Talk:Danny Tarkanian

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Copyright problems[edit]

We will be adding sources as we move along. Right now, all we have is the official website for information on Mr. Tarkanain.

This is a word-for-for copy of his webpage (http://www.dannytarkanian.org/about-danny), which is considered a violation of copyright. He is also not even a candidate for election, he's a candidate for a nomination, so he's not obviously notable. Hairhorn (talk) 19:27, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Returning copyright problems[edit]

This article was recreated here with text copied from [1]. The tag was removed, here, with some of the pasted text, but substantial material remained. For instance, the passage beginning "Upon graduation Danny attended..." is duplicated from that source. Here, the problem was compounded, with new content imported from [2]. We cannot use text from either of these sources without verification of compatible license. Please see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.

A larger issue, however, is that text from those sources cannot be presumed to be neutral. An article on this individual which consists of information supplied by him or his supporters is likely to be tagged for conflict of interest or advertisement. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:19, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cleaned up[edit]

Finished new page at Talk:Danny Tarkanian/Temp. Please check it.--Jerzeykydd (talk) 20:10, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed two sentences that were copied from the sentence. Otherwise, the rewrite seems to clear copyright concerns. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:03, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Irrelevant[edit]

Tarkanian failed to engage the voters and is losing to Sue Lowden by 18% in race for nomination, making this page irrelevant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.4.65 (talk) 15:11, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism of page[edit]

Changes to Danny Tarkanian's religion being Scientology should be considered vandalism of this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.193.120.197 (talk • contribs) 21:22, 31 May 2010 (UTC) [reply]

Deletion[edit]

Takanian is deff notable..he ran for State Senate, Sec. of State, and U.S. Senate...he was endorsed by prominent individuals such as Jim DeMint....also he is the son of Jerry Tarkanian. In addition, he is a former NBA player. Enough said.--Jerzeykydd (talk) 23:22, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tarkanian is not "a former NBA player." You have to have actually played in a game to be considered a former player. Being cut before ever stepping foot on the court doesn't count. —Preceding unsigned comment added by unsigned (talk • contribs) 23:09, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, that's closer than most of us ever get. 134.139.126.203 (talk) 01:11, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Changed "Occupation" label in Infobox[edit]

"Perennial candidate" is not an occupation, save perhaps for rare, frequent filing candidates such as Alan Keyes, who has paid himself to run. Though he has often run losing campaigns, Tarkanian is a non-practicing attorney and businessman. "Entrepreneur" seems a better fit. Activist (talk) 19:30, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Inappropriate edits reverted[edit]

On June 23, editor Marquardtika deleted text and the citation for the following, claiming it didn't mention Tarkanian.

Trump told Republican National Committee members in a closed-door gathering Thursday night that he'll travel to Nevada to back Sen. Dean Heller in a competitive Republican primary. Trump quizzed Nevada's delegation about how Heller's numbers looked headed into competitive match-ups in the GOP primary against Danny Tarkanian and, if he advances, in the general election against Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen. State GOP chairman Michael McDonald told Trump that Heller is in good shape.^[1]

That sure as heck looks like a mention to me. One might question the motivation for such an edit, and for the editor, and wonder if the editor has an undeclared COI, and could be a paid editor given the context of the thousands of apparently similar apple-polishing edits made by that editor? Activist (talk) 01:05, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

With respect, what the fuck are you talking about? These are the entirety of the changes I've made to this article. The content you posted above wasn't in the article--how could I have removed it? I did no such thing. You're literally making things up. And you seriously need to STOP with your COI jihad against me. I've explained to you before that I don't have one. It's unclear why you keep hounding me. Drop the paranoia. Keep up your harassment, and I'll seek sanctions against you. Marquardtika (talk) 02:02, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please contain your usual vulgarity and personal attacks. Your hackneyed tactic won't make me go away; it's against Wikipedia rules, and you damn well know it.

This was in the Tarkanian article:

It was announced that while Tarkanian was promising stronger support for President Trump, that the president would be traveling to Nevada to campaign for Heller.^[2]
You removed it with this note:
Revision as of 16:48, 23 June 2018 (edit) (undo) (thank)
Marquardtika (talk | contribs)
(→‎2018 U.S. Senate election: this is WP:SYNTH, as Tarkanian's not in the source)

You removed the text and the citation. Activist (talk) 03:46, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

"It was announced that while Tarkanian was promising stronger support for President Trump, that the president would be traveling to Nevada to campaign for Heller" is definitely not verified by that CNN source (where is there anything about Tarkanian promising stronger support for Trump...?) You really shouldn't add content to Wikipedia articles that isn't in sources. The only thing the CNN article says about Tarkanian is "Trump quizzed Nevada's delegation about how Heller's numbers looked headed into competitive match-ups in the GOP primary against Danny Tarkanian and, if he advances, in the general election against Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen." Tarkanian is mentioned incidentally; there's nothing of substance here that can help us build an encyclopedia article about him. That you took one incidental mention of Tarkanian and extracted an entire paragraph of content from it to add to this article is truly a feat. Just...LOL. Marquardtika (talk) 05:25, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

References

^ Trump tells RNC members he'll campaign for Dean Heller in Nevada, will visit other states, CNN , Eric Bradner, February 2, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.

^ https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/02/politics/trump-rnc-nevada-travel/index.html

[1] Trump tells RNC members he'll campaign for Dean Heller in Nevada, will visit other states, CNN , Eric Bradner, February 2, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.

[2] ttps://www.cnn.com/2018/02/02/politics/trump-rnc-nevada-travel/index.html

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