User talk:Liberty444

Neutrality policies
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. :) The "welcome mat" above contains a lot of links that you might find useful, but I just wanted to point out specifically that Wikipedia has a neutrality policy that does not allow us to include content like " Because of his experience, David understands the connection between education and individual success". We are required to neutrally discuss our subjects. Neutral point of view offers more information about that.

If you need assistance as you go forward, you might find the Teahouse a good place to get information - it was designed to be a friendly space for newcomers. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:49, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Comments on David R. Craig
Piped Links: Links with a vertical bar in the middle are only needed if what is on the left that it points to is *different* than what is on the right that displays. Red will both show Red and link to red. Purple will point to Green but show Purple.Naraht (talk) 20:18, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

I've removed some sentences that were direct copies of sentences in the bio on his personal site. Wikipedia has strict copyright violation rules (see WP:COPYVIO). In general, while expressed in sentences, the text should show a Neutral Point of View (see WP:NPOV). I appreciate that County Executive Craig is running for Governor, but it is inappropriate to include information designed to get him elected. Look at it this way, the article on Wikipedia should be written so that someone can't tell if the writer worked for the Craig campaign--Liberty444 (talk) 21:23, 18 June 2013 (UTC), the Brown campaign or is from Australia and doesn't care. I do agree that the article should be made more complete, but the rules of Wikipedia need to be followed. Having said that, I need to go over and see what is Not Neutral Point of view in the Brown article...Naraht (talk) 21:06, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Ok. Understood.--Liberty444 (talk) 21:18, 18 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Are you saying that you do work for the Craig campaign? Please see the rules on WP:COI. If so, one way to deal with it is to put proposed changes on the talk page and have someone else add them if they appear neutral and referenced. Also, I'm not sure why you removed the previous election results, they give more information for elections mentioned in the text. (Including both victories and losses).Naraht (talk) 03:32, 19 June 2013 (UTC).

Anthony G. Brown article
From Brown's article - "Lt. Governor Brown has become one the leading champions for the increased use of Public-Private Partnerships".--Liberty444 (talk) 21:23, 18 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I agree that that statement should go and a few others as well. I've asked on the help page and on the 'Wikiproject Biography/politics and goverment' for someone to take a look at it. Given both of our relatively close interest in the article, I'm don't think either one of us should touch it. (Maybe we can get someone completely uninvolved like an Australian. :)) Note, I'm on the other end of the scale, I'm a Maryland Democrat and so don't trust myself to remove *enough* It actually looks like some of the most significant additions (history) back in 2011 to the Anthony G. Brown article are by a User:Agbrown692!  Naraht (talk) 03:32, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Much appreciated. Thank you for not being too bias :) We would hope that you would be just as strict in monitoring Anthony Brown's page.--Liberty444 (talk) 17:20, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

About the past election results, it has been "requested" that they be absent from David's page. If the audience was interested in such content, they can easily visit Md. Board of Elections Website. If you look at Anthony Brown's page, past election results are absent as well.--Liberty444 (talk) 17:25, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Requested is not relevant. Please see WP:OWN It is *not* David R. Craig's article, it is the article *about* David R. Craig. There are a few reliably sourced things that Wikipedia will remove at the request of the actual person, such as the year that they were born or names of children/spouses if not well documented. See Wikipedia: Biography of Living Persons.Naraht (talk) 18:19, 20 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Also, the article on Anthony G. Brown would probably be improved if the election results were added.Naraht (talk) 18:20, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Conservatives
I've posted to the talk page of WP:Conservatism to see if someone could come in as a third party.Naraht (talk) 15:46, 24 June 2013 (UTC)