Talk:Roland Burris

message: :A confession. I'm the bloke who added then-governor, as former governor looked misleading. Having him as Governor Blagojevich is better, though. GoodDay (talk) 17:18, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't feel bad. I think I put a "then" in awhile back. Or a somebody or two did. lol It's the current-events-in-flux aspect that makes this more complicated to (transiently) "get right." Proofreader77 (talk) 21:46, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Then-" was certainly an improvement on "former". Incremental improvement, it's what we do. -Rrius (talk) 21:55, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There's alot of articles on Wikipedia, which erroneously use former. For example: the US Presidents bio articles (particularly George W. Bush, after he left office). GoodDay (talk) 14:48, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting point. Hmmm ... Perhaps when presidents are first cast out (um, leave office:), there is a tendency to feel we must acknowledge their exit from role... But then, after a time, perhaps when they've passed on and can't sneak back into the White House claiming that Wikipedia says they are president (lol) ... we can go back to referring to them as president, rather than former president. (Excuse my humorous response.) What the WP "guidelines" say about this should be investigated, also. Proofreader77 (talk) 17:11, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Confession(s) and absolution(s) 

message: Hello, Proofreader77.  Which of the following do you think would be correct when editing Wikipedia?
* "Blagojevich was the governor"
* "Blagojevich is the former governor"
-- AzureCitizen (talk) 05:37, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: re: then governor, former governor,  etc (look through edit history)
# Blagojevich was not the "former governor" when he appointed  Burris
# See paragraph 3 for more mention of impeachment of Blagojevich (precise wording still in flux, see discussion above)
# Every time someone puts in "then" or "former" it gets reverted, so you'd have to convince all the other editors (I believe I tried putting "then governor" in once, but I've forgotten:)
# Cheers!
-- Proofreader77 (talk) 05:49, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

text: I like "was the governor" Christmasgirl (talk) 19:15, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Use of "Former"

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thread_title:  dead link 

message: Can someone add this into the article? Richard (talk) 17:13, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corruption 

message: In the article, Burris said he will serve as US Senator until hs term expires in January 2011. Yet, Kirk is being sworn in November 29, 2010. Which is it? GoodDay (talk) 00:13, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expiration of Senate term 

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message: An unexpired term is shorter than a full 6-year term, so the wording here is confusing and nonsensical. Pomodecon (talk) 21:47, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarification needed