Talk:Gary Johnson/Archive 1

Archive 1

Archive 2

Page cleanup

I cleaned up the page and made it a little bit more orderly. I also added a few refrences Kika chuck (talk) 23:57, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

New photo of Gary E. Johnson

Hello, I have a photograph of Governor Johnson that he would prefer to be used on this site. How do I go about substituting the photo Gary Johnson would like to be used for the one that is currently shown? Please advise.Snivi (talk) 19:43, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

You can find guidelines and instructions for uploading photos at Wikipedia:Images.--JayJasper (talk) 06:21, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

This Article Reads Like Campaign Literature

1. "Johnson's campaigns were notable for being "100% positive," never once attacking an opponent in print, radio, or television." The source on this is a link to a CSPAN video in which Johnson says the above.

2. "In 1999, Johnson became the highest-ranking elected official in the United States to advocate the repeal of drug prohibition." This is a pretty strong statement that requires citation. None is given.

3. "His position was similar to that of the Libertarian Party in many ways, and led many political observers to believe he would run for political office as a Libertarian in the future." No citation / dead link.

4. "Under Johnson's administration, New Mexico experienced the longest period without a tax increase in the state's history, the rate of growth in the state government was cut in half, half of the state's prisons were privatized, state Medicaid was shifted to managed care, and the state was left with approximately 1,000 fewer employees (with no firings) and a budget surplus.[7] Johnson vetoed 750 bills (which was more than all the vetoes of the other 49 Governors in the country at that time, combined), which earned him the nickname Gary "Veto" Johnson.[7]" The citation for this is in no way academically acceptable. It goes to a website called "race42012.com" that looks like it may have been made by a high school keyboarding student, contains no background on its editorial status or management or who owns it and, per quantacast, has virtually no traffic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.46.29 (talk) 17:37, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

5. "To this day, Johnson carries with him his "Seven Principles of Good Government:" Irrelevant. This is a two-term governor of a small state, not a major philosopher. This is best kept to a campaign website, not wikipedia.

I did some cleanup based on the above remarks, which I hope adequately addressed these concerns. There is still room for improvement, particularly in improving sources, which seems doable.--JayJasper (talk) 05:53, 19 December 2009 (UTC)