Talk:Pat McCrory

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The text of this article seems largely to come verbatim from Patrick McCrory's current re-election campaign website, the address of which is http://www.patmccrory.com.

As a disinterested party who stumbled across this page via 'random article', I didn't detect any POV issues on my first read. In fact, it seemed like your typical dry bio to me. Perhaps you can clarify which specific statements you believe to lack NPOV? Removing the POV tag until then --71.111.209.194 20:05, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

As the text is taken verbatim from Mr. McCrory's own website, this "article" is essentially an advertisement rather than biography. Restoring the POV tag for now.

It may be true that the primary source is his website, but the question remains: which statements in this article do you believe lack NPOV? Which ones, in particular, do you believe show bias? I picked through this article again and can find two statements that might suggest a personal opinion:

..."has distinguished himself as a leader"...
..."recognizing his innovative work"...

Is this what you are referring to? If so, they can easily be cleaned up. I'm removing the POV tag and am hoping you'll be willing to discuss this, or better yet, just correct the statements you have a problem with. --71.111.209.194 21:58, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Has anybody noticed that the same person with the same URL has been vandalizing this page over and over again? Sounds like a far right element has tried to ruin this page. "Republican in name only?" Give me a break. Sounds like somebody needs to get a life.

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It seems to me someone from McCrory's camp is simply using Wikipedia as a promotional tool. I didn't realize that was acceptable, or that it's acceptable to post things verbatim from other sources, as the ONLY content of an article, on Wikipedia. I don't think I understand the purpose of an online encyclopedia where people can promote themselves or just copy and paste from another source. I'm not sure I understand why you object to someone pointing this out to visitors and keep removing the tag either.