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Just as there is a section on Trump's overall physical health, it would be an addition to the article to have something on his psychological make-up - as well-sourced and verifiable as possible, of course. I don't believe it is a contentious statement to assert that he has a mindset and self-presentation not usually seen in politicians. The Mind of Donald Trump, written by an academic psychologist before the election, would seem one place to start. I might be bold enough to insert a sentence, but I am not going to risk creating a new section. Any thoughts? Carbon Caryatid ( talk) 13:52, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Seems pretty fraught for an encyclopedia article, and a timesump. Time will tell. In 4 years, there should be some consensus backed by factual evidence as to his mindset. SPECIFICO talk 14:09, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

If it’s an armchair analysis, it runs afoul of the Goldwater_rule. If he had sessions with Trump, it’s still iffy in a political BLP. After Trump is out of office and historians and psychologists have had time to digest his presidency; it would be appropriate. And, as SPECIFICO says, it’d be a timesump. Objective3000 ( talk) 14:17, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

I hadn't heard of the Goldwater rule; thank you for that. A crucial distinction, though, is that it refers to psychiatrists and the diagnosis of mental illness, while I am referring to psychologists' assessment of someone's overall temperament and personality. I'd see that as equivalent to describing someone as "tall, slightly overweight, with a limp in his left leg": observable facts (6'2"), or normal-speech fair interpretations (tall). From the article:

In creating this portrait, I will draw from well-validated concepts in the fields of personality, developmental, and social psychology. Ever since Sigmund Freud analyzed the life and art of Leonardo da Vinci, in 1910, scholars have applied psychological lenses to the lives of famous people. Many early efforts relied upon untested, nonscientific ideas. In recent years, however, psychologists have increasingly used the tools and concepts of psychological science to shed light on notable lives, as I did in a 2011 book on George W. Bush.

Trump has been in the public eye for decades, and his pronouncements and actions are there for anyone to draw conclusions from - including academic experts in various fields. As for my proposal being a timesump - true, but isn't that the case for any of our articles about the man? Carbon Caryatid ( talk) 18:15, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose per SPECIFICO and Objective3000. Far more coverage by secondary sources would be needed to even have a WP:WEIGHT discussion about this for a sitting president. It would probably fail even then, simply due to the fact that it would be so heavy on educated speculation. I don't care how much some psychologists think they know, Goldwater still applies. I have seen this kind of discussion in a half-dozen BLPs, and I've yet to see content like this get into one. ― Mandruss  ☎ 18:58, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Not only that, but Goldwater really was nuts! SPECIFICO talk 19:28, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose - seems a bit of rehash of Presidency of Donald Trump - RfC: Possible POV of Authoritarian tendencies and likely to fail on the same NPOV, BALASP, and other concerns. One could google up any one viewpoint, but unless something is a big portion of his life it is WP:OFFTOPIC for this BLP article. It just seems likely to be or become just WP:SOAPBOX space to gossip and innuendo opinions and politically-corrupted posturing and not factual objective events of his actual personal treatment. Markbassett ( talk) 00:28, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose - Due to the Goldwater rule, reliable sources can't exist at this time. Separately, I would support removing the "Health" section entirely. Power~enwiki ( talk) 00:30, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Actually, it only means that most psychiatrists licensed under the APA may face a charge of an ethics violation if they provided such an opinion; it doesn't mean that some might not still do so (or that we would be required to view it as non-reliable if they did), nor does it mean that another expert (psychiatrist, another medical or behavioural expert, or psychologist) who is not bound by APA conduct standards (because of the nature of their accreditation or because they practice outside the U.S.) might not say something similar. That said, I tend to agree with your broader point that it is far too soon to be considering the feasibility of such a section, from the probable weight of the number of sources available at this point and their likely speculative/superficial coverage of the topic. Snow ^{let's rap} 04:09, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Point taken, we should stop trying to use the Goldwater rule to bolster opposition to this kind of content. I don't think we need it, much. ― Mandruss  ☎ 15:54, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

True. Although if we’re ever tempted to include armchair psychological analyses of living politicians; I think it’s wise to keep in mind the strong opinion of the APA. Objective3000 ( talk) 16:06, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose – Just wtf. All leaders are egomaniac narcissists, many are borderline paranoid, some are totally mad. None of them is characterized this way in Wikipedia. Care to write an essay on the mental health of Pol Pot, anyone? — JFG ^talk 20:21, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

@ JFG: Is this worthy of the list? Consensus seems pretty clear, even with relatively low participation, and chances are fair it will come up again. ― Mandruss  ☎ 19:42, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

You're right, and I'm pretty sure it came up before. Go add an item if you feel like it. — JFG ^talk 20:30, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Done. [7] To all: If you can locate previous discussions that clearly support this consensus, please add those links to the item. ― Mandruss  ☎ 20:44, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

2001:8003:6F4C:200:744B:EBDA:A462:1088 (
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donald trump loves CHINA

Imchangingeverything (
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isnt he the 46th presedent of the united states

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A sentence in the Protests section states that the number of protesters for the Women's March on Washington "was more than three times the number of people who were at Trump's inaugural speech". This is sourced to some crowd-counting done on both days on aerial views of the Washington mall, by "crowd scientists at the Manchester Metropolitan University." However, this statement is contradicted by numbers actually reported for both events, i.e. roughly 500,000 for the protest and 300,000–600,000 for the inauguration, according to the same crowd science expert from Manchester. [12] Even within the uncertainties, none of these numbers can be called "three times the size" of the other.

Besides the mathematical error, comparing those event attendances is WP:TRIVIA, undue in Trump's main biography (may be informative as a side note in the 2017 Women's March article, to highlight the particularly large following of this protest). Accordingly I deleted the sentence and SPECIFICO reverted me, providing a better source (thanks) which still made the same calculation error. Should we keep this sentence or delete it? — JFG ^talk 17:36, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Well, deleting a widely reported statement that could be cited to any of dozens of RS didn't change the underlying facts. Now round two the new rationales for deletion are no more convincing, imo. Ping me when round 3 begins. SPECIFICO talk 18:07, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

As we disagree on the relevance and exactitude of this statement, I'm simply opening up discussion for the wider community. Not that I expect to convince you, my friend! — JFG ^talk 18:12, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Whilst changing horses in mid-stream. SPECIFICO talk 19:11, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

• Remove The "underlying facts" in this case are that the statement, no matter how well sourced, is objectively false and contradicted by the source itself. We must not print information that is unsupported by its own source. The Wordsmith ^{Talk to me} 18:31, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
• Delete Even if accurate, the sentence is WP:UNDUE for this article. Trump himself remains obsessed over the size of his inauguration crowd; we don't have to do the same. -- MelanieN ( talk) 18:50, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

I don't think this text is in the article to mock his obsession with the crowd size. It comes up in the context of the post-inaugural protests and the comparison was widely cited in the media. The protests do seem noteworthy so it's not clear the estimate and Trump's boasts are off topic here. SPECIFICO talk 19:14, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

• Nah Don’t care much for mine is bigger than yours contests. Objective3000 ( talk) 19:17, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
• Delete - I'm happy knowing the protests dwarfed the Inauguration. I don't need to see it in the article. -- Scjessey ( talk) 14:56, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

 Done per consensus to remove. — JFG ^talk 21:34, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

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This is a significant change:

http://time.com/4872343/american-psychoanalytic-association-trump-mental-health/

https://www.statnews.com/2017/07/25/psychiatry-goldwater-rule-trump/

https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/25/16025112/goldwater-rule-mental-health-american-psychoanalytic-association-donald-trump

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2017/07/25/crazy-talk-cable-news-cleared-to-talk-trumps-mental-health/#5ed651ad511c

BullRangifer ( talk) 04:50, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

And the American Psychiatric Association still says that's a no-no. From the New Yorker (via Verge source) "I think there’s a duty to warn,” psychiatrist Jerrold Post told The New Yorker. “It seems unethical to not contribute at this perilous time.”" Gee, I wonder Dr. Post voted for? I'm not sure what the point of this source dump was, but if it's to add material to the man's biography, it would still likely be a POV BLPVIO. Hidden Tempo ( talk) 05:01, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Just because one association still disallows it and the other does, the one does not negate the other. Both should be included. That's what our policies require.

BTW, you shouldn't carelessly throw around "POV BLPVIO" without knowing what it means. In this case, "POV" is a personal attack and failure to AGF. "BLPVIO" only refers to "unsourced" negative content, never to properly sourced content, no matter how negative, especially if the (generic) subject doesn't like it. If they were to object to us documenting their bad behavior, then we really should include it and block them. -- BullRangifer ( talk) 06:10, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Yeah... No, we just had a talk about this that was unanimous oppose. The new information from this one group does not change policy. PackMecEng ( talk) 12:48, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Not true, BullRangifer. Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion. That's extremely important. There's "RS" that say all sorts of horrific and repugnant things about the president - they don't all get shoved in the article just because you saw it on the Interwebz. I agree! Fortunately for me, I am very familiar with WP:POV and WP:BLPVIO, so I won't have to worry about throwing anything around "without knowing what it means." Nobody's attacking you personally by explaining that your content would likely be POV, though. And block...what, exactly? You lost me on that last part, I'm afraid. Hidden Tempo ( talk) 01:40, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

I still don’t see this in an encyclopedia while the person is alive as per previous discussion. But, I wish HT would stop making statements like: Gee, I wonder Dr. Post voted for?. First, not everyone takes every action according to their politics. Secondly, this suggests that a living person is acting unethically and is a BLP vio itself. Objective3000 ( talk) 12:53, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Such commenting is not fine for Wikipedia. There is no significant change in Wikipedia rules and recommendations regarding articles on US presidents and other high-ranking politicians so far, BullRangifer. If you don't want to get problems according to those rules and recommendations, so please don't press for inclusion of partisan statements of some organisations, regardless of so-called RC. -- Zbrnajsem ( talk) 13:34, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Suggests to whom, you? Does this gentleman even have a BLP page? Saying that an opinion article and an interviewee for that article is biased is NOT a BLPVIO. Hidden Tempo ( talk) 01:40, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

IMO this kind of remote diagnosing - "armchair psychiatry" - doesn't belong in this (or any) biographical article no matter what various professional associations may say. -- MelanieN ( talk) 17:23, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Agreed. Hidden Tempo ( talk) 01:40, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

It's not "armchair psychiatry". There is an enormous amount of scholarship on the Psychopathography of Adolf Hitler. The logical consequence of what you just said would mean that we would have to delete that article and every mention of his mental health from any other articles, regardless of the fact that historians and other scholars consider it to have great historical (and thus encyclopedic) significance. We also have many other articles that discuss the mental health of prominent political leaders; we even have a List of mentally ill monarchs. In the case of the leader of a country, the person's mental health is not merely a private matter, but it directly impacts the country and the world. Domestic, internal rules governing one particular profession within one particular country are of no concern to Wikipedia at all; Wikipedia is a global project, and it's based on reliable sources; reliable sources extensively and seriously discuss Trump's mental health and how it impacts the world. Thus there is no question that reliable sources consider the topic highly significant/relevant and worthy of coverage in an encyclopedic context. -- Tataral ( talk) 21:45, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Well, it's "armchair psychiatry" by definition. It may be valid. But, we require more. As for Hitler, we have had 80 years to analyze him. Objective3000 ( talk) 00:05, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

And he's, you know, dead. ― Mandruss  ☎ 02:11, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

As far as we know... PackMecEng ( talk) 02:32, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Once there's an actual article from a psychiatrist that comments on Trump's mental health, I may support including something. The proceedings of a trade organization aren't relevant for the article at this time, though. Power~enwiki ( talk) 17:25, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

There have been numerous such articles from psychologists [13] and psychiatrists. [14] IMO none of them should be referenced here. -- MelanieN ( talk) 18:59, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Wow. Those articles are far worse than I expected, I agree they have no place in this article. Power~enwiki ( talk) 05:18, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

I fail to see the logical connection between "commenting on Trump's mental health is fine" and "Wikipedia articles should include content about those comments". Two of us, at least, backed away from using the Goldwater rule as a basis in the previous discussion. We don't need it, never have. Thus this "significant change" changes nothing for us as Wikipedia editors. Show me the analysis of a professional who has examined him, then show me the secondary sources that lend it relevance, and I'll support inclusion of a little attributed content. What are the chances of that ever happening? Almost nil, which is why Wikipedia has never included this kind of content about an incumbent president of the U.S. ― Mandruss  ☎ 01:59, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

which is why Wikipedia has never included this kind of content about an incumbent president… or about anyone. Perhaps we have psychiatric evaluations of convicted criminals if that's a significant part of the public record after the trial. Anything else is off-limits. — JFG ^talk 04:56, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Medical and mental health of Abraham Lincoln ― Mandruss  ☎ 05:07, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Very informative, thanks! — JFG ^talk 05:32, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

His mental health has been very, very extensively covered by very high quality, serious sources; therefore it's perfectly appropriate to include material on this (clearly relevant and important) topic, and it would amount to political censorship to exclude it. There are good reasons for us to be careful in general about discussing people's mental health, but in some cases where it involves people who are extremely well known, who wield great power and where their mental health directly impacts the world through their decisions, and where there are a very significant amount of high quality reliable sources that discuss their mental health, it's appropriate for us to include such material as long as it's reliably sourced. We have entire articles devoted to the mental health of other political leaders. In the case of Trump, there are absolutely no policy-based reasons to exclude a reliably sourced discussion of his mental health, especially during his presidency where his mental health is obviously highly relevant to the world. -- Tataral ( talk) 21:37, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

The problem (actually just one of the problems) with any such proposal is that there is no such thing as a "reliable source" for information on this topic. Even the "best" available sources are opinions, based on reporting about a person's words and actions, from people who have some training or expertise in mental health but have never spoken to or even met the subject they are analyzing. Such opinions are little more than speculation, regardless of the level of training of the person making them, and are likely to be more influenced by the commenter's politics than by the actual state of the subject's mental health. That is why I oppose "armchair psychiatry" statements about ANY living person. -- MelanieN ( talk) 14:31, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Well said, I think that covers the topic really well. PackMecEng ( talk) 14:42, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

• Absolutely not Because of the nature of psychoanalysis, there is inherently no such thing as a reliable source for this. All the so-called sources I've seen are opinion pieces. As such, they cannot be used for statements of fact, especially controversial statements about living people. BLP overrides everything else here, specifically WP:EXCEPTIONAL. The Wordsmith ^{Talk to me} 18:16, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

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Mandruss has added a false claim about a non-existent consensus to "omit any opinions about Trump's psychology held by mental health academics or professionals who have not examined him."

The POV of one of the sides in an ongoing debate is not a "current consensus." There has never been any consensus in relation to this matter at all; I and other editors have for months argued for its inclusion and still do, and this is merely an unresolved issue, still under discussion (as in the most recent, currently active discussion, where opinions are divided), where we have not yet reached consensus in either direction. (In fact, if were to judge the discussion by valid policy-based opinions from people who actually have a sophisticated understanding of Wikipedia policies, there would rather be consensus to include some discussion of this matter, as the exclusion of this (exceedingly well reliably sourced) material really boils down to political censorship and  WP:IJUSTDONTLIKEIT). -- Tataral ( talk) 16:05, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

A near-unanimous consensus to exclude mental health comments was reached a few weeks ago and properly documented in the consensus list as item #21: Talk:Donald Trump/Archive 65#Psychological make-up. The new discussion at #Commenting on Trump’s mental health is fine, psychiatry group says may change this consensus or reinforce it, but until that is settled, the prior consensus holds. — JFG ^talk 16:21, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

No, there has never been any "near-unanimous consensus". An active, ongoing discussion also trumps an older archived, little noticed discussion with few participants that I and other key participants in discussion of the matter in question missed. The situation now, based on the most recent discussion of the matter (above), is that there is no current consensus regarding the matter. The attempt to add the POV of one side in the debate as a "current consensus" is both blatantly false and disruptive, and we will have to consider removing the section entirely if it's abused in such a way. It's intended to list actual consensuses, not to be used as an instrument in an ongoing discussion by one of the sides of the debate. -- Tataral ( talk) 16:24, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

The discussion is merely a couple weeks old, and registered 6 Oppose with 0 Support except the OP; that's pretty much unanimous. Opening a new discussion does not trump this clear and recent result. Again, if and when the new discussion closes with support for inclusion, that will override the prior consensus; this process has happened before and works well, see for example items #15 and #16 which were superseded by later discussions. Now, please AGF and don't accuse fellow editors of abusing the consensus list. — JFG ^talk 16:38, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

The "consensus" reached by half a dozen editors is not binding. Furthermore, the specific request which came to that consensus was on the inclusion of a report on Trump's psychology, which presents a POV problem. We would need secondary sources that explain how he is viewed, rather than just the views of one or two people. And that's where it would be appropriate to mention the Goldwater rule, that subjects cannot be diagnosed without meeting with the practitioner. Whether or not opinions are included in this article depends on the degree of coverage in reliable secondary sources. Anyway, from what I have read, experts seem to agree that while they cannot make a conclusive determination without meeting Trump, that he shows higher levels of narcissism that most people, which is typical of people in high levels in business and politics. TFD ( talk) 17:39, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

There's a clear consensus against all proposals that have been made so far, and I personally don't expect any proposal on this topic will be acceptable. If you have a specific proposal make one, but it must be discussed on the talk page before including it in the article. Whether this is "a consensus against including it" or simply "no consensus and any additions must be discussed on the talk page first" is a pointless argument over wording. Power~enwiki ( talk) 17:45, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

There has been no attempt by anyone (that I'm aware of) to add it to the article without prior discussion. Everyone is aware that this is a contentious topic that would need (probably extensive) discussion about whether to include it and how to phrase it and weight and so on. But the section falsely claims that there is a consensus against including it, which is just false, citing one of probably a dozen or more archived discussions as "proof" (the one brief discussion that I and others overlooked during the past probably eight months or so, in the middle of my vacation in July), although the topic is now again the subject of a more recent and ongoing discussion. I expect this issue to develop quite a bit in the near future, as even more analyses and especially scholarly ones become available. Even if we don't reach a consensus to include it at this time, it's reasonable to assume that we will have to evaluate this matter in view of the sources and the situation again as the situation develops. The "current consensus" section attempts to hijack this issue by pretending the matter is settled once and for all, which is not the case. -- Tataral ( talk) 18:39, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Also, most prior discussions didn't result in any consensus in either direction, just in "no consensus." Which is not the same as a "clear consensus against." -- Tataral ( talk) 18:44, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

There is an existing consensus against such material. Consensus can change. But we just discussed this again in the past few days, in the section above (about the psychoanalytic society saying it was OK for its members to make such comments). In that discussion, two people favored including such material and eight opposed it. It looks as if consensus hasn't changed. -- MelanieN ( talk) 18:42, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

No, there is no existing consensus against. Since we started discussing the possible inclusion of such material last year or so, there has never been any consensus. We are also discussing this matter now, in an ongoing, active discussion, as opposed to overlooked archived discussions. -- Tataral ( talk) 18:44, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

The whole purpose of the "Consensuses" section above is so that we can document it when we reach a consensus, and easily reference it for purposes of removing anti-consensus material from the article. That doesn't mean we can't reopen a discussion, but while we do, the previous consensus holds. In fact we are discussing this very issue above, and can continue to do so. I don't really understand why you are trying so hard to deny there is a consensus, but it doesn't matter. Consensus can change, but so far there is no evidence at this page that it has changed. There is certainly no consensus at this time to include this kind of information. If you are trying to establish a basis for including it, the section above is the place to do so, presenting your arguments and evidence for inclusion. So far your position has not won much support. But simply insisting there isn't a consensus is getting you nowhere. -- MelanieN ( talk) 18:56, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Because the false claim (as in alternative facts) that there is a "consensus against" (when there is not and the situation has always been one of "no consensus") by the side in the debate opposed to including it is an attempt to enforce their POV and hijack the issue and discourage or prevent future discussions by making it appear, falsely, that the issue has somehow been settled because they managed, finally, in the middle of July to have a now archived little noticed discussion (one of countless on the topic) that I and others missed. -- Tataral ( talk) 19:06, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

As others have stated, there is indeed consensus against inclusion. Also noted by many others above, the consensus can change and very well might depending on the outcome of the discussion above. This is becoming disruptive. PackMecEng ( talk) 19:14, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Tataral, quit beating your head against the wall about whether there is or is not a consensus. If the claim is false, just prove it - by demonstrating that there actually IS a consensus to do something else. There is a current discussion right now. Take your argument to include the material there - and quit wasting everyone's time over this "false claim" nonsense. -- MelanieN ( talk) 20:21, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

No, you are the one wasting people's time with your false claim of a non-existent "consensus" when there is none, although it doesn't surprise me. -- Tataral ( talk) 20:23, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Every comment by you thus far here is like an unfunny "yes it is! It isn't! It is!" Monty Python sketch. There is a past discussion by Wikipedia editors that decided that, for now, mental health coverage is out of bounds, that you disagree with it is 100% irrelevant. If you have reliable sources to show something new on the subject, and feel that you can change the minds of other editors, then by all means present it. TheValeyard ( talk) 20:29, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

The discussion hasn't decided on anything. -- Tataral ( talk) 20:51, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

This "discussion" is going nowhere. I think it is time to stop replying. -- MelanieN ( talk) 20:59, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

MelanieN is correct, Tataral doesn't understand how the consensus process works (at this article or any article). "I and others disagree with the existing consensus, therefore there is no consensus" is frankly a position most often taken by noob editors (I took it once, back in the day), and I'm surprised to hear it from Tataral. Now, I don't dispute that there are stronger consensuses than this one; that's why I asked for other opinions about its strength at the end of the earlier discussion. I pinged only JFG, but anyone else could have opined at that point, and nobody challenged JFG's and my assessment that it was a list-worthy consensus. If we are to have a remotely orderly process, people can't come in 9 days after the close and object to it retroactively.
Anyway, even if no consensus existed to omit this content, there is no consensus to include it, either. Since the content is disputed, it stays out of the article until there is a consensus to include. Likewise, a new consensus to include it would replace the existing consensus to omit it, per WP:CCC. So we're battling over an inconsequential detail of process, which is a silly waste of our time. ― Mandruss  ☎ 23:09, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

This should be tabled until this is no longer a BLP. And, I don't mean that to be snarky. Objective3000 ( talk) 00:06, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

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Multiple WP:RS call Donald Trump a Liar.

The article already states that many of his public statements during the campaign were controversial or false

1. Should the article assume intent and call statements lies, where justified and sourced by WP:RS? 2. Should the article follow WP:RSes, assume that Trump has an intent to deceive, and refer to him as a liar?

For Reference: per https://www.merriam-webster.com/

Liar: a person who tells lies has a reputation as a liar

Lie: to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive

Casprings ( talk) 20:17, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

lie. To make an untrue statement with intent to deceive; tell a lie <man is the only animal that habitually lies>. M-W Unabridged. -- Dervorguilla ( talk) 03:16, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Sources that call Trump a Liar
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RfC Survey: Liar and Lie

• Support (qualified)- In cases where the president of the united states of america lies, we should describe these statements as lies (e.g. not merely 'untruths', 'inaccurate', whatever watered down stuff.) Less sure on 'liar', nor do I know where that would be included without seeming odd. PeterTheFourth ( talk) 20:22, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
• Strong Oppose The first definition of liar is "a person who tells lies." By that definition, every human being with an article on Wikipedia would need to be referred to as a "liar," unless they've always responded with the truth when asked how he/she is doing today. I think the terms "lie" and "liar" are loaded, non-encyclopedic, POV (who decides if someone has a reputation for this, or for that?), and sets a dangerous precedent for cramming these terms into everyone's article who lies (every single politician's article, per MelanieN). "criticized for apparently/allegedly false statements" is crystal clear language. EDIT: Also notable that the vast majority of those sources are either from liberal outlets or not RS at all ("WBUR-FM"? "Good" magazine?) Liberal outlets are fine as RS, but need moderate and conservative agreement to avoid purely Democrat POV. Hidden Tempo ( talk) 20:36, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose both. Copied from an earlier thread: His pattern of falsehoods could arise from a number of things besides a deliberate intent to deceive, including certain cognitive disorders, delusional tendencies, even extreme carelessness or mental laziness. I think most of the sources using that inflammatory word are in fact doing so with political motivation, as they can't see into his mind any more than I can. As I understand it, WP:V policy requires RS for inclusion, but presence of RS does not require inclusion. (Add: even a lot of RS.) ― Mandruss  ☎ 21:04, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
• Comment Oppose. WaPo has now documented 744 false and misleading statements in 162 days. [17] In one of his own books he uses an interesting euphemism for his less than true statements that escapes me, which suggests that he has a long-time strategy of knowingly and purposely spreading incorrect statements as facts. RS have regularly commented on the lack of truth in his statements. I think leaders should be called out on the misinformation they spread. Problem is, some portion of these statements are simply him repeating lies from other sources, or simply his own incorrect beliefs – which technically isn’t lying, Besides, lie is a crude word. Objective3000 ( talk) 21:59, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

The fact that the Office of Government Ethics Director, Walter Shaub Jr., resigned today is more important. Objective3000 ( talk) 22:37, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

• Is there another word that tells the reader someone has intent to misled? Casprings ( talk) 22:31, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Perhaps not, but Wikipedia isn't a courtroom, and I don't even know how editors would go about proving intent in this arena. Also, is it the job of an encyclopedia to try to prove an accusation from his detractors? Hidden Tempo ( talk) 23:03, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

• Strong oppose We say that he makes false statements. That is not the same as lying. Lying implied DELIBERATE deception, and we cannot (nor can the "reliable sources") tell what his intent it. In many cases he may be telling falsehoods out of misinformation or ignorance. To say that he tells lies is an accusation. To say that he tells falsehoods is not an accusation, not a BLP violation, not a character judgment. It is a neutral statement of widely reported and indisputable fact. (Didn't we just have this same conversation a few threads ago? Yes, here it is.) -- MelanieN ( talk) 22:41, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
• Comment - @ Casprings: Your statement The article already acknowledges that many of his public statements are false in the RfC opener is not an accurate representation of what the article currently says. I'll leave the correction to you. ― Mandruss  ☎ 23:23, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

• In the lede, it says that. That said, open to changing. Suggestions? Casprings ( talk) 23:40, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

• @ Casprings: No, the lead does not say that. I suggest: "The article already states that many of his public statements during the campaign were controversial or false." ― Mandruss  ☎ 14:24, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

• Support It's widely reported by RS that he is incontrovertibly a liar. MelanieN, let's not assign any value judgment to that. In other words, let's stick to the factual statement that per RS, Trump is a liar. We needn't imply any pejorative evaluation to that statement and the article should not condemn or criticize him for it. SPECIFICO talk 00:00, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
  • Update I support "lie" but I'm fine with omitting "liar" from the lede in WP's voice. Most editors seem to have made the same error I did in not differentiating the two questions posed in this RfC. I suspect that many will agree with me as to "lie" but not "liar". SPECIFICO talk 16:03, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

We needn't imply any pejorative evaluation to that statement and the article should not condemn or criticize him for it. That’s an interesting argument. Basically, you are saying that lying may or may not be justifiable (I think). But, the word lie does make such an implication in many minds. Let us stick with the preponderance of RS and use less provocative wording in an encyclopedia. Objective3000 ( talk) 00:12, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

I'm saying something a bit different. I'm saying that "he's lying" is a factual or descriptive statement, just like "he has big hair" or "he has big hands" and that we should not project any normative standard to that conduct. It's not that it's "justifiable" because that implies a normative evaluation of his conduct or its purpose. SPECIFICO talk 02:55, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

We are not the ones "projecting a standard" or "implying a pejorative evaluation" or "assigning a value judgment" to the word liar. The English language does that. From school yard taunts - "liar! liar! pants on fire!" - to the way reporters try to bait someone into calling someone else a liar - "That's not the way I remember it." "So you are calling him a liar?" "I'm just saying that I don't think it happened that way." "So you're saying he's a liar, right?" - to Trump's repeated taunt of "Lyin' Ted" - this is a loaded, inflammatory, accusatory word. Not a word we can use in an encyclopedia, not when there are neutral, non-accusatory words we can use instead. -- MelanieN ( talk) 03:06, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

MelanieN, honest question. If Wikipedia was in consensus that a person had an intent to misled by their falsehoods, what other word indicates that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Casprings ( talk • contribs)

There are more neutral words for that too. And it depends on how we were able to judge their intent. If they were found in a court of law to be lying under oath, the word is "perjurer". If they themselves admitted to their deceptive intent, we could attribute the word to them: "He admitted he was lying." -- MelanieN ( talk) 03:28, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

• Support Reliable sources refer to him as such (e.g. the NYT). Hence, we should follow standard Wikipedia practice, which is to use the terms used by reliable sources. LK ( talk) 00:34, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose There is no way to assign motive to his falsehoods. Without that you cannot state he is lying. PackMecEng ( talk) 00:50, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose This is not encyclopedic language. In other articles about politicians famous for lying and exaggeration, this type of language is not used. (See Adolf Hitler for example.) Furthermore it is both incorrect and weasel-wording. While the view that Trump is a liar has been reported in multiple RS, RS do not say he is a liar. And if we are going to say he has been called a liar, we need to say who calls him that. BTW multiple people also accuse other politicians of lying, some people think that all politicians are liars. TFD ( talk) 01:16, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the strawman about the troglodytes who sneer "all politicians are liars" but you know, there are bigger things about Hilter than his lies. RE: Trump, RS tell us that his lies are one of the most notable facts about him and that his expertise at crafting and deploying them to his documented advantage is unmatched in recent American history. Let's check our value judgments at the door. It's irrelevant whether lying is considered a pejorative. Anyway, I personally doubt that it is as offensive as you claim, because millions of his supporters cheer his speeches and watch his TV appearances to enjoy his lies. SPECIFICO talk 13:01, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose as ham-fisted and un-encyclopedic. Yes, he has a disturbing disregard of the truth, and has made an unprecedented number of false statements ( source) but that's more nuanced than just calling someone a "liar". ~ Awilley ( talk) 02:57, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose per IAR, for possible confusing or misleading the reader. See Merriam-Webster Unabridged: "To make an untrue statement with intent to deceive <man is the only animal that habitually lies>". Trump is an animal that habitually makes (outrageously) untrue statements with intent to entertain (in his role as a WWE huckster) or cause drama (as a politician). -- Dervorguilla ( talk) 03:49, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

@ Dervorguilla: Could you explain the IAR bit here? You seem to be affirming that RS describe him as a liar, but then you are concerned that readers would misunderstand that? It would be our job as editors to convey whatever RS say so that, as usual, only a small number of readers misunderstand the mainstream view WP reflects. SPECIFICO talk 12:52, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose many sources call many politicians liars (and IMHO - they all lie or at least don't live up to promises). This is a POV statement. We should stick to the facts (describing where he made false statements and why) - and not to POV adjectives. Icewhiz ( talk) 06:15, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Please be more specific and cite evidence that there are "many" (how many, who, according to what sources?) other such politicians. Otherwise your claim can't be evaluated alongside the other views in this thread. SPECIFICO talk 12:00, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Just about every elected modern politician has been accused (often with some basis) of lying at least part of the time. This isn't a new claim (I didn't expect a source request for this), but if you want one - here Wortham, Stanton, and Michael Locher. "Embedded metapragmatics and lying politicians." Language & Communication 19.2 (1999): 109-125. [18], https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00130405?LI=true [19] Mearsheimer, John J. Why leaders lie: The truth about lying in international politics. Oxford University Press, 2011. [20]. If we were to start tagging politicians as liars when enough RS claim so (with an in-depth piece on how a list of statements or promises were untrue) - there would be no end to it - on both sides of the aisle. Both Clintons have been accused (and Bill was tried in the house and senate) of lying - with some basis - Wikipedia shouldn't stoop to that level in articles. Articles should be encyclopedic, not polemic - for either side. Icewhiz ( talk) 14:10, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose — Pretty much everything has already been said above.-- Joobo ( talk) 12:25, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
• Strong opose - user Specifico and some others come and say: "Trump is a liar, he tells us lies." What 100 p.c. evidence or even 50 p.c. hint have you got for this accusation? Can you tell us proven examples, with valid sources? Have you read the rules for this side given above? Or are you propagandists of the other side of the political spectrum. To cite Dervorguilla: "Trump is an animal." What was this? Are you kidding on Wikipedia? Those who want use expressions that are not allowed here are trying not only to neglect the rules of Wikipedia, but to change them in a quiet way. One of the rules is political neutrality, another one the adherence to real facts. -- Zbrnajsem ( talk) 15:02, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

• Level 1 AGF warning issued. ― Mandruss  ☎ 15:22, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

• There are reasons to warn some other editors, not (only) me, user Mandruss. The expression "animal" has been used, there was no way to misunderstand this. -- Zbrnajsem ( talk) 15:58, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

• Yes, there is a way, and you found it.
  If other editors need AGF warnings you are free to issue them. Just be sure you understand WP:AGF and the definition of "good faith" first, and your comment above strongly suggests that you do not. ― Mandruss  ☎ 16:04, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

• Comment - For those who do not know about it: WARNING: ACTIVE ARBITRATION REMEDIES. The article Donald Trump, along with other highly visible articles relating to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people, is currently subject to discretionary sanctions authorized by active arbitration remedies (see WP:ARBAPDS). The current restrictions are: Consensus required: All editors must obtain consensus on the talk page of this article before reinstating any edits that have been challenged (via reversion). If in doubt, don't make the edit. Etc. -- Zbrnajsem ( talk) 21:23, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose Lying requires intent. Unless Trump confesses or someone has mind-reading abilities, it is difficult to determine whether the falsehoods are deliberate lies or the result of ignorance or stupidity. A Quest For Knowledge ( talk) 15:48, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

… or cunning obfuscation — JFG ^talk 15:56, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Ha, are you helping again? PackMecEng ( talk) 17:26, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

• Comment I won't say that this needs to be included here. Is there any Public image of Donald Trump yet? It would fit there. Lorstaking ( talk) 16:36, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose - We should never reduce the subject of a biography to one of their character flaws such as by applying a pejorative label like "liar". As a matter of good editorial judgment, we should never use this encyclopedia to call people cheaters, losers, haters, greedy, ignorant, crooked, or slutty, no matter what sources say. On the question of whether the article should assume intent and call statements lies: No, an article should not assume intent. We should write with a dispassionate tone and relate facts in a clear, objective manner. It's reasonable for anyone to conclude that Trump is a lying liar, but Wikipedia should never reflect that view without attribution.- Mr X 19:22, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Spectacularly written response...right up to the rhetorical tool (to which I was recently introduced) called " apophasis," which you used to attack a living person right on his biography's talk page. It has zero relevance what "reasonable people" may or may not conclude about the living person. It's always about what the reliable sources say, not what editors think that "reasonable people" may or may not conclude. Hidden Tempo ( talk) 19:45, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Posing a hypothetical is hardly an "attack". Editor discretion is very much part of writing an encyclopedia. That discretion is colored by our values, beliefs, education, and experience, among other things.- Mr X 20:16, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Trump is widely cited for apophasis, come to think of it. Some Mexicans are AOK. SPECIFICO talk 23:49, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

@ MrX: Who says it's a "character flaw", or for that matter a "pejorative"? Let's just describe the subject as the weight of RS describe it. As others have said, we should not probe the depths of his soul here, just report how RS describe his behavior. SPECIFICO talk 13:15, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

@ SPECIFICO: I say it's a character flaw. Lying is antisocial. The definition of pejorative is "A word expressing contempt or disapproval", or alternatively " a word or phrase that has negative connotations or that is intended to disparage or belittle". There is obviously no consensus among reliable sources about how to describe Trump's prevarication. We should not selectively use the most blunt, controversial term when we can simply write factually using words that are commonly seen in encyclopedias to describe the same type of behavior. My objection does not preclude using the words lie, liar, lied, lying, in the appropriate context, but no way will I endorse the carte blanche that the OP seems to be seeking here.- Mr X 14:38, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

You raise the important distinction between whether to report the fact that he lies and whether to label him a liar. I have been discussing primarily the former. I don't think an encyclopedia should say "Gianni Mozzarella is a Neopolitan cheesemonger, philatelist, and liar" in an article lede. I think it's proper and important, however to refer to lying as one of the keys to Trump's manifest success in various endeavors. Per RS, we should document his actions, not characterize his soul. SPECIFICO talk 16:00, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

HT, friendly suggestion. Your block just ended. Immediately after a block expires, try making mainspace contributions instead of criticisms of other editors. Particularly since your user page suggests that you are here to WP:rightgreatwrongs. Objective3000 ( talk) 00:20, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Hey again, O-3000. I'm not sure why other editors think it's appropriate to poison the well by referencing past punitive action ( your claim that I was recently blocked is false, btw), but it ain't. However, I'm going to AGF take you at your word that you're being friendly. Feel free to voice any concerns you may have about my contributions to the encyclopedia on my talk page so we don't get too far off topic. In the meantime, let's make sure we're holding ourselves to the very strict standards that BLP sanctions require (i.e., not using apophasis to attack living persons on their talk pages). Thanks. In any case, looks like this RfC can be closed per WP:Snow. Hidden Tempo ( talk) 03:16, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

@ Hidden Tempo: A short, standard-form reply like "I categorically deny your groundless accusations" wastes less of your time. -- Dervorguilla ( talk) 15:18, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

This page is very contentious. This situation obviously does not call for a SNOW close. Power~enwiki ( talk) 04:06, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose - For reasons above. B. J. Klowshinski ( talk) 08:36, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

• Support-ish -not as phrased, because to simply "assume" intent fails WP:V, and to simply state as lies in WP voice with not a bio reason to go there fails WP:OFFTOPIC and where WP:PUBLICFIGURE says negatives should be attributed rather than stated as fact. If there is as biographical reason -- i.e. some effect on his life -- then I would say careful handling is essential to it being kept. I tend to think though that it belongs more to the Presidency article, or Election article --and seems a POV due for mention, the same WP:PUBLICFIGURE and WP:WEIGHT indicate it *should* go SoMeWhErE. But I question if the NPOV requirements of conveying all views in due WP:WEIGHT mean you would need to say "false" as the more common, then "lies" as now frequent, and then "valid" as reflecting many that justify the point if not the literal wording or tone. Annnd - partisan editors will not like cites like Politico "Are Clinton and Trump the Biggest Liars Ever to Run For Pre side To?" if this is put into a joint article the same basis would get applied to both. Markbassett ( talk) 19:44, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose - I think that something like this does need to be included in Donald Trump on social media; it's undisputed that many of his posts on social media are lies. It's excessive in the lede here; the fact that politicians lie was a cliche before Trump was elected. Power~enwiki ( talk) 01:05, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

RS also uniformly report he lies in public speeches, televised interviews, and official statements. SPECIFICO talk 02:24, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

RS also report he has orange skin and short fingers. The burden to include it in the lede section is higher than simply being reported by RS. Power~enwiki ( talk) 04:06, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

RS amply describe and discuss the significance of the strategy and tactics he implements through what the RS call deliberate false statements. SPECIFICO talk 12:36, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

• Support. I am not a native speaker, but I thought "a lie" is merely a statement that was used intentionally for the purpose of deception. Yes, this is exactly what RS on the subject imply. This is something people frequently do. Nothing special. Presidents do it too. Not telling something that RS tell would be against the policy - please see WP:NPOV. My very best wishes ( talk) 04:01, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
  • It is considered very offensive in English. TFD ( talk) 04:43, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Noted, TFD finds the word offensive, but as editors we use the terms that RS use and Wikipedia is not censored. Censorship is considered very offensive on WP. SPECIFICO talk 12:39, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose. Of course this man has told some pretty massive whoppers, not all of which can have been the result of misinformation or confusion. But putting aside for a moment the the massive amount of WP:OR taking place in numerous comments above as to the man's intent, this is just not encyclopedic in tone. Even if the sourcing ran all in one direction as to Mr. Trump's purported dishonesty, this is an encyclopedia, not a place for polemic editorializing: we'd still find a more removed, objective way to describe his dishonesty. And the truth is that, while we have numerous sources speaking to countless occasions where the man has seemed to promote blatant falsehoods, and we further have additional sources that explicitly label him a liar (either themselves or in relating other comments from primary sources) we also have mountains of sources which view his supposedly dubious relationship with the truth in less critical terms. It may boggle the minds of some who view Trump as a third-rate huckster, but its the reality of media coverage of the man. And again, even were it not--even if the sources were more unanimous that the man cannot be trusted to tell the truth, we'd still go with more encyclopedic wording.

Do note, however, that my !vote relates only to comments we make in Wikipedia's own voice. Where appropriate, it is perfectly reasonable to directly attribute quotes/claims from others calling Trump a liar, provided these assertions are included in such a way as to make the party making them clear, and presuming there aren't more than few of these (too many will quickly begin to violate WP:WEIGHT considerations). Snow ^{let's rap} 06:12, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

• Support to an extent. It shouldn't be printed in a Wikipedia voice "Donald Trump is a liar...", regardless of the truth of that statement. The form of "Donald Trump frequently makes statements which are regarded as lies..." is acceptable. TheValeyard ( talk) 03:32, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

And who is deciding when "frequently" is reached? How is "frequently" determined? Compared to other presidents, compared to the average human-being? Compared to the average human-being of the age-group? Is there even some general level you can compare the possible lies to? And who is regarding statements as lies? When does the statements actually qualify as such? All these questions and many more can never be answered properly, and hence for an encyclopaedia there is no need to use the suggested terms. Statements, actions and evidence is provided in articles and readers can decide and evaluate for themselves. Otherwise it is no encyclopaedia anymore. Joobo ( talk) 11:17, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Reliable sources decide when this is a characteristic that particularly applies to a particular person. The reason that some of us oppose the use of the words lie and liar is not because we don’t think they apply; but because we prefer more encyclopedic words. And no we don’t just include evidence in articles. We also include reliably sourced conclusions. We just don’t make those conclusions ourselves. Objective3000 ( talk) 11:30, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

As already pointed out even with "reliable sources" such entries simply are not acceptable- for no BLP. There never even can be a reliable source that has the ground to identify something as "frequent lying" etc. since some qualifications like that are technically impossible. That is the bottom line.-- Joobo ( talk) 16:44, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose ( Summoned by bot) Until he admits to being a liar or telling lies, all Wikipedia can say is that he made false statements. I'm sure a few hundred sources can be found calling Hillary a hoe, but we aren't going to include it because it is immaterial. L3X1 (distænt write) )evidence( 12:02, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

  Thank you (not really) for the disgusting misogyny of comparing the current president's penchant for falsehoods to a female politician's sexual mores. ValarianB ( talk) 14:26, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

ValarianB Please clarify for me, are you accusing me of being mysogynistic and violating the BLP? L3X1 (distænt write) )evidence( 18:59, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

You are guilty on both counts, yes. ValarianB ( talk) 19:12, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

I beg to differ. First off, I said "a few hundred sources", not "Let it be known that L3X1 believes that Hillary is a hoe." Comparing the Orange One's "penchant for falsehoods" (a favorite opposition dig on him, and one I support fully) to what real misogynists call Clinton is not me expressing my non-existent hate feelings. Throughout the campaign last year certain peoples resorted to hundreds of base ad hominem attacks on Clinton, and I am merely bringing that fact up. I formatted my !vote so as to limit my strong bias against the incumbent, and to conform to Wikipedia's policies of Verifiability and BLP. L3X1 (distænt write) )evidence( 19:19, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

• Support If reliable sources call him a liar, then there's nothing wrong with the Wikipedia following suit. Explain it in context, such as what source said it and why, of course. ValarianB ( talk) 14:26, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose Calling the President of the United States a liar in Wikipedia's voice would be grossly unencyclopedic language. RS also frequently make derogatory references to his skin tone and hand size, and we correctly ignore that too because it has no place in an encyclopedia. Outright calling him a liar assumes facts not in evidence, i.e. his intent, which I doubt journalists are privy to. In addition, a large number of the "sources" provided are opinion pieces, and thus not suitable for statements of fact. The Wordsmith ^{Talk to me} 14:50, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose - This is not as clear cut as some people make it out to be. Donald Trump lies almost constantly. More than that, he deliberately uses lies to deflect and distract, as reporting in reliable sources has shown; nevertheless, using Wikipedia's voice to label Trump as a liar is unacceptable and unencyclopedic. We do not need to say he is a liar to show he lies, and so we must not do so. -- Scjessey ( talk) 15:07, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
• Support - FWIW - agree with other supporters atm - AFAIK - Trump, consistent with his admiration of P.T. Barnum, ^{[1] [2]} and recent New York Times articles, including "Trump's Lies", ^[3] and relevant phrasing, like ("flat-out lies"), ^[4] may have intentionally presented "false statements" in order to deceive others; besides, use of any other wording may be considered censorship, which Wikipedia usually doesn't support afaik - hope this helps in some way - iac - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan ( talk) 15:25, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Sources

^ Schmidt, Samantha (January 17, 2017). "Why people keep comparing Donald Trump to P.T. Barnum, of circus fame". Washington Post. Retrieved July 11, 2017. ^ Silverstein, Jason (January 11, 2016). "Donald Trump embraces comparisons to P.T. Barnum, says America needs a 'cheerleader'". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 11, 2017. ^ Leonhardt, David; Thompson, Stuart A. (June 23, 2017). "Trump's Lies". New York Times. Retrieved July 11, 2017. ^ The Editorial Board (July 11, 2017). "The Culture of Dishonesty". New York Times. Retrieved July 11, 2017.

• Oppose - My thoughts on the subject have already been related by all others that oppose the move. Just go to any Wikipedia article where you would think pejorative language would be used (Stalin, Mao, Jeffrey Dahmer, Hitler, whomever you like). It is distinctly lacking. It is unencyclopedic and unprofessional to use this language -- nevermind for an actual sitting President. Cheef117 ( talk) 15:48, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

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• Oppose - Agree with almost everything said by Scjessey above. Trump appears to use language to deflect and distract and divide, not to inform or involve or lead. Whether this is because of conscious lying or a malevolent 'Chauncey Gardiner' inability to tell the difference is both unverifiable and immaterial. His supporters probably know this and don't care, he may well know it and equally does not appear to care. Apart from being unencyclopaedic, it plays into that world to use 'his' language level, most sources give a more nuanced account than that proposed. "We do not need to say he is a liar to show he lies, record verifiable info and so we must not do so". Pincrete ( talk) 15:51, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose per Scjessey. Sure he is a constant and ubiquitous liar but saying that in Wikipedia's voice is problematic. However, I see no problem with stating, even in the lead, something relating to the liar issues, attributed to appropriate sourcing. It is a significant aspect of his presidency as well as his previous career in business. It would have to be phrased with great care. (responding per bot) Coretheapple ( talk) 16:04, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose saying Trump is a liar; however, if multiple reliable sources refer to a specific statement as a lie, and no reliable sources say it wasn't a lie, it may be OK use "lie" as a noun or verb, as in this totally made up example:
  • On January 20, 2017, Trump said that he had never foobarred, but this was shown to be a lie the next day when CNN published a video of Trump foobarring with Putin in 2015. ^[1]

— Anomalocaris ( talk) 20:37, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

• Support the use of "lie" (number 1 above) where supported by non-opinion RSes. We don't have to be mind-readers about intent, we just have to back it up with reliable sources. If enough RS call a certain statement a lie, we can too.

Oppose the use of "liar" (number 2 above). "Liar" more habitual, and moreover often understood as an evaluation of character. We should stay away from it.

-- MattMauler ( talk) 22:37, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

• Oppose – Multiple RS in multiple countries call multiple politicians liars, crooks and traitors. Not encyclopedic. — JFG ^talk 17:59, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose As much as I agree with the assessment that Trump is a shameless liar, I'll have to say referring to him as one will not be appropriate here. Liar/lie are not neutral words and most, if not all, politicians lie constantly. I guess it comes with the territory, but Wikipedia finds more tactful ways to report their lies rather than outright calling them liars. Granted, the frequency of Trump's lies are a bit unusual, but we can't just make an exception to neutrality. Before anyone starts with "but RS calls him a liar"; reliable sources from the other end of the political spectrum are always eager to call their opponents liars, so it's possible to find RS calling any politician a liar at one point or another. Darwinian Ape  ^talk 02:01, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
• Comment I'm not sure that outright calling him a liar is encyclopedic, but mentioning that many reliable sources have done so may be appropriate. goose121 ( talk) 06:52, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose - that a specific statement made by him is untruthful is a question of facts which can be known by people other than himself; however, that he made that statement for the purpose of deceiving (also required for the statement to be a lie, and not a mistake or an exaggeration) is known only to himself. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 08:09, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

• Support Summoned by a bot. After reading the entire thread I keep coming back to the Duck test. A lot of oppose votes start somewhere along the lines of "I agree he tells falsehoods but.." We can dance around it all we want, or call a duck a duck and leave it at that. Comatmebro ( talk) 23:38, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
• Support per PeterTheFourth ( talk · contribs) and Comatmebro ( talk · contribs). The fact that a lie can be verified by third party sources such as major news outlets. Do I see more CNN references in this article's future? Me-123567-Me ( talk) 16:26, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
• Oppose per User:Mandruss. Additionally, the extensive list of "Sources that call Trump a Liar" strikes me as highly misleading. Many of the listed sources do not use the word "lie" or any variant thereof, and many of the listed sources are opinion pieces rather than reliable sources. Just giving us a laundry list of external links, without quoting any of them, is exceedingly unhelpful, IMHO. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 05:37, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Discussion

An unusual number of the oppose editors seem to be voting rather than !voting with policy-based reasoning behind their views. Mere votes will not carry any weight in a thoughtful close of this important discussion. Let's see some solid reasons behind those 'posies. SPECIFICO talk 12:47, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

I'm of the opinion that Wikipedia policy is as pretty much as solid a reason upon which an "oppose" vote can be based, and that's why this RfC has garnered only a small trickle of "support" votes. The other reason is that the terms "lie" and "liar" are applied to the president almost exclusively among sources that despise the president, rather than a broad consensus of sources from around the political spectrum. The sources included in that 300+ group which take a more dispassionate view, do NOT support the claim that Trump is a "liar" or "lies," e.g. 6, 7, 55, but are rather quoting the above sources (or Democratic commentators/politicians) or link to the opinion pages. As Power~enwiki explained, just because a RS uses a term, does not mean that it is encyclopedic language or meets the very strict content requirements that BLP pages demand. Hidden Tempo ( talk) 18:33, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Like it or not, this is the tenor of reliable sources, explicitly referring to the man as a liar... Putin Meets His Progeny, "Our “president” is a pathological liar. He lies about everything, all the time. Lying is his resting condition." I'd think sooner rather than later, an encyclopedia will have to acknowledge this. ValarianB ( talk) 16:19, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, but that's not a reliable source for a statement of fact here. The Wordsmith ^{Talk to me} 16:51, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Exactly. Opinion pieces aren't reliable sources for statements of fact in Wikipedia's voice. A Quest For Knowledge ( talk) 17:42, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Please see the hundreds of sources cited beneath the hat above. SPECIFICO talk 14:10, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Can we just put this RfC out of its misery already? Hardly anybody supports this proposal, including those who despise the president and are now just using this as a forum to attack the living person on his biography's talk page. Hidden Tempo ( talk) 16:10, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

No, I don't think we can. WP:SNOW closes are for cases where (1) the applicable policy is fairly clear, and (2) almost everybody agrees on that (upwards of 90 percent). Absent either of those the process has to play out, which in this case probably means 30 days. Even with these numbers, the disinterested closer could still find stronger policy basis in the Support arguments. (Any discussion of editors' motives is both irrelevant and, per WP:AGF, improper. Please keep any such suspicions to yourself.) ― Mandruss  ☎ 18:03, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

You're right, I did a quick count and it looks like it's about 21 Oppose - 8 Support right now, so I guess a snow would be inappropriate. Let the debate rage on haha. EDIT: Just to clarify, I wasn't questioning anyone's motives for the votes themselves - just noting that even editors who are using this RfC as a forum to attack the man are voting "Oppose" as well. Hidden Tempo ( talk) 18:24, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Bear in mind that an unusually large number of the "oppose" lines are mirrors without any addition to the substantive discussion. I read the consensus so far as favoring some form of inclusion, though more strongly for lie than liar. These things will all become clearer with time as various pending stories develop one way or other to a conclusion. SPECIFICO talk 19:22, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

I think an RfC about the plural noun "lies" with appropriate attribution (whatever that would be) would stand a better chance. I suspect I would support that. This stuff is problematic only in wiki voice, imo. It's too late to morph this RfC into that one, but we could agree to abort to save time, per WP:RFCEND. ― Mandruss  ☎ 19:32, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

If there is draft wording, I would be willing to withdraw this RFC to start that one, in hopes of gaining a consensus. Casprings ( talk) 19:37, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

It would not bother me to see this one closed and a new one started with "lies" and no "liar". Anyone can see his pants are not on fire. However I don't see that we'd need an RfC for "lies" because nobody has really given a reason not to use that objective statement -- one that doesn't tag him or damn him to eternal fire. Maybe you could make the edit and if anyone has a reason to revert it we could go back to the RfC channel? SPECIFICO talk 19:40, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

I now see we're already saying "lies" at Donald_Trump#Campaign_rhetoric. My inclination would be to clarify the attribution there and call it a day, leaving the lead alone. But I'm too brain-dead to be "specifico" about that change, and anyway I'd prefer to wait and see how others feel about this hole matter. Misspelling intentional. ― Mandruss  ☎ 19:50, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

FWIW - Re the word "unencyclopedic" => please note, according to Wikipedia => "... the terms "unencyclopedic", and its flip-side "encyclopedic", are too general to be useful in deletion discussions ..." - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan ( talk) 17:14, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Contentious labels, brought up by Scjessey, is more on point. Objective3000 ( talk) 18:31, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Please note that you linked to a WP:ESSAY and not a WP:GUIDELINE. So no, there's nothing in your assertion that can be accurately described as "according to Wikipedia"--it's only one editor's opinion. And not very common one, either; veteran users routinely use the term "unencyclopedic" when something is flatly and plainly wrong in tone for an encyclopedia. Though most will also qualify the usage with more particular and context-relevant criticisms which....well, would you look at that, all of the editors using the term above have done.. Snow ^{let's rap} 01:53, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you *very much* for your comments - yes - *entirely* agree - use of the word " unencyclopedic" (see WP:UNENCYCLOPEDIC) may be worthy of further considerations in Wikipedia discussions after all - Thanks again for your comments - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan ( talk) 13:16, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Comment: This RfC is extremely difficult to evaluate as written. A false statement is not necessarily a lie, since, as Casprings notes, a lying requires the intent to deceive. Further, many of the listed sources are explicitly opinions sources and therefore unreliable, especially for such as exceptional claim. Therefore, I personally would like to see a list of reliable non-opinion sources that expressly call Trump a liar. (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.) -- Dr. Fleischman ( talk) 22:17, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Which is another reason that using softer words like “falsehoods” makes more sense. Plenty of resources exist for such. Objective3000 ( talk) 22:24, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

I personally doubt this is the case, but if there is sufficient sourcing to call Trump a liar, then I would probably support it. It's worth tracking. Unfortunately this RfC doesn't advance Casprings's or BullRangifer's cause. -- Dr. Fleischman ( talk) 17:44, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Comment. Read Dan MacGuill, " The Lies of Donald Trump’s Critics, and How They Shape His Many Personas", Snopes.com, July 12, 2017. "An in-depth analysis of the false allegations and misleading claims made against the 45th President since his inauguration." Snopes.com is a mainstream reputable source. -- Dervorguilla ( talk) 23:34, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Close requested

[21] ― Mandruss  ☎ 04:49, 5 August 2017 (UTC)