Talk:Jim McDermott

message: I'm going to revert the addition of "Baghdad" to Mcdermott's name in the article lead. The name there should be his legal name, or the name he goes by, like "Jim". The origins and relevance of the "Baghdad" bit are mentioned in the body of the article. (Yes, most reasonable people would see the addition of "Baghdad" as simple vandalism, but in case someone might somehow construe this as a content dispute, I want to get my position laid out here.) CDC (talk) 18:40, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "Baghdad" Jim

message: I've made an effort to improve the neutrality of the "Controversies" section.  The original version was written in a biased voice. 24.19.233.237 17:19, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Why isn't there any mention of Jim McDermott's position on other issues, such as abortion? Other members of Congress have had their positions on abortion explored in exhaustive detail in their Wikipedia articles. Dino 16:12, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Controversies

message: Someone has removed the category indicating that he is an Irish-American politician with the odd claim that he could be Scottish. I know McDermott, and he's about as Scottish as a pint of Guinness. But I don't offhand have a citation. Does someone else? - Jmabel | Talk 17:43, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Did a Google search. Any reason not to accept this - containing the sentence "McDermott's Irish eyes light up" - from the Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine? - Jmabel | Talk 17:57, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

text: For that matter, his annual fundraiser is a "potato feed" on the weekend nearest St. Patrick's Day, under the name "Celebrating our Roots". On the page promoting it this year he refer to "my own Irish heritage", which I presume should be solid, and which I will cite. - Jmabel | Talk 19:49, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Will someone please find a citation for his Irish ancestry 

message: I cited solidly for "Baghdad Jim" nickname, but in general the citations in this article are a mess, and could really use some cleanup. - Jmabel | Talk 20:03, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The section headings are also messy. See WP:HEAD. Scartol • Tok 15:20, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The citations are a mess

message: I'm doing a major re-write of this article. I will be replacing some of the questionable sources with WP:RS-compliant sources.HowiePoodle 19:22, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion in process 

message: A knighthood from a small country is not of sufficient weight to go into the lede. The obvious intent of the editor who re-inserted it, looking at all that editor's work, is to insert material critical of the subject of this article. That is not necessarily bad, but must be done according to WP:NPOV. Please adhere to standards for biographies of living persons. A edit war will do no good. rewinn (talk) 00:50, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Knighthood undue weight

message: As I understand it, McDermott belongs to about 70 caucuses; we list four. Any idea why these four are singled out? Progressive Caucus is clearly important, but kidneys as against (for example) Armenia or Historic Preservation seems an odd prioritization in our article. - Jmabel | Talk 05:09, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Only caucuses important enough to have their own wikipedia page should be listed. That is an objective standard and is related to noteworthiness. rewinn (talk) 05:29, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caucuses 

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