Talk:Brian Schweitzer

message: I don't know much about him, but I should mention that today (23 August), Brian Schweitzer was featured in a section of the BBC Ten O'Clock News, about the current oil crisis in the US, and his plans to convert coal to oil. --Dreaded Walrus 21:25, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  BBC News 

message: I live in Montana, and this is the first that I've heard of it. There is no citation in the article about any talk of Schweitzer receiving the Vice Presidential nod. If anyone has one, please note it. I will be removing the statement soon. Sarcastic Avenger (talk) 02:04, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no decisions on that as of now, however he is apparently one of the people being considered as B. Obama's VP 76.25.115.99 (talk) 04:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vice Presidential Nomination?!?! 

message: Is this article written with a neutral point of view? The edit made by GovSchweitzer (check the edit log) doesn't seem very neutral to me. Any comments?
Antivenin (talk) 17:02, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The section Controversy being removed by a number of users is a definite COI, IP Address 161.7.94.132 is registered to state government computer and user GovSchweitzer, as noted above, isn't very neutral.  I will not take a strong hand beyond this because I am member of the opposition party here in Montana. snachodog (talk) 22:13, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: if it helps, I (a Canadian who didn't know who Brian Schweitzer was until this week), have re-added the Controversy section with a, perhaps more notable, reference to a New York Times article.  Some of the edit war seems to be about how quoting a "self-promoting link to a minor blog" is unencyclopedic.  OK, well how about quoting the reference to a major American newspaper like the New York Times.  Thomas Dzubin (talk) 13:18, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That looks great. snachodog (talk) 14:06, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

text: Hey, I just want to say, I totally agree. I DO live in Montana, and I'm quite the fan of Governor Schweitzer, so I'm far from objective, so I'm not the one to re-write the article.  But it definitely needs work.  I'd encourage you to engage in the effort and I promise to do my part to help in any way I can. Dlabtot (talk) 05:20, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Regardless of whether you are pro or anti-Brian, the bottom line is that his press secretary was caught red-handed editing this article off of a state government computer.  See article here.  Tacky, even if "correcting the record."  But also typical of the cult of personality and control-freak attitude of the administration, which has given him the nickname "Governor B.S." and is going to hurt his own party one of these days.  He has been compared to Huey Long in more than one blog, such as here. 4.227.172.89 (talk) 04:57, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Your opinion of Brian Schweitzer is duly noted. Do you have any comments or suggestions to make that are relevant to improving this article? I suggest a review of WP:TALK. Dlabtot (talk) 18:13, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV? 

message: I'm sorry about the 2 reversions title "controversy" I'm new at this.  I do believe that this belongs in the article and the reason why is that this is a big issue in the state of Montana. This was reported in the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/us/12montana.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin and on Fox News http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/11/montana-governor-apologizes-for-joke-about-tampering-with-06-ballots/, which now brings Montana in the the lime light of the nation.  This was also brought up by the chief political news director for the AP that once thought that the Governors race would be a blow out and now that's in question http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/09/14/top/75st_080914_chuck.txt.  Because there has been an edit war about this, I won't put it back until those who have been removing my edits have a chance to explain why they think this doesn't belong in the article.Help2008Montana (talk) 00:17, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I would vote to leave this, as it is a real news story and has other sources as listed by Help2008Montana. snachodog (talk) 04:40, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: I disagree with Help2008 Montana: this disputed section should not go in this article. Its relevancy is debatable, and the section in question is too long, making the article disproportinately about an "alleged" election issue. If you include a specific act or issue of his as governor, you should also include every other equally relevant act and issue.
69.144.68.52 is right; this deserves a sentence and a reference. --Chrisknop (talk) 17:07, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Help2008Montana, I suggest you review WP:WEIGHT as well as WP:SPA and WP:AGF --  Dlabtot (talk) 16:37, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Third Opinion: Election Excerpt

message: When clicking on the Footnote, showing a pdf-table of Montana electricity, I got the following rather dire warning from McAfee SiteAdvisor:
"psyrk.us may try to steal your information.
Why were you redirected to this page? When we visited this site, we found it may be designed to trick you into submitting your financial or personal information to online scammers. This is a serious security threat which could lead to identity theft, financial losses or other dissemination of personal information." 
etc.
I am not proficient enough to judge this warning.
Also, the warning then called my attention to the fact that in the Footnote itself there is no title given, just "[1]".
I still hope it is all an innocent overreaction by McAfee.
AugoKnoke (talk) 09:56, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Footnote #12 

message: Was this article written by the politician's staffers? Our readers deserve a balanced and NPOV account. Tony (talk) 05:35, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: If you think you can improve the article, give it a try. Dlabtot (talk) 15:28, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seems unbalanced treatment 

message: - is this sort of stuff worth mentioning? --♫ Hurricanehink (talk)  14:22, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible 2016 

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