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We list the acting directors as Burwell's predecessor and successor as Director of OMB. For consistency, we should use the Acting Secretary of HHS as her successor. The Acting Secretary was in place for weeks.
Knope7 (
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OCNative: The issue of who to list in info-boxes has been popping up the last few months. Burwell's page lists Acting Directors of OMB, so I am looking at internal consistency for this article. I think this is a bigger issue that would warrant discussion somewhere beyond Tillerson's talk page.
Knope7 (
talk) 04:25, 15 February 2017 (UTC)reply
The Big Four Cabinet positions, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Treasury, and Attorney General do not list acting occupants. I really don't think 38-year-old HHS or 47-year-old OMB should take precedence over those major departments. Changing the precedent of excluding actings is what should warrant discussion.
OCNative (
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Also, the template does not include a field for acting. People have been manually adding {{small|(Acting)}}, which is indicative that the template was not meant to include acting occupants.
OCNative (
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I have yet to come across a stated policy on including acting successors in infoboxes. Those four cabinet positions may have consistency but there are dozens of other government positions that do not appear to follow the same convention uniformly, including OMB which affects this article. I am not convinced there is a stated policy on this. IMO, the article should be internally consistent and not including the acting replacement would be inconsistent. Moreover, the argument that acting department heads are of little consequence would have been a stronger argument before Sally Yates served as Acting Attorney General.
Knope7 (
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2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with
the layout style guideline.
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reliable sources are
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could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
Thank you for asking,
Mr. Guye. I thought that editors close to the article were not supposed to participate in the review. Is that an incorrect understanding? –
Corinne (
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Mr. Guye:, can you please explain why the nomination is now listed as "on hold" rather than "on review"? It appears the review is still ongoing. Is that correct? Thanks!
Knope7 (
talk) 00:57, 13 April 2017 (UTC)reply
My understanding is the higher the percentage the more likely there is to be an issue. When I've found issues, the percentage is usually in the 80%-100% range. The percentage here is 29.1% and it says "violation unlikely." The comparisons show that the tool is picking up things like "Secretary of Health and Human Services" and the names of the schools she attended. To be on the safe side, I changed "She is the daughter of," since that got picked up as a possible violation. Can you please clarify what problem you see with the results? Thank you.
Knope7 (
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Knope7: That is why I said mild copyvio; the similarities were somewhat minor but still questionable. I think it is better now.--
Mr. Guye (
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@
Mr. Guye: Thanks for checking.
Knope7 made sure to discuss with me
here before the move - consensus exists.
Airbornemihir (
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I don't know if this is right place to leave this comment, but I would like to express an opinion on the title. Ms. Burwell married in 2007, but she began her career in 1982 while she was still in college, so all those years, from 1982 to 2007, she was known as Sylvia Mathews. That's one reason why I think "Mathews" should be part of the title. Another reason is that throughout the early part of the article, she is referred to as Mathews. Thus, I think the title should be Sylvia Mathews Burwell. –
Corinne (
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Drive-by Comments
I'm not reviewing this article, but I just wanted to point out a few quick things: