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Edit request on 13 May 2013. Additional Central American influence:
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76.212.170.246 (talk) 23:58, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Not done: Duplicate request. --ElHef (Meep?) 00:12, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
Greatest American of All Time
I think it's worth mentioning, perhaps in the last sentence where it talks about his standing in opinion polls, that he was voted the Greatest American of all time in a 2005 Discovery Channel poll. Dunnsworth (talk) 20:47, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
- There have been other polls conducted more scientifically, and Reagan did not come in first place.
- This issue has been discussed before. Please see:
- Talk:Ronald_Reagan/Archive_7#This_article_has_improved_a_lot_recently (Talks about Gallup poll of February 2007 in which Lincoln was first, Reagan second.)
- Talk:Ronald_Reagan/Archive_9#Reagan_popularity_issue. (Talks about various poll results, including Reagan coming in third place as worst president.)
- Talk:Ronald_Reagan/Archive_17#Voted_the_Greatest_American (Discussion about the weight of pop culture.)
- I don't think it is worth putting this one unscientific poll in the article. Binksternet (talk) 21:25, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
Ah, I just thought since the same had been done for the Winston Churchill article, that the Reagan article might do the same. However, if there is already a consensus against such a measure, then very well. Dunnsworth (talk) 23:21, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
Edit request regarding The Gipper nickname.
The article claims
Before the film Santa Fe Trail with Errol Flynn in 1940, he played the role of George "The Gipper" Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American; from it, he acquired the lifelong nickname "the Gipper" citing Cannon, Lou (1991, 2000). President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime. New York: PublicAffairs. ISBN 1-891620-91-6. pg 15
This is NOT what the book actually says on that page:
"When Reagan ran for president four decades later, the film had a second lease on life and reporters took to calling Reagan "The Gipper.""
The book makes it clear Reagan did not get "The Gipper" nickname until his run for the presidency some 40 years after the film came out. Ergo Reagan can NOT have had "The Gipper" as a lifelong nickname; at best he had it from 1979 to 2004.--216.31.124.55 (talk) 10:01, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
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Under death it lists him as the first President to die in the 21st century, which is not true.
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 and provide a reliable source if appropriate.. Nixon died in 1994, and Ford died in 2006. So, Reagan, who died in 2004, was the first to die in the 21st century. RudolfRed (talk) 06:28, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
"reducing government spending"
The fourth paragraph, which sums up Reagan's presidency, says that Reagan's policies cut government spending. In reality, thanks to Reagan's vast expansion of military spending, the national deficit nearly tripled, increasing to nearly $3 trillion. That (plus the fact that the U.S. went from being the world's largest creditor nation under Carter to the world's largest debtor nation under Reagan) are among the most notable and important aspects of Reagan's time in office. This info really should be mentioned in the 4th paragraph, which sums up Reagan's presidency. Instead the 4th paragraph seems to imply that Reagan cut spending.
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