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While I don't doubt the election was genuine, given the fact that Trump has not conceded it might not be wise to declare Biden President Elect until the Electoral College meets in a month. Thus, I feel as if we should try and make it more clear that the office is not truly his for another month. In previous elections by the time the EC met the losing candidate had already conceded, whereas this time Trump might try and influence electors to go faithless and vote for him enough for a Trump victory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by APenInSpace ( talk • contribs) 03:09, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
is considered by most American media outlets...and
by most media outlets... his victory is yet to be officially confirmedas a fair compromise. It is both accurate and acknowledges that the president-elect is not an objective fact at this point. Fizzbuzz306 ( talk) 01:17, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Good grief - I certainly don't. What happened to this page? There's no doubt about the outcome of the election. The right-wing media is calling Biden the President-elect, as are former Republican presidents. Just because one fool in the White House has their head stuck in the clouds doesn't mean we should be rewriting Wikipedia to use use terms not in common usage, simply to keep some extreme right-wingers happy! Nfitz ( talk) 02:30, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
If we are to report the allegations I propose a subsection of the article specifically about the 2020 election. WulfNorth ( talk) 14:39, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
If I might point this out, adding Biden's photo and calling him "president-elect" in the lede is contrary to what the article says. The title is only informal and therefore inaccurate until after the electoral votes are cast. The error makes it look like Wikipedia doesn't read its own articles. Could someone fix it, please? Pkeets ( talk) 04:13, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
Although the legislative history of the Twentieth Amendment suggests that the electoral college winner is ‘President elect’ the moment the eIectoral college votes are cast, and before they are counted in Congress, the text of the Amendment fails to say this explicitly.[1]— Bagumba ( talk) 04:43, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
The title is only informal and therefore inaccurate until after the electoral votes are castis a self-contradictory statement. If the title is only informal then insisting that unless certain criteria are met it is "inaccurate" is wrong. Moreover, there's literally no reason not to call Biden president-elect: this time four years ago the article called Trump president-elect even though he had lost the popular vote by almost as much as he lost it this time, and so in that case his technically being president-elect was purely based on the electoral college system; this time, the electoral college result is set to be the same as the popular vote, so there should be no controversy over how much emphasis the article places on the electoral college. Hijiri 88 ( 聖 やや) 15:51, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
This page on Wiki, /info/en/?search=President-elect_of_the_United_States, contains false information and yet there is no ability to edit or post a warning. Why is that? The President-Elect is not chosen by the media and the 2020 election for the President of the United States has not been finally decided by the established process. Recounts and legal challenges are underway. At the very least, this page's pronouncements are premature. At most, they are deceiving the American public. It makes Wiki look bad. Who will trust Wiki if these pronouncements are proven wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MRWAuthor ( talk • contribs) 14:13, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
After the formal voting of the Electoral College it would probably be easy to form a very large consensus around the decision to name the president-elect in the article. Wikipedia should strive to be trusted by everybody, so waiting three weeks would likely be less divisive, still correct, and impartial. Not because it may be unclear who won, but because the article itself states "There is no explicit indication in the Constitution when that person actually becomes president-elect." -- Bensin ( talk) 23:06, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
Seeing as Biden has been U.S. President for 'bout four months, is it alright if we delete the FAQ at the top of this talkpage? GoodDay ( talk) 22:33, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
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While I don't doubt the election was genuine, given the fact that Trump has not conceded it might not be wise to declare Biden President Elect until the Electoral College meets in a month. Thus, I feel as if we should try and make it more clear that the office is not truly his for another month. In previous elections by the time the EC met the losing candidate had already conceded, whereas this time Trump might try and influence electors to go faithless and vote for him enough for a Trump victory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by APenInSpace ( talk • contribs) 03:09, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
is considered by most American media outlets...and
by most media outlets... his victory is yet to be officially confirmedas a fair compromise. It is both accurate and acknowledges that the president-elect is not an objective fact at this point. Fizzbuzz306 ( talk) 01:17, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Good grief - I certainly don't. What happened to this page? There's no doubt about the outcome of the election. The right-wing media is calling Biden the President-elect, as are former Republican presidents. Just because one fool in the White House has their head stuck in the clouds doesn't mean we should be rewriting Wikipedia to use use terms not in common usage, simply to keep some extreme right-wingers happy! Nfitz ( talk) 02:30, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
If we are to report the allegations I propose a subsection of the article specifically about the 2020 election. WulfNorth ( talk) 14:39, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
If I might point this out, adding Biden's photo and calling him "president-elect" in the lede is contrary to what the article says. The title is only informal and therefore inaccurate until after the electoral votes are cast. The error makes it look like Wikipedia doesn't read its own articles. Could someone fix it, please? Pkeets ( talk) 04:13, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
Although the legislative history of the Twentieth Amendment suggests that the electoral college winner is ‘President elect’ the moment the eIectoral college votes are cast, and before they are counted in Congress, the text of the Amendment fails to say this explicitly.[1]— Bagumba ( talk) 04:43, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
The title is only informal and therefore inaccurate until after the electoral votes are castis a self-contradictory statement. If the title is only informal then insisting that unless certain criteria are met it is "inaccurate" is wrong. Moreover, there's literally no reason not to call Biden president-elect: this time four years ago the article called Trump president-elect even though he had lost the popular vote by almost as much as he lost it this time, and so in that case his technically being president-elect was purely based on the electoral college system; this time, the electoral college result is set to be the same as the popular vote, so there should be no controversy over how much emphasis the article places on the electoral college. Hijiri 88 ( 聖 やや) 15:51, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
This page on Wiki, /info/en/?search=President-elect_of_the_United_States, contains false information and yet there is no ability to edit or post a warning. Why is that? The President-Elect is not chosen by the media and the 2020 election for the President of the United States has not been finally decided by the established process. Recounts and legal challenges are underway. At the very least, this page's pronouncements are premature. At most, they are deceiving the American public. It makes Wiki look bad. Who will trust Wiki if these pronouncements are proven wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MRWAuthor ( talk • contribs) 14:13, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
After the formal voting of the Electoral College it would probably be easy to form a very large consensus around the decision to name the president-elect in the article. Wikipedia should strive to be trusted by everybody, so waiting three weeks would likely be less divisive, still correct, and impartial. Not because it may be unclear who won, but because the article itself states "There is no explicit indication in the Constitution when that person actually becomes president-elect." -- Bensin ( talk) 23:06, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
Seeing as Biden has been U.S. President for 'bout four months, is it alright if we delete the FAQ at the top of this talkpage? GoodDay ( talk) 22:33, 21 May 2021 (UTC)