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John W. Cox is a former (1991-1993) Congressional representative of what was then the 16th District, hailing from Galena, IL. John W. Cox the Illinois Democrat should not be confused with John H. Cox the Illinois Republican. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000836 I updated the disambiguation page to help make this distinction. -- Dbackeberg [17:54, 4 April 2006]
I've, again, removed the staffers that were previously listed in the article. If there were an article on the campaign, sure, maybe I could see putting them in, but this is a biography on Cox first and foremost. Metros232 01:37, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
Please merge any relevant content from John H. Cox presidential campaign per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John H. Cox presidential campaign. (If there is nothing to merge, just leave it as a redirect.) Thanks. — Quarl ( talk) 2007-03-01 07:12Z
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 07:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
In the first place, the fact that a letter by a presidential candidate appears in the paper is not notable enough to be published here. Further, it's unclear WHEN that letter was originally sent to the Des Monies Register for publication, so it is not helpful in determining if the candidate is still in the race (Cox is very, very far below the radar, so it's doubtful whether even the Register knows if he's in the race. What's more, the letter mentions NOTHING about his "still" being in the race, as the notation implied here. In fact it didn't mention his candidacy at all, except in the signature. The rest of the comments here, "He continues to travel..." are unencyclopedic content added by (according to her own admission) the press secretary for Cox. This is not an uninterested party, and until his continued travels appear in print, they are not notable here. Campaigns are not allowed to plant information on Wikipedia. I do happen to know that he's closed his campaign office in New Hampshire [1] though it's from a blog, and is therefore not reportable here. But there are a LOT of sources out there to show he's done.
I've reorg'd the article, without changing any content, to give it more the appearance of a biography rather than a campaign promo. In other words, early life first, business experience merged in with other biographical development, a separate top-level section for the presidential campaign, moving of the "future election" tag into just that section, etc. Wasted Time R ( talk) 23:13, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm leaving Grandmasterka's edits as-is, partly because he was more succinct than myself and the previous editor was on that paragraph, but I'll note for the record that Cox was the only candidate on the ballot in Iowa to receive NOT ONE VOTE in any of the state's 99 counties. I think that's significant. Obviously, many other no-name candidates who weren't on the ballot didn't receive votes, either. - Nhprman 15:53, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
This man has never been elected to anything, yet there's a former congressman and a former governor who you share that name. Shouldn't John Cox point to the disambig instead? 216.15.126.14 ( talk) 23:32, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone have a picture which can be added to the page, and to other 2008 Presidential election pages? Casey14 ( talk) 23:56, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Matt Labash. " The Sane Fringe Candidate," The Weekly Standard 12, no. 34 (2007). -- William S. Saturn ( talk) 07:25, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
John W. Cox is a former (1991-1993) Congressional representative of what was then the 16th District, hailing from Galena, IL. John W. Cox the Illinois Democrat should not be confused with John H. Cox the Illinois Republican. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000836 I updated the disambiguation page to help make this distinction. -- Dbackeberg [17:54, 4 April 2006]
I've, again, removed the staffers that were previously listed in the article. If there were an article on the campaign, sure, maybe I could see putting them in, but this is a biography on Cox first and foremost. Metros232 01:37, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
Please merge any relevant content from John H. Cox presidential campaign per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John H. Cox presidential campaign. (If there is nothing to merge, just leave it as a redirect.) Thanks. — Quarl ( talk) 2007-03-01 07:12Z
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 07:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
In the first place, the fact that a letter by a presidential candidate appears in the paper is not notable enough to be published here. Further, it's unclear WHEN that letter was originally sent to the Des Monies Register for publication, so it is not helpful in determining if the candidate is still in the race (Cox is very, very far below the radar, so it's doubtful whether even the Register knows if he's in the race. What's more, the letter mentions NOTHING about his "still" being in the race, as the notation implied here. In fact it didn't mention his candidacy at all, except in the signature. The rest of the comments here, "He continues to travel..." are unencyclopedic content added by (according to her own admission) the press secretary for Cox. This is not an uninterested party, and until his continued travels appear in print, they are not notable here. Campaigns are not allowed to plant information on Wikipedia. I do happen to know that he's closed his campaign office in New Hampshire [1] though it's from a blog, and is therefore not reportable here. But there are a LOT of sources out there to show he's done.
I've reorg'd the article, without changing any content, to give it more the appearance of a biography rather than a campaign promo. In other words, early life first, business experience merged in with other biographical development, a separate top-level section for the presidential campaign, moving of the "future election" tag into just that section, etc. Wasted Time R ( talk) 23:13, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm leaving Grandmasterka's edits as-is, partly because he was more succinct than myself and the previous editor was on that paragraph, but I'll note for the record that Cox was the only candidate on the ballot in Iowa to receive NOT ONE VOTE in any of the state's 99 counties. I think that's significant. Obviously, many other no-name candidates who weren't on the ballot didn't receive votes, either. - Nhprman 15:53, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
This man has never been elected to anything, yet there's a former congressman and a former governor who you share that name. Shouldn't John Cox point to the disambig instead? 216.15.126.14 ( talk) 23:32, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone have a picture which can be added to the page, and to other 2008 Presidential election pages? Casey14 ( talk) 23:56, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Matt Labash. " The Sane Fringe Candidate," The Weekly Standard 12, no. 34 (2007). -- William S. Saturn ( talk) 07:25, 9 August 2013 (UTC)