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I recently added (diff) Romney's notable jobs to the infobox. I did this since the purpose of the infobox (per WP:IBX) is "to summarize key facts about the article in which it appears," and up until now, his positions as CEO of major institutions have been conspicuously absent from the infobox. If anyone has a better idea of how to do this, then by all means, but I think it is long overdue that this information be incorporated into the infobox in some fashion. Regards —Eustress talk 21:46, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
Regarding a sidebar navigation aid listing politician's bio, article about political positions, etc., some editors find such a template user friendly, others clunky/superfluous. In my opinion, the one for Sarah Palin-related articles, Template:SarahPalinSegmentsUnderInfoBox, is quite attractive; Mitt's, Template:Mitt Romney series [Edited: old one] not so much. In any case and for what it's worth, here's a breakdown compiled from Category:Public image of American politicians:
In the case of Mitt Romney, the bottom banner includes articles having some relationship to the topic, whereas the series sidebar only includes articles directly related to it. This the John McCain bottom banner and sidebar series templates do as well. However, Wasted Time R makes the case that the McCain series is distinct in that it includes an entry for McCain's life before he entered the U.S. Congress. That is, it includes links to articles for
I notice other politicians have their family life broken out (Obama has 'family and personal life' McCain has 'first marriage' 'second marriage' and even 'growing family'). I see some information on Mitt's family situation in the "between campaigns" section but, seeing that family members do not magically appear between political campaigns, it might be helpful to readers if it was broken out in a separate section. The information seems good, just the structure needs a little work.
--Canadiandy talk 05:51, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
Per MastCell's source, "companies are not allowed to contribute directly to federal candidates".Anythingyouwant (talk) 04:28, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
(Undent)Here's a draft:
As of September 30, 2011 Romney had not spent any of his own money on his campaign; by that time, he led the Republican field in fundraising, but much money had not yet entered the contest, and new groups will be able to use unlimited donations for advertisements according to the Supreme Court's First Amendment ruling in 2010.
{{cite web |url= http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/10/barack-obama-winning-presidential-money-race.html |title= Third-Quarter Campaign Finance Reports Show Barack Obama Winning Presidential Money Race |author=Beckel, Michael |coauthors= |date=October 16, 2011 |month= |year= |work=OpenSecretsBlog |publisher=[[Center for Responsive Politics]] |accessdate=October 16, 2011 |postscript= (Michael Beckel is an established expert on money in politics, and is a former senior editorial fellow at ''[[Mother Jones]]'' where he has written on that subject).}}
Seems to me this is the key info. We could compare Romney's take to Obama's, but I think that's getting ahead of ourselves since we're nowhere near the general election yet. If we start getting into that, then I think we'd have to discuss the likelihood that the nominees will reject public financing, et cetera. So, I'm not for discussing at this early date how Romney and Obama compare, or how they are fighting for the same donors. If we start discussing how much Romney has raised in New York, we'd also have to discuss that he's raised more in California, so I think the draft sentence above is adequate for now.Anythingyouwant (talk) 23:51, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
This text seems short, to the point, and reflective of a major emphasis found in multiple reliable sources. Thirteen words hardly seems like undue weight - and if weight is a concern, then surely this sentence is better supported than one about Romney not spending his own money. Personally, I think there's room for both. I would appreciate any comments, particularly from editors besides myself and Anythingyouwant since we've dominated this thread so far. MastCell Talk 18:48, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
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