Talk:Trent Lott

message: From talk on the "Trent Lott controversy" page:
:Why is this in a separate article?  It is of no importance except as part of his biography -- even when kings and presidents die, that event does not merit a separate article, and he was not even a head of state.  His resignation was no more important than Kissinger's, for example, and neither one had any real impact on society -- they were media events, to be covered by newspapers at the time and then added to their biographies as footnotes to history. -- isis 14:27 Dec 28, 2002 (UTC)
::Agreed. this should just be part of the main Trent Lott article... -- User:kwertii
It's really unfair and reeks of political bias to have him has a controversies section, whereas most senators, even controversial ones, do not.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.189.86.204 (talk) 21:27, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Trent Lott controversy" merge 

message: There seems to be some confusion over Lott's tenure as Maj. Leader. The previous edit seems to interfer that Lott was Maj. Leader from 1996 to until Jeffords switched in 2001. This forgets the fact that Lott was Minority Leader when the Dems controlled the Senate from Jan 3-20, 2001, when Gore was still VP. To sum up:
Jan 3-20, 2001:
Dem 50 + Gore (D)
GOP 50
Jan 20-June 5, 2001:
GOP 50 + Cheney (R)
Dem 50
June 5, 2001-Jan 3, 2003:
Dem 50 + Jeffords (I) = 51
GOP 49
hoshie 22:40, 6 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Tenure as Maj. Leader

message: About his remarks about Strom Thurmond and the defense of supporting Thurmond's position on national defense it should be noted that while Thurmond and southern dixiecrats had many problems with a liberal democrat like truman the thing that pushed Thurmond to run ,and at that time it was probably believed to be likly to cost Truman re-election, was that Truman stronly meant to support and take action on Civil Rights(I read this somewhere, need to check it) and that Thurmond's campaign might have had many positions it largly focused on segregation and civil rights.
--rtaycher1987 08:06, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  About his remarks about Strom Thurmond 

message: imho, further editing of the "contrast/durbin" paragraph belong on the durbin wiki page. it's getting a bit political
Faveuncle 00:12, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  further editing for pov politcal purposes 

message: Announcing future tomorrow 69.143.129.138 04:20, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: what??? --ʀ6ʍɑʏ89 15:46, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Current Event

message: I have removed him from the racism category. It's obvious vandalism to put him in there. He has no history of racism.
 75.3.4.54 20:48, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Racism 

message: *Removed "Senator Lott wears a toupee."  No evidence and not documented.~~
** Have you ever seen a picture of the man?  I could spot that rat's nest a mile away!
***He's got to have the worst toupe in the Senate, and that's saying something. Restoring. Griot 07:16, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Toupee

message: Why are so many of the picture links broken? Mdotley 22:11, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pix 

message: I removed a remark about "support for Christian Identity" because it's a preposterous charge; Christian Identity includes the assertion that Jews are the descendants of Satan and that blacks do not have souls. Trent Lott has never indicated anything resembling those sort of sentiments and whoever wrote the Christian Identity note is an imbecile.
--The Lizard Wizard 04:00, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Christian Identity

message: I removed a lot of material from this article today for violation the biographies of living persons policy. This is irresponsible for an article on a high profile figure like this. There was an entire section accusing him of pork spending that had only one source (and it was a blog). He was also accused of being involved with a white supremacy organization and even attributed with a quote; this was all unsourced as well. I believe some of this material may be able to be restored once sources are provided, but someone needs to watch this page more closely. I left in some material that has no source but is obvious, such as his voting record, BET appearance, and quotes from his own book, but this needs to be taken care of as well.--Cúchullain t/c 21:00, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of [[WP:BLP|BLP]] violations

message: The infobox is too big… it ought to be reduced somehow.—Markles 16:18, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox is too big 

message: *  < http://democracynow.org/2008/1/7/headlines >.
*  Chester Trent Lott & John Berlinger Breaux have formed a  lobby  that had been negotiated prior to Senator Lott having had quit the senate, with an offensive  emblem  that  emulates legislative letterheads.
 hopiakuta  Please do  sign  your  signature  on your  message.  %7e%7e   Thank You. - 16:55, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  < http://[[breauxlott.com ]] > < http://breauxlott.com/images/header.gif > [[ Chester Trent Lott ]] [[ John Berlinger Breaux ]] 

message: I removed the above as its reffed by two blogs which is generally not WP:RS and certainly not in a WP:BLP. Re-add if verifiend and written neutrally and within WP:UNDUE guidelines. Benjiboi 04:40, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed this paragraph per [[WP:BLP]] 

message: No, my edit should not have been reverted. Factual information such as that he was pushed out of leadership and was repudiated by the White House should not necessarily require a citation. CopaceticThought (talk) 20:19, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually everything we publish should not only be true but verifiable. Try searching Google books for reliable sources. Benjiboi 07:14, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fact tags 

message: In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :) 
* "cnnresignation" :
** Senate's No. 2 Republican to resign by end of year CNN.com, November 26, 2007
** 
DumZiBoT (talk) 18:23, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: *Done. Please note though the URLs were identical, that your AI algorithms were unable to discern the "better" wrapping of  versus the "plain" [link] format. You are merely charming, but not witty, enough. For future reference, Mr Bot, I refer you to WP:Sofixit. WurmWoodeT 20:17, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bot report : Found duplicate references ! 

message: I removed a line about National Review forcing him out despite attacks being "unfair" or "untrue." If you only read the cited source that might be the impression you get, but the cited source is basically a rambling multipage screed against Israel. The actual article from the editors of National Review is here: http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/224557/lott-should-go/editors in which they use the word unfair in saying that "But it is possible for someone simultaneously to suffer unfair attacks, handle himself and his predicament poorly, and be an underwhelming political figure. Trent Lott has managed a trifecta." i.e. not all of the attacks are unfair. The word "untrue" (or any variants) is not used.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by CptBuck (talk • contribs) 12:24, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  National Review 

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message: I removed the tag after integrating the controversy section into Lott's post-Senate career section and removed information that didn't adhere to BLP guidelines. Quorum816 (talk) 20:59, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Richard Scruggs Controversy