Talk:Carl Levin

message: Time magazine just named Mr. Levin one of the top ten senators currently serving in congress. I believe someone sould add something about it. Link to article http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1184028,00.html  --The Sess 13:44, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 10 Best Senators

message: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York discusses her assignment by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the US Senate Armed Services Committee with long-time Chair Sen. Carl Levin in her 2014 Memoir, Off the Sidelines. Priorities included women in the military and sexual assault investigations in the military chain of command.  Gillibrand, Kirsten. (2014). Kirsten Gillibrand: US Senator: Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. 
2603:7081:2000:3EF3:7CE0:C438:C24B:6309 (talk) 13:34, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Armed Services Committee, Chair and Women

message: he really did literally , expressly state that that's what he was talking about at the PRess Club speech. maybe you haven't looked closely at the language of that speech. Kɔffeedrinksyou 16:07, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree!  The Bills and Policies section reads almost like something off his official web site or campaign site.  There are no external references or sources quoted for the praise that Levin's policies receive in this section.  (Disclaimer: I grew up in Michigan and am personally a supporter of Senator Levin.)  Moxfyre 16:24, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Press

message: Carl Levin is the featured person in the Comb over article, and as such, I believe a link to said article should be included. Unfortunately, one Wikipedia user disagrees with me and keeps reverting my inclusion of said link. Not only that, but he convinced a moderator I am in violation of the 3rr, despite the fact I corrected the article only once. 
Linking to the article is not pejorative or slanderous, the man obviously has a comb-over; it is perfectly relevant. Professor London 22:00, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not an administrator, Professor London, and User:Abe.Froman didn't ask anyone to intervene.  I noticed these edits, reverted a clear addition of nonsense to the article, and notified you that you were about to violate WP:3RR.  There is no legitimate reason to add this link to an article about a United States Senator. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 22:29, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

text: second that.  Abe Froman 22:44, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Comb over]]

message: Following the sentence 
:In 2005, Congress passed the 2005 Energy Policy. 
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What bill is this, and why is this discussion here? The Energy Policy Act of 2005, S.10, was sponsored by Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) and had zero cosponsors. In particular, Carl Levin didn't cosponsor this bill, so why is this discussion here?
Articles aren't really the right place for such comments, so I will remove the comment along with the entire discussion on the bill, unless someone can tie this bill to Sen. Levin. Anomalocaris 20:17, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Energy Policy 

message: The article is very sparsely cited. It's not well-written. It is just a series of isolated statements. There is very little transition, even within sections. It has many current, topical statements, but not enough biographical/encyclopaedic information for a man who has spent so many years in public service. I'm also not sure it stands up to NPOV. It reads more like a puff piece. 
I am the  Botendaddy 00:44, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I was asked at my talk to look in on this article. I think there is merit in your assessment. I suggest if you're interested, that you spend some time finding references for those things you think are most unreferenced. However edit warring over new material is probably not a good way to start. ++Lar: t/c 14:00, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

text: The lack of military service edit has been removed again because there is no bonafied journalistic citation which specifically states that the senator never served in the military and the official government site does not support the disputed edit so it has been removed. Steelbeard1 (talk) 00:49, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

text: But they are NOT, again NOT bonafied journalistic citations that specifically state the info which should support the edit. Steelbeard1 (talk) 01:21, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

text: Not they ARE NOT bonafied journalistic citations.  One is from Juan Cabanela, another is from "Freedom Speaks" and the third is from Chad A. Miles.  The official site from Senator Levin does not specifically state anything about military service or Levin not serving in the military.  Journalistic sources are newspapers, broadcast news sources or other unbiased news services. Steelbeard1 (talk) 01:38, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

text: I reported the edit warring to the Biography of Living Persons noticeboard. Steelbeard1 (talk)
I can't war on my own, let's see if they get to the substance of the dispute.
I am the  Botendaddy 01:47, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

text: Looking at the reports, it looks as if I am correct.  Steelbeard1 (talk) 02:30, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Botendaddy received a 24 hour block. Steelbeard1 (talk) 17:03, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Quality of the Article

message: Is it true that Levin chairs the Armed Services Committee, but has zero military experience himself?  If so, that would explain Levin's naivete.  But I assume that, if even the slightest critical analysis were put in the main article, it would be removed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.153.18 (talk) 03:30, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The "citation" does not mention anything about the senator either serving or not serving in the armed forces so it does not support the edit in question. Steelbeard1 (talk)
The "citations" I just added, there is a place to record military experience. None is listed. There is no official biography that lists him having any military experience.
I am the  Botendaddy 22:09, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

text: To be reliable, they either must come from bonafied journalistic sources or from official U.S. government web sites. Steelbeard1 (talk) 12:41, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Armed Services Committee Chair With Zero Military Experience?

message: I am posting this information after noting a common error in representing election results in this article. I hope I don't need to source the distinction between representing a percent as a decimal and visa-versa. Percents indicate a number out of one hundred.  For instance 5 is 5% of 100, 10 is 5% of 200 and so on.  One can represent these as decimals sans the percent sign so 5% may also be written as 0.05, not 0.05%.  Placement of the percent sign after the number implies division by 100, so 0.05% would represent 5 out of 10,000 not 5 out of 100.Libertyguy (talk) 14:08, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Basic Math 

message: The recall campaign section was deleted for two reasons.  One is that there are no bonafied non-biased journalistic citations.  The citations given were extremely biased.  The other reason is a Constitutional amendment is required to recall elected Federal officials as shown at  and  Steelbeard1 (talk) 16:42, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recall campaign 

message: Was his title with the Michigan Civil Rights Commission really "State assistant police officer"?  That certainly doesn't sound right!  75.200.153.39 (talk) 01:33, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  TITLE with CRC? 

message: As already mentioned, any edits to this article must be backed by bonafied non-biased journalistic citations to remain in this article.  Any edit critical of Levin which does not include such citations will be deleted. Steelbeard1 (talk) 18:28, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bonafied journalistic citations required 

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