you. And you should know better, since by putting inline citations at the end of your text you are blatantly misrepresenting sources.Volunteer Marek (talk) 20:02, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Reorganization
This article does not meet the standards that articles about US Presidents meet. However, it will be very difficult to make changes given that he is controversial and the task is so great. Barack Obama is a featured article but says very little about his Illinois political offices.

I propose that every section of the article be eliminated and that we vote for which section to have. Usernamen1 (talk) 07:15, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Lede: 4 paragraph length (maximum permitted per WP:LEADLENGTH)
 * support This article will be long.Usernamen1 (talk) 07:15, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support in part nothing says it must be four paragraphs, could be three but eventually will probably be four. Samswik (talk) 15:35, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Early Life, includes family and personal life
 * support present in almost every biographyUsernamen1 (talk) 07:15, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support No question Samswik (talk) 15:35, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Real estate developer career
 * support this is the bulk of his careerUsernamen1 (talk) 07:15, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support Samswik (talk) 15:35, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

President-elect of the United States (to be changed soon to 45th President of the United States) Campaign for president, including Reform Party
 * support not having this would be a huge errorUsernamen1 (talk) 07:15, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support Samswik (talk) 15:35, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Cultural and political image, including as author, as reality TV star, as licensing his name, as his brand name for minor products, such as water and steaks.
 * support Lots to include in this section.Usernamen1 (talk) 07:15, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * weak support Seems like a Wikipedia tradition but not found in other biographies outside of Wikipedia. Samswik (talk) 15:35, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

References (almost a requirement)
 * support Usernamen1 (talk) 07:15, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support  Samswik (talk) 15:35, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Inefficient process

 * Oppose all – Article structure has evolved over time and is stable now, I don't see the point in trying to rebuild it from scratch. It will continue to evolve after Trump takes office and his presidency unfolds. Take it slow… — JFG talk 09:32, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * article is written in a weird way unbecoming of a president or wikipedia but uncertain how to fit it. Hire a professional writer? Samswik (talk) 15:38, 11 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose all - Ummmm... no. Marteau (talk) 12:40, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * oppose all seems like a vote for article deletion and that is crazy. Samswik (talk) 15:30, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * No, it only means we oppose the suggested process. explains it very well below. — JFG talk 19:40, 11 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose the entire proposal. We are not going to eliminate whole sections and vote on which ones to keep. We are just not. This is not the way Wikipedia works. Encyclopedia articles here are built bit by bit, with regard to Wikipedia policies and consensus. The notion that a massive article like this with input from thousands of users could just be torn up and rewritten - perhaps by a "professional writer" - is absolutely counter to how we do things here. Wikipedia is crowd-sourced and there is no central authority. In the case of a person like Trump, of course the article will evolve as the man himself evolves from businessman and celebrity to president of the United States. And we will have discussions here about how to proceed with that evolution. But it will not happen by removing everything and starting over. --MelanieN (talk) 18:45, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Proposal doesn't have to mean elimination of whole sections, merely making current sections as subsections in this new organisation. Usernamen1 (talk) 20:21, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

budget space
In order to keep the article the right size, there should be a strict budget such as 15 kB being the maximum size for a section and a maximum of 5 sections. Samswik (talk) 16:03, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Impossible for a larger-than-life, multifaceted individual like Trump. --MelanieN (talk) 18:45, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

conflict of interest
To avoid conflicts of interest, all editors editing this should declare their conflict of interest including...

Voted for Trump

Voted for another candidate besides Trump

Is a US citizen

Employee or former employee of Trump

Contributions to Trump

Contributions to Democratic Party or Democratic candidates

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Samswik (talk • contribs) 16:08, December 11, 2016 (UTC)


 * Yeah, no. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:44, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * WP:COI does not go so far as living in a certain country or supporting political parties. Only being an employee (or receiving payments for editing on a certain side) in this list would definitely qualify. My very best wishes (talk) 16:59, 11 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Secret ballot Objective3000 (talk) 17:11, 11 December 2016 (UTC)


 * User Gråbergs Gråa Sång said it succinctly. If OP really needs an explanation why this is never done at WP, they might find someone willing to take the time at WP:COIN. Every one of us is biased. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  17:19, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * To be clear though, if you are CURRENTLY being paid by Trump, or by one of his organizations (i.e. either employed by the transition team or by one of his business concerns), and doubly-especially if you are ON THE CLOCK whilst editing wikipedia aka being paid to edit, you should be sticking to making suggestions on the talkpages. Editing wikipedia for pay, is not outright prohibited, but requires some very careful jumping-through-hoops.  There have been plenty of instances in the past, where political staffers tarnished the image of their employer (or PR firms tarnished the image of their corporation/boyband/product/etc), by editing wikipedia content related to their employer, in a non-neutral fashion.  Please read WP:COIPOLITICAL for the gory staffer-details (also WP:POTENTIALCOI is illuminative).  Don't cut corners to meet a deadline, that never works out well.  47.222.203.135 (talk) 18:19, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * All true, and thank you for that. But the suggestion by Samswik that we should reveal our voting patterns or political beliefs is a non-starter. We don't have to reveal anything about ourselves - except if we are being paid to edit Wikipedia. Of course, Samswik is welcome to reveal their own nationality, voting pattern, and political beliefs if they wish. --MelanieN (talk) 18:36, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Samswik suggestion is not workable but he/she does have a point. We should encourage non-Americans, perhaps Australians, Canadians, Britons, Singaporeans, New Zealanders, and anyone non-American (USA) with written English proficiency to do the writing with Americans giving advice on the talk page. Usernamen1 (talk) 19:02, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * One just need follow the guidelines. If you stop anyone that has an opinion, pro or con, from editing an article, who's going to write the article on Hitler or serial killers? Objective3000 (talk) 19:11, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Hah, I didn't expect this relatively benign discussion to reach the Godwin point, congrats ! — JFG talk 19:43, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Hah indeed.:) I was thinking of adding that this isn't Godwin. Objective3000 (talk) 19:45, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Two fatal flaws: 1. Bad idea. 2. Unenforceable. I hereby declare that I am British, feel free to prove that statement false. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  19:48, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * You are obvioucly NOT an actual Brit, becauce if you were you would have spelt that correctly: UNENFORSEABLE is the bloody word.  Q.E.D.  ;-)  In all seriousness though, wikipedia is based around the idea that the content of the *articles* should be neutral prose which summarizes what the sources say, and very much does NOT say that "if you are from planet Earth you cannot work on any articles that might have something in them related to planet Earth".  That would be impractical.  The rule here is, not that you must BE uninvolved with the goings-on of planet Earth, but that you must STAY NEUTRAL IN YOUR EDITS, as *if* you were neutral / impartial / uninvolved / etc.  See WP:TRIFECTA if you want the shorthand version.  Or the classic 2005 version, which is in a slightly distinct variation of the English language. 47.222.203.135 (talk) 22:17, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 December 2016
Hello, please correct in the first sentence the false "is an American businessman," to "is a German American businessman," or "European American businessman,". Thank you for writing a free encyclopedia, you are awesome! 78.52.48.124 (talk) 11:11, 4 December 2016 (UTC)


 * ❌ - Trump is neither German nor European, nor am I aware of reliable sources that refer to him this way. Hello, and thank you for lending your time to help improve Wikipedia! If you are interested in editing more often, I suggest you create an account to gain additional privileges. Happy editing! - MrX 12:48, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Um.... that is only sort of correct, Wikipedia refers to him thataway (as being of German American ancestry aka European extraction). See the subsection here.  Trump is of Scottish ancestry on the immediate maternal side, and of German ancestry on the grandparent-level paternal side.  The first sentence is still correct, however, because although his ancestry is European, and his wife is from there, Trump himself is considered to be American, both by himself and by the sources.  He is proud of his German ancestry, and we link to CNN for that tidbit, but that is different from wanting to be referred to as a hyphenated-American in the 1920s sense.  (German citizens overseas don't see Trump as being especially-closely-tied to Germany, either, according to one bilingual journalist from Germany at least.)  Trump didn't win many primaries and caucuses in states with a high percentage the populace coming from German-American stock, usually losing them to Ted Cruz from what I can tell, but it is unclear whether that was a factor, or if that is just statistical retrofitting that could equally well be explained by other things (aka reverse causality screwup).  Trump's dad was the son of German immigrants, but for at least some period of time Trump's father told people that his ancestors were Swedish, because of anti-German backlash related to WWII.  Trump was inducted into an organization founded by one of his friends called the German American Hall of Fame in 2013.  Trump was in the 1999 parade, which the wikipedia article already mentions.  He was apparently also the NYU-ambassador-for-German-American-relations (or something like that?), because in 2007 he gave a photo to a newly-opened restaurant in NYC, and during the 2016 campaign the owners were hit by a bunch of online reviews that forced them to remove the photo.  Most of this detail-stuff belongs in the Family of Donald Trump subsidiary article, but I figured it was worth mentioning in case we don't have these cites there.  47.222.203.135 (talk) 23:44, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Request for Comment on WP:WEIGHT of Russian influence on the 2016 United States presidential election in multiple articles and templates
I have started a request for comment on what the WP:WEIGHT of the information contained in Russian influence on the 2016 United States presidential election in articles and templates that relate to United States presidential election, 2016. The WP:RFC is located here.Casprings (talk) 01:58, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Biased headings and criticism
I really hate to be this guy, but I couldn't help but notice the lack of a genuine criticisms section. This guy has made so many inflammatory remarks it's impossible to overlook them. His Twitter was central to his campaign and so far the start of his presidency, why is there not an entire section dedicated to it?

Take for example the sections on the article about former stockbroker and fraudster Bernard Madoff. One of the sections is literally titled "Investment scandal." I don't know how Trump University doesn't deserve the same or similar heading. This article wreaks of over-political correctness and bias. BlitzGreg (talk) 13:56, 9 December 2016 (UTC)


 * There are differences. Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison, for Trump it was settled out of court. Trump University is not an unreasonable title, and covers its subject well. Anyway, the subject of Trump is hyyuuuge, so this article must be heavily summarized, and use sub-articles, and there are many. You´ll find a section on twitter in Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016, an article about the size of this one. Legal affairs of Donald Trump is not tiny either. The general thought on WP is that critisism should not be singled out to a separate section, it should be in the proper place in the article. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:40, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * BTW, Trumps tweets shouldn´t have a section, they should have one or more articles. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:51, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * What bothers me the most really is simply the lack of a criticism section at all, even as an overview of the content in the other articles. The reason being that the main Trump article, I would assume, is much more likely to reach more hits than the articles about his campaign (I could be wrong though, can't say for certain without seeing analytical data). BlitzGreg (talk) 02:08, 12 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Trump never made a single racist or sexist remark his entire life. The Trump university case is a nonissue. The whole business was conceived and managed by Michael Sexton. Trump admitted to no wrongdoing in the settlement. 207.245.44.6 (talk) 14:44, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, I agree 100% with your last sentence. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:51, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * He certainly has by claiming that Mexicans are rapists which was a logical fallacy used to support Trump's racist generalizations. That is the very definition of racism. BlitzGreg (talk) 02:08, 12 December 2016 (UTC)


 * BlitzGreg - that would be content for the Trump University article.  This article is supposedly his WP:BLP (though it's got a lot of non-biographical inserts) so should focus on his birth, marriage, children, education, career, and be about Trump personally.  For other things, if they notably affected his life it would be expected to have just a brief mention here how they affected his life, and wikilink to main article... Current wanderings to the contrary oourse.  Markbassett (talk) 02:40, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I just want to point out that WP:BLP does state the following: "Criticism and praise should be included if they can be sourced to reliable secondary sources, so long as the material is presented responsibly, conservatively, and in a disinterested tone."

And also: "Do not give disproportionate space to particular viewpoints;" BlitzGreg (talk) 02:08, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Misuse of sources, OR
This edit misrepresents the source and also utilizes a false edit summary. The source does not say that "FBI did not support the CIA assessment". What the source actually says is that "The FBI official’s remarks to the lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee were, in comparison, “fuzzy” and “ambiguous,”". "Fuzzy and ambiguous" is not the same. The article also goes on to explain what accounts for the difference. FBI makes statements that can be upheld in a court of law, which is a very high burden of proof. CIA provides intelligence assessments. So there's no contradiction here. The source also goes on to say that the FBI does indeed believe in Russian involvement, and it does indeed believe it was "one way" (i.e. in favor of Trump), where it differs from the CIA is on the question of what the goal of this pro-Trump Russian meddling was. That's it. Without that context, the inserted text is clearly NPOV, involves OR and is a misrepresentation of the source.Volunteer Marek (talk) 20:18, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, exactly. That's why I fixed a similar edit by the same contributor on another page. My very best wishes (talk) 20:37, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Not so much misuse, as blatant misrepresentation. I have corrected the material to reflect what the source actually wrote.- MrX 19:04, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

RM notice
There is a request to move Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations to Donald Trump sexual assault allegations. See the associated talk page if interested. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  19:31, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Titles for Trump
There have recently been a number of edits, from several different people, wanting to expand the description of Trump in the opening sentence. Up until today it has said he is "an American businessman, politician, and the President-elect of the United States." (I recall that before the election there was some opposition to calling him a "politician," but the election seems to have settled that.) But now today various people want to expand the lede sentence to include everything he has done: "businessman, actor, author, politician, and the President-elect of the United States". I submit that this is inappropriate. By the time a person is president elect, the fact that they have written books or appeared on TV becomes secondary. If you look at articles about recent presidents they omit all that stuff, even though they all wrote books, some of them best sellers; the lede sentence just says politician and president. "Barack Hussein Obama II (US Listeni/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/;[1][2] born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who is the 44th and current President of the United States." "George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000." etc. In Trump's case I think "businessman" might still be included since it has been such an important part of his life - as for example the Dwight D. Eisenhower page says "politican and general". But I think we should leave out all the other stuff which, although true, has now been rendered less important. --MelanieN (talk) 21:31, 1 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Agree. Anyway, a bunch of cameo appearances does not an actor make. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  21:48, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Someone has gone ahead and removed "actor" and "author" which IMO solves the problem. --MelanieN (talk) 01:15, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * And then someone else changed it to "real estate developer and celebrity". We are going to have to keep an eye on this. I believe we have consensus for the current wording, "...is an American businessman and politician who is the President-elect of the United States." Let's continue to defend that wording. --MelanieN (talk) 16:37, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree that we should limit it to "American businessman, politician, and the President-elect of the United States."- MrX 16:42, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Businessman and politician is correct. Suggest linking businessman to the subsection about Trump's business ventures (which includes his real estate stuff, his books, his television, and his personalized brand aka his monetized celebrity status).  Or could put a footnote I guess.  I would actually tend to agree that politician does not belong, since although he is a politician NOW he has only ever been elected to one office, and POTUS is an atypical place for a 'politician' to begin.  Trump does now self-identify as a politician (since winning the nomination in July if memory serves), but I think that "businessman and 45th president of the u.s." might be how things end up, a few months from now; as a president-elect one is a politician, though, so it is okay as businessman/politician/peotus.  47.222.203.135 (talk) 18:04, 2 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Support keeping it as "businessman and politician," and omitting everything else.  Jasper  TECH (talk) 03:01, 3 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Somebody has added "television personality". Someone please revert it per talk page. I can't per 1RR. --MelanieN (talk) 03:10, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks fine to me. Trump's life before politics has been 45 years real estate and 20 years TV. Both helped him become an effective communicator and win the election, hence both labels are notable and due for his intro sentence. I would even agree with replacing "businessman" by "real estate developer" because frankly his other businesses were inconsequential distractions. — JFG talk 08:54, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, I have reverted it to "businessman and politician who is president-elect..." That is more in line with what we have done with other articles about presidents, emphasizing the importance of the presidency over pretty much everything else they have done in their life. For example, the Jimmy Carter article does not say "peanut farmer and president". The presidents who were lawyers do not have "lawyer" in their title. But let's discuss it. --MelanieN (talk) 19:49, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Fine, except for my perennial gripe about the "is … who is" construct — JFG talk 22:39, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Donald Trump received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and has twice been nominated for the Emmy award and is in the WWE Fall Of Fame. IMO these warrant him the title of actor and / or entertainment celebrity. 45.58.91.69 (talk) 03:39, 4 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Maybe this helps: I would suggest - is an American real estate developer and TV celebrity (rather than American Businessman and politician) .... I also disagree with the "is and who is" articles (and Ronald Reagan like articles, "was and who was"). Trump won the presidential election to be president not President-elect or politician. Carter - "is an American politician" (as if "politician" matters more than anything else in all such articles when it does not). Perhaps - is an American who was a state senator, governor, and the 39th President of the United States.... He is no longer a politician. YahwehSaves (talk) 21:55, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

I changed it to add real estate developer but then realized that there is a discussion here. However, there was a stark warning saying 1RR so I cannot change it or face being blocked. In the future, I will check the talk page before editing. In other Wikipedia article this is not necessary but this article is, believe me, sad! (ok, the last few words is a parody). Usernamen1 (talk) 07:02, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

We should comment and consider all titles. Here are some and my vote. President-elect (yes). Politician (no, because many sources say he was elected because he was an outsider not a politician). Real estate developer (yes). Businessman (maybe, probably yes). Reality TV actor (maybe, probably yes). Dictator (no). Author (no, minor nexus). CEO (no). TV producer (no). Celebrity (no). Usernamen1 (talk) 07:08, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Calling Trump a politician is an error and pov. He has never held political office. Also Obama, Bush W and Clinton wikipedia articles don't call them politicians so a foreigner might conclude that Trump us a politician but Obama and Bush were not. Samswik (talk) 03:49, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * You were right not to change it again, and to come here. As you can see there is consensus here to describe him as politician, businessman, and president elect. Per the discussion above, when someone is elected president their previous activities pale in comparison so they are not generally mentioned in the lede. Also, Trump may have campaigned on the claim that he is not a politician, but he is one now. Running for office, and holding elective office, are the very definition of a politician. And actually the lede sentences of GW Bush and both Clintons do describe them as politicians (for some reason it is omitted from the Obama article, but IMO it should be there). "Politician" is not some kind of dirty word; it is the term for a person who runs for and wins elective office. --MelanieN (talk) 11:42, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

See the section below, "Politician", for a continuation and summary of this discussion. --MelanieN (talk) 19:34, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Why is the title of author deleted from the first sentence in the lead?
He is credited with at least two books, both being best sellers.

207.245.44.6 (talk) 23:13, 12 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the suggestion. See the discussion here. Consensus is that when someone becomes president elect, other titles and achievements take second place. See other articles about presidents and you will see that even those with best-selling books (for example Barack Obama or John F. Kennedy) are not described as "author" in the lede sentence. --MelanieN (talk) 00:01, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Real estate
The current version reads ''In 2001, Trump completed Trump World Tower, a 72-story residential tower across from the United Nations Headquarters.[75] Trump also began construction on Trump Place, a multi-building development along the Hudson River. He continued to own commercial space in Trump International Hotel and Tower, a 44-story mixed-use (hotel and condominium) tower on Columbus Circle which he acquired in 1996,[76] and also continued to own millions of square feet of other prime Manhattan real estate.[77]''

''Trump acquired the former Hotel Delmonico in Manhattan in 2002. It was re-opened with 35 stories of luxury condominiums in 2004 as the Trump Park Avenue.[78]''

The former Hotel Delmonico is such an obscure project not worthy of a Presidential biography. On the other hand, Trump World Tower is a significant project of Trump's. This is an example of the need for article improvement.

On the other hand, my experience from just a few days is that there is serious fighting just to change one word, "politician" that improving the article will be very difficult except for one who spends hours on Wikipedia. Sorry to see that.

Usernamen1 (talk) 20:16, 11 December 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm with you. I totally wish other editors would just do what I want without all the argument. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  20:23, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Best sex ever
I swear there was a story that he was quoted as saying this. But it may be considered BLP non-compliant because it is so embarrassing. Usernamen1 (talk) 20:20, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * That was a quote by Marla Maples, his second wife. Not that he doesn't brag about his talent himself… — JFG talk 05:47, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Her views might change now she's with Prince Harry.--Jack Upland (talk) 05:50, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * No, that's Meghan Markle. --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  06:11, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The "Best Sex Ever" story is Trump propaganda. Why would we repeat that here? – Muboshgu (talk) 17:54, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Health
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Health

A medical report by his doctor, Harold Borstein M.D., showed that Trump's blood pressure, liver and thyroid function were in normal range.[554][555] Trump says that he has never smoked cigarettes or marijuana, or consumed other drugs.[556] He does not drink alcohol.[557][558][559]

Self serving and fits poorly in the article. Who knows, someone may put Trump's penis size, a topic during the campaign, here in the health section? I move that this section be removed but that the cigarettes, marijuana, and alcohol information be moved to the early life section because his brother died of complications from substance abuse, causing Trump to choose to abstain.

Also the Family of section could be combined with the early life so people can read about Trump's family and early life together in one spot. Usernamen1 (talk) 20:29, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

New sample article
The Donald Trump article will be an extremely hard article to bring up to average Wikipedia standards, not to mention GA or FA. It will probably involve much fighting and many months. Either that or one group of people will wear out the other 2-3 groups. Compounding the problem is that Trump is very controversial. About 52% of people voting did not want him. Another 25% had negative feelings toward him even though they voted for him. That leaves maybe 20% that either support him a little or a lot, 80% don't like him or viciously hate him.

I feel it is beyond my expertise to fight a talk page battle so I will leave it to more experienced hands. Below is a link to my sandbox, which shows an edited version that does 3 things. 1. It fixes the jumping back and forth of related areas that are placed apart (there's quite a bit of that). 2. Trims down some trivia. 3. The lead represents a better summary and also is the permitted 4 paragraphs. I did not edit the political and campaign sections yet and don't intend to.

Here is the link. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Usernamen1/sandbox&diff=prev&oldid=754347721

Disclaimer: I am a foreigner and not a registered Republican or Democrat.

Comments? Usernamen1 (talk) 05:05, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Try adding your version to the current version and then subtracting the least important material. --Dervorguilla (talk) 13:38, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, don't do that. Once again, trying to rewrite the whole article by yourself is a non-starter. I suggest that you take, at most, a paragraph that you want to use to replace a current paragraph and propose it here. For starters, taking just your opening lede paragraph, "Donald John Trump (Listeni/ˈdɒnəld dʒɒn trʌmp/; born June 14, 1946) is an American billionaire businessman, real estate developer and the 45th President of the United States. Having no prior experience as an elected politician, he took the oath of office of the Presidency on January 20, 2017." Nobody has proposed putting "billionaire" in the lede sentence and I would oppose it. "Real estate developer" and "businessman" are redundant. Whether you like it or not, there IS consensus to say "politician" in that sentence. And you do NOT have consensus for pointing out "never before held public office" to the lede sentence; in fact, nobody but you has suggested that. --MelanieN (talk) 15:45, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * MelanieN's comment is very much on point. Leave the lead alone for now. You can, however, try adding or subtracting short passages elsewhere. ('Short' meaning no more than a single sentence.) --Dervorguilla (talk) 00:31, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Trump was described as a conservative in 1988
At the 1988 Republican convention, CNN described Trump as a conservative.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usb0iE5WiZI

45.58.89.66 (talk) 23:18, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 December 2016
Donald Trump is the presumed President-elect of the United States, depending on the results of the Electoral College vote on December 19. 2016. Cynthia Cochran 15:32, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * This will only be an issue for like a day. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 15:34, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Title in infobox
The infobox has Trump taking office as President-elect on January 20, but isn't he already the President-elect, and will become President on January 20? If so, shouldn't the infobox be edited to reflect this? Ollie035 (talk) 07:24, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * This section of the infobox means that he is currently President-Elect and that he is scheduled to take office (i.e. become President) on January 20, not that he will become PE on January 20. — JFG talk 07:41, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Graves
For months, this BLP has included some material about Lucas Graves, who is perhaps the world's leading authority on "fact-checking" candidates by journalists. This was removed on December 10, and I have just reverted. This BLP is superficial enough without deleting such thoughtful material. As far as I know, the removed material is completely uncontradicted, and so I doubt it's "undue". Here's the material in question: Lucas Graves, a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication, says that Trump often speaks in a suggestive way that makes it unclear what exactly he meant, so that fact-checkers "have to be really careful when you pick claims to check to pick things ... that reflect what the speaker was clearly trying to communicate".

I have added a similar source per request of the person who removed the Graves material. Anythingyouwant (talk) 06:22, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Good move, thanks for catching this. — JFG talk 07:26, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Taking an ax to the article
This article needs to be cut. I am working on some edits myself(see my sandbox). But in taking an ax to the article, why not attack the non-political(well sort of non-political) stuff first. His business career and his career in entertainment. Much of the other stuff needs to be summarized.. but that will involve greater consensus building.

That said, I largely agree with the recent large edit.Casprings (talk) 22:04, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Given that he has now become the likely topic of multiple articles relating to his administration, I wholeheartedly support cutting this thing down, and leaving only shorter subsections for each of the topics covered in other articles. John Carter (talk) 22:07, 7 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Cut out the politics instead -- this article is what is supposed to be his WP:BLP, though it has run amok a fair amount but still. There are other articles specifically for the campaign and cabinet and such, and in the context of his 70 years it is those that are minute bits WP:OFFTOPIC here and the business career and entertainment that is the formative and largest parts of his life.  It's also seeming just not WP:DUE much in coverage here from discussions of whether to include 'politician' in his lead as I was seeing Google most hits for him are not political.  That may change in the future, but for now he hasn't had decades in public office and the bulk of coverage in print for him is his non-political life.  Markbassett (talk) 03:27, 14 December 2016 (UTC)