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:So was my mother as they are the same age >3 months apart. Doubt my mother or Obama will remember MLK's speech from that time. [[User:Somchai Sun|Somchai Sun]] ([[User talk:Somchai Sun|talk]]) 10:53, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
:So was my mother as they are the same age >3 months apart. Doubt my mother or Obama will remember MLK's speech from that time. [[User:Somchai Sun|Somchai Sun]] ([[User talk:Somchai Sun|talk]]) 10:53, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
:::Also, even if he was old enough to remember the speech it would not be very relevant for an article about Obama as a person.--[[Special:Contributions/70.49.72.34|70.49.72.34]] ([[User talk:70.49.72.34|talk]]) 19:20, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

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Obama's race

See Talk:Barack Obama/FAQ #2
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Why do you call Barrack Obama II the first "African American" or "Black" President? A person born in America is American. An "African American" describes a person born in Africa who becomes an American citizen. His mother was a "White" American of (partly)European descent. Commonly referred to as "White" or "Caucasian." Obama is of mixed race ancestry. According to the American Heritage College dictionary, a person born of one Black and one White parent is a Mulatto, a rarely used term but more accurate. Respecting Obama's diverse racial heritage is correct and more inclusive. Christosveritaseternum (talk) 14:16, 16 March 2014 (UTC)Chistosveritaseternum 3/16/14[reply]

See FAQ #2 at the top of the page. Acroterion (talk) 14:36, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

FY 2015 budget request

Hi! On March 4, 2014, Obama submitted his fiscal year 2015 budget request to Congress. I've started an article about it - President Obama's fiscal year 2015 budget proposal. I was hoping other editors would be interested in improving the page and wanted to invite you to do so. I was also hoping to get other editors' input on how to insert a link or two to the article on this page, possibly in the section about economic policy? It could be something simple like:

President Barack Obama submitted his fiscal year 2015 budget request for $3.9 trillion to Congress on March 4, 2014.[1]

Or longer with more information about what is in the proposal (there is a ton of relevant material that could be used), like:

President Barack Obama submitted his fiscal year 2015 budget request for $3.9 trillion to Congress on March 4, 2014.[1] The president's budget proposal was described as a "populist wish list."[2] Some of the proposed programs include more spending on pre-school education, tax credits for childless low-income workers, and most than $1 trillion in new and higher taxes.[1] The President's proposal was also considered a "playbook" for Democrats' "election-year themes of creating jobs and narrowing the income gap between rich and poor."[1]

As I said, there is a lot of material - defense spending, taxes, education, etc - that could be included. Does anyone have any comments on what they think this should say or where in the article it should appear? Thanks! HistoricMN44 (talk) 17:56, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Image description

Before someone ends up blocked for WP:3RR... Shouldn't the alt text at least identify Obama by name? --NeilN talk to me 19:16, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I went to WP:ALT to see exactly what the purpose of it is, but it doesn't seem to be clear on whether it should be written for an audience text-readers or for the blind, or both. So I'm not really sure atm which way this should go. Tarc (talk) 19:35, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ditto. Read it and it is unclear, and different from wheat was explained earlier. Dave Dial (talk) 19:47, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Look at Wikipedia:ALT#Importance_of_context and the Blair/Bush example? --NeilN talk to me 19:55, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
WP:ALT is not clear, so can we try a little common sense here? Seems right that alt text should physically describe the individual to benefit vision-impaired people, but there's no reason to leave off the person's name, nor does it have to be dumbed down. Why not say something like "Barack Obama, a middle-aged African American male, smiling and standing with his hands folded in front of a desk and two flags. He is a wearing a navy blue suit and a light blue tie with white dots." Tvoz/talk 01:24, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural and political image

Regarding the sentence that says: "According to November 2013 polls, Obama's average approval rating fell to 41%, thus setting a new low for the president." This seems a bit out of place the way it is in this section. Wouldn't it make more sense to put this right after the sentence talking about his poll numbers after his second inauguration? The rest of the section details his image in foreign countries, so the sentence seems kind of wonky the way it is now. Twyfan714 (talk) 03:05, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting Facts

Barack Obama was born the year of the first freedom ride and was two years old when Martin Luther King gave his I have a dream speech. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.165.48.129 (talk) 09:19, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

So was my mother as they are the same age >3 months apart. Doubt my mother or Obama will remember MLK's speech from that time. Somchai Sun (talk) 10:53, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Also, even if he was old enough to remember the speech it would not be very relevant for an article about Obama as a person.--70.49.72.34 (talk) 19:20, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ a b c d Fram, Alan (4 March 2014). "Obama 2015 budget focuses on boosting economy". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  2. ^ Calmes, Jackie (4 March 2014). "Obama's Budget Is a Populist Wish List and an Election Blueprint". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
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