Talk:Tishaura Jones

Electoral history article
Just a comment, Jones' electoral history is probably just lengthy enough that it could warrant a split to its own article (i.e. Electoral history of Jason Kander and Electoral history of Kyrsten Sinema). It could also remain here until another election or 2. TJMSmith (talk) 16:03, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree with splitting (though I'm kind of indifferent, TBH). If you think article size or readability is an issue, than I would definitely support. Kander is the more convincing argument to me, as he's another candidate in the same state who, like Jones, has taken on a higher profile than expected for the positions he has. Also, Jones currently has a longer electoral history than Kander. Seeing as the next election she'll be on the ballot for (STL mayor primary) is about two months away, and plausibly she'll be on the ballot again in April, I don't see the need to wait around for this change. Thanks for the comment. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 20:46, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

I have created the page. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 22:42, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Video from 2012
I found a YouTube video of Tishaura Jones speaking in 2012, licensed under Creative Commons. I'm not sure how useful it is and, more importantly, how to upload part of a video, so I'm posting it here in case anyone is interested. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 03:38, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2021
Content should be changed to reflect Jones' victory in the 2021 St. Louis mayoral election. Namely, change "Jones is a candidate in the 2021 St. Louis mayoral election, which she advanced to a runoff in against Cara Spencer on March 2, 2021." to "Jones will become mayor of St. Louis after winning the most votes in the 2021 St. Louis mayoral election, in which she beat out Cara Spencer in the polls. She will be the city's first African-American woman to serve in the position.", and change the "2021 St. Louis mayoral campaign" section accordingly. Goldenseek (talk) 03:03, 7 April 2021 (UTC)


 * ✔️, looks like this has been updated now. &#8209;&#8209;Volteer1 (talk) 05:21, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Restructuring
It seems to me this article needs a bit of restructuring. The first paragraph provides the high-level stuff, but then there are four more paragraphs in the "lede", which seems to need a table of contents of its own. The final paragraph of the lede describes her 2017 defeat, not her 2021 victory as mayor (over Lewis Reed, who pled guilty to bribery charges in August 2022). I'm guessing that voters in Seattle are interested in this the way that Tishaura Jones became mayor, since Seattle is considering moving to a system similar to St. Louis's method. What's the best way of making the fifth paragraph emphasize Jones' 2021 victory rather than her 2017 defeat, without splitting those paragraphs up and making the lede of this article even longer? Should the subsections have lead sections of their own? Is the article divided up into the correct number of sections? Given that "Mayor of St. Louis" is her most significant achievement (by Wikipedia standards), shouldn't the bulk of the lede be about her current office? -- RobLa (talk) 10:57, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

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