Talk:Weekly address of the president of the United States

Every president since Roosevelt?
The article claims that every president since FDR has given a weekly address. But news coverage in 1982, when Reagan first began his weekly radio addresses, implied that this was something not done in recent years. I can't find any evidence that Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Ford, or Carter did anything similar on a regular basis. And if they gave their weekly addresses but not on the radio, how did anyone hear them? --Metropolitan90 (talk) 06:05, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Requested move 14 July 2019

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Most editors believe the proposed name is too ambiguous. (non-admin closure) —  Newslinger  talk   22:43, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

Weekly Radio Address of the President of the United States → Weekly Address – It is not called Weekly Radio Address anymore. Interstellarity T 🌟 15:03, 14 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment It seems like (at least some) RS continued to use the word 'radio' even in recent years. A 2009 NYTimes piece uses the the title "In Weekly Address, Obama Presses Congress on Budget" but the first reference in the article body calls it Obama's "weekly radio and Internet address". This 2017 article uses the term "weekly presidential radio address". Colin M (talk) 16:51, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose as ambiguous/not recognizable (without context). Also, RS do not tend to render "weekly address" in caps. I would not object to moving to Weekly address of the President of the United States. (As I mentioned above, some recent sources do still use "radio" as part of the name, but they're not a majority.) Colin M (talk) 17:02, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose as too ambiguous.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 09:28, 15 July 2019 (UTC)


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Requested move 22 July 2019

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The result of the move request was: moved (closed by non-admin page mover) DannyS712 (talk) 22:52, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Weekly Radio Address of the President of the United States → Weekly address of the President of the United States – See discussion above. Interstellarity (talk) 18:35, 22 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Support There's no one obvious WP:COMMONNAME here. "weekly address" and "weekly radio address" both occur commonly in RS, along with a variety of other forms. I slightly prefer "weekly address" because "weekly radio address" has the potential to be confusing to readers, given that it's been broadcast through other media in recent years, and is thus a bit of an anachronism. (Also, decapitalizing 'address' is definitely the way to go, to match RS usage.) Colin M (talk) 21:08, 22 July 2019 (UTC)


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