Talk:Mike Johnson

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WP:LEAD

I just removed the Churchill-thing again per WP:LEAD. The sources are good for a mention in some form, still WP:LEAD fail. It also fails WP:NOTNEWS, "breaking news should not be emphasized".

IMO, the same applies for having the Ukraine 60bn thing in the WP:LEAD at all atm, very recent and if it leads to anything, time will tell. Re-wrote the Churchill-sentence: [1]. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:32, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good edit, I also agree about removing the Ukraine 60 billion mention in the last paragraph. Seems to be written more as an afterthought. MaximusEditor (talk) 22:47, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Off-topic, but per coverage like [2][3], I wonder if Churchill or Chamberlain could be a decent WP-article. Or do we have a "List of political allusions" or something like that somewhere? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:13, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Typo in Speaker Tenure Section

Good day, there is an error in the last paragraph of the Speaker Tenure section. It says "11 Republicans and 32 Republicans," when it should say "11 Republicans and 32 Democrats." Archigan (talk) 12:32, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done An editor has corrected this. MaximusEditor (talk) 21:29, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Personal Life section

In the section under "personal life," Johnson is described as having adopted a black son. There is a contradiction template where an editor has insinuated that Johnson lied about this, and that his timeline implies that he took the son in two years before marriage, in 1997. This is incorrect according to both citations: the New York Times article (published 2023) states that his son was adopted 24 years ago (1999), while in the second citation, the interview (published 2020), Johnson mentions that his son was adopted "almost 20 years ago," also putting the timeframe around 1999. This contradiction template is therefore not rooted in fact.97.144.254.174 (talk) 18:32, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think I see the issue. I'll triple check the sources to see if there isn't actually a contradiction. ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:17, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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There now exist a new official portrait for Speaker Mike Johnson. It is now redundant to use his generic congressional portrait that is being as a placeholder from 2022 before he ascended to the position.

The new portrait appeared on the Speaker's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1011336193684681&set=pb.100044249298524.-2207520000

The new photo has already been uploaded on Wikicommons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Speaker_Mike_Johnson_Official_Portrait.jpg Wildeofoscar (talk) 02:07, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done, but it is only my subjective appraisal that the current image is superior. They're fundamentally identical photos in terms of depicting the subject, but our current image has a far high resolution version available. If anyone disagrees, I'm open to the other image. ~ Pbritti (talk) 03:35, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I’m saying we could use the new image as a placeholder before they could update their website to include the image at its full resolution.

The current image was taken in 2022, prior to Mike Johnson became speaker and it’s a generic congressional photo used by freshmen congresspersons and not those with congresspersons who hold some sort of seniority like a leadership position.

We can also use the cropped version of the image as a placeholder too. Wildeofoscar (talk) 15:01, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Wildeofoscar: Another editor went through with your cropped version idea. Thank you for bringing this to everyone's attention! ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:01, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]