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There is a wide perception, especially here in Europe, but probably also in other parts of the world, that Hillary Clinton won the election. In Europe Clinton is more or less universally considered to have legitimately won the election, both because she actually won the largest number of votes (which in most parts of the world translates to: won the election) and because of the documented [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]]. The lead should take this into account to a greater degree, because this is not USpedia, but a global encyclopedia, and the article needs to reflect a global point of view, not just a US point of view. Even if a particular person is declared as the "winner" of an election '''''within his own country''''', the world might not always agree and consider the election to be fair or legitimate if there are genuine concerns, typically such as another candidate having actually received the largest number of votes, but also if there have been such things as Russian interference in the election. We have seen this countless times when the election or appointment in question took place in Africa, South America, Asia and other countries Putin likes to mess with – in fact the Unites States has voiced such views with regard to other countries' presidential elections or appointments many times. Political scientists and international observers agree that the US electoral system is rather deficient compared to those of advanced democracies e.g. in Europe.[http://www.businessinsider.com/r-osce-report-cites-concerns-about-us-electoral-system-german-media-2017-1?r=US&IR=T&IR=T][http://nypost.com/2016/12/28/us-electoral-system-lags-among-western-democracies-report/] In 2016 and 2017 the world does not seem to agree that Donald Trump won the election in his country in a legitimate or fair way. There are a lot of reliable sources to be found which discuss whether Trump was legitimately elected and whether Clinton won the election. Even within the US, even within its parliament, many commentators and sources hold this opinion[https://newrepublic.com/minutes/139873/john-lewis-trump-not-legitimate-president] --[[User:Tataral|Tataral]] ([[User talk:Tataral|talk]]) 17:58, 19 May 2017 (UTC) |
There is a wide perception, especially here in Europe, but probably also in other parts of the world, that Hillary Clinton won the election. In Europe Clinton is more or less universally considered to have legitimately won the election, both because she actually won the largest number of votes (which in most parts of the world translates to: won the election) and because of the documented [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]]. The lead should take this into account to a greater degree, because this is not USpedia, but a global encyclopedia, and the article needs to reflect a global point of view, not just a US point of view. Even if a particular person is declared as the "winner" of an election '''''within his own country''''', the world might not always agree and consider the election to be fair or legitimate if there are genuine concerns, typically such as another candidate having actually received the largest number of votes, but also if there have been such things as Russian interference in the election. We have seen this countless times when the election or appointment in question took place in Africa, South America, Asia and other countries Putin likes to mess with – in fact the Unites States has voiced such views with regard to other countries' presidential elections or appointments many times. Political scientists and international observers agree that the US electoral system is rather deficient compared to those of advanced democracies e.g. in Europe.[http://www.businessinsider.com/r-osce-report-cites-concerns-about-us-electoral-system-german-media-2017-1?r=US&IR=T&IR=T][http://nypost.com/2016/12/28/us-electoral-system-lags-among-western-democracies-report/] In 2016 and 2017 the world does not seem to agree that Donald Trump won the election in his country in a legitimate or fair way. There are a lot of reliable sources to be found which discuss whether Trump was legitimately elected and whether Clinton won the election. Even within the US, even within its parliament, many commentators and sources hold this opinion[https://newrepublic.com/minutes/139873/john-lewis-trump-not-legitimate-president] --[[User:Tataral|Tataral]] ([[User talk:Tataral|talk]]) 17:58, 19 May 2017 (UTC) |
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: The perceived "deficiency" in the Electoral College does not delegitimize Donald Trump's victory in the election, and I have personally seen no major rejections of the legitimacy of Trump's presidency from, as you put it, "the world". Notwithstanding that, I don't see how the legitimacy (or lack thereof) of his presidency is directly relevant to Hillary Clinton herself or the article bearing her name. I would suggest, however, that you raise this topic in the talk pages of either the [[United States presidential election, 2016|actual election article]] or in its [[International reactions to the United States presidential election, 2016|sister page describing international reactions to the election]]. [[User:Frevangelion|Frevangelion]] ([[User talk:Frevangelion|talk]]) 00:35, 25 May 2017 (UTC) |
: The perceived "deficiency" in the Electoral College does not delegitimize Donald Trump's victory in the election, and I have personally seen no major rejections of the legitimacy of Trump's presidency from, as you put it, "the world". Notwithstanding that, I don't see how the legitimacy (or lack thereof) of his presidency is directly relevant to Hillary Clinton herself or the article bearing her name. I would suggest, however, that you raise this topic in the talk pages of either the [[United States presidential election, 2016|actual election article]] or in its [[International reactions to the United States presidential election, 2016|sister page describing international reactions to the election]]. [[User:Frevangelion|Frevangelion]] ([[User talk:Frevangelion|talk]]) 00:35, 25 May 2017 (UTC) |
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:Americans have been Constitutionally electing presidents under the Electoral College system for over 200 years, longer than many European nations have been electing their heads of state (some still don't). What you're saying is like me saying that the Queen of England or the King of Belgium aren't legitimate heads of state because they aren't popularly elected, or that the various prime ministers elected by parliaments rather than by popular vote aren't legitimate heads of government, or that the European Commission isn't a legitimate legislative body because it isn't democratically elected by the people of Europe. In other words, it is nothing more than an editorialized personal opinion and does not belong in an encyclopedia article. Trump won, Hillary lost, get over it already. [[User:Rreagan007|Rreagan007]] ([[User talk:Rreagan007|talk]]) 06:49, 2 June 2017 (UTC) |
:Americans have been Constitutionally electing presidents under the Electoral College system for over 200 years, longer than many European nations have been electing their heads of state (some still don't). What you're saying is like me saying that the Queen of England or the King of Belgium aren't legitimate heads of state because they aren't popularly elected, or that the various prime ministers elected by parliaments rather than by popular vote aren't legitimate heads of government, or that the European Commission isn't a legitimate legislative body because it isn't democratically elected by the people of Europe. In other words, it is nothing more than an editorialized personal opinion and does not belong in an encyclopedia article. Trump won, Hillary lost, get over it already. [[User:Rreagan007|Rreagan007]] ([[User talk:Rreagan007|talk]]) 06:49, 2 June 2017 (UTC) |
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::'''Please close this topic.''' There is no such "wide perception," only a mild delusion among some liberals. Trump won; he is the President; HRC lost; please get over it and move on.[[User:Zigzig20s|Zigzig20s]] ([[User talk:Zigzig20s|talk]]) 09:28, 2 June 2017 (UTC) |
::'''Please close this topic.''' There is no such "wide perception," only a mild delusion among some liberals. Trump won; he is the President; HRC lost; please get over it and move on.[[User:Zigzig20s|Zigzig20s]] ([[User talk:Zigzig20s|talk]]) 09:28, 2 June 2017 (UTC) |
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Q1: Was there a dispute about what the article title should be?
A1: Yes. From the early days on it was "Hillary Rodham Clinton", but over the years there were many formal requests for moves to change it to "Hillary Clinton". Discussions found no consensus on the article name until June 2015, when one found consensus and the article was moved to its current title. See the "This page was previously nominated to be moved" box elsewhere on this page for full details and links to the discussions – note some have to be revealed under the "Older discussions" link. There are strong feelings on both sides and discussions get progressively longer and more heated. Q2: The section on her 2016 presidential campaign leaves out some important things that have happened. What gives?
A2: The main article is tight on space and the presidential campaign section is intentionally brief and kept to what is biographically most relevant. The daughter article Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016 has a much fuller treatment of the campaign and is where the greatest level of detail should go, especially anything describing the day-to-day, to-and-fro, ups-and-downs of a campaign. Q3: This article is POV! It's biased {for, against} her! It reads like it was written by {her PR team, Republican hatchet men}!
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A4: There isn't one. All controversial material is included in the normal biographical sections they occur in, in this article (including sometimes in Notes or footnotes) and in the various daughter articles. Having a separate "controversies" or "criticisms" article or section is considered a violation of WP:NPOV, WP:Content forking, and WP:Criticism and also raises significant WP:BLP concerns. A special effort was undertaken to rid all 2008 presidential candidates' articles of such treatment – see here – and the same was done for other politicians' articles, including all the 2012 and 2016 candidates. This approach was also confirmed by the results of this AfD and this AfD. Q5: Something in the lead section doesn't have a footnote. I'm going to put a {{citation needed}} tag on it.
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Inaccurate statement in edit history
In the edit history, I made an incorrect assertion about another's edits. I claimed that an editor removed material and references (see this diff - [1]). This is incorrect. The editor only removed a small of amount of text and did not remove any references. I was confused by three edits in a row, where it appeared to me that text and references had been removed. I apologize for saying references were removed. At the same time, I think it was appropriate to restore the removed text because no rationale was given for its removal. Thanks. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 07:25, 15 December 2016
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I need to edit some things about her email Nazipageprotecter (talk) 14:03, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
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Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format.Crboyer (talk) 16:15, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
The Subsequent activities section should be minimal
I took the liberty of snipping Clinton's comments on several Trump antics/actions. I heartily voted for Mrs. Clinton last fall, but she is not a currently-serving Democrat and being an ex-presidential candidate with no intentions of running again is really not a leading party position. She is not the voice of the Democratic opposition to Trump and her opinions on current political affairs are that of a private citizen, albeit an incredibly famous and still-popular one. ValarianB (talk) 19:35, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
- Her "subsequent activities" should be weighted appropriately based on their significance in press coverage. Your opinions of her aren't relevant, and the media coverage of her suggests that her opinions still matter. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:56, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
- I agree with Muboshgu. Tvoz/talk 06:08, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
- Further, @ValarianB:, it seems she's not done with politics. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:58, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
- I agree with Muboshgu. Tvoz/talk 06:08, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
Legitimacy of presidency
There is a wide perception, especially here in Europe, but probably also in other parts of the world, that Hillary Clinton won the election. In Europe Clinton is more or less universally considered to have legitimately won the election, both because she actually won the largest number of votes (which in most parts of the world translates to: won the election) and because of the documented Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. The lead should take this into account to a greater degree, because this is not USpedia, but a global encyclopedia, and the article needs to reflect a global point of view, not just a US point of view. Even if a particular person is declared as the "winner" of an election within his own country, the world might not always agree and consider the election to be fair or legitimate if there are genuine concerns, typically such as another candidate having actually received the largest number of votes, but also if there have been such things as Russian interference in the election. We have seen this countless times when the election or appointment in question took place in Africa, South America, Asia and other countries Putin likes to mess with – in fact the Unites States has voiced such views with regard to other countries' presidential elections or appointments many times. Political scientists and international observers agree that the US electoral system is rather deficient compared to those of advanced democracies e.g. in Europe.[2][3] In 2016 and 2017 the world does not seem to agree that Donald Trump won the election in his country in a legitimate or fair way. There are a lot of reliable sources to be found which discuss whether Trump was legitimately elected and whether Clinton won the election. Even within the US, even within its parliament, many commentators and sources hold this opinion[4] --Tataral (talk) 17:58, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
- The perceived "deficiency" in the Electoral College does not delegitimize Donald Trump's victory in the election, and I have personally seen no major rejections of the legitimacy of Trump's presidency from, as you put it, "the world". Notwithstanding that, I don't see how the legitimacy (or lack thereof) of his presidency is directly relevant to Hillary Clinton herself or the article bearing her name. I would suggest, however, that you raise this topic in the talk pages of either the actual election article or in its sister page describing international reactions to the election. Frevangelion (talk) 00:35, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
- You would need not just examples of people saying that but a secondary source that explains how typical that view is. Bear in mind too that outside the U.S., the Democratic candidate has been favored 4 to 1 for decades at least. TFD (talk) 04:43, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
- Americans have been Constitutionally electing presidents under the Electoral College system for over 200 years, longer than many European nations have been electing their heads of state (some still don't). What you're saying is like me saying that the Queen of England or the King of Belgium aren't legitimate heads of state because they aren't popularly elected, or that the various prime ministers elected by parliaments rather than by popular vote aren't legitimate heads of government, or that the European Commission isn't a legitimate legislative body because it isn't democratically elected by the people of Europe. In other words, it is nothing more than an editorialized personal opinion and does not belong in an encyclopedia article. Trump won, Hillary lost, get over it already. Rreagan007 (talk) 06:49, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
- Please close this topic. There is no such "wide perception," only a mild delusion among some liberals. Trump won; he is the President; HRC lost; please get over it and move on.Zigzig20s (talk) 09:28, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
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