Talk:Corrine Brown/Archive 1

3rd District is majority African American

According to wikipedia's own page on it, Florida's 3rd Congressional district is a majority (or, rather, plurality African American district (49.3%). On Rep Brown's page, is said she won a "white majority district" in 1996 -- the current white population of fl-3 is 38.4%. It was not, in 1996, nor is it now a "white majority district."

I would change this, but don't have a wiki account. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.153.234.233 (talk) 03:31, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Spy Prank

So when Congresswoman Brown's own hometown newspaper acknowledges that Ms. Brown fell for Spy's well-known Freedonia prank, it isn't good enough resourcing for Wikipedia? Tsk Tsk. That's not editing, that's censorship. How fortunate for Ms. Brown that the Spy article isn't online or you'd have to let her shine in her own glory. 05:02, 14 November 2006 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.145.254.109 (talk • contribs)

WP:RS and WP:V do not require a source to be online in order for it to be used to support text in a wikipedia article. On the other hand, WP:BLP puts special requirements on the inclusion of any negative information about a living person. John Broughton | Talk 17:23, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

The source you gave was not an article, it was an editorial. This is not a particularly reliable source. On top of this, the prank is years old and not particularly encyclopic or important. Including it would give undue weight to a mundane incident. --Cúchullain ^t/c 22:18, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry but a hometown newspaper IS a reliable source. The existence of the prank is a fact stated within an editorial, not an opinion. You do understand the difference, right? Just like your decision that the prank is "old" is fact, while that it is "not important" is merely your opinion. 01:29, 15 November 2006 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.161.63.27 (talk • contribs)