Talk:John Eder

message: If anyone has a picture of him, go ahead and add it. --Contrib 17:37, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: I've knocked out some language that has a definite POV and some that was taken wholesale from Eder & Green Party PR and newspaper articles; some of it was in copyrighted material. None of it was sourced. Quotes by Dean Myerson on how cool it all was or on his swearing-in ceremony didn't seem necessary or appropriate to a short biographical article about a politician, and phrases like "great organizations" are definitely inappropriate, being value judgements. This language should NOT be reintroduced to the article. If anyone knows some basic biographical information, like date and place of birth, age, occupation (I think Eder's a house painter?), etc., that would be useful and appropriate. The article still needs work, and really, campaign info doesn't seem all that pertinent to Eder's overall life and influence in politics. Deirdre 28 June 2005 21:46 (UTC)
There's more.  I marked a NPOV dispute sign over one section in particular.  69.207.229.129 03:16, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV and PR language 

message: Thanks to whoever it was who wrote the bio; we still need a photo, though. Perhaps the Maine Greens can let us use one for public domain. I'll look into it. Deirdre 21:11, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: found one--now I just have to figure out how to post it properly.... Deirdre 19:36, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bio 

message: While the Phoenix does mention John Eder as a possible candidate it also says the party is desperate for a candidate which is not true. Lynne Williams, Chair of the Maine Green Independent Party, has already announced that she intends to run for Governor of Maine in 2010 . With Williams running it is highly unlikely Eder will run for Governor considering his stature in the party he surely was consulted. Also there have only been two contested primaries in the history of the party for any office let alone governor. Any Green running in Maine for Governor also needs Clean Election financing (to be competitive) and with two candidates in the race it would make it difficult to collect the 3,250 $5 contributions required to receive clean election funds. Lastly when you read what it says in the articles three lines about John Eder it is apparent that the author has little knowledge of the party and is mentioning Eder because he is arguablly the highest profile green in the state. In the three lines about Eder and the Greens there are two incorrect statements. Here is what it says
Link to article [* http://thephoenix.com/Portland/News/72879-We-sing-we-dance-we-steal-things/]
"JOHN EDER of Portland is the only Green Independent ever elected to the Legislature.
MAJOR DRAWBACK He's also the only Green to fail to win re-election. Still, the party is desperate for a candidate."
1) the greens are desperate for a candidate (already have one and election is still almost a year away)
2) Eder's "also the only Green to fail to win re-election" (not true. While eder is the only green ever elected to the state house, and is the only green state rep. (incumbent) to not win re-election he is far from the only Green office holder in Maine to not be re-elected. This is easily confirmed by going to the national Green Parties wegbsite gp.org and checking election results for Maine in the parties election database (link to database on the elections page).
 
For these reasons and the speculative nature of the article I am removing info about possible run for Governor Highground79 (talk) 23:50, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. I've removed the Eder speculation totally and added a link to Lynne Williams, an article I've started.--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 00:11, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2010 Governor's race speculation 

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message: User:Johnmichaeleder is a major contributor to this article and appears to be its subject, though he hasn't declared his conflict of interest. I've added tags to reflect this problem on the page and would appreciate if other users would help clean up this mess.--TM 15:06, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
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