Talk:Governor of Massachusetts

message: In the Box on the right of the page, shouldn't the Governor's style be "His Excellency," and not "The Honorable" as it states in the Mass Constitution, also stated directly below in the "Constitutional Role" area?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.190.10 (talk) 14:14, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Style

message: The link to William Gaston is to the wrong William Gaston.  There is currently no page for Governor William Gaston.  I am unsure how to add a page for someone with an identical name.  If someone can do this, please fix the link.
Thank you.
*Done! See William Gaston (Massachusetts). —Markles 22:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  William Gaston 

message: In the new table, with Acting Governors denoted with an 'A' in place of a number, it seems a little redundant to place the words 'Acting Governor' under their name.  The only exception I think would be someone like Celucci who was both Acting Gov and Gov in his own right at different times.  --Briancua 14:06, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Acting Govs

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Mitt romney.JPG

message: The article for Massachusetts Governor's Mansion is very lean and mostly says that Massachusetts doesn't have a governor's mansion.  It's an interesting detail but it really doesn't seem worth devoting an entire article to. Tim Pierce 18:28, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  merge with [[Massachusetts Governor's Mansion]] 

message: In the top photo, the Governor is addressed as 'His Excelency', shouldn't it be 'The Honorable'? SteveMancarelli (talk) 21:52, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In many states yes; but in Massachusetts, Excellency is the proper title.  See Governor of Massachusetts.  Otherwise, good catch.  Sahasrahla (talk) 05:19, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question on addressing the Governor 

message: I (and someone else before me) have reverted changes made by an anonymous editor to the formatting and content of the listing of governors.  These changes are objectionable for several reasons:
*Information was removed that was present in the existing table (specifically, the Electoral History column)
*It does not use named party coloring (by transclusion of a suitable template)
*An inexplicably-populated "Term" column was introduced, which at best exposes extreme ignorance over the history of the term length of the governorship
*It includes, for no obvious reason, the individual's age at the time of their death
*It omits the acting governors entirely, and introduces the misconception that lieutenant governors become governor instead of acting as such
All of the omissions have useful encyclopedic value. Magic♪piano 15:19, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes to the formatting and the content of the list 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Anonymous editor(s) have been adding claims here (repeatedly reverted by myself and others) that the governor is subject to term limits.  There are no constitutional limits on the number of terms a governor can serve, unless someone can cite a specific amendment saying as much (there certainly were none in the unamended constitution).  Search away. Magic♪piano 17:53, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Claims of term limits 

message: I'm about to do some. It asks nicely to bring them up here first. I am doing so. It will prune excess info, source every thing, fix the issues, and bring it in line with the other governor lists. --Golbez (talk) 23:28, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Large-scale formatting changes 

message: I believe the list of governors section should be split into a separate article called List of governors of Massachusetts. Since other states like Georgia have separate pages for the list of governors then I believe that Massachusetts should be the same. BlakeIsHereStudios (talk) 12:18, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Just noting that the list was merged into this article in 2012, after having been split out in 2007. Magic♪piano 17:16, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Which is a really, really long time ago. I support a split. --Golbez (talk) 18:01, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

text: Support. I agree with the logic here. Regardless of what may have been done with the page in the past, the information should be on it’s own list, as is done with most (if not all) other U.S. states. AbbiLy02 (talk) 17:32, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Splitting proposal