Talk:Al Gore

Controversy

There should be a section on the controversies throughout Al Gore's life. There was one if I could recall but somehow it got deleted. Mrld (talk) 17:21, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

See the topic Criticism above. Short answer: Such sections are discoraged, the critique has been woven into the text instead. --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 17:56, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

To maintain NPOV, criticism should always exist in an article. However it decreases the quality of an article to create a section devoted to it as Kim D. Petersen noted. Thus criticism is in this article but is woven throughout rather than clustered together.

On a related topic, Media Matters for America has discussed what it calls the "War against Gore" in the media. See:

http://mediamatters.org/columns/200703200006

and

http://mediamatters.org/items/200711210004?f=h_latest

I was thinking that some of this could be added to a section or different sections, though I wanted to get feedback first before doing so. -Classicfilms (talk) 22:13, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

One more article:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200707210002?f=s_search

-Classicfilms (talk) 22:18, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Just to add - Wikipedia:Criticism states, "In general, making separate sections with the title "Criticism" is discouraged. The main argument for this is that they are often a troll magnet" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Criticism#Criticism_in_a_.22Criticism.22_section -Classicfilms (talk) 03:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Scroll bar for footnotes?

Is it acceptable to have a scroll bar for the footnotes as a user has added to this article? I've never seen it used on any article before, even those with more references than this article, so I'm surprised to see it here. Gary King (talk) 16:52, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't know whether its acceptable or not - but its a pain when reading / using / verifying references. So in my opinion shouldn't be there --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 18:38, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I believe the warning on top of {{Scroll box}} pretty much answers your question. --Bobblehead ^(rants) 18:45, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Good catch! --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 19:18, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

fatuous

"made the election one of several controversial Presidential elections in American history." What kind of fatuous statement is this? Either say "made the election one of the most controversial Presidential elections in American history" or if that is thought to be too bold, delete it altogether. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 09:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

went to harvard college not harvard university —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.201.34.94 (talk) 00:59, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

New section for environmental issues?

The environmental issues section is becoming unwieldy. I would be interested in feedback concerning the creation of a subarticle on environmental issues similar to Al Gore's contributions to the Internet and technology. If other editors think that this is a good idea, we would need to discuss:

• A title for the article
• A basic structure for the article
• How the summary in the main article should read

Once this has been decided, I would be willing to create the article. -Classicfilms (talk) 09:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll wait another day or two and if there is no feedback, will create a new subarticle titled Al Gore's contributions to the environment which is based upon the existing article on the Internet and technology. If someone has a better idea for a title, please post it within the next day or two. Thanks, -Classicfilms (talk) 00:57, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

That title is inherently POV. Perhaps Al Gore and the environment or Al Gore's environmental activism. -- Zsero (talk) 07:25, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. I think Al Gore and the environment is a good title, so unless I hear any other suggestions, I will use that. Any further feedback would be appreciated before I start working on this, probably tomorrow. Thanks, -Classicfilms (talk) 09:02, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

The subarticle Al Gore and the environment is now active, though it could probably use some re-org and editing. The summary on the main page also could use some re-write and editing. -Classicfilms (talk) 15:45, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

New title for Internet article

I would like to propose changing the title for the article Al Gore's contributions to the Internet and technology to match the new subarticle Al Gore and the environment. My suggestion is Al Gore and information technology which is shorter and NPOV.

Feedback and other suggestions would be appreciated. -Classicfilms (talk) 00:58, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

The page has been moved. -Classicfilms (talk) 23:18, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Personal Life

Al Gore's youngest daughter Sarah married according to a family spokeswoman. Sarah Gore, 28, married (Taiwanese American) Bill Lee 36, a Los Angeles businessman, The daughter of the former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee is a Harvard graduate and a medical student at the University of California, San Francisco. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.138.188.31 (talk) 16:18, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

http://blog.algore.com/

More, daily info: http://blog.algore.com/ --Tamás Kádár (talk) 20:23, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

vice presidency

Why was nearly all the information on his vice presidency moved to a (very very clumsy) new article without any discussion? john k (talk) 21:20, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

His voice acting career needs to be mentioned

His voice acting career needs to be mentioned. He did voice acting on Futurama: Bender's Big Score. William Ortiz (talk) 13:41, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Ha ha ha @ Picture,

It is funniest shit ever! You actually take worst picture possible of him and put it on wiki? Ha ha ha. Seriously though, last time I checked this page there was a good picture of him.