Talk:Andy Harris (politician)

message: Hi, I don't know Harris so I don't feel I can fix this myself, although I tried to help out with the first paragraph.  I think it is enough to state that Harris strongly opposes gay marriage and move on.  The references to bestiality and polyamory are unnecessary.  Please do not re-add them.
Also the entire article on Harris's political positions is about three matters he opposes (gay marriage, eminent domain, public funds related to pornography).  The porn section is much too long, unless Harris played a special role in the incident in question and it was particularly notable and relevant to an understanding of Harris and his career, in which case perhaps it deserves its own section.
Were there other notable stances Harris took on political issues during his 10-yr state senate career?  Hopefully someone can strengthen the section, thanks.  Rufusgriffin (talk) 13:14, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: 'positions' section problematic

message: the school of hygiene and public health doesn't confer the M.D., the school of medicine does.also, the krieger school of arts and sciences does not give a b.s., but rather a b.a. i have made the necessary changes.Toyokuni3 (talk) 16:55, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: subsequent research has shown i was wrong about krieger, but right, of course, about school of medicine.Toyokuni3 (talk) 20:07, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: MD degree

message: i think a reader might like to know if the bill passed.Toyokuni3 (talk) 17:18, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Eminent Domain Bill

message: the fact that an anon IP added the info means nothing; you need to learn how to line-item delete...take off the part about being "extreme" and then go find a link that supports the LCV ranking. WillC (talk) 15:53, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The guidelines regarding biographies of living persons are more stringent than simple POV.  Controversial and uncited edits are supposed to be deleted when found by editors (see the top of this talk page).  It is not the responsibility of editors who catch this mistake to correct the error.  I don't necessarily agree that these edits are POV as some comments state, but it does not mean they shouldn't have been deleted.  Anyone who would like to keep the information should justify their inclusion by finding citations and adding them to the article.  Karma Heretic (talk) 16:13, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  edits 

message: The citation used for a large about of the bio is a link that uses this Wikipedia article as its source.  This is obviously not acceptable.  Does anyone have the original source?  I am placing a tag on the page until this is addressed.--Karma Heretic (talk) 15:31, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to clarify, the citation I am referring to is ref name = harris bio, [2].  The page is here --Karma Heretic (talk) 15:42, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Turns out that problem was only introduced yesterday, by this edit, which not only cited the bad source but stepped on an existing ref name.  I have to AGF and assume the editor didn't realise what effect this would have.  I've fixed it.  -- Zsero (talk) 20:26, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ah, good catch.  I could have sworn that I had looked at the reference before and it was legitimate.  That explains what happened.  Thanks for fixing it.  --Karma Heretic (talk) 16:57, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation problem 

message: This section seems really weak:
In very early February, 2012, During a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment on Feb. 1, documentary filmmaker Josh Fox, director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Gasland was taken into custody by United States Capitol Police, along with his crew, after Republicans objected to their presence, according to Democratic sources present at the hearing. The meeting of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment had been taking place in Room 2318 of the Rayburn Building. Harris is chairman of the panel.
He's just the chairman of the panel, how does this really rise to the level of controversial again?
User: Anonymous Coward  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.76.96.149 (talk) 13:03, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversies 

message: I'm not a Harris fan -- au contraire -- but when I read this I found it not to be encyclopedic here:
"Shortly after his success in blocking the District voters' will, several media outlets revealed a serious conflict of interest involved in his stance on marijuana reform. It came to light that Harris' third largest campaign donor is the pharmaceutical corporation Emergent BioSolutions, based in Rockville, Maryland. One of Emergent's products is epsil, "a fast-acting treatment that reduces the pain associated with oral mucositis," which is a common complication of chemotherapy from cancer treatment. Marijuana has been recognized formally in a number of states as having immense therapeutic potential for cancer patients. In fact, in states where medical marijuana has legalized, the number of pharmaceutical pain killers prescribed has dropped significantly. The congressman has not explicitly addressed this issue, but it is now clear Harris has not disclosed an important conflict of interest surrounding his recent activity against marijuana . . ."
I can't do it now, but I'll try to clean this up later. If somebody beats me to it, great!
-- Jo3sampl (talk) 17:45, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not objective 

message: I vote to remove the Jan 20th town hall sub-section of this article.  ~LL~ (talk) (requests) 18:49, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Keep/Do Not Keep ''Jan 20th town hall'' sub-section

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message: There have been uncited, undiscussed changes to the lead and other parts of this BLP during the past two weeks. Reminder to please discuss on the talk page here. FeralOink (talk) 21:27, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent edit warring 

message: Harris has repeatedly tried to give the impression on his Wiki biography that he was a deployed combatant in Operation Desert Shield/Storm, when the truth is he was merely activated as a naval reservist to backfill within CONUS at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. Attempts to distinguish this important difference and prevent an ethically false political narrative (Stolen Valor) have been rebuffed by what appear to be his protective political sycophants. 74.96.82.64 (talk) 02:08, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: From a quick perusal of the article history, I don't see any immediate evidence of Harris himself editing the article. I assume you're referencing the military details in the infobox when you state that the article has been edited to "give the impression... that he was a deployed combatant". The infobox documentation at  states that the  parameter should indicate "any notable battles or wars in which the person participated." Whether Harris participated in Desert Storm through his medical work (assuming your assertion that he was a reservist at BNS is accurate) seems questionable, but military-related terminology is well outside of my wheelhouse and this may very well be an accurate description of his participation. AviationFreak💬 20:15, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Harris' false Gulf War narrative.