Talk:John Spratt

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Hometown

I edited the article to reflect that York, South Carolina, is Spratt's hometown. There is nothing to suggest he lived anywhere else in York County. --Chuchunezumi 04:51, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

I added an infobox. I also added one of Spratt's official portraits to the page, from his official Congressional website. --Chuchunezumi 05:40, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Biography

I revised his basic biography to include committee assignments, a basic description of the district, and to follow format similar to other, more refined Congressional pages. Any deletions will be added as the article is expanded, or are already elsewhere (e.g., the fact he was born in Charlotte). --Chuchunezumi 06:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Democratic Leadership Position

I noticed that there is no article for the Assistant to the Democratic Leader, so I included the official description from the democratic party. Until a page is written for this office, is seems fitting to include the description in Spratt's biography. --Chuchunezumi 06:59, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is he still a member of the leadership? Someone updated "Democratic Leader" to "Speaker" in the sentence in the opening paragraph, but the link is outdated and there's no reference to a leadership position on Spratt's current Web page. It's unclear to me whether he still holds the official position of "Assistant" to Pelosi now that he's Chair of Budget.JTRH 13:18, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sections

I divided the article into topics headings, and edited them for style and content. --Chuchunezumi 08:40, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Politics

I can find no place in which Rep. Spratt issues sweeping general pronouncements about same sex marriage, Iraq, or stem cell research. Regardless of the place of his beliefs in the spectrums of these issues, I think that it is irresponsible and an oversimplification to say simply "he opposes Embryonic stem cell research, same-sex marriage, supports the war in Iraq and overhauling the tax code." I think that this needs to be cited heavily to appear in this article, and so I am removing it, unless someone else has an argument. I will attempt to research these issues for a definate position, but voting records alone are not enough to prove that someone actually believes something. I think actual quotations from the media and/or speeches from the Congressional Record would be necessary to bolster these statements. --Chuchunezumi 09:14, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Potential Collaborative Project

I would love to talk with anyone else interested in a collaborative project on York County. I will be revising and expanding all articles on the South Carolina legislative delegation, but I would love to find others to assist in focusing on York County specifically. Please respond through my talk page if interested. Cheers! --Chuchunezumi 06:48, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Planned Additions

I am planning to add quotations, citations, and additional external links. --Chuchunezumi 10:24, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I also plan to add information on his service as York County's attorney. The politics section should be expanded to include subheadings. --Chuchunezumi 10:28, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion of the Emanuel campaign ads should be added. --Chuchunezumi 11:40, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

sprattpelosihoyer.jpg uploaded for use on page. --Chuchunezumi 02:40, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Someone decided to change the article to say that Spratt had already lost the election. How brilliant and subtle. I reverted. Please note that I do patrol this page daily, and I won't hesitate to report someone for vandalism. --Chuchunezumi 06:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Revert of 12/24

The section added fails the NPOV test being clearly biased. It isn't appropriate in that place in the article, and per Wikipedia policy, must be removed because it is unreferenced statements about a living person. Furthermore, it is inappropriate for an editor to remove statements that are clearly researched and cited and replace them with ones based on opinion and original research. Hence, I have reverted to the previous edition. Cheers! Chuchunezumi 00:01, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Revert of 12/27

This rating by the US Chamber of Commerce isn't accurate. Spratt received a 52% rating according to the reference, and there is no letter grade mentioned. Please stop adding things that are nonsequitur (the US CoC rating has nothing to do with the paragraph) and obviously attempting to insert bias into the article. I am reverting to the previous edition. Chuchunezumi 00:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Infobox photograph

Since Spratt's passing, I'm wondering where consensus falls re: the appropriate image for the infobox. I propose that the image currently sitting in the body might be better -- an older congressional photo, but it is more clear, and likely more in the middle of his time in office; at least something with a bit more light/a little more up close feels like it might be a good idea.

Portraits of John Spratt on Commons
Option 1 (unknown year, from his official congressional site per commons)
Option 2 (current image, official portrait)
Option 3 (official portrait c. 2009)

The con I have w/ option 1 is that it's in black and white, but I lean towards using it? ~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 19:20, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]