Talk:Al Gore/Archive 10

message: Added trivia tag under the pop culture section. If no one objects I am going to go through this section and remove all unsourced material and pop culture references that Al Gore did not take part in. Turtlescrubber 19:15, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia section

message: * missing info: 
*Leonardo DiCaprio film The 11th Hour (film) (on the climate crisis)
*Oct. 17 2007.: Gore is scheduled to speak to the prestigious Chicago Economic Club.
*Nobel Peace Prize winner will be announced, in Oslo, Norway
*unnoticed Presidential campaign of 2008
--Tamás Kádár 08:08, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gore, 36%; Hillary, 32%; Obama, 16%; and Edwards, 8%. 

message: The article mentions that he and his wife drive hybrid vehicles.  (Actually, I think his son drove a hybrid in southern California recently.)  But the article does not mention that his household using more electricity per month than the average American uses in a year.  This has been in the news repeatedly. The article also does not mention how much Al Gore would personally gain if his carbon offset trading program was put in place.  Let the article tell the whole story.  RonCram 12:26, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Y-awn. Take it to Al Gore controversies. Chris Cunningham 13:17, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article is not NPOV

message: The article states "Gore publicly conceded the election after the Supreme Court of the United States in Bush v. Gore ruled 5-4 that the Florida recount was unconstitutional and that no constitutionally valid recount could be completed by the December 12 deadline, effectively ending the recounts."  In actuality, there were two Supreme Court decisions, both announced on the same day.  The first was 7-2 that the Florida recount was unconstitutional, and the second was 5-4 that no constitutionally valid recount could be completed by the December 12 deadline.  The article incorrectly reports it as one 5-4 decision.
At one point this was reported accurately in wikipedia.org.  Why has it been allowed to revert to the current inaccurate statement?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.20.67.91 (talk) 06:23, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Supreme Court decisions regarding 2000 Presidential Election Inaccurately Reported

message: i) The tone of this article is genarally pro-Gore biased and admiring.  Any criticism is immediately mitigated with yet another admiring quote.  Wiki is supposed to be objective, but this article certainly is not.
ii) "An Inconvenient Truth" is not a documentary, it is a propaganda film.  This is of course obvious to any casual observer, but it has now also been determined by a court in the UK.  So a reference to this court decision, would make sense.
iii) How do I get permission to edit this (and other restricted entries)?  It seems to me, many political entries need re-balancing, and I could provide such balance.
16:13, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Tone 

message: I propose a disambiguation page: Al Gore (disambiguation). The current note at the top of this article puts a world spotlight on his ill-starred son, who presumably would suffer further. --Ancheta Wis 10:47, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The correct fix for this is to remove any BLP issues from his son's article, not to add layers of indirection. Chris Cunningham 10:52, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree: a disambiguation page would be a good idea, though not for the reason given here. A dab page is needed because there are multiple 'Al Gore' articles to disambiguate between, not just this one and the two family members linked at the top: there's also Al Gore's contributions to the Internet and technology, the articles for his two Presidential campaigns, and Al Gore controversies. I think it makes sense to have all those articles listed together on one page, rather than linked at various points through this article as they are at the moment. Terraxos 14:28, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Al Gore dab page 

message: As far as I can tell; he's the second person ever to win a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award after George Bernard Shaw; is it worthy to be mentioned however? Your thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.217.9.170 (talk • contribs) 11:51, 12 October 2007
: Definitely noteworthy. Chris Cunningham 10:54, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And the only person to have won both of those and an Emmy. Allegrorondo 13:28, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone should add the Nobel Laureate category to the listing. 64.81.229.99 15:43, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How come the nobel prize isn't showing up in his infobox? Is there a problem with our "Vice President" infobox tempalte? PyroGamer 17:49, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Al Gore should not be credited as an Academy Award winner. Academy records list Davis Guggenheim as the sole Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature for An Inconvenient Truth. The media has definitely perpetuated the notion that Gore himself won an Oscar; however, this is incorrect.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.146.27.235 (talk) 22:08, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Al Gore is going to be the next President of the United States ;-)77.210.63.60 10:01, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nobel Prize/Academy Award 

message: What about the Prince of Asturias Award? He won it before the Noble Prize.
:what is the asturias award?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.42.211.71 (talk) 16:26, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Asturias Award 

message: I'm new to Wikipedia, so sorry if this is not the correct format.  Al Gore did not win an Oscar.  "An Inconvenient Truth", the documentary in which he starred, won an Oscar, but it was awarded to executive producer Davis Guggenheim.  Al Gore was brought up on stage and has rightfully received much of the credit for the film, but he did not win an Oscar for it (the official Oscar website and IMDB.com both correctly state this fact). Brosenbe 21:07, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: agreed. i've reverted the inappropriate addition of this in the 'awards' section. mr. gore did not earn an academy award. for example, the movie "The Departed" won an academy award as best picture. Jack Nicholson starred in the movie, but did not earn an academy award. he is not listed as having earned an academy award for starring in "The Departed". exactly the same applies here. Anastrophe 23:41, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In this case, we should adjust the first paragraph to note this adjustment.  Does anyone disagree?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schalliol (talk • contribs) 00:52, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gore and Oscar Win