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From Nevada dude: Information that was largely POV or driven by personal agenda was removed as non-encyclopedic or otherwise Democrat spew.

HI. I've got a question. That quote from Gibbons was plagiarized. Should it be listed as a quotation from Gibbons? [1]

alot of this "biography" is opinon

seems to me that more negative than positive quotes exist here. alot of this page is anti republican, and should not be here. these articles need to be politically neutral.

there is a lot of point of view material in this entry and it should not be here as it is non-encyclopedic. therefore, it has been deleted. it is apparent that someone, or a group of individuals, are intent on vandalizing this page with unsubstantiated and bogus information, eg including the charges leveled in the last days of the governor's campaign, all of which have yet to be proven and some have been disproven by forensic evidence.

Mormon?

Gibbons is listed in the "Latter Day Saint politicians" category, but I can only find a small handful of references to his affiliation with the LDS church. Most are wikipedia-mirrors, and the rest are unreliable blogs. I'm removing this for now per WP:BLP. -Porlob 04:28, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There are numerous references to Gibbon's faith in the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Reno Gazette Journal. The two major newspapers in Nevada are hardly wikipedia-mirrors or unreliable blogs. "Jim Gibbons was born and raised LDS and considers himself a Mormon to this date," said campaign manager Robert Uithoven. http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060510/NEWS07/605100348/1002

Great. I'll add that to the article. Note that all I was doing was trying to add verifiability. -Porlob 12:12, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gibbons' Age

Jim Gibbons is older than 56 years of age. The media report he is 61 years old.--SN

criticism deleted by las vegas-based IP

An IP address located in Nevada (24.234.74.222) is the source of recent edits which completely wiped any mention of criticism and controversy. Please assist with policing this. MilitaryTarget 14:04, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The portion of this entry devoted to scandals does seem highly unusual. A journalist complaining about a politician using rhetoric in a public-policy debate hardly seems noteworthy at all. And the alleged sexual assault incident is given very dominant coverage for an unsubstantiated charge. (For comparison, is President Clinton's biography dominated by coverage about the claims made by Juanita Brodderick?) This isn't an encyclopedia entry; it's a political hit piece.

Reference to religion incorrect

Under the "Biography" heading, the very first reference listing links to an article about JIM GIBSON, the mayor of Henderson, Nevada, NOT Jim GIBBONS, the United States Congressman for Nevada. This should be deleted, it's not even the right person! [2]

Fixed. Feel free to do it yourself the next time, per [WP:BB]]. John Broughton | Talk 21:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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 An IP address located in Nevada (24.234.74.222) is the source of recent edits which completely wiped any mention of criticism and controversy. Please assist with policing this. [[User:MilitaryTarget|MilitaryTarget]] 14:04, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
+:The portion of this entry devoted to scandals does seem highly unusual.  A journalist complaining about a politician using rhetoric in a public-policy debate hardly seems noteworthy at all.  And the alleged sexual assault incident is given very dominant coverage for an unsubstantiated charge.  (For comparison, is President Clinton's biography dominated by coverage about the claims made by Juanita Brodderick?)  This isn't an encyclopedia entry; it's a political hit piece.
 == Reference to religion incorrect ==