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	manchurian candidate 03:44, 13 November 2008 (UTC) <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	:I think the article is FA material. I'll go put my two cents in on the review page. --] (]) 04:53, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
	:: I have removed the malformed, incomplete ] templates; Ron Paul is not a featured article and can't be reviewed at FAR. It's not yet featured quality either; I recommend a ], improving the sourcing, and cleaning up citations for starters. Also, pls stop spamming user talk pages. 14:55, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

	I've added a FAC template, if you guys are serious about getting the article to FA, then great. If not, then I guess the nomination will be archived within the next few days. ] (]) 15:48, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

	:Two FAC's (], ]) for this article have taken place already, neither passed. I don't know how significantly the article's content has changed since the two previous discussions, but this would be important to know. If the concerns that kept it from attaining FA status in the past have not been adequately addressed, another nomination would be a waste of time. We should find out if the criteria truly has been met before proceeding with another nomination.--] (]) 20:21, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
	:::Well, at least some of the opposition was based on the fact that Paul was an active candidate for office at the time; ''that'' at least has changed.
	:::<small> ...if the criteria ''have'' been met.... End peeve.</small> --] (]) 08:35, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
	::Fine, the nomination will close early if there is opposition, but it will still help to improve the article if we address the comments made. ] (]) 08:12, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
	:::I agree with the early closing. There are obviously improvements which need to be made to the article (per ]) before it has a reasonable chance of attaining FA status.--] (]) 20:30, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

	== Update needed? ==

	Does anyone think the ] section still needs an update tag? The section now contains the results from the 2008 general election. Is there any reason to keep the tag around? --] (]) 04:52, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
	:I removed the tag, as there no longer seemed to be a need for it. Of course, if someone ''can'' justify a need for it, it can always be re-added.--] (]) 20:26, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
	::There is obviously a need for the section to be updated, as made clear ]. Although, I don't think it needs a tag; I think it needs someone to actually do the work of updating! ] (]) 08:09, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

	== Weak first paragraph ==

	Why does the second sentence of the first paragraph, beginning "He is regularly featured on CNN," even exist? I worry about the following aspects:
	* is it really a telling or worthy accomplishment that the main stream media now ask for his opinion regularly?
	* it is generally diminutive to describe supporters as followers
	* if we must group the supporters into ideologies, there should really be a lengthy distinction (as well as some wikilinks) drawn between big-L and small-l libertarians (and probably between big-C and small-c constitutionalists) that is not really appropriate for a lead section
	* the Revolution is really the 2008 campaign phenomenon, not the ongoing group of people (which would be the Campaign for Liberty)

	May I suggest something like this instead:
	<blockquote>
	Well-received ] and ] presidential campaigns during his political career have made Paul a regular commentator on limited government and liberty. His support base has always extended well beyond his current congressional district, measured in terms of campaign donations, speaking engagements, and media coverage.
	</blockquote>

	-] (]) 11:51, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

	* '''Concur.''' With new paragraph, although I'd change "regular commentator" to "regularly sought commentator." Also, fixed your fourth bullet point. ] (]) 15:52, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

	I agree completely. He also has many Democratic supporters, which the paragraph leaves out. --] (]) 19:36, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

	== Question ==

	The article states:

	In the 2008 general election, Paul received almost 20,000 votes with 99% of precincts reporting. He was listed on the ballot in Montana on the Constitution Party label, and in Louisiana on the "Louisiana Taxpayers Party" label, and was registered as a write-in candidate in California.

			== Use of the words fiscal policy to describe opinions on the federal reserve instead of monetary policy ==
	Many states don't count write in votes unless there is a reccount so in actuality he could have recieved many more votes, should something be stated about this in the article?--] (]) 08:53, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

			Hi all,
	:I think it's worth of note, yes. <span style="font-size: 0.85em; padding: .2em .3em; border-top: 1px #504c50 solid; border-bottom: 1px #504c50 solid;">''']''' <small>(] · ])</small></span> 08:57, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

			First timer here. Maybe nitpicking but in macro-economic courses that I took (Econ and math major) I was taught that the federal reserve's interest rate manipulation, open-market operations etc. were examples of monetary policy, not fiscal policy. I understand fiscal policy to be more the tool of congress i.e. changing taxes or spending money to stimulate the economy. I believe articles on fiscal vs monetary policy should support this.
	::The article now states the vote total is the "reported" total, and notes that not all jurisdictions require the counting of write-in notes.--] (]) 20:26, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

			This is in one of the first paragraphs in the introduction section, which I guess I can't edit. Language would be much more precise if it were to be changed imho. ] (]) 05:32, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
	== Ultra-Hyper-Mega-POV ==

			:You are correct. I edited this sentence accordingly. <span class="nowrap">–]</span> (] • ]) 14:34, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
	This is one of the most impressive (and longest) fluff pieces on WP. I especially admire the way the newsletter controversy has been deftly atomized and scattered so that it is hardly detectable. If this were anyone else, there would be a "Controversy" section dedicated to it, as there should be.
			::No, I didn't put my comments about unsourced materials here! They appeared separately in original. ] (]) 01:44, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Unsourced claims about number of delegates at the 2008 Republican National Conventions and the results of the subsequent elections. Without sources, "popularity" is an opinion, not a fact. == I apologize for putting this in the text rather than as a footnote. I haven't edited since Edward Snowden. That article received so much partisan argument as well as deletion of sourced facts that I gave up. I've forgotten how to exactly insert footnotes in text about "Needs source."
	On the positive side, I get to point to this article as evidence against the supposed left-wing bias of WP. There's scarcely anyone to the right of Ron Paul, yet the apparent WP consensus is to treat him with fawning adulation. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 13:06, 21 December 2008 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

			Unsourced claims about number of delegates at the 2008 Republican National Conventions and the results of the subsequent elections. Without sources, national "popularity" is an opinion, not a fact. ] (]) 01:33, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
	:Hey dumbass, where is the "controversy" section on Obama and his William Ayers connection, Rev Wright, or the controversy around his birth certificate, etc. Your problem is with the media, if they had persued this more than just one interview about it on cnn maybe it would be topical enough to be inclouded in Ron Paul's page. However it's a non-story. Go look for controversy sections in Obama's page, and many others and report back what you've found. You lose.

			== Unsourced claims about delegates at the RNC 2008, 2012, and results of national elections. ==
	::Neither Obama, Ayers, Wright, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Batman, Santa Claus, the Devil, your Grandma, nor any other ] figure you may wish to name, have anything to do with my point regarding Ron Paul, who is the subject of this particular article.

			Unsourced claims about number of delegates at the 2008 Republican National Conventions and the results of the subsequent elections. Without sources, "popularity" is an opinion, not a fact. == I apologize for noting this in the text of the article, rather than as a footnote.this in the text rather than as a footnote. I haven't edited since Edward Snowden. That article received so much partisan argument as well as deletion of sourced facts that I gave up. I've forgotten how to exactly insert footnotes in text about "Needs source." ] (]) 01:48, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
	Wrong again clown. Everything I mentioned has to do with Controversy, as in content related to Obama for instance, which is not mentioned in his wikipedia page. Similarly you will find many controversies are not mentioned in multiple politician wikipedia articles. I was not making a judgment about Obama, I was pointing out well known controversies that got about 10,000 times more media exposure than the newsletter controversy that ended after a single Wolf Blitzer interview. Take your personal vendettas to the slum pages like encyclopedia dramatica, or get all the controversies that were big news into the mainline articles before you complain about it here.

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Use of the words fiscal policy to describe opinions on the federal reserve instead of monetary policy

Hi all,

First timer here. Maybe nitpicking but in macro-economic courses that I took (Econ and math major) I was taught that the federal reserve's interest rate manipulation, open-market operations etc. were examples of monetary policy, not fiscal policy. I understand fiscal policy to be more the tool of congress i.e. changing taxes or spending money to stimulate the economy. I believe articles on fiscal vs monetary policy should support this.

This is in one of the first paragraphs in the introduction section, which I guess I can't edit. Language would be much more precise if it were to be changed imho. 2601:586:5280:EEB0:303D:85BB:6EF8:B46E (talk) 05:32, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

You are correct. I edited this sentence accordingly. –CWenger (^ • @) 14:34, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

No, I didn't put my comments about unsourced materials here! They appeared separately in original. Leslynjd (talk) 01:44, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

== Unsourced claims about number of delegates at the 2008 Republican National Conventions and the results of the subsequent elections. Without sources, "popularity" is an opinion, not a fact. == I apologize for putting this in the text rather than as a footnote. I haven't edited since Edward Snowden. That article received so much partisan argument as well as deletion of sourced facts that I gave up. I've forgotten how to exactly insert footnotes in text about "Needs source."

Unsourced claims about number of delegates at the 2008 Republican National Conventions and the results of the subsequent elections. Without sources, national "popularity" is an opinion, not a fact. Leslynjd (talk) 01:33, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Unsourced claims about delegates at the RNC 2008, 2012, and results of national elections.

Unsourced claims about number of delegates at the 2008 Republican National Conventions and the results of the subsequent elections. Without sources, "popularity" is an opinion, not a fact. == I apologize for noting this in the text of the article, rather than as a footnote.this in the text rather than as a footnote. I haven't edited since Edward Snowden. That article received so much partisan argument as well as deletion of sourced facts that I gave up. I've forgotten how to exactly insert footnotes in text about "Needs source." Leslynjd (talk) 01:48, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

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