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01. Use the official White House portrait as the infobox image. (Dec 2016, Jan 2017, Oct 2017, March 2020) (temporarily suspended by #19 following copyright issues on the inauguration portrait, enforced when an official public-domain portrait was released on 31 October 2017)

02. Show birthplace as "Queens, New York City, U.S." in the infobox. (Nov 2016, Oct 2018, Feb 2021) "New York City" de-linked. (September 2020)

03. Omit reference to county-level election statistics. (Dec 2016)

04. Superseded by #15

Lead phrasing of Trump "gaining a majority of the U.S. Electoral College" and "receiving a smaller share of the popular vote nationwide", without quoting numbers. (Nov 2016, Dec 2016) (Superseded by #15 since 11 February 2017)

05. Use Trump's annual net worth evaluation and matching ranking, from the Forbes list of billionaires, not from monthly or "live" estimates. (Oct 2016) In the lead section, just write: Forbes estimates his net worth to be [$x.x] billion. (July 2018, July 2018) Removed from the lead per #47.

06. Do not include allegations of sexual misconduct in the lead section. (June 2016, Feb 2018)

07. Superseded by #35

Include "Many of his public statements were controversial or false." in the lead. (Sep 2016, February 2017, wording shortened per April 2017, upheld with July 2018) (superseded by #35 since 18 February 2019)

08. Mention that Trump is the first president elected "without prior military or government service". (Dec 2016)

09. Include a link to Trump's Twitter account in the "External links" section. (Jan 2017) Include a link to an archive of Trump's Twitter account in the "External links" section. (Jan 2021)

10. Canceled

Keep Barron Trump's name in the list of children and wikilink it, which redirects to his section in Family of Donald Trump per AfD consensus. (Jan 2017, Nov 2016) Canceled: Barron's BLP has existed since June 2019. (June 2024)

11. Superseded by #17

The lead sentence is "Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American businessman, television personality, politician, and the 45th President of the United States." (Jan 2017, Jan 2017, Jan 2017, Jan 2017, Jan 2017, Feb 2017) (superseded by #17 since 2 April 2017)

12. The article title is Donald Trump, not Donald J. Trump. (RM Jan 2017, RM June 2019)

13. Auto-archival is set for discussions with no comments for 14 days. Manual archival is allowed for (1) closed discussions, 24 hours after the closure, provided the closure has not been challenged, and (2) "answered" edit requests, 24 hours after the "answer", provided there has been no follow-on discussion after the "answer". (Jan 2017) (amended with respect to manual archiving, to better reflect common practice at this article) (Nov 2019)

14. Omit mention of Trump's alleged bathmophobia/fear of slopes. (Feb 2017)

15. Superseded by lead rewrite

Supersedes #4. There is no consensus to change the formulation of the paragraph which summarizes election results in the lead (starting with "Trump won the general election on November 8, 2016, …"). Accordingly the pre-RfC text (Diff 8 Jan 2017) has been restored, with minor adjustments to past tense (Diff 11 Feb 2018). No new changes should be applied without debate. (RfC Feb 2017, Jan 2017, Feb 2017, Feb 2017) In particular, there is no consensus to include any wording akin to "losing the popular vote". (RfC March 2017) (Superseded by local consensus on 26 May 2017 and lead section rewrite on 23 June 2017)

16. Superseded by lead rewrite

Do not mention Russian influence on the presidential election in the lead section. (RfC March 2017) (Superseded by lead section rewrite on 23 June 2017)

17. Superseded by #50

Supersedes #11. The lead paragraph is "Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality." The hatnote is simply {{Other uses}}. (April 2017, RfC April 2017, April 2017, April 2017, April 2017, July 2017, Dec 2018) Amended by lead section rewrite on 23 June 2017 and removal of inauguration date on 4 July 2018. Lower-case "p" in "president" per Dec 2018 and MOS:JOBTITLES RfC Oct 2017. Wikilinks modified per April 2020. Wikilink modified again per July 2020. "45th" de-linked. (Jan 2021)

18. Superseded by #63

The "Alma mater" infobox entry shows "Wharton School (BS Econ.)", does not mention Fordham University. (April 2017, April 2017, Aug 2020, Dec 2020)

19. Obsolete

Following deletion of Trump's official White House portrait for copyright reasons on 2 June 2017, infobox image was replaced by File:Donald Trump Pentagon 2017.jpg. (June 2017 for replacement, June 2017, declined REFUND on 11 June 2017) (replaced by White House official public-domain portrait according to #1 since 31 Oct 2017)

20. Mention protests in the lead section with this exact wording: His election and policies have sparked numerous protests. (June 2017, May 2018) (Note: In February 2021, when he was no longer president, the verb tense was changed from "have sparked" to "sparked", without objection.)

21. Superseded by #39

Omit any opinions about Trump's psychology held by mental health academics or professionals who have not examined him. (July 2017, Aug 2017) (superseded by #36 on 18 June 2019, then by #39 since 20 Aug 2019)

22. Do not call Trump a "liar" in Wikipedia's voice. Falsehoods he uttered can be mentioned, while being mindful of calling them "lies", which implies malicious intent. (RfC Aug 2017)

23. Superseded by #52

The lead includes the following sentence: Trump ordered a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, citing security concerns; after legal challenges, the Supreme Court upheld the policy's third revision. (Aug 2017, Nov 2017, Dec 2017, Jan 2018, Jan 2018) Wording updated (July 2018) and again (Sep 2018).

24. Superseded by #30

Do not include allegations of racism in the lead. (Feb 2018) (superseded by #30 since 16 Aug 2018)

25. Do not add web archives to cited sources which are not dead. (Dec 2017, March 2018)

26. Do not include opinions by Michael Hayden and Michael Morell that Trump is a "useful fool […] manipulated by Moscow" or an "unwitting agent of the Russian Federation". (RfC April 2018)

27. State that Trump falsely claimed that Hillary Clinton started the Barack Obama birther rumors. (April 2018, June 2018)

28. Include, in the Wealth section, a sentence on Jonathan Greenberg's allegation that Trump deceived him in order to get on the Forbes 400 list. (June 2018, June 2018)

29. Include material about the Trump administration family separation policy in the article. (June 2018)

30. Supersedes #24. The lead includes: "Many of his comments and actions have been characterized as racially charged or racist." (RfC Sep 2018, Oct 2018, RfC May 2019)

31. Do not mention Trump's office space donation to Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/Push Coalition in 1999. (Nov 2018)

32. Omit from the lead the fact that Trump is the first sitting U.S. president to meet with a North Korean supreme leader. (RfC July 2018, Nov 2018)

33. Do not mention "birtherism" in the lead section. (RfC Nov 2018)

34. Refer to Ivana Zelníčková as a Czech model, with a link to Czechs (people), not Czechoslovakia (country). (Jan 2019)

35. Superseded by #49

Supersedes #7. Include in the lead: Trump has made many false or misleading statements during his campaign and presidency. The statements have been documented by fact-checkers, and the media have widely described the phenomenon as unprecedented in American politics. (RfC Feb 2019)

36. Superseded by #39

Include one paragraph merged from Health of Donald Trump describing views about Trump's psychology expressed by public figures, media sources, and mental health professionals who have not examined him. (June 2019) (paragraph removed per RfC Aug 2019 yielding consensus #39)

37. Resolved: Content related to Trump's presidency should be limited to summary-level about things that are likely to have a lasting impact on his life and/or long-term presidential legacy. If something is borderline or debatable, the resolution does not apply. (June 2019)

38. Do not state in the lead that Trump is the wealthiest U.S. president ever. (RfC June 2019)

39. Supersedes #21 and #36. Do not include any paragraph regarding Trump's mental health or mental fitness for office. Do not bring up for discussion again until an announced formal diagnosis or WP:MEDRS-level sources are provided. This does not prevent inclusion of content about temperamental fitness for office. (RfC Aug 2019, July 2021)

40. Include, when discussing Trump's exercise or the lack thereof: He has called golfing his "primary form of exercise", although he usually does not walk the course. He considers exercise a waste of energy, because he believes the body is "like a battery, with a finite amount of energy" which is depleted by exercise. (RfC Aug 2019)

41. Omit book authorship (or lack thereof) from the lead section. (RfC Nov 2019)

42. House and Senate outcomes of the impeachment process are separated by a full stop. For example: He was impeached by the House on December 18, 2019, for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. He was acquitted of both charges by the Senate on February 5, 2020. (Feb 2020)

43. The rules for edits to the lead are no different from those for edits below the lead. For edits that do not conflict with existing consensus: Prior consensus is NOT required. BOLD edits are allowed, subject to normal BRD process. The mere fact that an edit has not been discussed is not a valid reason to revert it. (March 2020)

44. The lead section should mention North Korea, focusing on Trump's meetings with Kim and some degree of clarification that they haven't produced clear results. (RfC May 2020)

45. Superseded by #48

There is no consensus to mention the COVID-19 pandemic in the lead section. (RfC May 2020, July 2020) (Superseded by RfC Aug 2020)

46. Use the caption "Official portrait, 2017" for the infobox image. (Aug 2020, Jan 2021)

47. Do not mention Trump's net worth or Forbes ranking (or equivalents from other publications) in the lead, nor in the infobox. (Sep 2020)

48. Supersedes #45. Trump's reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic should be mentioned in the lead section. There is no consensus on specific wording, but the status quo is Trump reacted slowly to the COVID-19 pandemic; he minimized the threat, ignored or contradicted many recommendations from health officials, and promoted false information about unproven treatments and the availability of testing. (Oct 2020, RfC Aug 2020)

49. Supersedes #35. Include in lead: Trump has made many false and misleading statements during his campaigns and presidency, to a degree unprecedented in American politics. (Dec 2020)

50. Supersedes #17. The lead sentence is: Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. (March 2021), amended (July 2021), inclusion of politician (RfC September 2021)

51. Include in the lead that many of Trump's comments and actions have been characterized as misogynistic. (Aug 2021 and Sep 2021)

52. Supersedes #23. The lead should contain a summary of Trump's actions on immigration, including the Muslim travel ban (cf. item 23), the wall, and the family separation policy. (September 2021)

53. The lead should mention that Trump promotes conspiracy theories. (October 2021)

54. Include in the lead that, quote, Scholars and historians rank Trump as one of the worst presidents in U.S. history. (October 2021)

55. Regarding Trump's comments on the 2017 far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, do not wiki-link "Trump's comments" in this manner. (RfC December 2021)

56. Retain the content that Trump never confronted Putin over its alleged bounties against American soldiers in Afghanistan but add context. Current wording can be altered or contextualized; no consensus was achieved on alternate wordings. (RfC November 2021) Trump's expressions of doubt regarding the Russian Bounties Program should be included in some capacity, though there there is no consensus on a specific way to characterize these expressed doubts. (RfC March 2022)

57. Do not mention in the lead Gallup polling that states Trump's the only president to never reach 50% approval rating. (RfC January 2022)

58. Use inline citations in the lead for the more contentious and controversial statements. Editors should further discuss which sentences would benefit from having inline citations. (RfC May 2022, discussion on what to cite May 2022)

59. Do not label or categorize Trump as a far-right politician. (RfC August 2022)

60. Insert the links described in the RfC January 2023.

61. When a thread is started with a general assertion that the article is biased for or against Trump (i.e., without a specific, policy-based suggestion for a change to the article), it is to be handled as follows:

1. Reply briefly with a link to Talk:Donald Trump/Response to claims of bias.
2. Close the thread using {{archive top}} and {{archive bottom}}, referring to this consensus item.
3. Wait at least 24 hours per current consensus #13.
4. Manually archive the thread.

This does not apply to posts that are clearly in bad faith, which are to be removed on sight. (May 2023)

62. The article's description of the five people who died during and subsequent to the January 6 Capitol attack should avoid a) mentioning the causes of death and b) an explicit mention of the Capitol Police Officer who died. (RfC July 2023)

63. Supersedes #18. The alma mater field of the infobox reads: "University of Pennsylvania (BS)". (September 2023)

64. Omit the {{Very long}} tag. (January 2024)

65. Mention the Abraham Accords in the article; no consensus was achieved on specific wordings. (RfC February 2024)

66. Omit {{infobox criminal}}. (RfC June 2024)

67. The "Health habits" section includes: "Trump says he has never drunk alcohol, smoked cigarettes, or used drugs. He sleeps about four or five hours a night." (February 2021)

Protection

How come it took them so long to add full protection to this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hypernova971 (talk • contribs) 04:11, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

It is only full protected due to an on-going issue, which the above sections cover. It will return to ECP eventually. -- ferret (talk) 04:21, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

I am glad it is fully protected I hope they keep it protected until he leaves office because I think the full protection is a good idea and should have happened back in 2016 Abote2 (talk) 11:01, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Everything needs to be done differently for Trump. Normal rules do not apply. Please keep the article fully protected. If those in charge can listen. Eschoryii (talk) 21:55, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Many experienced editors involved with this article, past or present, feel that there are already too many impediments to editing here, with the editing restrictions. Requiring an admin for every edit? Throwing away WP:BOLD? Not going to happen. If existing policies and the editing restrictions are enforced, there is no need for long-term full protection here, and that is borne out by the past three years of the article's history (for which you weren't present). ―Mandruss ☎ 00:54, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

As Ferret said: the full protection is TEMPORARY to deal with a severe vandalism problem. There is absolutely no intention to full-protect the article permanently. -- MelanieN (talk) 00:57, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank goodness. I hope you guys can resolve the issue and step it down soon. Thanks for the work addressing it. A2soup (talk) 09:56, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Motion to lift full protection, return to ECP

It's been ten days since full protection was applied, which is starting to harm editors' capacity to update the contents. There will always be vandalism; the myriad watchful eyes on this article can likely deal with it in a timely manner. Unless admins can demonstrate a compelling and current reason to keep the article locked, I would request an immediate return to longstanding WP:ECP protection. @Anarchyte, Awilley, Bellezzasolo, Bradv, DannyS712, Enigmaman, Favonian, GreenC, Mandruss, MelanieN, MrX, MusikAnimal, Power~enwiki, Ritchie333, TheSandDoctor, Winged Blades of Godric, Ymblanter, and Zzuuzz: what's your take? Do we have a handle on compromised accounts yet? — JFG ^talk 13:18, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

• Concur - Admins just need to keep an eye on the article and quickly take care of blocking any compromised accounts. - MrX 🖋 13:25, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

A quick post at AIV (after a first instance if EC vandalism) could also help if no admins are around here. ~Awilley (talk) 15:37, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

• I suggest one of us replaces the full protection by ex protection within a couple of days without announcing it here, to minimize the risks.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:31, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Why? Do you think compromised accounts are watching the talk page, but not the actual article? Trying to be sneaky about restoring ECP is a flawed tactic. Just watch the page and block the offenders like we always do. There must be at least 100 admins watching this article.- MrX 🖋 13:35, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

• Lift protection - There have not been any new flare ups that I am aware of and if a new one starts it is easy enough to restore the full lock. PackMecEng (talk) 13:43, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
• I don't buy the 'there will always be vandalism argument', or 'it will be dealt with', especially when I've had to personally deal with at least four of the vandals myself and it got plastered all over the Internet. There is currently an extraordinary risk. Just to provide a data point, four accounts were compromised three days ago, and you can guarantee they'll have vandalised this article if they could have. I just want to make clear that any other admin can change the protection as they see fit at any time. Personally, I'd have preferred to wait a few more days as I consider the vandalism to be currently continuing. If there is a different consensus so be it. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 13:45, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
• Because of the situation at hand I still think the admins current plan of action is the best option. In the interm just use edit requests procedure to update the article. In addition to all the admins watching this page plus the admins that watch this I doubt edit requests for this article would go unattended for long periods of time in the interm. Plus if any IPs or other editors try to use the edit request template for joke requests, blank requests, etc. other editors can swiftly close them so the admins only have to focus on the requests that would keep the article up to date until it can go back to ECP. Maybe in cases like this in the future as a last resort we could look into seeing if an article like this could be template protected so template editors could edit it. Similar to the proposal that of where temporarily only interface admins could edit the Main Page. Alucard 16_{❯❯❯ chat?} 14:43, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
  • Actually now that I think about it and after I saw the section above (where some mentioned keeping this on full protection indefinitely which I'm against) this most recent situation reminded me of the retired pending changes protection level 2. To be honest here this article would be perfect to bring back PC Level 2 even if this is the only article it is used on. If this article has both ECP + PC Level 2 then it would still allow EC editors to make changes however no edits would "go live" until a reviewer or admin accepts them. This way readers who are not logged in only see the last accepted version of this page and it should also help with assistants like Siri, Google Assistant, etc. to keep the vandals work from appearing there (this is assuming they go based on the last accepted versions of pending protected pages). Alucard 16_{❯❯❯ chat?} 15:05, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

That is a brilliant idea, except that PC2 would not have stopped what happened on Thanksgiving. (Then again, now that I think about it, neither does full protection.) ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 15:34, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! I don't think anything could have prepared en~Wiki for what happened at Thanksgiving honestly lol. Alucard 16_{❯❯❯ chat?} 15:54, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

• Lift protection and bringing back PC2 for this could be an interesting idea. ^Semi_Hypercube ✎ 15:18, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

For the love of God, please no Pending Changes protection. ECP protects against fly-by-night vandals, and the 1RR and Consensus Required restrictions are hard enough to administer. PC2 would only make maintenance more difficult by mandating extra scrutiny that is de facto already in place. — JFG ^talk 23:08, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

I don't think temporary PC2 protection with ECP will make maintenance more difficult all it will do is provide an extra layer in the event a compromised account vandalizes the page it keeps their handywork from being seen by IP readers and virtual assistants. In most cases extended confirmed editors that regularly edit this page most likely have it on their watchlist and look at all edits to ensure compliance with the things you mentioned. It is probably safe to say a decent amount of them are also reviewers. I highly doubt other reviewers that don't edit this page regularly would review the edits on this page if they are not comfortable editing articles under ArbCom sanctions. They would most likely leave it in the review queue until a more experienced editor can review this article except in the case of clear, obvious vandalism. I actually support the admins here and I'm interested to see how their plan works out. However at this time I don't support lowering the protection back to ECP alone with everything that has happened. Alucard 16_{❯❯❯ chat?} 07:08, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

• Lift Trump is the perfect honey trap to flush out compromised admin accounts so either way it's good. -- GreenC 15:24, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

@GreenC: I have to admit then when I read this, I burst out laughing. -- Scjessey (talk) 16:45, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

@Scjessey: I hope we are not colluding, but anyway it is not disallowed. -- GreenC 20:22, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

• File with lifting per OP. ~Awilley (talk)
• Oppose unprotecting - there are no urgent changes to be made to this article, and until we find a solution to the compromised accounts problem, the vandalism will very likely continue. L293D (☎ • ✎) 15:41, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

I think the compromised accounts issue will take a bit longer to sort out here and the article shouldn't stay fully protected until that problem is sorted. However I'm opposed to reducing protection at this critical time especially when we are still in the news. I think for this article only resurrecting PC2 and applying ECP+PC2 protection would be a good alternative solution. IMO this is what PC2 was technically designed for to be the middle ground between ECP and FP and it could help us in two areas. Keep vandals work from appearing to readers who are not logged in and in theory should keep their work away from Siri, Google Assistant, etc. If someone vandalizes the article while it has ECP+PC2 protection they can be reported and dealt with by admins. This also allows good EC users to continue to contribute to the article just as they always have before. Alucard 16_{❯❯❯ chat?} 15:54, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

The short term solution is to block on sight and revert. The long term solution is being worked on by WMF, as far as I know.- MrX 🖋 16:09, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

• Lift I don't think its still needed --DannyS712 (talk) 15:45, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Comment: I have been thinking about unilaterally lifting the full protection and restoring the EC protection, sometime soon. But we should not decide when to do that via a talk page discussion, because I think we can be sure that the troll watches these discussions; no point in telling him when he can resume his attacks. (It's always possible that he has lost interest and taken his mischief elsewhere, but I wouldn't count on it. Zzuuzz's recent experience suggests the opposite.) It has been understood all along that the full protection is temporary and that EC protection will be restored eventually. This is an article that needs to be accessible to responsible editors. But I think the timing of that restoration should not be a matter of public discussion. Any admin can do it, without needing permission or discussion. There are several of us who have been involved in these decisions, but any admin could also take the action unilaterally, whenever they think the time is ripe. It might be a good idea to privately alert those of us who have been most deeply involved (such as Zzuuzz and myself) that you are doing it. The above is basically a long version of what Ymblanter said. -- MelanieN (talk) 16:12, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Would they not see the protection change on their watch list or perhaps see other people editing the article. I am not sure getting community input on the subject is a bad thing. PackMecEng (talk) 16:20, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

I could be wrong but I think what the admins are trying to do here is not give the troll a lot of leeway here. Like I mentioned I support them randomly switching protection back unannounced its a good tactic. Some trolls are dedicated and will watch talk pages or even the protection icon on the main page for the date the protection goes away and will plan accordingly. WP:VG actually had a situation where this happened earlier this year where trolls planned an attack because they knew when protection on a certain page would end. Switching the protection at a random, unannounced time puts more work on said troll in that they would have to keep up with this page almost 24/7 to perform instant vandalism to the page and hopefully they give up. So I can see the reasoning as to why MelanieN and the others are doing this. Alucard 16_{❯❯❯ chat?} 16:35, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Eh if I were a troll I would just edit as normal on my main account until I see the protection change on my watch list and then get to work. This isn't 3D space chess, when it changes they will see it and do what they do. Could it delay it a few hours? Sure probably, does that really matter though? PackMecEng (talk) 16:39, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

RE: does that really matter though? Please see the "mentioned by media organizations" section above. Even though the images were reverted and revdel'ed within minutes, the vandalism propagated on the internet through Google and Siri. It was seen by many people and resulted in a lot of media reporting that gave Wikipedia a black eye. Yes, it really matters. It is important to prevent this from happening again if we possibly can. -- MelanieN (talk) 17:30, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Does that really matter, was in reference to when the protection ends... Not if the vandalism matters. Of course vandalism matters, my argument above is it not making a difference when that ends. Since when it ends has no effect on if vandalism happens. Hope that clears it up for you. PackMecEng (talk) 17:38, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

• Lift if they can read a talk page, they can read a protection log. No need to do it immediately, but this should be lift-able this week, unless an admin or somebody from the WMF is going to invoke WP:BEANS and claim private information that justifies not lifting it. power~enwiki (π, ν) 17:35, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose unprotection I consider the compromised accounts 'crisis' to be ongoing, and as mentioned in the past, I do not see why people cannot use the edit-protected request format. Given the high profile nature of this page, I'd prefer changes get consensus before the edit is made. Enigma^msg 21:29, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
• Comment - Some of this strategizing seems like pointless overthink. The easiest and most reliable way to see if protection is still in place? Try an edit. No matter what anybody does, a dedicated vandal can simply try an edit once a day with their morning coffee. Either it works or it doesn't; no need to look at this page, protection log, or watchlist. It isn't like we're going to lift protection for a 5-minute window and they need to know when that will be—once opened, the door tends to stay open for some time. If they're reading this page it's because they enjoy the attention, not because they seek intel.
  But otherwise, I don't know what to do here—that's why admins get the big bucks. ―Mandruss ☎ 21:47, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
• Wait a bit longer - as long as there's still an issue with compromised accounts, we do not need such a highly trafficked page being opened up for attack. -- Scjessey (talk) 21:56, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
• Neutral, but it'd be good if this discussion could also include the alternative infobox. Anarchyte (talk | work) 06:12, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Just my opinion but with everything that has been going on lately I would recommend placing the alternate infobox under template protection for the time being. If there is something that needs to be updated to the alternate infobox the edit request process would be sufficient. Alucard 16_{❯❯❯ chat?} 07:08, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

I'm not all that sure that the alternate infobox is going to prevent our problem. I have been looking into a possible better solution. Sorry to be so vague. More info later. -- MelanieN (talk) 15:19, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Economic Accomplishments

• Record Employment for 12th Time Under Trump (according to the Department of Labor Statistics) .The number of employed Americans has never been higher. The 156,562,000 Americans employed in October is the twefth record set under President Donald Trump.
• In October, the number of employed men age 20 and up -- 80,405,000 -- set the 12th record since Trump took office; and likewise, for the 12th time, the number of employed women age 20 and up set a record, reaching 70,909,000 in October.
• The unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent, the same as September, which is the lowest it's been in decades -- since the end of 1969. And the Hispanic unemployment rate, 4.4 percent, has never been lower.
• The unemployment rate for African-Americans, 6.2 percent, remained near the all-time low of 5.9 percent set in May.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by TeamBlackSheepTango (talk • contribs) 03:47, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

FYI: “The number of employed Americans has never been higher” is true most of the time in history, and it’s been repeatedly true since September 2014. So it’s not a false statement, it’s just pretty much useless. See: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CE16OV. Cheers. soibangla (talk) 04:20, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

TeamBlackSheepTango doesn't seem to be proposing any improvement to the article, but rather appears to be using this article talk page as a forum. I recommend this thread be archived immediately. Also, I've refactored the original post slightly to eliminate the pointless reference and "listify" the so-called "accomplishments" quoted. -- Scjessey (talk) 13:35, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

@TeamBlackSheepTango:, if you want those statements put in the article you'll need to provide a reliable source that shows that they are correct and related to Trump's policy. If that was not your intentions this thread will likely be closed per WP:NOTFORUM. funplussmart (talk) 21:32, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

User:Funplussmart no, they only need show WEIGHT making mention DUE. Though actual language and location in article would be good too. There is some praises for conservative judges, tax breaks, stock market rally, N Korea talks, trade and other treaties reworked.... which where has WEIGHT to be DUE, depends. Though I would suggest taking this to the Presidency article instead... Cheers Markbassett (talk) 01:52, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Markbassett, agreed. funplussmart (talk) 02:15, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Possible Trump - Khashoggi connection?

FWIW - not sure - but is an apparent connection between Donald Trump and a Khashoggi - relevant to the article? - or not? - seems Donald Trump bought a Super Yacht, originally owned by Adnan Khashoggi, uncle of Jamal Khashoggi, in the 1980s - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 14:52, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Interesting tidbit but not sure there is a place for it at the moment. PackMecEng (talk) 15:10, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

References

This article has unbelievable amounts of bias and clearly does not meet wikipedia standards

Concerns about RS belong at WP:RSN O3000 (talk)
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1. The sources are clearly biased. Sources like The New Yorker, Slate, Vox are heavily biased. These sources are not in many other president pages; why does Donald Trump's page have so many of them? The equivalent is like putting Breitbart into Obama's page; these sources have no place in neutral discussion. 2. Most of the sections are intentionally structured to portray negative sentiment. Some examples: - For the Wealth section, instead of mentioning that he is an extremely wealthy individual and the richest president in history, it starts off with: "Trump is the beneficiary of several trust funds set up by his father and paternal grandmother beginning in 1949." Why start this section with such a specific fact? - For the Economy and Trade section, instead of mentioning that the economy is doing well, it starts off by talking about the Trump tax cuts and intentionally portraying them as negative - the last sentence reads: "The bill is estimated to increase deficits by $1.5 trillion over 10 years." Tax cuts by their very nature increase deficits. This sentence is totally unnecessary; the equivalent is adding a blurb following a tax hike bill saying that "The bill is estimated to reduce personal income for the middle class by $1.5 trillion over 10 years". 3. There is no equivalency. There is absolutely no mention of Hillary Clinton calling Trump voters "deplorables", a moment that may have had a huge impact on the election, yet literally every one of Trump's negative statements are mentioned, many of which had no impact on the election whatsoever. Many of Trump's quotes are being taken out of context and being intentionally made misleading - "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. ... They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists, and some, I assume, are good people." - this quote could easily have been added into a context of him being against illegal immigration, yet it is put into a section talking about his apparent racism. The entire section reads far too factual, as if it is a known fact that he is a racist. "but accepted by his supporters either as a rejection of political correctness[309][310] or because they harbor similar racial sentiments." (this is false - many Trump supporters don't think he is racist period!) I find it laughable how something as incredible as Donald Trump getting elected - something that absolutely no one saw coming, a businessman with no political experience whatsoever getting elected to the United State's highest office - gets a mere 3 sentences. This was a historical upset. NYT gave Clinton >95% chance to win the election. But instead it is brushed aside as if it could have happened, even though it was a shock to many. Frankly, wikipedia should be ashamed by what they have done here. I don't deny that Trump is a tremendously polarizing person and that he has done many awful things, but Wikipedia, a website that bills itself as being an online encyclopedia, should seek to portray things as neutrally as possible. A few paragraphs, maybe a 1/4 of the page talking about his negative aspects and how polarizing he is is enough. But when literally the entire page reads as a hit piece, starting with the intro...that's gone too far. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmu008 (talk • contribs) 20:50, 4 December 2018 (UTC) 1. Those sources are clearly reliable. Those who doubt the reliability of them are biased. They are used in plenty of other articles. Breitbart is almost never a reliable source. 2. Most of the sections are intentionally structured to portray realistic assessment. 3. Well, now Poe's law applies to this Onion piece. I find it laughable how someone who doesn't know how the community determines reliable sourcing comes along and brushes aside years worth of social contracts as if they never happened. Frankly, you should be ashamed of what you've posted here. I don't deny that your strong feelings on the subject, but our neutrality does not obligate us to create artificial balance. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:58, 4 December 2018 (UTC) (edit conflict) 1. Those sources are all valid and neutral. We will not be sourcing this article with Breitbart and Infowars. 2. His wealth began with his inheritance. That's the way the section should start. 3. Hillary calling his supporters "deplorables" does not belong in this article, due to the article's substantial length and indirect connection to Trump. It's more affiliated with Hillary and Trump's 2016 campaigns, and can be found on those pages. Trump's comments about Mexicans are very relevant to him. 4. Why would the nature of his upset win require more than three sentences? – Muboshgu (talk) 21:01, 4 December 2018 (UTC) User:Ian.thomson I would not lean on RSN list of ad hoc opinions with no criteria and no record of determination, and too broad a brush. And proclaiming sources here as "neutral" seems factually false and also not desirable. It's just not a WP goal to canonize some publishers nor "portray realistic assessment" and pick someone "neutral" -- the WP:NPOV policy is "representing fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without editorial bias, all of the significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic." All POVs are to be shown in proportion to their prominence, without any judging or excluding of "neutral" or "correct" or "false". That there is widespread denouncement of coverage of Trump is as simple a fact as that there is widespread denouncement of Trump. Also -- if the concern is that the article is drawing heavily from criticism pieces in lesser publications, then that may also fail WP:WEIGHT or WP:BESTSOURCES. If this this guy's POV is not among the content of the article then ... that's likely a POV failure. Cheers Markbassett (talk) 01:40, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 5 December 2018

Add this to page to match other presidential pages

עם ישראל חי (talk) 15:32, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Well, I do see this kind of navbox at the bottom of other presidential articles. It seems kind of worthless to me but apparently it is the practice here. Does someone want to add it? Or agree to add it once the normal EC protection is restored? -- MelanieN (talk) 21:42, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

If I'm not mistaken that was one of the things removed because we kept running into the limit for template space or something. Each time we did, it broke one or two of the last templates in the article, and there was a reluctance to use templates for new citations because it would aggravate the problem. Things are much improved now that we don't have to worry about such things. Plus, there's currently a discussion at Village Pump about whether we need those boxes anywhere. ―Mandruss ☎ 21:57, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

FWIW I feel these succession boxes are mostly useless. The presidential line of succession is already in the main infobox, and the previous nominee of the Republican party is readily available when viewing the article about the primaries. That person is also unrelated to Trump, except that he made a fierce speech against him. As for the President being first in diplomatic order, that is a factoid true of any U.S. President, hence malplaced at the Trump article. — JFG ^talk 02:21, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

I only edit requested it here because of the edit restrictions now that that has been lifted I'm going to add it in there is no reason he shouldn't have one if all presidents and most politicians have one if there ends up being consensus to remove all succession boxes from all pages then it can be removed עם ישראל חי (talk) 15:31, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

And I'm going to revert you because the question is currently 2-to-1 for omit (MelanieN is straddling the fence). Sorry. ―Mandruss ☎ 00:55, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Mandruss, is there really a technical problem with including it? We do keep being reminded how massive this article is. -- MelanieN (talk) 01:09, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

@MelanieN: A technical problem? Perhaps not at this time. I don't know of a way to determine how close we are to the template space limit until we exceed it. I'm weighing the total upside against the total downside, the downside includes more than the immediate possible technical issue, and the scale is tipping slightly in the omit direction for me. As JFG said, I feel these succession boxes are mostly useless. That it's included in other articles weighs very little for me, absent a community-level discussion and consensus that it should be included in all presidents' articles. To my mind, that kind of consistency argument kills organic evolution of the encyclopedia. ―Mandruss ☎ 01:33, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

I'm going to come down on the side of "leave it out". IMO it adds nothing to the article, and the article has survived just fine without it for nearly two years. At least let's wait until there is some kind of resolution of the question elsewhere. -- MelanieN (talk) 01:37, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

that's not true it was unilaterally deleted in march 2018 and why should this be the only presidents page to not have it עם ישראל חי (talk) 14:35, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

I agree with the others that should be left out of this article, and possibly other president articles. It doesn't add much of value and it's purpose is unclear.- MrX 🖋 14:44, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

so when removal is decided about all succession boxes it should be removed before that happens it should be on this page consistent with like pages עם ישראל חי (talk) 14:51, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

OK, so we've done without it for nine months. Until now, nobody missed it. And it is under debate elsewhere whether such sections contribute any value. I understand your reasoning and you are clearly passionate about this, but we work by consensus, and so far you don't seem to have convinced anyone to add it at this time. -- MelanieN (talk) 02:49, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

The most recent prior discussions are here and here, and Galobtter's big-fix edit is here. While the {{Navboxes}} template that Galobtter removed is back in the article now, it contains a lot less than he removed, so we probably don't have a pressing technical problem at this time.
Re the consistency argument, not many presidents' articles have file sizes 60% larger than the average from Nixon to Obama, 110% larger than FDR (ie more than double), and 91% larger than Lincoln. This is another great example of why blind and simplistic consistency arguments should generally be avoided. ―Mandruss ☎ 02:51, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

still a bs argument as consensus was never gotten to remove the succession box it was removed unilaterally so until someone gets consensus from more than 5 users to remove it it should be put back in and this page is less than 10% bigger than obamas עם ישראל חי (talk) 15:49, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Proposed addition to paragraph 3 of lede (birther mention)

I say we add one sentence about the birhter thing. It is an important part of Trump's public image, has received infinite press coverage, and was the issue that got Trump on the radar of Republican politics.

So my proposed version: "Trump first drew attention as a figure in Republican politics in 2011, when, while on a media tour in which he publicly considered a run for the presidency, he repeatedly alleged that then-President Barack Obama was born in Kenya and thus ineligible to be president." then we'd continue with "After declining to run in 2012, Trump entered the 2016 presidential race as a Republican and defeated sixteen opponents in the primaries . . ." etc.

What do you guys think? I'm open to modifying my language but the birther stuff should be in the lede, imo. I think we should also mention conspiracy theories in the lede at some point. GergisBaki (talk) 20:52, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

A consensus to omit this from the lead was reached a mere 17 days ago. See #Current consensus item 33 and the discussion linked therein. ―Mandruss ☎ 21:07, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

George Bush funeral

It should be noted that every living president was cordial to Trump at Bush funeral except for the Clintons. They wouldn't make eye contact or shake hands. 108.200.234.93 (talk) 08:25, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Noted. ―Mandruss ☎ 08:29, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Runs into WP:WEIGHT issues. And honestly? Trump isn't really deserving of such cordiality, so I can't blame the Clintons for ignoring him. -- Scjessey (talk) 16:51, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

While rude it is not noteworthy and I do not see it having a place in any article at the moment. PackMecEng (talk) 17:01, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

"Not gonna do it." [1] O3000 (talk) 17:04, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Rudely refusing to shake hands? Gosh, is my eyesight failing me?? Gandydancer (talk) 17:26, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

• Sauce? "I saw it" doesn't count. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:29, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Sources are easy.[2][3] But again I do not think it is particularly noteworthy from any angle. PackMecEng (talk) 17:36, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

• Seems a relatively small trivia du jour. Wait a couple days and see if any further WEIGHT develops. Cheers Markbassett (talk) 23:28, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

  Surely you jest. WP:WEIGHT has its limits, and I would vigorously oppose such content even if the entire effing media world talked about nothing but this for weeks. I'm astounded anybody took the time to write a serious response here. Anyway, Trump was a passive actor here, so this is the wrong article. Bill Clinton wouldn't make eye contact or shake hands, AND Hillary Clinton wouldn't make eye contact or shake hands. If Wikipedia claims to be neutral this MUST BE REPORTED!! </sarcasm> ―Mandruss ☎ 00:33, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

IMO none of this NOTNEWS gossip (of which there is a lot more: gasp! He and Melania didn't recite the creed or sing the hymns![4][5] ) belongs in this biography article anywhere on Wikipedia. Like the Doc said. -- MelanieN (talk) 01:16, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

User:MelanieN, User:Mandruss - oh, I’m fairly serious about ‘wait a few days and see what WEIGHT’ being my common response whenever yet another flap du jour occurs, because they do occur, and I can either argue my view of trivial NOTDIARY with editors who proclaim its important and will affect things or I can point at TOOSOON and WEIGHT and letting events show which it is, which seems more polite a response and policy, plus NOTNEWS used for the ‘does not need to be in WP the same day’, and ‘this seems more for the Presidency article than his BLP’. (But events have surprised me before ... for example, the birthright removal mention seemed a onetime oops or just him trolling the opposition, but the topic persisted.) So while I think this is trivia, I’m serious about the policy being “we’ll see” even if that sounds link my Mums euphemism for no. Cheers Markbassett (talk) 16:15, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

If any of this turned into a HUGE issue and was still being talked about by multiple sources in a week, I agree I would have to rethink my opinion. IMO that isn't going to happen, but I've been wrong before. -- MelanieN (talk) 17:05, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

• Hmm I don't think any of this belongs anywhere on Wikipedia. Drmies (talk) 01:17, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
• If we had an entire article dedicated to the George W. Bush funeral alone and nothing else, this might warrant a sentence somewhere in it; but it's extremely WP:UNDUE for his personal article. Where would we even put it? --Aquillion (talk) 08:04, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

  Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush does exist. Galobtter (pingó mió) 08:08, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

I agree with the user above, what is trying to be added to this page does not serve any purpose to the page itself. Talking about how Trump was seen at someone else's funeral is something that should be on a personal page on its own. The Clintons refusing to shake hands and refuse eye contact could only be something that the media is trying to blow up, it is hard to look at these issues especially when it has been proven that different media sources portray Trump in differnt ways. I am sure we will be hearing more about this as a story so I agree with the statemtn above that we should wait on it before any other developments. ((User:Jacklg))

• Let's not engage in Kremlinology here. power~enwiki (π, ν) 19:10, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Suggested additions to head

-"Trump's foreign policy has been described as unilateralist and interventionist, drawing the United States closer to Saudi Arabia and Israel."

-"Trump repealed environmental protections and/or regulations intended to address anthropogenic climate change such as the Clean Power Plan and withdrew from the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation."

-Add Michael Cohen's and federal prosecutors allegation that Trump committed multiple felonies.

This is partially taken from Presidency of Donald Trump, but I felt they should be added here. ZiplineWhy (talk) 02:34, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestions. About the first two: Before we can add these things to the lead section they have to be spelled out in the article, with sources. Are they? About the last: I noticed that you added the claim about him committing felonies to the Presidency article lead, but I removed it. Cohen did not say that in those words, and the federal prosecutors quoted in your source are nowhere near strong enough evidence to accuse a person, in his biography, of committing felonies. -- MelanieN (talk) 02:44, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

User:ZiplineWhy Not here. These seem too remote for BLP. The BLP lead identifies highlight major events of life, so withdrawal from Paris Agreement is fine and already there, but the rest is non-events getting into too long and vague narration. Feels a bit WP:OFFTOPIC for here, would be better suited to Presidency article. p.s. I see Rep. Lieu allege two felonies for the hush money, and Cohens lawyer Lanny Davis also said so for the same events. Should say “two” wherever for that. Cheers Markbassett (talk) 01:49, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

I'm completely new here but I decided to take a look because my coworker told me there are all these Trump defenders trying to keep all the felony news stuff out of the article and it's lead section. SUrprisngly he was right. The presidency is Trump's most significant event in his life, and the current latest news about his possible felonies and impeachment are an important counter-weight. The article right now, gives the most credence to the idea that Mueller is on a "witch hunt." I don't pretend to understand how Wikipedia policy works, but surely we are commiting a journalistic malpractice here. PunxtawneyPickle (talk) 02:11, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

"Felony news stuff" and crystal-balling about possible impeachment isn't going to make it. Stick to well-sourced facts and maybe there's a chance of representing what's going on. You'll still have to fight the defenders who believe Mueller is on a witch hunt, but at least there might be a chance. Dicklyon (talk) 02:23, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

"Prosecutors Say Trump Directed Illegal Payments During Campaign" [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/nyregion/michael-cohen-sentence.html

] PunxtawneyPickle (talk) 03:08, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Individual 1?

FYI, there's currently a redirection discussion here concerning what to do about the term Individual-1. At present, we have no explanation of the rationale for using this designation in legal circles. It seems like a properly-sourced sentence or two somewhere in this article would help. Thoughts? jxm (talk) 20:03, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Seems a bad idea ... a procedural trivia not good thing to make a redirect for, and a search would otherwise find instances without that. It’s likely just SOP practice to number people testified on, so many other cases would have a different meaning of “individual 1”. Cheers Markbassett (talk) 03:52, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, but no other people get covered so much as "Individual 1". In fact, this has become so widely covered we really should mention it in the article:

"Manafort, Cohen, and Individual 1 Are in Grave Danger" [6]

"The utterly lawless ‘Individual-1’" [7]

"Individual-1' memes are everywhere after 'substantial' prison time suggested for Cohen" [8]

"The walls are closing in on ‘individual #1’" [9]

"Prosecutors: Cohen committed crimes at the direction of ‘Individual-1’ aka Trump" [10]

"President ‘Individual-1’ Trump Hasn’t A Clue, But Twitter Wits Aim to School Him" [11]

"Trump, 'Individual 1,' is newly cast as center of special counsel's probe" [12]

And so on and so forth. Come on. I know, that you know, how to use google. So just type "Individual 1" into that search bar and let me know if someone OTHER THAN Trump, from all these "many other cases" pops up.Volunteer Marek (talk) 04:09, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

I'm dubious that a redirect would be necessary, but I think we could probably slip in a parenthetical aside somewhere in the special prosecutor section if necessary, eg. when talking about the legal documents. I suppose I can see it adding something in terms of someone coming her wondering why people keep referring to Trump as "individual 1". I wouldn't give it any more than a single mention of eg. "Trump, referred to as Individual 1 in these filings..." when discussing the court filings in question, though. --Aquillion (talk) 08:01, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Disinformation

A new article from Glenn Kessler (of The Washington Post's The Fact Checker) says that on at least 14 occasions Trump has made "a deliberate effort to replace the truth with his own, far more favorable, version of it" and has thereby effectively engaged in disinformation. This seems like a very significant conclusion coming from a very reliable and prominent source, worthy of inclusion here in my view. Discuss. R2 (bleep) 18:17, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Possibly. I see that several other reliable sources have taken notice of the article. I wonder how long it will be before someone creates the redirect Bottomless Pinocchio.18:24, 10 December 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrX (talk • contribs)

isn't that just his opinion עם ישראל חי (talk) 18:35, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

no - MrX 🖋 18:41, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

yes, an opinion piece and/or his personal analysis summary. In other words, not something open for others to verify. An example of why that site is not strictly a "Fact Check". Cheers Markbassett (talk) 20:51, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

No, it's not an "opinion" piece. In fact, it prominently says "Analysis" at the top and "interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events". Toodles.- MrX 🖋 21:25, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

• Not really seeing how, where, or why we would add this to this article? Seems basically already covered by what is in there now. PackMecEng (talk) 18:47, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

There's a big difference between disinformation and false statements (misinformation). R2 (bleep) 19:08, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Eh, largely seems like semantics. PackMecEng (talk) 19:10, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

No offense but that's an extremely ignorant statement. I'd suggest you read a John Le Carre novel or two, or talk to anyone in the intelligence community. R2 (bleep) 19:38, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Ha, sure thing But seriously, in this situation they are equivalent enough to not make a notable difference between the two. PackMecEng (talk) 19:40, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Absolutely. It's even more significant than a source of this caliber saying Trump lied. We're talking about systematic lies here. "Disinformation" is translation of a Russian word and is historically closely tied to Soviet propaganda programs. The fact that Glenn Kessler would be dropping the d-bomb is highly significant. The "bottomless pinocchio" thing is already receiving substantial media attention. R2 (bleep) 19:47, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

I think you need a new foil hat. PackMecEng (talk) 19:50, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Ha ha the intelligence community is known as spooks, not kooks. You need to read up. R2 (bleep) 19:57, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Been there done that, I'm good thanks. PackMecEng (talk) 20:01, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

User:PackMecEng There is a difference between Disinformation and Misinformation, and dismediation and so forth. WP went thru the flavors repeatedly in discussions for the label 'false'. Kessler is incorrectly using the term for where Trump said the same thing repeatedly and its something he criticizes. Most politicians would call that "staying on message" or "the spin", others might call it stable beliefs (however misguided they might be) -- buy Kessler decided to call them misinformation. Cheers Markbassett (talk) 21:07, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

I've reverted Soibangla's addition here of the term the Bottomless Pinocchio, and object to any re-addition without clear consensus. I feel it's clearly not important enough to include here. power~enwiki (π, ν) 19:42, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

It's a pretty stunning revelation, although not a surprising one. May I ask what would convince you that it should be added? - MrX 🖋 19:46, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

As long as the entirety of the story is "man with newspaper column invents new word for 'liar'" and nothing else, there is literally nothing (apart from an RFC that demonstrates consensus otherwise) that will cause me to support including this. If something relevant to Trump happens as a result, I'd reconsider. power~enwiki (π, ν) 19:51, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

That WaPo found a need to create a new category suggests DUEness. O3000 (talk) 19:53, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

It's not a column. It's been edited and has the reputational backing of the Washington Post behind it. The Fact Checker has crack research team behind it and is about as reliable as it comes. R2 (bleep) 19:54, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

I am going to dig in my heels here. This is trivia that certainly shouldn't be in this article; it should be in Veracity of statements by Donald Trump. We don't mention "Drumpf" here, we don't use the word "liar" in the article, there's no conceivable argument that will convince me based on the current information. This is the Post inventing a term of its own accord, it's not "covering" any event that has happened. They do not even claim that the term "Bottomless Pinocchio" is the product of research; they simply invented it. power~enwiki (π, ν) 19:58, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

The noteworthy fact is not the novel name "Bottomless Pinocchio". It's that Trump has apparently plumbed new lows in the extent and brazenness of his lying.- MrX 🖋 20:59, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

• User:Ahrtoodeetoo Don't be silly. (There really needs to be a 48 hour waiting period to stop just pasting whatever is on their feeds that morning.) Obviously a single-source opinion piece from Kessler does not merit a mention. Both not DUE without being prominently covered by numerous secondary sources and response from alternatives and President Trump, and OFFTOPIC since it lacks BLP significance of having been a Trump life choice or having made an enduring impact his life. It obviously has nothing like the significance of a single report from Mueller for example. Cheers Markbassett (talk) 21:18, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

You want additional reliable secondary sources? Here are some that have come out already: [13][14][15][16][17] (But obviously I'm being silly... Silly stupid droid, you really need to pipe down for 48 hours.) R2 (bleep) 21:38, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

how is it a secondary source if all it does is reference the original source עם ישראל חי (talk) 22:14, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I don't understand. They're all secondary sources, including the original Washington Post piece. They're talking about Trump's statements. I offered those links because Markbassett said we only have one source so we doesn't have enough media coverage to merit inclusion. No, we have at least 6 media outlets that have decided the subject is significant enough to publish on it. And that's just in the few hours since the Washington Post piece was published. R2 (bleep) 22:22, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

no you have 5 media outlets linking to a 6th who decided to call those statement disinformation עם ישראל חי (talk) 22:37, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

I just accidentally bumped into this. I'm currently debating the same thing, so here's my opinion. A secondary source is perfectly legal to put only a quote from the primary source. By doing this it is interpreting the primary source, since we can expect that this being a secondary source , it would provide additional explanation if the quote from the primary source is misleading in any way. I didn't read the matter that is being discussed so I'm not taking anyones side on this.Bilseric (talk) 22:34, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

You guys no one is proposing adding any content based on primary sources. We're talking about adding content about Trump, citing a Washington Post article and/or any of the myriad other news articles that have been or will be published on the subject. The Washington Post article is not a primary source any more than any other newspaper article, either under our guidelines or under standard usage of the term. It is not an original material close to an event, it is not an account written by someone who was directly involved, it is not an insider's view of Trump's statements. We can decide to include in-text attribution if we wish, but that wouldn't magically transform an edited news article into a primary source. AmYisroelChai, I don't understand why you think a source somehow stops being a secondary source as soon as it references another source, or why it even matters. R2 (bleep) 22:46, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

The use of the new rating "bottomless Pinnichio" by a single fact-checker is not in itself significant enough to warrant a mention on the article, regardless of whether other news outlets consider the adoption of said rating by that single fact-checker to be newsworthy. This belongs on Veracity of statements by Donald Trump. --Hyperinsomniac (talk) 00:51, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

I didn't suggest that we refer to bottomless Pinocchios, which don't think would be the appropriate emphasis for Trump's biography. We can draw from the source without referring to bottomless Pinocchios. That's why I highlighted certain language from the source that I thought was more significant. R2 (bleep) 01:12, 11 December 2018 (UTC)