Talk:Rodney Ellis

message: I found http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1989_657791 WhisperToMe (talk) 19:42, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: When Ellis was a city councilman

message: This article reads like it was written by his press secretary. It needs a thorough review for neutrality, and a lot of additional inline citations per WP:V and WP:BLP. Ground Zero | t 12:58, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Went back and rewrote much of the entry.  Added citations for all claims and deleted portions that had neutrality issues. Rodneyellis (talk) 22:04, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Re-write needed

message: Much of this article is taken from Ellis's Texas Senate webpage, which is described as his "homepage". It is clear that the text is provided by him or by his office, so it is not a third party source. This article can be improved by providing references to relaible third party sources, like newspapers and newsmagazines. Ground Zero | t 20:29, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: The article, before I edited it, referred repeated ly to Ellis passing legislation, as if her was able to do it on his own. His Texas Senate homepage also says this repeatedly. I am more familiar with British parliamentary systems, where legislation is passed by a legislature or parliament, rather than by a single legislator like a senator. Can American legislators pass legislation on their own? Ground Zero | t 20:29, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Passing legislation

message: I have reverted edits made by an unregistered editor because they violated WP:NPOV. An encyclopedia article about a person should neither villify or glorify its subject. An article about a politician must not sound like it was written by his or her press secretary as these edits did. Ground Zero | t 21:01, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Went back and rewrote much of the entry.  Added citations for all claims and deleted portions that had neutrality issues. Rodneyellis (talk) 22:04, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Neutrality (again)

message: It's extremely common in state legislatures in the U.S. to state that Rep. X or Sen. Y "passed a bill" if they were the lead author on the piece of legislation - i.e., if they were the elected official that first filed it.  Indeed, any bill does require a number of votes from other individuals prior to it getting passed, but that doesn't change the fact that Rep. X or Sen. Y were the leading force behind the bill's passage.  I looked on Google for 10 seconds and found a Huffington Post article re: Rep. Paul Ryan with the title of "Paul Ryan Only Passed 2 Bills Into Law In More Than A Decade."http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/12/paul-ryan-bills_n_1769816.html  Dedmo (talk) 20:41, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re: "Passing legislation" 

message: Went back and rewrote much of the entry.  Added citations for all claims and deleted portions that had neutrality issues. Rodneyellis (talk) 21:58, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heavy re-write complete 

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