Talk:Tom Brinkman

message: When I saw that Tom Brinkman was the featured article, I thought "how timely." It was Mr. Brinkman who had just filed suit against Miami University in Oxford Ohio for providing benefits to employees who now don't qualify as a family under Ohio's recently passed "Marriage Amendment". He filed just days before the article was featured. It's now apparent that the timing of the featured article with his lawsuit was purely coincidental - although now it seems a significant development in his career.
::I'll try to add this to the article in a few days.  PedanticallySpeaking 21:01, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brinkman files suit against Miami University for domestic partner policy

message: #The voters in a specific geographic area.
#The party that claims a politician as its member and pays (part of?) the politician's campaign/etc. expenses.
#Only the politician representing his or her own views and opinions.
*       WHICH? Is Tom Brinkman ahead of his time? Can his statements be proven to be proper and substantially correct? Are the voters happy, or at least happier?
*I welcome articles in a 'pedia that are mainly objective, based, if possible, on provable FACTS, substantially impartial, and that are not colored/tainted by partisan politics, even if they are about politicians.
QUITTNER 142.150.49.166 19:10, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who is represented - or <U>should be</u> represented - by politicians? 

message: Shouldn't a biographical article, particularly one worthy of being a Featured Article, tell when and where the subject was born?
TJSwoboda 01:02, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Blaim user:Neutrality  Raul654 03:02, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Mea culpa. A careless copy-and-paste job. Apologies --Neutralitytalk 03:04, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

text: How is it terrible or not NPOV?  See my comments under "What the Hell?" above.  PedanticallySpeaking 16:11, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of birth 

message: This article seems to be nothing more than a hatefest for this man simply because of his conservative views.
:That's probably the hostile media effect you are feeling there. Raul654 05:34, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: See my comment above under "What the Hell?" about the number of negative quotations.  PedanticallySpeaking 16:12, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  I added the NPOV 

message: I believe Ron Paul, rather, is called "Dr No" because he votes against anything that the constitution doesn't allow.  Compare the following:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ron+paul+%22dr+no%22
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=tom+brinkman+%22dr+no%22
142,000 hits vs. 198
: Agreed. Ron Paul's possession of the title is further established by virtue of his actually being a doctor. This article's references seem to only have one reference of him being called "Dr. No." The Google comparison is grounds enough, though. Removing the title from the main article. -Simoes 15:04, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Ron Paul may also be called this, but does that give him sole possession of the nickname?  I cited an article which uses it in the headline and a quick search find another article also using this title.  PedanticallySpeaking 16:18, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr no title 

message: i like this article. this article deserves to be published. -- Zondor 09:29, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  publication 

message: I think that some "minor subjects" should occasionally feature on the Wikipedia front page - one of the pleasures of Wikipedia is serendipity.
Can I make a Brinkmanship pun?
Jackiespeel 18:18, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Featured articles

message: This article is drawing constant vandalism today as it is featured on the main page.  Should we protect it, just for a day or two?  PedanticallySpeaking 20:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: TFAs should not be protected. See user:Raul654/protection. —Bunchofgrapes  (talk) 20:28, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: First, thank you to Pedantically Speaking for a well-researched and generally well-written article.  It's a shame that people feel the ned to attack and tear down rather than offering praise and constructive criticsm.  That said, let me offer what I hope is constructive feedback:  
*As noted in the featured article discussion, the article needs more information about his background.  Where was he born?  Where did he grow up?  What did his parents do?  Did he attend public schools or catholic schools? Did he have brothers and sisters?
*The information about his election to the general assembly is confusing.  The article states that he defeated the "endorsed" candidate but it doesn't say whom that candidate was endorsed by.  A reader unfamiliar with SW Ohio politics needs more background.
*The overall "flow" of the three sections about his career in the Legislature need work.  His issue positions are scattered through the article and I found the timeline a bit confusing.  There's a lot of good information there, but I think it needs to be organized differently.
*Did he really cite the Council of Trent's Roman Catechism from the 1500's rather than the 1992 Catechism of the Catholic Church to justify his positions on homosexuality?
TMS63112 22:06, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments 

message: I really liked this article. It was very well-written, etc. Anyone who objects to it as a featured article (because, say, there's not much about HIM as opposed to his career)... well, that's what we have WP:FAC for. I think it deserves the featured-ness, and my congratulations to the authors. Matt Yeager 23:14, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Great article 

message: I've read enough resumes, articles and bios to notice the difference. This is NOT an article, it's whistle-stop hoopla for another barnyard politico. Much more politically significant is the "article" on Gwen Steffani. 86 the Brinkman blurb, just like the pResident would an unembedded war reporter. --Steve meiers 02:23, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resume, not Article nor Bio 

message: Substituted at 08:57, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

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