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There are many concerning issues with this article, but, to make the point succinctly, there are two in the "Education" topic:
>>> At the time, Patrick cited a statistic later determined to be misleading by PolitiFact.com that Texas's 1,200+ public school districts, considered as a group, are the fifth-largest employer in the world.[74]
The simple question: Is this about Patrick or about an author/editor trying to make Patrick look bad? The article does not even discuss the statistic in question. To be clear, I'm in favor of leaving the prior sentence on cutting identified educator roles.
>>> Patrick is on record as determined to establish creationism within the public school curriculum in Texas, despite court rulings that such a policy would violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.[75]
The simple question: the clause "despite court rulings that such a policy would violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.[75]" ... is this about Patrick or about an author/editor trying to make Patrick look bad? To be clear, I'm in favor of leaving the statement before "despite ..."
In the second example, there may be an argument about "adding context". But in the first, author/editor is happy to let the reader figure out the context. Nonetheless, both cast Patrick as a misleading violator of the 1st amendment.
Make sense? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmderic ( talk • contribs) 09:55, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
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– I get the feeling some of the pageviews for the sportscaster may actually have been for the politician. The latter seems more notable now anyway. [1] Unreal7 ( talk) 11:38, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
I don't believe this image is properly licensed or can be freely uploaded to Wikipedia. @ Maliepa: Would you be willing to check this? -- 1990'sguy ( talk) 03:29, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
The article states now, that "In 2019, Patrick called for requiring background checks for gun sales between two strangers", but Kstat writes on June 17 2021 that [2] Dan Patrick with Dade Phelan and "several other Republican lawmakers who authored the legislation he signed into law" played a noteable part in writing seven pieces of legislation related to firearms that day (House Bill 1927 constitutional carry and Senate Bills 19, 20, 550, 957, 1500 and 2622). Shouldn´t that be included? Alexpl ( talk) 14:48, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
Patrick worked for KTBU television station. This is mentioned in the KTBU article because it is relevant to the 2000-2001 timeframe, in which the station had several setbacks and changes in programming (which included sports, Lakewood Church broadcasts, and general programming). I added a sentence about this here, too, because it is part of his life story - but the few details I added were removed by @ 1990'sguy with the comment, "Undue info. Lakewood Church's ownership of KTBU is discussed in the latter's article".
As it stands now, it barely mentions his ownership and doesn't mention his leaving or the circumstances under which he left, even though it cites the article about it (which is only available if you have a subscription to their archival database).
I would assume that the typical reader of this article would be interested in his early ties to local leaders and early management of a media organization. Whereas the typical reader for the KTBU article would be interested in the programming details and why and how they changed over time. That's why I would assume it's worth mentioning in both places - relevant to both, but for different reasons because of context.
When a fact involves 2 entities, is it a Wikipedia policy that it only gets mentioned in one entity's article? If yes, how do you know which entity's article gets the details? I'm a new editor, just looking to learn more - link to the rule or Wikipedia discussion about this, please? Wikipedian-in-Waiting ( talk) 01:54, 26 February 2024 (UTC)