Talk:Linda McMahon

SmackDown! Your Vote Campaign

should this have it's own article? what wrestlers/"superstars" are affiliated with either party? --99.101.160.159 (talk) 00:52, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Bias

The section on the 2010 senatorial run reads a bit like a Linda McMahon campaign pamphlet. While its not necessarily oozing with bias, the facts that it chooses to present portrays an overly positive view of the women. For example, the section spends a great deal of time elaborating on the republican primary, which she won. However, it only devotes one sentence to the actual election against Blumenthal. Being as she is the highest spending senatorial candidate to lose in history (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/07/21/us/politics/top-senate-fund-raisers.html?ref=politics), this needs more detail then a line that says "McMahon defeated her opponents and faced Richard Blumenthal in the general election, losing by 11%.". The section also portrays her opponent Rob Simmons in a harsh light. 184.187.188.40 (talk) 15:27, 21 July 2012 (UTC) Logan Phillips July 21st 2012

"Tea Party Favorite"

This is claimed based on a straw poll which found that "Out of 54 votes cast, McMahon received 15 and Schiff, 14." One single vote out of a few dozen does not turn one into a Michelle Bachmann-like Tea Party darling. In any case, WTNH New Haven directly contradicts the claim, saying "The Tea Party groups' first choice was author and financial advisor Peter Schiff, but he was trounced in the primary... she seems to distance herself from some Tea Party views."--Brian Dell (talk) 09:59, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Tom Cole

I have removed the sub-section on Tom Cole as I believe it violates the BLP (in addition to many other problems). This sub-section seems to have problems with undue weight, a lack of notability, and topicality. It is all about Cole and says basically nothing about McMahon. Moreover, it was based almost entirely on one article from Politico. What do you guys think? Lesbianadvocate (talk) 18:17, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

There was an interview with him from 1999 that has been cited in the article. Please read it because there is a lot of mention of Linda McMahon in there. In fact, in the interview, he mentioned the fact that Linda appeared to unemployment hearings with a lawyer and challenged him when asking for unemployment payments from the company. Were you aware of that?--Screwball23 talk 19:03, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Before your vacation, this was discussed multiple times. You did not get consensus backing your view. Cheers. Collect (talk) 20:48, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Your "you don't have consensus, so give up trying to talk facts" argument is old and plaid out. It's abuse of your administrator privileges, and I want you to refer me to an impartial board that will moderate this issue without bias. My only hope is that you, as a loyal wikipedian, will be willing to help refer me to the right board.--Screwball23 talk 01:00, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Please for God's sake read WP:NPA. WP:BLP, WP:RS and WP:NPOV. And I suggest you also red about the fact that socks are banned when used to imply you are two people. Cheers. Collect (talk) 03:18, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Again, your citing policy doesn't give you a free ride to sidestep an actual discussion. It's old and played out.--Screwball23 talk 05:28, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Recent censorship

There has been a lot of recent censorship on this page by Lesbianadvocate. The points Lesbianadvocate are making are moot:

• The paragraph about Linda's memorandum to Pat Patterson and the resulting media coverage was very significant during her campaign. A lot of ink was spilled and a lot of attention was given to this issue during her campaign in 2010. The blatantly false accusation that "this has nothing to do with McMahon" is absolutely not true. It was written by McMahon, and had a lot of attention given to her during her campaign, as well as during the time. It is very important to understand the fact that the company faced a steroid trial that completely changed the perception of the wrestling industry at the time, and nearly threw her husband in jail. The time of her ascent to President of the company (although I recognize her roles were very much intertwined with her husband) was formally done in 1993, at the height of the steroid trial. Lesbianadvocate has no grounds to delete this, simply because he/she does not like the idea of McMahon appearing dishonest. It is not our job as wikipedians to censor the truth. I would expect User:Collect who has been editing wikipedia for decades now to understand that, but I don't see his rationale for wanting this out either. Simply put, Collect came up with the "Tom Cole" article as it is in its current form now; why he would backtrack and flip-flop now just to completely delete the entire section is beyond me.

• The steroid investigation of 2007 was also very significant because it was a public relations issue, with Linda McMahon upfront. She was asked during her campaign about the investigation, and a quote from that interview is posted on the page. The number of news articles that looked into this during her campaign made it a significant issue (as well as the Benoit murder-suicide) as to how she ran the company during her tenure. The separate file of the congressional investigation is actually a free file because it is from the U.S. Government, and it is fine to permit it to be here. It always was fine to be here, and Collect never made a fuss until now. Again, User:Collect never made an issue of this for months or even a year that this page has been on, but he is backpedaling now and is coming out against it. For what reason is beyond me.--Screwball23 talk 18:51, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry Screwball, attacking another editor is never going to win you a consensus. Ever. Your vacation should have taught you that. Collect (talk) 20:49, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

You call this a discussion? I just laid out factual information (including the fact that you contributed to the Tom Cole section and the article as it is now, only to backpedal) and you personally attack me for taking a "vacation". I want to know who to appeal to, because your behavior now is beyond abusive.--Screwball23 talk 21:10, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

I do not need to attack anyone. And you should note to others exactly how many article edits total I have made to this article, and how many you have made. Cheers. Collect (talk) 03:20, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

I apologize for the sloppiness there - I am only here as Screwball23, and I don't want any confusion on that. Look, I have no interest in engaging in a protracted edit war for no reason. Tell me the appropriate board for us to have a moderated discussion, because you are not discussing this logically - the number of edits does not matter, and I still see no discussion of the content itself coming from you. I will report you for administrator abuse if you don't come out and tell me the appropriate board.--Screwball23 talk 05:25, 4 November 2012 (UTC)