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User:132.241.245.49 has added Category:Targets of alleged Bush administration reprisals to this article. Mel Carnahan died in October 2000 and the Bush administration did not begin until January 2001. Therefore, I don't understand how this category could possibly be applicable. I'm also not certain what alleged incidents, the tag refers to. Do other editors have thoughts on this matter? TMS63112 07:17, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
The above is simply "Bush bashing" and political sour grapes.
In the Political career there is no mention of the covert Proposition B campaign and his pledge to remain neutral. Or that Judith Moriarty (Secretary of State) was impeached and his appointment of Rebecca Cook in 1994.
It was the first time that a dead man had ever been elected to Senate. Mrs. Carnahan appointment to the Senate was allowed without protest?
Legal action taken by Jean Carnahan (plane crash) to later finance the political ambitions? Which friendly judge heard that case?
Instrument rated pilot flying out of a rain storm can't read the properly functioning instruments?
ArmedCitizen
13:48, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi. This article needs to conform to Wikipedia requirements re: references/sources - one external link about the plane crash is not enough. Then perhaps someone might assess the article, but not until then. I've put a tag in the article, which can be removed when references are supplied. Thanks. Ref (chew) (do) 21:50, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 16:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Mel Carnahan was never a United States Senator-elect, much less a Senator. Upon certification that a dead person had received a plurality, the seat was declared vacant. Trying to shoehorn that into an elected office infobox is cute, but not factual. As a result, it has no place here. Carnahan is not the only person to have died or refused office after election to the Senate, and none of them have it noted in the infobox. Treatment in the article is good enough. - Rrius ( talk) 21:08, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
I noticed that there is an inconsistency in this article regarding Carnahan's deathplace. The InfoBox lists the Jefferson County town of Goldman, but the article text states that the plane crash in which Carnahan died in occurred near the Jefferson County cities of Pevely and Hillsboro. I had considered changing both the InfoBox and article text to reflect that he died in Jefferson County without any specific mention of nearby cities or towns, but decided to get a second opinion from my fellow Wikipedians before doing so. -- TommyBoy ( talk) 06:46, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
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@ FountofInterestingInfo: Pretty close to B class, imo, but the lead and some sections could use a bit of expansion, if possible. A large amount of the sources are linked to their archive, instead of the original URL, so that should also be fixed. ARandomName123 ( talk)Ping me! 19:49, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
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Spot checks to ensure the sources support what they're supposed to and to make sure that it's original writing:
However, owing to poor weather conditions, the twin-engine Cessna airplane he was flying on, which was piloted by Randy, lost control in rainy and foggy conditions and crashed on a forested hillside near Goldman, Missouri, only about 35 miles (56 km) south of St. Louis. All three on board the plane were killed in the crash.– But there are a lot of details here that the source does not support. For example, how do we know they were in a Cessna?
he failed the physical for becoming an Air Force pilot. It should be reworded so it doesn't look like plagiarism.
A few more spot checks:
Is it appropriate (or rather, accurate) to describe Carnahan as a "Senator-elect" in his infobox. Technically he was already dead when he was elected, so I don't know if that label could apply to him. Or at least "died before taking office" should be something like "posthumously elected". estar8806 ( talk) ★ 22:58, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hello. I aim to get this review done within a week from now. Steelkamp ( talk) 14:01, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
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Carnahan returned to politics in 1980.
winning an election for lieutenant governor...
Carnahan eventually was elected as a state representative for Phelps County, Missouri...
Early life and education
...representing the eighth congressional district...and Missouri's 8th congressional district should be linked here.
A. S. J. Carnahanfor consistency and as per MOS:INITIALS.
He moved back to D.C. in 1949...
Early political career
H. P. Pattersonas per MOS:INITIALS.
...a move similar to what Governor Joseph Teasdale had done during his first campaign in 1972.or whatever year it was.
Governor of Missouri
In 1997, lawmakers agreed to remove the state's grocery tax and reduce the tax on private pensions...or something similar, otherwise it can be read as removing the reduction on taxes for private pensions.
Death and aftermath
Awards and recognitions
Personal life
agency=Associated Press
added. That won't hold me from promoting to GA though.Image copyright is all ok. The only problem is with the alt texts. There is no alt text for the infobox image. With the rest of the images, the alt text could do with some improvement. Generally, its bad if the alt text is essentially repeating the caption. I would change the alt text in those instances to "refer to caption", as it is for the example at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility/Alternative text for images#Captions and nearby text.
All my comments have been addressed, and the source review turned up nothing to fix, so I am going to pass this review now. Thank you for bearing with me for so long. Congratulations on the new GA! Steelkamp ( talk) 11:29, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
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FountofInterestingInfo ( talk) 14:10, 22 May 2024 (UTC).
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Mel Carnahan (pictured) was the first person to be elected to the
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A fact from Mel Carnahan appeared on Wikipedia's
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User:132.241.245.49 has added Category:Targets of alleged Bush administration reprisals to this article. Mel Carnahan died in October 2000 and the Bush administration did not begin until January 2001. Therefore, I don't understand how this category could possibly be applicable. I'm also not certain what alleged incidents, the tag refers to. Do other editors have thoughts on this matter? TMS63112 07:17, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
The above is simply "Bush bashing" and political sour grapes.
In the Political career there is no mention of the covert Proposition B campaign and his pledge to remain neutral. Or that Judith Moriarty (Secretary of State) was impeached and his appointment of Rebecca Cook in 1994.
It was the first time that a dead man had ever been elected to Senate. Mrs. Carnahan appointment to the Senate was allowed without protest?
Legal action taken by Jean Carnahan (plane crash) to later finance the political ambitions? Which friendly judge heard that case?
Instrument rated pilot flying out of a rain storm can't read the properly functioning instruments?
ArmedCitizen
13:48, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi. This article needs to conform to Wikipedia requirements re: references/sources - one external link about the plane crash is not enough. Then perhaps someone might assess the article, but not until then. I've put a tag in the article, which can be removed when references are supplied. Thanks. Ref (chew) (do) 21:50, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Image:Mel Carnahan.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot ( talk) 16:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Mel Carnahan was never a United States Senator-elect, much less a Senator. Upon certification that a dead person had received a plurality, the seat was declared vacant. Trying to shoehorn that into an elected office infobox is cute, but not factual. As a result, it has no place here. Carnahan is not the only person to have died or refused office after election to the Senate, and none of them have it noted in the infobox. Treatment in the article is good enough. - Rrius ( talk) 21:08, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
I noticed that there is an inconsistency in this article regarding Carnahan's deathplace. The InfoBox lists the Jefferson County town of Goldman, but the article text states that the plane crash in which Carnahan died in occurred near the Jefferson County cities of Pevely and Hillsboro. I had considered changing both the InfoBox and article text to reflect that he died in Jefferson County without any specific mention of nearby cities or towns, but decided to get a second opinion from my fellow Wikipedians before doing so. -- TommyBoy ( talk) 06:46, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
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@ FountofInterestingInfo: Pretty close to B class, imo, but the lead and some sections could use a bit of expansion, if possible. A large amount of the sources are linked to their archive, instead of the original URL, so that should also be fixed. ARandomName123 ( talk)Ping me! 19:49, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
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Hello! I'll write up a review for this article within the next few days, and then we can see what it still needs to meet the good article criteria.
Thebiguglyalien (
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06:20, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
Spot checks to ensure the sources support what they're supposed to and to make sure that it's original writing:
However, owing to poor weather conditions, the twin-engine Cessna airplane he was flying on, which was piloted by Randy, lost control in rainy and foggy conditions and crashed on a forested hillside near Goldman, Missouri, only about 35 miles (56 km) south of St. Louis. All three on board the plane were killed in the crash.– But there are a lot of details here that the source does not support. For example, how do we know they were in a Cessna?
he failed the physical for becoming an Air Force pilot. It should be reworded so it doesn't look like plagiarism.
A few more spot checks:
Is it appropriate (or rather, accurate) to describe Carnahan as a "Senator-elect" in his infobox. Technically he was already dead when he was elected, so I don't know if that label could apply to him. Or at least "died before taking office" should be something like "posthumously elected". estar8806 ( talk) ★ 22:58, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Steelkamp ( talk · contribs) 14:01, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello. I aim to get this review done within a week from now. Steelkamp ( talk) 14:01, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
@
Steelkamp I have fixed everything you have suggested under the well-written section. Do you plan to work on the rest of the article soon?
FountofInterestingInfo (
talk)
05:58, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
Carnahan returned to politics in 1980.
winning an election for lieutenant governor...
Carnahan eventually was elected as a state representative for Phelps County, Missouri...
Early life and education
...representing the eighth congressional district...and Missouri's 8th congressional district should be linked here.
A. S. J. Carnahanfor consistency and as per MOS:INITIALS.
He moved back to D.C. in 1949...
Early political career
H. P. Pattersonas per MOS:INITIALS.
...a move similar to what Governor Joseph Teasdale had done during his first campaign in 1972.or whatever year it was.
Governor of Missouri
In 1997, lawmakers agreed to remove the state's grocery tax and reduce the tax on private pensions...or something similar, otherwise it can be read as removing the reduction on taxes for private pensions.
Death and aftermath
Awards and recognitions
Personal life
agency=Associated Press
added. That won't hold me from promoting to GA though.Image copyright is all ok. The only problem is with the alt texts. There is no alt text for the infobox image. With the rest of the images, the alt text could do with some improvement. Generally, its bad if the alt text is essentially repeating the caption. I would change the alt text in those instances to "refer to caption", as it is for the example at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility/Alternative text for images#Captions and nearby text.
All my comments have been addressed, and the source review turned up nothing to fix, so I am going to pass this review now. Thank you for bearing with me for so long. Congratulations on the new GA! Steelkamp ( talk) 11:29, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
The result was: promoted by
AirshipJungleman29
talk
16:21, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
FountofInterestingInfo ( talk) 14:10, 22 May 2024 (UTC).