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A fact from Eric Swalwell appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 November 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that congressman-elect Eric Swalwell served on the city council of College Park, Maryland, while a student at the University of Maryland, College Park?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eric Swalwell.

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More info about presidential run

Why is there so little information about his embarassment of a presidential run? There should be more included, such as the fact that he never managed to achieve even 1% in any national polls. This is the main reason as to why he dropped out, not qualifying for the debate was only a subreason. 2A01:79A:19:F003:757F:DFDE:811:ACC0 (talk) 03:33, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's pretty simple. He had nothing to make him stand out, little nationwide reputation, and almost nobody was interested in his candidacy. I don't know what else needs to be said. —Lights and freedom (talk ~ contribs) 00:42, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I added that his polling average was never above 1%. —Lights and freedom (talk ~ contribs) 00:49, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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@Th78blue and Pulpfiction621: discuss on talk pages before trying to make controversial changes to a WP:BLP involved in post-1992 U.S. politics. Do not add insinuations of what you think Swalwell may have done based on what she did with a couple of Midwestern mayors. Barstool and NY Post are unacceptable sources. And Rand Paul's opinion of Swalwell is as irrelevant to Swalwell's bio as Swalwell's opinion of Paul is to Paul's. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:00, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Muboshgu: The Paul comment is notable and was cited in RS'es. Also, if we do not include barstool or NY Post, fine, but there were several others that I cited too including Forbes and RS'es that should absolutely be included here, as well as an important critical comment made publicly from another senator at the time merits inclusion on this one small sub-section of an entire article. Please do not wholesale revert, but rather make the edits where you deem trimming to be appropriate. I am familiar with the various policies having made nearly 35,000+ edits, so you also do not need to "template" the "regulars"... looks like @Pulpfiction621: also is not new to editing the encyclopedia (7,000+ edits from what I can see). Thank you. ♥Th78blue (talk)♥ 19:32, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Paul would ask for the resignation of an opposite politician because it suits his political purpose, which is pretty standard and hardly noteworthy. Also, unless I'm mistaken, Muboshgu didn't template you or the other user; however, even if they did, an experienced user should know which reliable sources belong in a BLP and which do not (see WP:NYPOST for example). —MelbourneStar☆^talk 03:21, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you MelbourneStar. I did not template any regulars. Being cited in RS is not enough to establish its importance, and Rand Paul's comments about Swalwell are inconsequential. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:18, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]