Talk:Presidential transition of Barack Obama

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Initial comment

'Barack' is spelled wrong. I'd fix it, but I don't know that this article even needs to exist. Kutera Genesis (talk) 06:05, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. -- Yellowdesk (talk) 16:44, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merger of parallel articles

Merge to Presumptive presidency of Barack Obama as a Transition section? Grsz ¹¹ ^→Review! 20:46, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Merged into this title, Presidential transition of Barack Obama. The period between election and inauguration is called the "transition", or "presidential transition" and managed by a "transition team". The "presumptive" article is now a redirect.
-- Yellowdesk (talk) 23:04, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"2009-present"?

Um, does anyone else see anything wrong with the phrase "2009-present"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.86.125.103 (talk) 01:41, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not if he uses his Delorean....-- Gaius Octavius | Talk 14:31, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lame duck?

The fourth focus group is known as Lame-duck? Not according to the cited article. Deleted for being the stupidest thing I've ever heard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.103.172.9 (talk) 17:13, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

...oops, reverted, after reading the rest of the article... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.103.172.9 (talk) 17:25, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

I think this page should be moved to Barack Obama's first term as President of the United States. And the info on this page be added as the begining section.--CPacker ^{talk to me} 05:03, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm... at first sight it seems a nonsensical proposal to me. This is a good topic and a reasonably good article. But now I see you've been having a little edit war over the sub-stub you created at Barack Obama's first term as President of the United States. This is no way to resolve it, sorry. Andrewa (talk) 08:46, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

First, I am not trying to resolve an edit war. This was a serious request so I added it to the talk page. Just like every other consensus discussion in Wikipedia, all I did was ask to see if anyone else felt that the page should be moved. If no one else feels this way than it is fine with me. Just because Allientraviler and I did not agree does not mean we were in an edit war. So please don't start saying that my reason for requesting this move is because of an edit war that never happened.--CPacker ^{talk to me} 18:34, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article seems to me like a fine place to preserve an archive of transition activities without cluttering up the main Barack Obama article with unneeded detail. Unless something really dramatic happens in the next couple of months, the transition will be forgotten by most people in a year, but this info will someday be of value to history buffs and so on. Cmichael (talk) 14:03, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Let us wait at least until the 21st of January next before writing Barack Obama's first term as President of the United States. We are not a crystal ball. Aboutt that time we can also see whether this article can usefully be merged anywhere; if it contains, as it may, large quantities of detail which would be intrusive in an article with a larger scope, we should summarize it instead. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:38, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This page should eventually be renamed Presidency of Barack Obama and if necessary, split into "first term" article IF he gets re-elected. Of course, the 2012 election is far away and we should make sure he gets through one term first. But to generalize, it should just be "Presidency of..."