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Requested move[edit]

Frank L. Rizzo, Jr. → Frank S. Rizzo — First paragraph contradicts the article name. —82.28.95.134 (talk) 21:15, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Survey[edit]

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Not Moved. Parsecboy (talk) 01:54, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.

Oppose. The article was edited in December and the false information added. I found a newspaper reference which supports the original version and added it, so I think this move request should be removed. Zuiver jo (talk) 21:53, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as well; a vandal altered the information, with the source provided by Zuiver Jo, it's been cleared up. I'll close this discussion shortly. Parsecboy (talk) 01:53, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Discussion[edit]

Any additional comments:

Poorly sourced assertion of a dubious premise.[edit]

"He shares his father's support of labor and community organizations."

This sentence is troubling. No evidence is provided for this assertion, and it rests on a highly dubious premise. Frank Rizzo, Sr.'s record on labor and community organizations is pretty shaky. He was a known white supremacist and weaponized the police against many black and leftist community organizations 2600:8807:545C:2800:9630:7BC2:BE61:28E2 (talk) 23:56, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]