Talk:2008 Democratic National Convention

message: "Motion" is not a verb, it's a noun, ergo one cannot "motion" and one especially cannot have "motioned."  As such, the article should read "former rival Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York *MOVED* to suspend the rules of the roll call...."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.152.202.0 (talk) 10:12, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Motioned vs. Moved 

message: I don't want to contradict sourced material, but unless the guy from "Saw" shows up at the convention surely there can't be 823.5 uncommitted delegates, even if they have that many votes.  It would be worth saying "N delegates with M votes", provided any source puts it that way. Wnt (talk) 17:41, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be more correct to say 823.5 "delegate votes", so if you want to be that picky, you don't need to recast the whole sentence. -Rrius (talk) 23:16, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That might be good enough for an article about the primary, but an article about the convention really should say how many actual people gather in the building. Wnt (talk) 15:25, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Half delegates? 

message: The counterpart article about the Republican convention begins with a banner: "This article or section contains information about an upcoming or ongoing election in the United States. Content may change as the election approaches." There should be a similar banner here, but I don't know how to create it. Ishboyfay (talk) 21:46, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Upcoming election" banner 

message: ...broken up. I tried to delete the section "Possible Protests" primarily because it does not cite a single source and the text itself acknowledges that it is hearsay. This is a friggen encyclopedia. In the event that the iconic band reunites to start another riot, it will deserve to appear in the press and enjoy a spot in the section where actual protests are discussed. --143.231.249.138 (talk) 16:49, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rage against the Machine is...= 

message: I  added User:MiszaBot I. It will archive all but five posts older than five days (in other words, the last five posts will always be left on the talk page). -Classicfilms (talk) 19:11, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
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message: Just found the following link: http://cbs4denver.com/denver2008/denver.protesters.arrested.2.793930.html
Does anyone care to incorporate it into the article or should I just create a criticism section. Lihaas (talk) 11:06, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism 

message: Re this sentence: "However, CBS News reported in August that another reason for the late convention dates was so that Obama could spend as much money as possible from the matching gifts associated with the primaries. That money is no longer available once the general election starts." Surely the date of the convention was decided long before Obama was the prospective nominee? The date must have been known at the time the cities were asked to bid to host. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 01:12, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right, so it has been moved here from the introduction.  Someone will have to review a transcript and figure out where the error is.  -- SEWilco (talk) 03:31, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of convention

message: The language of the section "The First Night," especially that regarding the children of Senator Obama asking him questions, seems very empathetic to the Democratic cause. It should be changed to be neutral.
:Big agree, I killed all of it but the first paragraph.  It still needs work, shouldn't be its own section at all! 99.154.3.177 (talk) 23:54, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Neutral Language

message: I'm no regular here, but I thought this should be included here. If it were best I didn't post this here, I apologize for my ignorance. If not, I apologize for leaving the article so horribly incomplete. Perhaps someone who knows what they're doing can help.Multitallented (talk) 04:40, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Is that the section I removed as being a word-for-word cut-and-paste copyvio? Some thing about riot police using tear gas? --Elliskev 12:29, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

text: I would argue that a section dedicated to protests should be included in the article, or there should at least be a separate article made about the protests.  Afterall, there are sections and/or articles on other DNC and RNC convention pages on Wikipedia dedicated to protests.  Thus, expansive protest content regarding this convention should be allowed; otherwise, expansive protest content regarding other conventions need to be removed.  There shouldn't be different standards for different convention pages on Wikipedia.  -- Luke4545 (talk) 04:34, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Makes sense, so why don't we keep something about that protest on here so long as it's neutral and not word-for-word?Multitallented (talk) 18:33, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  100 protesters taken to temporary center 

message: hi there, i´m searching for a complete list of speakers. a link anyone? thx --moneybrother 20:46, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  complete list of speakers 

message: What was the tabulation of the roll call vote when it was suspended?  Bubba73 (talk), 04:56, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, the article needed that.  Bubba73 (talk), 15:47, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  roll call 

message: only part of it is past tense, while the first sentence(s?) still refer to them as future events. needs an update. 24.3.14.157 (talk) 12:14, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  third day summary

message: First, Hilary's motion only applied to Obama, not to Biden, so please don't add him. Second, using YouTube as a source is not discouraged by Wikipedia, see WP:YouTube. If you are suspicious about the copyright status of the video there, then by all means link to another one, but check you link to the correct video, not (as somebody did) to a video about a totally different story. Richard75 (talk) 12:44, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: We can't link to a copyvio. See WP:ELNEVER. --Elliskev 12:52, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nomination of Obama by acclamation 

message: The beginning of the article states "The 2008 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party ...". A Democratic National Convention happens quadrennially, but only one has happened in 2008. I was thinking we could change it to something along the lines of "...was a meeting of the quadrennial presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party". Thanks. - 68.183.161.211 (talk) 04:41, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The timing is implied by the presidential election system.  Is it necessary to mention how often it happens in the article for every convention?  -- SEWilco (talk) 15:08, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introductory sentence 

message: The part about Gnash is misleading. For those wanting to use 100% free software (e.g., those running gNewSense with multiverse disabled), there are hurdles to overcome in order to view YouTube videos without downloading them first. Many people never do get them to play in their browser. I suspect the editor who wrote that part might not fully understand the meaning of free software. If you're using Ubuntu and Firefox, you're not viewing YouTube with free software.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.241.214.138 (talk) 04:56, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Web Site criticism 

message: There were open caucus' held at the Colorado Convention Center during the daytime of each convention day as well as an interfaith service on the Sunday before and not a mention in the entire article Gang14 (talk) 08:14, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Colorado Convention Center]] 

message: where's some criticism about the Denver police forcibly relocating homeless people from downtown denver to impress tourists? 65.102.200.78 (talk) 17:02, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you provide a source or two supporting this claim? Qqqqqq (talk) 17:38, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Denver didn't trick everyone when they hid their homeless people. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=denver+homeless+democratic+national+convention&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi= 65.102.246.173 (talk) 17:28, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  homeless people 

message: I am deleting this section of the article, which reads "Harriet Christian became famous at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, with videos of her protests became popular on YouTube."  Three references were provided, all of which make it clear that Harriet Christian received media attention and many YouTube hits following her protest at DNC Rules Committee that ruled on the Michigan/Florida delegate controversy.  That meeting took place almost three months before the convention.  Harriet Christian received no special attention at the convention in Denver. Jim Heaphy (talk) 15:09, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Harriet Christian 

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