Talk:Rocky Anderson

message: Thousands?  I looked at reports from the local news, and some national ones, and they all said that there were beteeen 800-1000 people.  I think the creator of this page went beyond neutrality here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.200.116.11 (talk • contribs) 25 Aug 2005
"I looked at reports from the local news, and some national ones, and they all said that there were beteeen 800-1000 people."  I know nothing about the event but I do know about the local and national news media. What I know is that they have an unspoken consensus to misreport and misrepresent. In particular, they notoriously and grossly underestimate attendance at peace rallies. I'd go with the reports of the subsequent contributors way before believing what the mainstream media in the US have to say. ---Dagme (talk) 00:49, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, the citation link given seems to have nothing to do with Anderson or the rally. -- Jmabel | Talk 06:37, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
I disagree.  I was there and there WERE thousands there.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by SLCgal (talk • contribs) 23:09, August 25, 2007 (UTC) 
I was also there, there were certainly thousands of people present, and not just at the specific location at the park, but along the streets and at the Salt Palace Convention Center.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.42.250.156 (talk) 22:36, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peace rally 

message: Though I have nothing but antipathy for the man and his policies, we really should add a couple of things to get his page more complete.  We're missing the most contreversial part of Rocky's policies - the Legacy Highway/Davis County debate.  Additionally, we really should mention his part in the Olympics, which certainly went well.  I'm planning on adding some about them and look forward to feedback.--Gillespee 20:03, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Involvement in Legacy Highway and the Olympics 

message: "Ironically, he has been viewed as one of the state's most outspoken supporters of alcohol use," is a statement that at best is open to debate and at worst is pure propogation of a rather negative view.  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.10.165.176 (talk • contribs) 03:07, 26 October 2005  (UTC)
: While I suppose it is open to debate (what isn't really?) I cannot for the life of me think of anyone who is more for alcohol than Rocky.  Is it more the tone you dislike?  Would changing it to something like: "Ironically, Rocky is one of the most outspoken critics of Utah's liquor laws" make it sound more NPOV?--Gillespee 23:56, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say that "ironically" is a problem. Telling the reader where to find irony in not NPOV. -- Jmabel | Talk 04:44, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I myself find it ironic (and more than a little hypocritic) in the disconnect between alcohol and drugs, but you're right so I changed it.--Gillespee 00:49, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV concerning alcohol 

message: Due to the coverage the incident recived, I've covered the recent interview/arguement Anderson was involved in on Fox and Friends. Whilst it's a relatively small event, it does offer further insight regarding Anderson's views on various topics from torture to Fox News and/or the "Mainstream media". The only problem is I have no idea who the guy with E.D. Hill was, so for the moment I've just listed him as an "interviewer". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Edders (talk • contribs) 31 August 2006.
: Oops, sorry. Forgot to sign. Is there a way to make wikipedia automatically sign your discussion edits? Edders 12:52, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Nope. Not if you don't sign. It really has no way to guess where to do it (people intersperse remarks, people come in and correct their own previous spelling, etc.) - Jmabel | Talk 07:35, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fox and Friends/E.D. Hill incident 

message: This article is a mess when it comes to references. Numerous different citation styles are used and we have both a "notes" and a "references" section. Someone should go through and organize the citations and references... But I've decided that I'm too lazy to do it myself. :) Porlob 17:42, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation standardization

message: Is there any reason why Rocky is in the Latter Day saint category?  Since he is not a mormon, I am confused why he is in this group?  Reds0xfan 20:40 24 Sep 2006 (MDT)
:It seems that he was raised Mormon, but no longer identifies as such. I agree: that should be removed. Porlob 13:51, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Mormon?

message: I notice that Bott v. Deland, Bradford v. Moench, and University of Utah Students Against Apartheid v. Peterson were all recently delinked in the article. If anyone thinks that any of these have article potential (I suspect they are all borderline), please feel free to relink. - Jmabel | Talk 20:32, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legal cases 

message: The newer edition of this page does not contain the original notes or bibliography.  They are both absent, though I do not believe them to be completely lost in cyberspace. Morgensternen 22:32, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They're still there. What happened is that you added a reference without a </ref> tag. This placed the whole rest of the page inside the tag, making it disappear. Cool Hand Luke 20:03, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing notes and citation section. 

message: Unless there are serious objections, I'm moving the paragraph about The O'Reilly Factor (which, like much of this article, really needs some clarifying links and perhaps some editing) to "Criticism of the Bush Administration".  I might restructure the section appropriately to make things chronological. Maxisdetermined 02:25, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  O'Reilly move 

message: There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages. 
The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion. 
Please help us determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 02:24, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
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message: The Justice Party page doesn't seem to have any notability beyond Anderson's 2012 presidential campaign. I haven't been able to find any evidence of party events, membership, or other candidates who have run with the party since 2012. This leads me to believe that the party isn't really notable beyond its association with Anderson, so the articles should be merged.--Molandfreak (talk, contribs, email) 12:55, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose because Notability isn't temporary. Since the multiple, independent sources cover the part in an in-depth manner, it still passes WP:GNG.--User:Namiba 16:25, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there something I'm missing in terms of why the party is independently notable from Anderson or his 2012 run? Notability isn't temporary, but in the case of a political party I think there needs to be some standalone notability. There's very little independent coverage of the party, and what is there pretty much recognizes the party for what it really was/is: just a vehicle for Anderson's campaign to get some more credibility. Plus, a quarter of the sources are from the same TV show.--Molandfreak (talk, contribs, email) 18:52, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Would oppose a merge, myself, . I just found this article. It would seem to indicate the party is going to move away from Anderson going forward, much the way the Reform Party did away from Ross Perot. It sounds like they're planning on starting more state-level parties too. I think additional notability is likely to come if this is their plan, and it sounds like they'll be running more candidates in 2022. Also it sounds like they didn't run presidential candidates during 2016 or 2020 specifically because they didn't want to feed into a spoiler effect. I guess that could happen again, but it does sound like they're going to focus on at least some less-than-presidential elections. --Chillabit (talk) 02:10, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  I see now. I'll withdraw my request with this information.--Molandfreak (talk, contribs, email) 11:22, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal