Talk:David Davis (Tennessee politician)

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Pharmaceuticals-related edits

Tdl1060 is repeatedly vandalizing referenced material within this article. 4.88.154.132 19:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My edits are not vandalisim, your additions are off topic and do not belong in the bio of David Davis.--Tdl1060 19:23, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not delete content from articles on Wikipedia, as you did to David Davis (Tennessee politician). It may be considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. disruptive editing by Tdl1060 4.88.58.217 23:22, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Again my edits are not vandalisim, your additions are not within the scope of a biography that is supposed to be about David Davis not the history of these phamacutical companies.--Tdl1060 19:21, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with above user. King Pharmaceuticals is a separate article and should be represented by a link, not by a substansial repetition of key portions of the article here. 68.53.110.123 22:44, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Having navigated here due to the Congressional vandalism controversy on this article, I feel the need to agree that the 'Political connections to Altace, pharmaceutical industry' section is out of line for this article. Only the first and last paragraph mention or in any way concern Davis, and those are the only ones that should be kept, with minor reformatting. Stating his campaign contributions from murky companies, and clearly and efficiently describing any conflict of interest, is relevant. A half article on what's wrong with said company does not belong here.

I'm not going to edit now, as this seems slightly divisive and likely to be reverted. But regardless of your political affiliations, the bulk of this section should be moved to an article on the companies in question (since the statements appear well sourced).Jovial Air 16:49, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See my note from last week at the bottom of this talk page, under Repetition. The same content, pretty much word for word and reference for reference, is repeated in the articles for five different politicians; I think it ought to be in its own article referenced from each of the five - Foetusized 19:33, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Originally posted 01:21, 9 February 2007 STTWbot (WikiProject France tagging)

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20:30, 10 February 2007 (hist) (diff) Talk:David Davis (Tennessee politician) (changing wikiproject france to tennessee):

Please do not delete content from articles on Wikipedia, as you did to Talk:David Davis (Tennessee politician). It may be considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. The purpose of a Wikipedia talk page is to provide space for editors to discuss changes to its associated article or project page. Article talk pages should not be used by editors as platforms for their personal views. - rv by User:Tdl1060

4.88.54.203 16:23, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect that User:Tdl1060 is simply editing out the WikiProject France block is due to the fact that Tdl1060 has repeatedly edited out verifiable and referenced material(approximately four pharagraphs) from the "Political connections to Altace, pharmaceutical industry" section of the David Davis (Tennessee politician) Wiki article, with some of the edited material pertaining to the former French pharmaceutical manufacturer Rhône-Poulenc.

Wikipedia:Vandalism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Talk page vandalism: Removing the comments of other users from talk pages other than your own (my emphasis here), aside from removing internal spam, vandalism, etc. is generally considered vandalism.;

A thorough review of User contributions (excerpt):Tdl1060 reveals that the overwhelming majority of User:Tdl1060 Wiki contributions are characterized as pertaining to Republican politicians (even those not Tdl1060's fellow citizens of Illinois) and elections, suggesting to me that Tdl1060 is not always looking to make good faith and NPOV edits for the advancement of the Wikipedia, but rather, TDl1060 is targeting specific articles for broad-brush opportunities to enforce Ronald Reagan's so-called "Eleventh Commandment": ("Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.") over all Wikipedians. 4.88.54.203 16:23, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can link to such pages rather than citing them, and cite them without copy/pasting the headers. >Radiant< 09:58, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

U.S. Rep. David Davis' office using federal tax dollars to vandalize Wikipedia political bios

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Ethically Updating Wikipedia
Submitted by Ross Dunn on Wed, 07/18/2007 - 09:17.

An article was published today on Search Engine Land called "SEO Tips &Tactics From a Wikipedia Insider and it has to be one of the most interesting and best written articles I have seen in a while.
The article was written by a lady by the name of Durova who is Wikipedia administrator who confronts some of the site's most disruptive editors. She uses a pen name to avoid harassment in real life."
The article is about how, in some cases, a marketer can work with Wikipedia in an ethical manner while still emphasizing an online presence. The tips are great and obviously well thought out but I found the most fascinating to be Durova's examples of how underestimating Wikipedia can be a dangerous business. In her examples she notes how the transparent nature of Wikipedia has caught anonymous users on government-based IP addresses editing political Wikipedia profiles to delete unflattering content.
For example, Durova cites how the Wikipedia listing of Tennessee state politicians Matthew Hill and David Davis was edited to remove the information that they had both accepted contributions from pharmaceutical companies. According to Durova, the IP address used to make the edits came from a congressional computer. [170.142.7.3; 143.231.249.141 ] The best part of Wikipedia is that, much to the chagrin of the illicit editor, each of these edits are publicly available - transparent indeed!

see abovementioned article for addition text and hyperlinks...

The story appeared in the Knoxville News Sentinel on August 11, 2007. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 17:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Repetition, repetition, repetition, repetiton, repetition

Why can't this content be kept in one article, instead of spamming it into five? David_Davis_(Tennessee_politician)#Political_connection_to_Altace.2C_pharmaceutical_industry Matthew_Hill#Political_connection_to_Altace.2C_pharmaceutical_industry Ron_Ramsey#Political_connection_to_Altace.2C_pharmaceutical_industry Steve_Godsey#Political_connection_to_Altace.2C_pharmaceutical_industry Jason_Mumpower#Political_connection_to_Altace.2C_pharmaceutical_industry

It would be easier to manage this content in one location instead of in five, IMHO. It seems particularly odd that there's no mention of this in the articles about Altace, King Pharmaceuticals, Rhône-Poulenc, nor Aventis - Foetusized 02:14, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 15 February 2018

David Davis (congressman) → David Davis (U.S. politician) – No reason given for move from this original title two months ago. Regardless, capitalization and disambiguator are both incorrect. Bneu2013 (talk) 08:55, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Returned to the original title per WP:RMUM, WP:RM/TR. No edits were made to the article since the bold move, which has now been reverted. Dekimasuよ! 19:30, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]