Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-09-16/In the media

For the curious: Genicera, a Spanish hamlet with population 28 is, as I write, a red link in en.wiki. Probably not for long? Pam D  05:34, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Also, I've found David's profile on es.wiki, should you wish to show him some deserved Wikilove for his work! Oltrepier (talk) 08:34, 16 September 2023 (UTC)


 * To my knowledge, Federal Trade Commissioners are not appointed by the president, a professor at a law school, and an antitrust consultant . I don't understand the timeline of his positions well enough to fix this. EEng 08:36, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
 * According to Federal Trade Commission "The FTC is composed of five commissioners, who each serve seven-year terms. Members of the commission are nominated by the President and subject to Senate confirmation, and no more than three FTC members can be of the same party," so I was tempted to change "appointed" to "nominated". However, Bloomberg used the term "appointed". The US constitution also uses "nominated" (to send it to the Senate) but then "appointed" for the part after the Senate confirms. IMHO "appointed" is the usual term used for people who get through the whole process.
 * From the Bloomberg/Fortune article, he became a faculty member in 2004. I believe he was awarded tenure before 2013, but can't find a ref right now. He served as an FTC Commissioner from 2013-2015, leaving early to return to George Mason University Law School He had consulting work in 2009, and made a name for himself then, before being a commissioner. Bloomberg says he returned to consulting about 2018 (date not entirely clear). With lots going on in antitrust law cases these days, this work would be especially remunerative right now. The article seems clear to me that Obama had nothing to do with appointing him as a prof or getting him consulting work. (response updated) - Smallbones( smalltalk ) 16:30, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
 * You misunderstand. The article's ambiguous implication was not that Obama got the guy three different posts, but rather that Obama and two other people appointed the guy to the FTC. Your recent edit fixed this. EEng 18:50, 16 September 2023 (UTC)