Talk:2008 United States presidential election

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Latest comment: 1 month ago by BusterD in topic Age issue
Former good article nominee2008 United States presidential election was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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DateProcessResult
May 2, 2006Featured article candidateNot promoted
May 12, 2006Peer reviewReviewed
March 10, 2009Good article nomineeNot listed
Current status: Former good article nominee


why locked?

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why locked this page? 71.223.132.65 (talk) 10:32, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Missing Items in Controversy Section?

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Hi, is there a particular reason that despite for example a wikipedia page descriptively titled as a 2008 election controversy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers_2008_presidential_election_controversy) is not listed in the "Controversies" section? It seems logical to include if it merits its own wiki page, I would think. 38.70.255.205 (talk) 08:47, 19 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 25 July 2024

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Change "Until 2024 this was also the most recent election in which any of the major presidential nominees had any military experience." to "Until 2024 this was also the most recent election in which any of the major presidential or vice-presidential nominees had any military experience." The reference for the current claim links to JD Vance's military experience. JD Vance is not a presidential nominee, he is a vice-presidential nominee.

missing citation

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Hi, GigachadGigachad. Your recent edit adds a footnote that expects a citation named "Based on Takeaway", but not such citation is defined. Are you able to provide a citation so that this error can be corrected? -- mikeblas (talk) 14:45, 14 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Age issue

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There is a part of the "age issue" section where it says" Senator Obama, who was the first Generation Xer to run for president on a major party ticket." However, Obama was born in 1961, and Wikipedia's own page on Generation X describes it encompassing people born roughly from 1965-1980.

Obviously these two articles contradict one another, and cannot both be the case. Rmcmullin (talk) 22:24, 4 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the eyes. What Wikipedia's article on Generation X says on the subject we can't use here, because WP:Wikipedia is not a reliable source. On the other hand, the CNN citation supporting the sentence doesn't say that either. So the statement needs better sourcing, agreed. BusterD (talk) 23:15, 4 November 2024 (UTC)Reply