Template talk:U.S. Governors

message: I was thinking that the state and territorial governments should be listed sepately instead of together in alphabetical order. Unless there are objections I'll make the change. --BOARshevik 06:54, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Very good idea! While territorial gov's are like the other 50 state governors, they seem to be a step bellow the rest. Until recently the average territorial governor was an Presidential appointee, while none of the other governors have ever been appointed. Plus, an territorial governor doesn't pay federal taxes (they go to the local government and not to the IRS) or appoint Presidential electors (since the territory can't vote for President). - Thanks, Hoshie | 03:58, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  States vs. territories 

message: *Clearly, this template should be on article for each of the people listed in the template.  Should it also be on the article for Governor of Foo?  It doesn't look consistent, so I thought I'd float it to the group. -- MrDolomite | Talk 16:33, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *No and in the spirit of keeping my opinion separate from the question:  Each article already has the current governor's name in it, and has the template of that state's governor list.  Makes those articles too long.  Somehow including a link to List of United States Governors would be better. -- MrDolomite | Talk 16:33, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where used? 

message: I've created a modified version of this template that does not use the postal codes, which can be confusing, especially for non-US residents. See User:Rholton/USGovernors (note that I've removed the categories from that page). Should we adopt this format? I also welcome suggestions, or improvements to the page. –RHolton≡– 03:08, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We should stick with the original - it's much more compact and the standard 2-digit state abbreviation makes it easy to find things in it.  Consider that most of the people who will use this template will be familiar with the common abbreviations, and even those who aren't can simply hover over the link to see which article the link goes too.   Additionally, most of the abbreviations are fairly obvious - even if you don't know them.  --Tim4christ17 talk 08:15, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  proposed template not using postal codes 

message: Should we have some sort of political party coding (red for Republicans, blue for Democrats, etc.) to denote which Governor is from what political party?
ObscureAnomaly 07:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political Parties? 

message: I did it simply because I'm sure that most people don't know the political parties of the Northern Mariana Islands and the abbreviation "C" could be confused with other minor US political parties.  Any objections? Hiyayaywhopee 03:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changed (C) to (Covenant) 

message: The title was accurate (USGovernors) and easy to remember and use.  Why was it moved?  Unlike articles, template names don't have to be long and precise, rather they should be easy to remember and use and accurate.  The old name was both.  I recommend it be moved back to the old name.  --Philosopher Let us reason together. 15:35, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, so long as the redirect's still around...  I still think "U.S. governors" means the same thing as "U.S. state and territorial governors" unless you are excluding by omission some kind of governor I'm not thinking of.  --Philosopher Let us reason together. 05:09, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: * Actually, since the template deals with current governors rather than current and historical governors of states that were once territories, I guess it could become "Current U.S. Governors" (or "Current United States Governors") with a capital "G"..? Probably too subtle now, but maybe worth doing? Sardanaphalus (talk) 03:29, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why moved? 

message: "DC" in the template is currently a redlink to the nonexistant "Governor of Washington D.C." page.  The wikicode that makes all the state abbreviations into links to Governor pages is beyond my ken; can someone fix this so that it points to List of mayors of Washington, D.C.? --Jfruh (talk) 18:24, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The code uses another template, which only allows one format for each state's governor link; I went ahead and created a "Governor of Washington, D.C." redirect page that points to the "List of mayors of Washington, D.C." —ADavidB 10:57, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  DC link is broken 

message: Please update Paterson to Cuomo.
75.204.34.145 (talk) 10:52, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Already  by  →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 18:21, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 75.204.34.145, 1 January 2011 

message: Not sure how to do this, but the DC Mayor definitely doesn't belong in the Governors group- DC is much more like a territory (especially from a constitutional perspective), and the DC Mayor probably has less power than most territorial governors.  Gabrielthursday (talk) 08:38, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Request 

message: Please undab Scott Walker. He's now the WP:PRIMARY.
192.157.10.100 (talk) 11:34, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: This change is completed. —ADavidB 11:43, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request 

message: Change McAuliffe to Ralph Northam please 184.63.43.107 (talk) 03:28, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, per https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/a-pragmatist-in-partisan-times-ralph-northam-becomes-virginias-73-governor/2018/01/13/86982592-f7d4-11e7-a9e3-ab18ce41436a_story.html —ADavidB 04:37, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 14 January 2018 

message: Change Brad Little (politician) to Brad Little to remove redirect link 47.223.78.205 (talk) 20:51, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: This is done. —ADavidB 22:20, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 3 April 2020