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Does anyone else think this doesn't really belong in the article? 'The logo was criticized for bearing too much resemblance to the logo for the toothpaste Aquafresh,[10] and the slogan was criticized for being the same as fellow Massachusetts politician John Kerry in his 2004 presidential campaign.[11]'
Those statements are sourced, but I don't think they're particularly relevant. It's common for blogs to make jokes about candidates and their campaigns, but that doesn't mean those jokes are worth noting (except in exceptional circumstances: see Santorum (neologism) for an unusually notable example). Robofish ( talk) 16:06, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Do we really need a drop-down Navbox instead of a conventional list? The different parts of the Navbox show up on the Contents list, which makes the whole page confusing, the Navbox seems overly hi-tech when a list (for the purposes of this page, at least) would suffice. SE7 Talk/ Contribs 12:19, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
I 100% agree-- Brian Earl Haines ( talk) 18:29, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
I agree with SE7 and Brian. In 2008 there were separate articles such as List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008. They were much easier to read. I don't know what these drop-down boxes are supposed to be consistent with, but I don't find them user-friendly for this particular purpose. They work for things few people want to see, such as historical material. If you really believe few people are interested in endorsements, then make a separate article. This combines the worst of both worlds. 75.60.4.248 ( talk) 20:41, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
October 14, 2011 Romney’s flawless campaign fails to engage voters by Richard McGregor in Washington D.C. 99.119.131.17 ( talk) 00:28, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/10/26/mitt-romney-hes-110-for-ohio-ballot-measure-to-curb-public-employee-unions/ October 26, 2011, 1:24 PM ET by Danny Yadron, regarding Labor unions. 97.87.29.188 ( talk) 23:31, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Romney Rivals See Flip-Flop October 29, 2011 by JONATHAN WEISMAN in The Wall Street Journal; excerpt ...
"Mitt Romney's positions change, often dramatically, depending on the audience or location," said Ray Sullivan, a spokesman for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, also a GOP candidate. "Voters need to consider the fact that Romney, in one week, changed positions on man-made global warming, capping carbon emissions and Ohio's efforts to curb union powers."
97.87.29.188 ( talk) 17:57, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
In the state legislators section of the endorsements, many of the people listed are not, in fact, state legislators. What should we do about the non-state legislators listed there? -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 08:01, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
Seems that there is far too little info on his campaign. 96.251.196.21 ( talk) 23:48, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Shouldn't the page mention that Mitt won the Iowa caucuses last night? Chris the Paleontologist ( talk | contribs) 21:18, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Also completed is that now Santorum has won Iowa by 34 votes. The article could mention that delegates are 'proportioned'. Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 12:54, 22 January 2012 (UTC), Ron Paul ultimatly won the Iowa Caucus why does my edit keep getting deleted?
Huntsman: Republicans Are 'Splintered' Over Foreign Policy, Spending Cuts Newsmaker Interview air date: Jan. 5, 2012; transcript excerpt ...
Jon Huntsman: Well, in the sense that, whether from a foreign policy standpoint, there's some divide between the isolationist wing of Ron Paul, the Cold War mentality of a Mitt Romney. I think there are different opinions on things like tax reform and how deep to cut and how to deal with Social Security and Medicare. I think there are a lot of differing opinions right now.
(Summary: Gwen Ifill spoke with Huntsman in Manchester.) See Jon Huntsman presidential campaign, 2012 99.181.130.110 ( talk) 11:12, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
http://2012newhampshireprimary.com/ . . . Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 05:19, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
A tag has been added that the Iowa Caucuses paragraph is confusing. I agree. Once the final tally count is in next week, the paragraph can be rewritten and some of the negativism removed. Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 21:41, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Breakdown vote-count in Iowa
2012 Iowa Republican Caucus Certified vote totals (1766 of 1774 precincts certified)
. Rick Santorum . . . 29,839
. Mitt Romney . . . 29,805
. Ron Paul . . . 26,036
. Newt Gingrich . . . 16,163
. Rick Perry . . . 12,557
. Michele Bachmann . . . 6,046
. Jon Huntsman . . . 739
. No Preference . . . 147
. Other . . . 86
. Herman Cain . . . 45
. Sarah Palin . . . 23
. Buddy Roemer . . . 17
Total Certified 121,503
http://IowaGOP.org/iowagop/ . . .
Charles Edwin Shipp (
talk) 13:39, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
Add Marriott money connection, regarding Political action committee#Super PACs? 99.181.131.215 ( talk) 00:48, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
Associates of private equity firm Bain Capital, once run by Mitt Romney, have fueled the GOP front-runner’s political fortunes more than any other, asserts a new report by the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation. In all, current and former executives and family members of Bain Capital have contributed more than $2.7 million to Romney’s state and federal campaigns, leadership political action committees and Massachusetts gubernatorial inauguration fundraising committee, as well as the independent Restore Our Future super PAC backing Romney’s White House bid, according to the report. Bain Capital-related contributions easily outpace those of people and entities associated with Romney’s other top political patrons, including Marriott hotels, Nu Skin Enterprises and hedge fund Paulson & Co. ...
Edward Conard, who gave a million dollars to Restore Our Future, is a former top executive at Bain Capital, the private equity firm Mr. Romney helped start. Another donor is J. W. Marriott, Jr., chairman of the hotel chain, on whose board Mr. Romney served on until January. The group has also raised money from Sam Fox and Bob Perry, conservative businessmen who helped finance Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich roundly criticized Romney’s work at Bain, before largely dropping the issue after facing criticism himself for it.
Internal links
99.19.45.64 ( talk) 05:17, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
99.181.140.39 ( talk) 09:04, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/candidates/mitt-romney
99.181.138.52 ( talk) 03:04, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Report from The New York Times also includes:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/jon-huntsman-dropping-out-of-2012-gop-race-will-endorse-romney/
FYI . . .
Charles Edwin Shipp (
talk) 05:05, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
National Polls Suggest Romney Is Overwhelming Favorite for G.O.P. Nomination by Nate Silver January 16, 2012, 3:15 PM 99.35.12.102 ( talk) 02:47, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
99.181.154.161 ( talk) 06:47, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
Tightening Race Comes as Abrupt Blow to Romney Team by Jim Rutenberg, Ashley Parker and Jeff Zeleny published January 20, 2012
99.181.144.253 ( talk) 02:33, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
Mitt Romney drives a wedge into the tea party " In South Carolina, the movement is divided between those inclined to compromise in order to beat President Obama (vote for Romney) and those favoring ideological purity (vote against him)." by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times January 21, 2012 via the Chicago Tribune. 97.87.29.188 ( talk) 20:29, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
97.87.29.188 ( talk) 21:17, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
I think this section should be reworked so that only people who have been specifically mentioned as a possible running mate to Romney should be allowed in, and a reliable source indicating this be required. Trump's citations don't currently seem to do this, only indicating that he has met with Romney and that it is the opinion of one writer that he should be Romney's running mate. Chris the Paleontologist ( talk • contribs) 20:54, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Seeing as though my previous post didn't get any attention in a week, I'm making an RfC. I still believe that nobody should be listed in this section unless their discussion as a possible running mate to Romney has been specifically mentioned in a
reliable source, and that source is cited. Christie, Rubio and McDonnell are currently unsourced, and Trump's sources aren't the best, as I pointed out above.
Chris the Paleontologist (
talk •
contribs) 00:41, 7 February 2012 (UTC) Going a step further: the section should probably not be included at all, and only be re-introduced when Romney is nominated or recognized as the presumptive nominee in reliable sources. At the very least, unsourced entries should be removed.
Chris the Paleontologist (
talk •
contribs) 01:36, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
The vice-presidential speculation in the "Presumptive Presidential Nominee" section should at least resemble the "Republican Party Vice Presidential Candidates, 2012" article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.145.205.64 ( talk) 13:37, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Where's the section on his campaign platform? Can we put a summary of Political positions of Mitt Romney here? -- Uncle Ed ( talk) 23:55, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
I believe this should be added to the article, but first a discussion is in order. – Muboshgu ( talk) 17:33, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
There is some interesting writing at Etch_A_Sketch#In_2012_U.S._Presidential_campaign .!. Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 14:50, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Why is the elephant in the room (his religion) also the elephant on this page? Why's there no section on it? It's a sensitive subject the guy is playing down for electoral reasons. Hence, it's an issue. (Also, how big is his cousin's apostasy and criticism of Mormonism over there in the US? The BBC just did this article on it... but as a Brit it's hard for me to tell the importance of it). Malick78 ( talk) 16:09, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Romney (LDS) will take the approach of JFK (Catholic) to recognize the boundaries. Voters will also. It could remain a problem with bigots, but not with the majority of likely voters. (FYI, and in my humble opinion.) What do you think? . . . Have you seen anything reported in reportable sources? You could note that both John F. Kennedy and Mitt Romney made a significant speech addressing the subject of their religion early on in their campaign cycle. Based on their campaign results, people seem to have accepted their religion, at least so far with Romney. Ann Romney is very popular also. Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 04:01, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
You guys gotta be kidding. Trump duplicates Mitt's big strength - business. - and brings a world of baggage. He's also impossible to work with. Don't you guys have any political common sense? 174.254.197.154 ( talk) 20:39, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Check this unofficial list out:
http://mittromneycentral.com/2012/04/09/veep-madness-round-1-cast-your-votes/#more-56558 . . . .
Have fun,
Charles Edwin Shipp (
talk) 09:19, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Arthur Rubin and 99.181.129.83 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) have been edit warring over whether to include content about the flap over Romney's disparaging remarks about cookies from a "beloved local bakery" owned by a Republican in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The press has picked it up under the name, and the content is extremely well cited, with eight separate refs. Arthur thinks it's undue and even a BLP violation, according to the most recent of his three reverts. Whether it's undue or not is a judgement call that should be worked out here, rather than by edit warring, but to assert that sourced statements of this nature about a major political figure constitute a BLP violation is so utterly ridiculous that I reverted Arthur's 3rd reversion just on that basis alone. On a side note, it appears at first glance that one might be following the other's edits, but I'm not sure who's doing the following and who's being followed. An admin with more patience than I have at present might like to look into that. – OhioStandard ( talk) 09:46, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
( ← outdenting ) Are you all discussing deleted subsection Cookiegate
While visiting Bethel Park, Pennsylvania stated cookies from a local bakery must have come from a 7-11, insulting the Republican bakery owner John Walsh. "Let him eat cake next time," Walsh said. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
and the Also see Let Them Eat Cake here? 99.181.148.5 ( talk) 20:55, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
Should we really keep it? Specifically in the endorsement section? It's not his most noteworthy endorsement, but I suppose it was an early indication he'd be backed by high-ranking people of the party. J390 ( talk) 15:18, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
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Does anyone else think this doesn't really belong in the article? 'The logo was criticized for bearing too much resemblance to the logo for the toothpaste Aquafresh,[10] and the slogan was criticized for being the same as fellow Massachusetts politician John Kerry in his 2004 presidential campaign.[11]'
Those statements are sourced, but I don't think they're particularly relevant. It's common for blogs to make jokes about candidates and their campaigns, but that doesn't mean those jokes are worth noting (except in exceptional circumstances: see Santorum (neologism) for an unusually notable example). Robofish ( talk) 16:06, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Do we really need a drop-down Navbox instead of a conventional list? The different parts of the Navbox show up on the Contents list, which makes the whole page confusing, the Navbox seems overly hi-tech when a list (for the purposes of this page, at least) would suffice. SE7 Talk/ Contribs 12:19, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
I 100% agree-- Brian Earl Haines ( talk) 18:29, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
I agree with SE7 and Brian. In 2008 there were separate articles such as List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008. They were much easier to read. I don't know what these drop-down boxes are supposed to be consistent with, but I don't find them user-friendly for this particular purpose. They work for things few people want to see, such as historical material. If you really believe few people are interested in endorsements, then make a separate article. This combines the worst of both worlds. 75.60.4.248 ( talk) 20:41, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
October 14, 2011 Romney’s flawless campaign fails to engage voters by Richard McGregor in Washington D.C. 99.119.131.17 ( talk) 00:28, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/10/26/mitt-romney-hes-110-for-ohio-ballot-measure-to-curb-public-employee-unions/ October 26, 2011, 1:24 PM ET by Danny Yadron, regarding Labor unions. 97.87.29.188 ( talk) 23:31, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Romney Rivals See Flip-Flop October 29, 2011 by JONATHAN WEISMAN in The Wall Street Journal; excerpt ...
"Mitt Romney's positions change, often dramatically, depending on the audience or location," said Ray Sullivan, a spokesman for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, also a GOP candidate. "Voters need to consider the fact that Romney, in one week, changed positions on man-made global warming, capping carbon emissions and Ohio's efforts to curb union powers."
97.87.29.188 ( talk) 17:57, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
In the state legislators section of the endorsements, many of the people listed are not, in fact, state legislators. What should we do about the non-state legislators listed there? -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 08:01, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
Seems that there is far too little info on his campaign. 96.251.196.21 ( talk) 23:48, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Shouldn't the page mention that Mitt won the Iowa caucuses last night? Chris the Paleontologist ( talk | contribs) 21:18, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Also completed is that now Santorum has won Iowa by 34 votes. The article could mention that delegates are 'proportioned'. Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 12:54, 22 January 2012 (UTC), Ron Paul ultimatly won the Iowa Caucus why does my edit keep getting deleted?
Huntsman: Republicans Are 'Splintered' Over Foreign Policy, Spending Cuts Newsmaker Interview air date: Jan. 5, 2012; transcript excerpt ...
Jon Huntsman: Well, in the sense that, whether from a foreign policy standpoint, there's some divide between the isolationist wing of Ron Paul, the Cold War mentality of a Mitt Romney. I think there are different opinions on things like tax reform and how deep to cut and how to deal with Social Security and Medicare. I think there are a lot of differing opinions right now.
(Summary: Gwen Ifill spoke with Huntsman in Manchester.) See Jon Huntsman presidential campaign, 2012 99.181.130.110 ( talk) 11:12, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
http://2012newhampshireprimary.com/ . . . Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 05:19, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
A tag has been added that the Iowa Caucuses paragraph is confusing. I agree. Once the final tally count is in next week, the paragraph can be rewritten and some of the negativism removed. Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 21:41, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Breakdown vote-count in Iowa
2012 Iowa Republican Caucus Certified vote totals (1766 of 1774 precincts certified)
. Rick Santorum . . . 29,839
. Mitt Romney . . . 29,805
. Ron Paul . . . 26,036
. Newt Gingrich . . . 16,163
. Rick Perry . . . 12,557
. Michele Bachmann . . . 6,046
. Jon Huntsman . . . 739
. No Preference . . . 147
. Other . . . 86
. Herman Cain . . . 45
. Sarah Palin . . . 23
. Buddy Roemer . . . 17
Total Certified 121,503
http://IowaGOP.org/iowagop/ . . .
Charles Edwin Shipp (
talk) 13:39, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
Add Marriott money connection, regarding Political action committee#Super PACs? 99.181.131.215 ( talk) 00:48, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
Associates of private equity firm Bain Capital, once run by Mitt Romney, have fueled the GOP front-runner’s political fortunes more than any other, asserts a new report by the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation. In all, current and former executives and family members of Bain Capital have contributed more than $2.7 million to Romney’s state and federal campaigns, leadership political action committees and Massachusetts gubernatorial inauguration fundraising committee, as well as the independent Restore Our Future super PAC backing Romney’s White House bid, according to the report. Bain Capital-related contributions easily outpace those of people and entities associated with Romney’s other top political patrons, including Marriott hotels, Nu Skin Enterprises and hedge fund Paulson & Co. ...
Edward Conard, who gave a million dollars to Restore Our Future, is a former top executive at Bain Capital, the private equity firm Mr. Romney helped start. Another donor is J. W. Marriott, Jr., chairman of the hotel chain, on whose board Mr. Romney served on until January. The group has also raised money from Sam Fox and Bob Perry, conservative businessmen who helped finance Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich roundly criticized Romney’s work at Bain, before largely dropping the issue after facing criticism himself for it.
Internal links
99.19.45.64 ( talk) 05:17, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
99.181.140.39 ( talk) 09:04, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/candidates/mitt-romney
99.181.138.52 ( talk) 03:04, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Report from The New York Times also includes:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/jon-huntsman-dropping-out-of-2012-gop-race-will-endorse-romney/
FYI . . .
Charles Edwin Shipp (
talk) 05:05, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
National Polls Suggest Romney Is Overwhelming Favorite for G.O.P. Nomination by Nate Silver January 16, 2012, 3:15 PM 99.35.12.102 ( talk) 02:47, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
99.181.154.161 ( talk) 06:47, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
Tightening Race Comes as Abrupt Blow to Romney Team by Jim Rutenberg, Ashley Parker and Jeff Zeleny published January 20, 2012
99.181.144.253 ( talk) 02:33, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
Mitt Romney drives a wedge into the tea party " In South Carolina, the movement is divided between those inclined to compromise in order to beat President Obama (vote for Romney) and those favoring ideological purity (vote against him)." by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times January 21, 2012 via the Chicago Tribune. 97.87.29.188 ( talk) 20:29, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
97.87.29.188 ( talk) 21:17, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
I think this section should be reworked so that only people who have been specifically mentioned as a possible running mate to Romney should be allowed in, and a reliable source indicating this be required. Trump's citations don't currently seem to do this, only indicating that he has met with Romney and that it is the opinion of one writer that he should be Romney's running mate. Chris the Paleontologist ( talk • contribs) 20:54, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Seeing as though my previous post didn't get any attention in a week, I'm making an RfC. I still believe that nobody should be listed in this section unless their discussion as a possible running mate to Romney has been specifically mentioned in a
reliable source, and that source is cited. Christie, Rubio and McDonnell are currently unsourced, and Trump's sources aren't the best, as I pointed out above.
Chris the Paleontologist (
talk •
contribs) 00:41, 7 February 2012 (UTC) Going a step further: the section should probably not be included at all, and only be re-introduced when Romney is nominated or recognized as the presumptive nominee in reliable sources. At the very least, unsourced entries should be removed.
Chris the Paleontologist (
talk •
contribs) 01:36, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
The vice-presidential speculation in the "Presumptive Presidential Nominee" section should at least resemble the "Republican Party Vice Presidential Candidates, 2012" article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.145.205.64 ( talk) 13:37, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Where's the section on his campaign platform? Can we put a summary of Political positions of Mitt Romney here? -- Uncle Ed ( talk) 23:55, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
I believe this should be added to the article, but first a discussion is in order. – Muboshgu ( talk) 17:33, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
There is some interesting writing at Etch_A_Sketch#In_2012_U.S._Presidential_campaign .!. Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 14:50, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Why is the elephant in the room (his religion) also the elephant on this page? Why's there no section on it? It's a sensitive subject the guy is playing down for electoral reasons. Hence, it's an issue. (Also, how big is his cousin's apostasy and criticism of Mormonism over there in the US? The BBC just did this article on it... but as a Brit it's hard for me to tell the importance of it). Malick78 ( talk) 16:09, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Romney (LDS) will take the approach of JFK (Catholic) to recognize the boundaries. Voters will also. It could remain a problem with bigots, but not with the majority of likely voters. (FYI, and in my humble opinion.) What do you think? . . . Have you seen anything reported in reportable sources? You could note that both John F. Kennedy and Mitt Romney made a significant speech addressing the subject of their religion early on in their campaign cycle. Based on their campaign results, people seem to have accepted their religion, at least so far with Romney. Ann Romney is very popular also. Charles Edwin Shipp ( talk) 04:01, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
You guys gotta be kidding. Trump duplicates Mitt's big strength - business. - and brings a world of baggage. He's also impossible to work with. Don't you guys have any political common sense? 174.254.197.154 ( talk) 20:39, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Check this unofficial list out:
http://mittromneycentral.com/2012/04/09/veep-madness-round-1-cast-your-votes/#more-56558 . . . .
Have fun,
Charles Edwin Shipp (
talk) 09:19, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Arthur Rubin and 99.181.129.83 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS) have been edit warring over whether to include content about the flap over Romney's disparaging remarks about cookies from a "beloved local bakery" owned by a Republican in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The press has picked it up under the name, and the content is extremely well cited, with eight separate refs. Arthur thinks it's undue and even a BLP violation, according to the most recent of his three reverts. Whether it's undue or not is a judgement call that should be worked out here, rather than by edit warring, but to assert that sourced statements of this nature about a major political figure constitute a BLP violation is so utterly ridiculous that I reverted Arthur's 3rd reversion just on that basis alone. On a side note, it appears at first glance that one might be following the other's edits, but I'm not sure who's doing the following and who's being followed. An admin with more patience than I have at present might like to look into that. – OhioStandard ( talk) 09:46, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
( ← outdenting ) Are you all discussing deleted subsection Cookiegate
While visiting Bethel Park, Pennsylvania stated cookies from a local bakery must have come from a 7-11, insulting the Republican bakery owner John Walsh. "Let him eat cake next time," Walsh said. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
and the Also see Let Them Eat Cake here? 99.181.148.5 ( talk) 20:55, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
Should we really keep it? Specifically in the endorsement section? It's not his most noteworthy endorsement, but I suppose it was an early indication he'd be backed by high-ranking people of the party. J390 ( talk) 15:18, 4 May 2012 (UTC)