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== RFC about abridgement of material merged from Flag display controversy article per AfD == | |||
*]: 27 October 2005 – 13 January 2006 | |||
*]: 13 January 2006 – 3 February 2006 | |||
{{Archive top|status=|result=Non-functional discussion started erroneously as an RfC to discuss what to do with a block of text added all at once, but an RfC is not equipped to deal with that and can not produce an actionable consensus. Discuss specific and incremental changes. See also ] (ANI).—] 11:03, 5 July 2024 (UTC)}} | |||
In a recent AfD (]), the outcome was to merge that article into this article. I performed the merge, only to have another editor, unaware of the AFD decision, revert the entire merge. This material has been restored per the AfD decision. Since its inclusion may be controversial, I've opened this RFC to determine: | |||
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'''Should the merged material be abridged, and if so, how much?''' ] (]) 10:42, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
==Confirmation votes== | |||
:Merge discussions are ]. I also see no indication that ] has been exhausted. Please do not jump straight for a full-blown thirty-day formal RfC unless you can justify it - RfC is a process of last resort. --] 🌹 (]) 17:04, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Shouldn't the confirmation vote record be on the ] page? ] 16:16, 2 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
::{{ping|Redrose64}} Thanks for your unsolicited advice. Obviously, I believe the RfC is justified, but I don't have to prove that to you. Thanks! ] (]) 19:22, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::{{replyto|Skyerise}} I object to that remark. {{diff|Talk:Samuel Alito|prev|1228642585|You added}} the {{tlx|rfc}} tag, and an RfC is an open invitation for ''anybody'' to comment. You cannot debar anybody, except on the grounds of ]. So far from being "unsolicited", I was very much solicited, as was everybody else. If you don't want people like me to come here, you should think very carefully before reaching for RfC. --] 🌹 (]) 15:42, 13 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::You are of course perfectly right. Thanks for noting your position. ] (]) 15:58, 13 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:'''I would remove most redundant content (i.e. sentences stated multiple times), but otherwise include all the information.''' Samuel Alito is a highly notable subject, and his wife (at the center of the controversy) doesn't have her own article. I support including three photos: the upside-down flag, the Pine Tree flag, and the letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. | |||
:I would support creating an article and adding a photo for Martha-Ann Alito, as the flag display controversy and being married to Samuel Alito meets ]. ] (]) 17:36, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Skyerise, you are edit warring to include content as though a consensus to merge at AfD means "the whole article must be copy/pasted". That's not what it means. It means "instead of having a stand-alone article, we will cover the subject as part of this other article". In what way the merge target should incorporate the merged content is outside the scope of AfD and down to standard editorial process. We don't need an RfC for that. — <samp>] <sup style="font-size:80%;">]</sup></samp> \\ 19:03, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::{{ping|Rhododendrites}} please don't make false accusations. I merged the material and reverted once. That is not edit warring. I thought the issue needed input from the broader community, which is my judgement call which I have every right to make. I haven't edited either article prior to the merge, and as you can see, I have not voted myself. So please ] and don't ]. Thanks! ] (]) 19:20, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::When you make a big change, someone undoes it, and you just go ahead and do it again, that's edit warring. Doesn't mean you violated 3RR; it just means you should've opened a discussion section ''instead'' of reverting (]). — <samp>] <sup style="font-size:80%;">]</sup></samp> \\ 19:26, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::{{ping|Rhododendrites}} BRD is an essay. It is not binding. Even controversial articles allow 1RR. ] (]) 19:27, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::], if any one has been ], its been you. You misrepresented both my original comment in your reversion , assumed I was against consensus and didn't read the original AfD, and you threatened to petition admins for any view otherwise: "{{tq|You are editing a controversial topic, and if you reverse an AFD-required merge again, I will pursue admin action to enforce the merge as decided.}}" . It goes without saying that the assumptions you made were wrong, and your enforcing the merge "as decided" has been anything but that. You beginning an RfC without giving any attention to ] and edit-warring your preferred interpretation has made things more complicated. ] (]) 19:39, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::{{ping|GuardianH}} if you think a single revert justifies calling another editor an edit warrior, then please report me. ] (]) 19:41, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Misrepresenting a comment, not ], being ] , prematurely calling an obviously faulty RfC on those wrong assumptions, then threatening to call admins when a view genuinely contradicts your own? | |||
::::::News flash: you don't need to cross 3RR to edit combatively and in bad-faith. It's hard to believe that after all that you've decided to warn everyone not to ] when you've been doing it plenty. ] (]) 19:50, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Oh my. You really should ]. You're veering into ]. Have I attacked you? ] (]) 19:51, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::What we've all been saying is that you have ] in this RfC. You could help spot-check the sources to contribute to condensing the import, and there ''is'' quite a bit of that still to do — condensing. ] (]) 20:06, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::Great. Perhaps work on that in your sandbox and make a proposal? ] (]) 20:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::My sandbox is chock-full. If you would still like to know, yes, your comments did come across as ] and ]... and I ''did'' read the AfD! I haven't gotten to explaining my comment after your swift revert and the subsequent rigamarole yet. ] (]) 20:13, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::Well, I'm sure that the responses to the RfC from editors who aren't here just to shoot the messenger will get it sorted out over time. No need to bother yourself over it. The controversy tags at the top of the page says "be bold, but not reckless". I thought your edit was reckless. It's six to one, half a dozen to the other whether your removal or my revert was the more reckless of the two edits. ] (]) 20:20, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:{{od}} | |||
::* '''Faulty RfC.''' For the reasons laid out already by ] in this thread, namely the lack of ] taken in doing it. Having to need to condense material from the original article as opposed to wholly pasting it in — as is — is already a given in a section of this length. ] (]) 20:43, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::*:So what is your specific suggestion then? What should be condensed? ] (]) 22:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::*::Each of the subsections — ''Alexandria residence'', Long Beach Island residence, Alito's response, Democratic response, Republican response, and Legal response — should be condensed into ''Flag display controversy''. There isn't much solid ground for keeping the bulk of any of the ''Democratic response'', ''Republican response'', or ''Legal response'' sections, since a lot of it just catalogs quotes or very individual opinions. ] lays out what should be kept and omitted for a long-term purpose. ] (]) 19:53, 24 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::*:::I disagree. All those sections are relevant. The media responses weren't, but they have already been removed. Opinions of current members of Congress and legal experts are definitely relevant. ] (]) 19:56, 24 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::*::::Relevance has a limit. senator opined, professor opined, political commentator opined — these all need to have demonstrated, crucial importance to the subject, rather than being just something said by a political advocacy group or by a political commentator. ''Responses'' do not stretch from here to infinity. ] (]) 20:36, 24 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::*:::::I have no idea what you're on about: there are of course a finite number of responses. ] (]) 21:17, 24 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::*::::::The opinions are excessive. We have a multitude of individual opinions by a myriad of senators, congressmen, political advocacy groups — these need to be condensed. We don't ] opinions, and we don't catalog political advertisements, both of which are in the section. ] (]) 21:47, 24 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::*:::::::That would only be the case if the opinion were irrelevant. I'm happy to entertain the possibility that one or another opinion lacks relevance and could be omitted. Which ones specifically would you say lack relevance? And if you don't mind, provide an argument as to why that particular opinion is less relevant than the others. ] (]) 22:09, 24 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::*::::::::{{tq|That would only be the case if the opinion were irrelevant.}} — Not at all. Every editor knows that relevance does not equal inclusion. There are thousands of opinions "relevant," but only a few can we include and be ]. This copy/paste mentality has never been accepted, especially when there was a consensus to merge the material. ] (]) 23:20, 24 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::*:::::::::The opinions of active elected officials in the legislative and executive branches of government are always relevant with respect to criticism (or praise for that matter) of those appointed to the judicial branch. Especially those on the Judiciary Commnittee. You seem to simply want to remove the whole thing without the effort of justifying doing so but rather by Wikilawyering. But perhaps Pence's comment should be removed, as he is not currently an active member of government. ] (]) 23:50, 24 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
There was never a consensus at this page to merge all of the content in. Per BRD, it should be removed and proposed. Arguments like "there's an RfC" and "there's no consensus" are absurd when there was no consensus to include the material to begin with. (And before you say "there was at afd", no, that's a consensus to merge. Merge can be a single sentence if need be -- not a full copy paste. There have been two objections, one "include but trim" and Skyerise alone wanting to include the whole lump. — <samp>] <sup style="font-size:80%;">]</sup></samp> \\ 00:02, 25 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
'''Agree''' none of the other SCOTUS Justice pages have this level of detail. --] 16:32, 2 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
:That's simply not true, {{u|JohnAdams1800}} supported inclusion of the material early in the RfC. He didn't support trimming, only removing repetitions. And another editor went through and did that already. ] (]) 00:06, 25 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::I supported inclusion of the Alito flag display controversy, and uploaded Alito's letter to Senators Durbin and Whitehouse. | |||
::I also support '''creating''' an article for Martha-Ann Alito, who Samuel Alito and Lauren Windsor have confirmed was the one displaying the flags. Being married to a SCOTUS justice and being involved in a nationally covered controversy qualify for ]. ] (]) 00:10, 25 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
{{od}} | |||
::{{tq|Being married to a SCOTUS justice}}... Okay, no. And we have a policy forbidding that at ]. Relationships do not confer notability. | |||
::Skyerise has so far been doing things backwards. One of the things merging entails is a condensation of the material, which, after resisting that, then the whole process of ] was bypassed so a faulty one could be initiated. What we are left with to discuss is now over the product of those. | |||
::The listing of individual opinions by multiple different isn't ] for inclusion, and is an unnecessary lengthening of the section — maybe it was due when the original page for the controversy was made, but now that were here at the main page, it isn't anymore. There are always a myriad of statements by politician, and articles are never meant to be a catalog of those, especially in light of ]. ] (]) 00:26, 25 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::I think it would be more productive if you started discussing rather than repeatedly Wikilawyering. "Dueness" is determined by consensus, not by you. So make some arguments why some specific statement is undue so we can evaluate your argument. ] (]) 09:08, 25 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::{{tq| I think it would be more productive if you started discussing rather than repeatedly Wikilawyering}} — You've been the only one wikilawyering here. You have literally threatened administrator action if the copy and paste was not kept: . The ] personal attack is plainly unacceptable. | |||
::::Rhododendrites has already pointed out that merges do not necessitate keeping the totality of a merged article, and that is obviously true. I proposed that each of the subsections be condensed into the main ''Flag display controversy'' section, which you flatly rejected, because "{{tq|All those sections are relevant.}}" I don't know how you expect us to continue to make "{{tq|some specific statement}}" (we have, already) when you are not only in favor of a blanket protection of the section, but also have vague, contradictory views on the material that you just change at will. You said every section was relevant, but then proceeded to remove some select "{{tq|less relevant details}}" and some out of "{{tq|tentatively thinking}}" — no editor can follow those. ] (]) 20:25, 25 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Wah, wah! Editors appear to be pretty much equally divided between 'keep it all' and 'delete it all'. If you won't discuss, don't waste my time. I am not threatening anything. I started a ''valid'' RfC for reasons I consider ''valid'' as well. I have allowed material to be removed, and have removed some myself. If you think something else should be removed, explain what and why. That's what normally happens in an RfC, and this one has 17 days left to run. There's no consensus here, just slow progress. Perhaps other editors will join in an swing things more one way or the other. I don't care which, but the consensus should be clear. Right now it is not. ] (]) 20:32, 25 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::If it helps to reach a consensus, my personal opinion is that the Democratic and Republican response sections are not relevant enough because the sentence "Reactions have been mixed, with most Democrats condemning Alito and most Republicans defending him" says almost everything that needs to be said about the matter (''almost''; I think the resolution to censure Alito and the letter requesting his recusal are relevant enough because they go a little beyond "X says Y is wrong"). I would keep everything else, including the legal response section because the expert opinion is more relevant than the political talking points. ] (]) 09:06, 26 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:A merge does not mean you just copy and paste the entire article verbatim into another one. This is extremely poor editing and ends up making the article worse. It is a common problem with AFDs that close merge. Trim and trim hard. ] ] 18:13, 2 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
::{{ping|Aircorn}} An RfC is in progress. Around half the editors responding believe that most of the material should be kept. Please wait until the RfC concludes and is closed before changing the portion of the article covered by this RfC. ] (]) 22:50, 3 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::"{{tq|Around half the editors responding believe that most of the material should be kept}}" — This is misleading. This RfC was on ''trimming'' the section, and a majority of editors believe in ''trimming'', despite your view that everything should be kept on the basis of relevance. Aircorn is giving a contribution to the RfC and is right to say: {{tq|Trim and trim hard}}. ] (]) 03:16, 4 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Yes, but no editor a right to remove the material until a neutral, uninvolved closer comes and evaluates the balance of opinion and determines the consensus of this RfC. Only then does that consensus get implemented. And if it is more or less equally split, that uninvolved editor has the right to extend the RfC for another 30 days until the consensus become more clear. But you know that already, right? ] (]) 11:02, 4 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::We all know that. I don't know why you're choosing to repeat the platitude of "RfCs should be unbiased" when that ]. Air''corn'' is an uninvolved, neutral editor, even if that goes against your view. ] (]) 18:24, 4 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::The RFC seem to be an RFC in title only. Can't find it at ] for example and it lacks the usual notices at the top. Why one is needed for a merge conclusion is unclear anyway and has already been raised. It is quite clearly undue and if a discussion was going to be had it should have been done before the entire article was merged into this. Another week won't make much difference I suppose, but if anyone wants to implement a trim then they are welcome to . ] ] 20:08, 4 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::I opened it as and RFC and it was assigned an ID. Some editor removed it and they will be reported as soon as I step through and figure out who dunnit. That's simply NOT COOL. ] (]) 21:32, 4 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Admin ] removed it, as for the many problems that has validly pointed out regarding this RfC you've initiated. Those commenting on the report you have filed against Redrose64 on ] unanimously agree that this RfC is faulty, and they have also pointed out your bad-faith, personal attacks, and castering aspersions there. So from the looks of it, Redrose was justified. ] (]) 01:47, 5 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::None of which means that an RfC isn't necessary in this particular case now that it has been established that there are widely divergent positions and repeated lack of respect for the editors arguing for more inclusion above. ] (]) 02:04, 5 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
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== Italian-American? == | |||
None of the othe SCOTUS judges have been so strongly opposed by half the Senate. ] | |||
The article refers to Mr Alito as an Italian-American yet he was born in Trenton, New Jersey. How does that make him an Italian-anything? I have ancestry in Denmark, UK, Canada and Germany - what does that make me? ] (]) 02:33, 29 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:False. ] was confirmed by a closer margin: 52-48. ] 22:59, 2 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
:Alito's father was an immigrant from Italy. His mother's parents were immigrants from Italy. He fully meets any reasonable definition of an ]. You are, like me, of mixed ancestry. ] (]) 02:39, 29 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
:*(After edit conflict) Actually, Clarence Thomas was confirmed by a smaller margin. ]\<sup>]</sup> 23:47, 2 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
::What's the basis for saying that Alito can claim to be "Italian-American" by virtue of the fact that his parents were once citizens of Italy? How does that work? What are the laws in the U.S.A. that bear down differently on a U.S. citizen whose parents were Italian vs. other U.S. citizens? What taxes does he pay, or does he claim exemption from, because of his Italian ancestry? Look, there are people who fall in the cracks somewhere so that it's actually legal for them to carry both a U.S. and an Italian passport, and their right to live at whim in either country cannot be disputed. But Alito, so far as we know, isn't one of them. So, not only is he not Italian-American, he's not Italian. A citizen's ancestry has no bearing on the nature of their citizenship except in very unusual cases.] (]) 12:05, 30 June 2024 (UTC)Christopher Lawrence Simpson | |||
'''Agree''' -- remove that info from this page - uneccesary duplication of info found at ] ]\<sup>]</sup> 23:47, 2 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
:::] is common usage for Americans of Italian descent ("Italian Americans are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry"). The article doesn't make any of the strawman claims you gratuitously object to. ] (]) 12:41, 30 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
'''Mild Dissagree''' - We should keep it on, and add the other votes to the other Justice's pages. ]]Zach 21:04, 3 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
==This sentence is not right== | |||
'''Mildly Disagree''' about '''Mild Dissagree''' Who is going to go back and research the voting for the other 110 Justices? (Hint, this can't be done using the Internet). And, what possible use would such information be? --] 23:08, 3 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
As I type this, this article contains the text "after psychiatrists found she may have suffered from schizophrenia, with up to four distinct personalities". Ummm, did she have schizophrenia, or did she have multiple personalities? These are two entirely different mental illnesses. Read YOUR OWN ARTICLE on Shizophrenia", Misplaced Pages, and then read YOUR OWN disambiguation-page for "Multiple Personality".] (]) 12:05, 30 June 2024 (UTC)Christopher Lawrence Simpson | |||
:It appears that language follows what is written in the : | |||
===Disussion about Votes=== | |||
:"Judge Nicholas Politan delivered the verdict against Judy G. Russell, 38, after Justice Department lawyers presented psychiatric reports stating that she is severely disturbed and a possible schizophrenic with as many as four distinct personalities." | |||
:Which by the way, the <i>Washington Post</i> source article title in that citation is written in ALL CAPS and should probably be formatted differently. | |||
:If there is another relevant source that offers clarification on the psychiatric diagnosis, that could of course be included in the article as well. ] (]) 15:31, 30 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Flag thing and ] == | |||
I'm just saying we should start now, as well as complete the votes for the other eight standing justices, not all 110! ]]Zach 23:20, 3 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
==96th== | |||
The article says that he is the 96th assoc. justice. That seems correct (110 justices - chief justices who weren't promoted), but we need a ref. Can anyone find one? ]] 23:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
{{ping|Skyerise}} Too much space was devoted to and too much detailing afforded to the flag happenings. I have restored ]'s trim, as a temporary solution, since the encyclopedia can't tolerate an ongoing ] problem while editors sort out which exact words and how many to use to work something out. There are probably various improvements to be made to this section, but I would probably oppose any suggestions to significantly expand the section. Improvements can be made without expanding it much. —] 11:14, 5 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
I can get one in about a minute (i work at cnn!) ]]Zach 23:40, 3 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
*Pinging other editors who may have expressed an interest in this content elsewhere on this talk page. {{ping|JohnAdams1800|Rhododendrites|GuardianH|LahmacunKebab}} Your thoughts on what this content needs to become excellent are welcome.—] 11:18, 5 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
:'''Support''' creating an article for Martha-Ann Alito, who has been confirmed by Samuel Alito and herself (in Lauren Windsor's recording) to be the one flying the flags, and moving most of the content to that article. There's a page for ], the wife of Clarence Thomas, and we can do the same for Martha Ann-Alito. ] (]) 14:53, 5 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
Not that good but here: | |||
::Do it in draftspace as a proof-of-concept and if the article about her is a good start, if she is ], then I might agree with removing something from this article in order for that to be included in a new article about her, but I will not agree to removing everything about the flags episode. —] 15:35, 5 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
:That ref says he's 110th, but doesn't say that he is the 96th associate justice. ]] 00:18, 4 February 2006 (UTC) It was ] who added the 96th fact. He has no user page or talk page. ]] 00:28, 4 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
:::I'll work on it over the next few days. This is the draft ]. Martha-Ann Alito is notable for being Samuel Alito's wife, including being at his confirmation--there are pictures of her in Misplaced Pages Commons--, and the flag display controversy. This article likely won't be long, but both Alito's confirmation and the flag display controversy should be adequate for ]. ] (]) 20:49, 5 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
I think the letter from Alito should be added back into the article, because it is his response to calls for recusal. | |||
==Tie breaking on cases already argued== | |||
Regarding these recent changes: | |||
Before:<blockquote>By joining the court mid-tern, Alito has not heard arguments for many cases which have yet to be decided. If there is a deadlock in pending cases, Alito may be asked to break the tie, and the cases would be reheard in the fall term. Alternatively, the tie could stand, and the decision of the court below would be affirmed, without creating precedent.</blockquote> | |||
After:<blockquote>By joining the court mid-term, Alito has not heard arguments for many cases which have yet to be decided. If there is a deadlock in pending cases, Alito may be asked to break the tie, the court could rehear the cases in the fall term, or the tie could stand and the decision of the court below would be affirmed.</blockquote> | |||
This does tighten things up, but it also changes the meaning. I'm not sure that Alito can vote on a case which was argued while he was not a member of the court? Although I haven't found a reference yet, my understanding is that he has to hear the arguments before he can vote on a case. Thus, if Alito is asked to break the tie, the case must be reheard. --] 20:08, 4 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
:He can't break the tie, I'm not sure where that came from. The court can vote without him, and if it is 4/4, then they can decide whether to leave it at that, in which case it's essentially the same effect as a cert. denied. In the alternative, they can decide to rehear the case, which means they start all over from the beginning with Alito instead of O'Connor. I do not know how many judges have to vote to rehear for a rehearing to take place. ] 20:15, 4 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
I still think it is slightly inaccurate. For one, I don't believe the court can force a rehearing on its own motion. What would have to happen is that the court announces their decision of a tie, which means the lower court's decision is affirmed. Then the losing party would move for a rehearing, which the court could grant and then Alito would be able to be involved in that hearing and the decision of the court. An even-split court's decision is not all that much of a rarity, it happens more often in the case where one justice will recuse themselves from the case, and the same rules apply. Of course, all of these "rules" are set by the court itself and could be changed by the court unless that change really upset Congress, but Congress usually lets the court handle its internal workings. ] 20:59, 4 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
:Wasn't Roe v. Wade reargued after a change in Court makeup and before issuing the decision? Isn't it possible for the court to ask for additional arguments on a case it hasn't decided, specifying the question it wanted argued? --] 21:04, 4 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
::I guess you're right, it does appear the court can vote to have a rehearing without a motion by one of the parties. I wonder if the rule of 4 is followed for that purpose? ] 21:17, 4 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/File:Letter_from_Justice_Alito_to_Senators_Durbin_and_Whitehouse.pdf | |||
:::I guess we won't know until (unless) it happens, which it most likly will. ]]Zach 21:18, 4 February 2006 (UTC) | |||
It is relevant to include, I'm not sure why this was cut. ] (]) 03:09, 7 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
==New Picture== | |||
Can anyone find a better picture of Justice Alito than the one at the top of his biography page? Maybe an offical portait as Chief Justice Roberts and the other assoc. justices have on their bio. pages? | |||
== Possible retirement == | |||
*No official image of Alito has been taken. As soon as the official picture is published, it will be added to the article.] 12:42, 13 March 2006 (UTC) | |||
Previously, Alito has suggested that if Donald Trump wins the 2024 election, he would strongly consider retiring. I wrote a sourced paragraph discussing exactly that. This edit was removed by GuardianH saying "none of the sources support that" even though they very clearly do, WP.SYNTH. I believe I have fixed the issue. If something else comes up regarding this issue, add to this topic page. ] (]) 02:15, 12 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060303/ids_photos_ts/r1145697098.jpg | |||
this is as close to a official scotus picture as possible thus far, should post it. | |||
:The ''Newsweek'' source you cited has nothing in it that supports "{{tq|he has privately said he would consider retiring from the court if Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election}}." All King writes in the article is repeating a CNN article that Alito "has reflected in private about retirement." ] (]) 05:27, 12 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
:'''Oppose''' inclusion because the 2024 election has not yet been held, and this is speculation. If Trump were to win, or Alito were to publicly comment on it, then we could include it. See ].] (]) 00:24, 5 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
I added the official Alito photo that came out today. It has a nice "old school" feel to it. Compare to the one from the ] article. Nice.] 06:13, 19 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
== this page feels POV to me == | |||
i'm not going to POV tag the whole page at this point, but this does *NOT* feel like a balanced page. it looks like it was intentionally written to hide the controversy over alito. if you had no idea who he was, you would *NOT* get a clear idea of how controversial he is or how conservative he is. there is no "controversy" section at all, as is usual for controversial topics, and in his section on his supreme court career, far more space is devoted to discussions of how he's "not like scalia", when an examination of his voting record would surely show for more votes with scalia than against him. i POV tagged the section for this reason. it also has questionable statements like "... hints at Alito's respectful attitude toward precedent", which sounds like press-release fodder. | |||
nb the article contains an error; hamdan v. rumsfeld was voted 5-3, not 5-4, as roberts did not vote. | |||
] 20:04, 28 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
The Alito nomination page has a lot about the controversy. Actually, I think the nomination page, or the nomination and confirmation hearing sections of this page, are appropriate places to discuss the controversy. So far, Alito hasn't been on the Court long enough to generate significant Supreme Court-related controversy. | |||
The Supreme Court section talks about how he votes fairly conservatively, with notes on how he created a 5-4 conservative majority in the three reargued cases, as well as his votes with the conservatives in Hamdan and Rapanos. That's five of the major cases, in the mere half Term he's been on the Court. That can probably be beefed up, but since so many of the cases are either unanimous (or nearly so) or split along not-quite-left-right lines, it couldn't be beefed up that much using only cases from the last half-Term. There's only one example of how he's voted non-conservatively. And the non-Scalia/Thomas examples are in there because of, e.g., the "Scalito" nickname; that section isn't even trying to show Alito's non-conservatism, as those examples are cases where Alito (despite disagreeing with Scalia/Thomas) nonetheless voted conservatively. | |||
As for his attitude toward precedent, perhaps "respectful" isn't an ideal word, but one does talk in legal circles about "respecting" precedent. Not everyone agrees that one ought to respect precedent, so saying that someone "respects" precedent isn't even an inherently complimentary statement. But how Alito feels about precedent is an important issue, and his Randall v. Sorrell concurrence is an important indicator about that. | |||
The Hamdan vote has been corrected. ] 14:47, 29 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
I don't think Alito is controversial in the least. It was the Alito nomination and the Senate hearings that were controverisal. User:Chaucer1387 has it right, that controversy is adequately covered in the Alito nomination article. Inserting that controvery here, it seems to me, would be inserting a POV into what is now a pretty good article. --] 19:42, 29 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
You "don't think Alito is controversial in the least"??? Really? | |||
The fact that a justice's nomination was highly controversial makes the justice's presence controversial, simple as that. | |||
Chaucer1387, here's what I'd like to see: | |||
*There's nothing in this article at all that indicates how controversial his nomination was, and how controversial his presence on the court is, at least among democrats. In fact, I'd say that section is actively misleading and POV, since it (a) omits all discussion of this, (b) describes him as "well qualified" by the ABA, which implies that there is no controversy. The "confirmation hearings" section doesn't really clarify this. This article needs to clearly state how contentious the hearings were; not since Thomas has there been a similarly opposed nominee, or a more split vote. | |||
*I think there's far too much text devoted to Alito "not being like Scalia". A NPOV discussion would indicate how many cases Alita and Scalia have voted together vs. different, compared with Scalia and other candidates. There is no need to devote a large amount of text entirely to attempting to disprove something that statistically may well be completely true; this smacks of POV. | |||
*The section on "respectful attitude to precedent" should be deleted; certainly, one single case cannot determine this, and what Alito himself says can hardly be taken at face value. Past surveys have shown that Scalia is *least* respectful of precedent in terms of his willingness to vote against precedent, and the only NPOV way to show this one way or the other for Alito is with similar statistics. | |||
] 05:24, 31 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
On your first point: The ABA bit is in the "nomination" section, where it belongs. As for the controversy of the nomination, maybe that's adequately covered in the "nomination" section, maybe not. I didn't even read the nomination section until just now, to find where the ABA fact was. I still haven't read the main article on "Samuel Alito Supreme Court nomination," nor have I read the portion of this article about the confirmation hearings, as those sections hold little interest for me. That controversy stuff belongs there. | |||
While Alito remains "controversial" in a sense, that's merely because he's a conservative and votes conservatively. The proper way to cover this is to show, using opinions and other available sources, (1) ''that'' he's a conservative, (2) ''to what extent'' he's a conservative, (3) and ''what kind'' of conservative he is. That's the theory behind the three subsections of the "U.S. Supreme Court career" section. First, show several cases where he voted conservatively. I've listed five (and I've just added a couple). Second, show where he hasn't voted with the conservatives. I've listed one that I'm aware of. Third -- and this goes to your third point -- show how he's differed from other conservatives. To that end, I've listed three cases where he's differed with Scalia or Thomas. This third part involves ''fewer cases'' than the first part, but it does take up more space on the page because these are harder-to-explain distinctions. (With the addition of cases in the first section, this third section should seem smaller by comparison. Also, I've further clarified that in one of those not-Scalia cases, it was Alito who was more conservative and Scalia who was voting with the liberals.) | |||
Incidentally, the Harvard Law Review publishes a statistical analysis of the Supreme Court Term in their November issue each year. That's the standard source for numbers of the form "how often one Justice voted together with another." I look forward to reading it in November, and incorporating the relevant statistics then. | |||
On your third point: Obviously, everyone cares what Alito thinks about precedent, because the elephant in the room is Roe v. Wade, and these days, debates about Roe are carried on by debating whether Roe is a firmly established precedent and whether such precedents should be respected purely for their precedential value. (The term "respected" here is a neutral term. It shouldn't be read as anything positive; I myself think respecting a precedent that you believe to be wrong is highly overrated. In any case, following a precedent is just called "respecting" it.) So far, he hasn't faced an abortion-like case, so there's nothing to say about that. The one hint he's given about his attitude toward precedent is that separate opinion in Randall v. Sorrell. So this is ''very important''! | |||
While of course it's better to have statistics, it's too early in his career to know this, and I think the word "hints" adequately hedges. But since I think it's the word "respectful" that mainly bugs you, I'll change "hints at Alito's respectful attitude toward precedent" to "may give some hint as to Alito's attitude toward folllowing precedent." It's the same thing. ] 01:19, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
**I concur with User Chaucer1387, his presence isn't controversial, it was his nomination process. If he does something controversial ''while in the court'', like joining Scalia's and Thomas' originalism theories or voting to overturn some landmark ruling, then I think it would be appropiate to talk about controversiality. Maybe we should wait until next term, when the Court will deal with abortion in ] and with affirmative action. If Alito takes some strong stance in those cases that may cause controversy, then we should insert it in the article. | |||
User Benwing states that "Alito's presence in the court is controversial for democrats." IMHO, that's a Catch-22, because Breyer's and Ginsburg's presence in the court is equally controversial for Republicans. So by that argument, every Supreme Court Justice page will have to have some sort of "controversy" section.] 13:42, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
:Benwing, do this discussion and recent modifications alleviate your concerns? Might one remove the POV tag?--] 14:18, 5 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
::Hi Chaucer1387, sorry for not getting back sooner. The section looks much better to me and I removed the tag. As for the "controversial" issue, ultimately, what I think I really wanted was somewhere that obviously announced Alito's controversial nomination, so I added a sentence about this in the intro. User:Coburnpharr04 is right that many or most justices are controversial; that's not surprising given the power invested in them, and I don't think a "controversy" section would be out of line in such cases, even if it applied to most of the justices. In this case, the obvious controversy, however, was about his nomination; neither Breyer's nor Ginsburg's nominations were especially controversial, and the confirmation votes were not along party lines. (Nor for that matter was the vote on Roberts.) ] 10:39, 7 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
::BTW Thank you for all the hard work put into this article! Thanks also for managing to remain NPOV on an issue where staying neutral is hard to do. ] 10:44, 7 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
==Shorten nomination & confirmation section?== | |||
Speaking of the debate immediately above, I've taken a look at the nomination and confirmation sections of this article. First, I've merged them into one section, because the "Samuel Alito Supreme Court nomination" article covers both the nomination and the confirmation hearings. I've also deleted the Wikinews item, since this is now 7 months old. Second -- and I won't do anything about this without input from you guys -- I suggest that the section be shortened a bit: If someone is interested in the unsuccessful filibuster attempt, the 72-25 cloture vote, or the identity of the senators voting against him, can't they look up the longer nomination article? ] 01:19, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
By the way, I think we should also shorten his supreme court career section. I don't find it too convinient to have an analysis of so many cases. He is the junior jsutice and yet his supreme court career section is the longest of any justice, except scalia.] 13:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
:Heh, well, I guess one can't make everyone happy. In my view, the Supreme Court career section ''should'' be the longest section, because he's actually a Supreme Court Justice ''now'', and that's the really important thing that people should know about. (I do agree, though, that the section shouldn't keep expanding; as he stays on the Court. The section shouldn't be twice as long by the time his next half-Term is done; in fact, I think it should probably stay as long as it is now, with new important cases muscling out the old ones, or with cataloguing of cases making way for trends as they become apparent.) On the other hand, I think the nomination and confirmation section should be of little interest in the near future. To the extent it says anything about Alito, his voting record should substitute for it; and to the extent it says anything about party politics during the Bush presidency, that will be less interesting by the time we have a new president. ] 13:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
*I understand your points. I guess this is just part of some of the unfairnes of wikipedia: recentism. Samuel Alito's Career section is the longest of many justices in the encyclopedia, including pillars like William Brennan and Harry Blackmun. Oh well. I agree, if it is to stay that long, we should be sure that only really important cases stay. For example, by the time he rules in his first, let's say, abortion case, that case alone will probably gather around four paragraphs in this article. ] 16:12, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
:Just checked out Blackmun and Brennan. Blackmun's Supreme Court career section takes up about 2.5 screens for me, and Brennan's takes up about 1.75 screens for me. O'Connor's is almost 3. Scalia's is hard to say because there's no "Supreme Court career" section, but it's something more than 3. Kennedy's is more than 2.5. Breyer's is a bit over 1.5. Not much for Ginsburg, but I think that's a failing of the Ginsburg article. Alito's section clocks in at a bit over 2 screens, almost 2.5; I think that's appropriate, especially since people are more interested to know about Alito right now. I don't know about the "four paragraphs" business, but his first abortion case should certainly take up a decent amount of space, and if I'm still active on this page by then I'll make sure to keep the total length of this section about the same. ] 18:09, 1 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
I started ] (and similar lists for all other present justices) so there is another place to go into a more detailed summary (aside from individual case articles) of his opinions, rather than trying to cram too much info in his biographical article. Please note the template I added at the bottom of this article has links to the as-yet unwritten lists for each year of his Third Circuit career as well, so those decisions can be documented too. ] 00:48, 6 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
:Looks great. I guess the parts that are mere opinion summary can be shortened or eliminated -- perhaps that whole Third Circuit summary section, once the Third Circuit opinions are up and running? On the other hand, if an opinion is used to make a substantive point about Alito's philosophy (e.g. to make an argument about what sort of conservative Alito is), I suppose it should stay in -- though the presence of a summary elsewhere might allow us to shorten those, perhaps a lot.--] 01:31, 6 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
::I don't have any specific suggestions about ''this'' article, but your general recommendations make sense to me. Please drop me a note on my talk page if you start a new list for one of his Third Circuit years and I'll be happy to help with the formatting. ] 16:19, 6 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
== Jewish? == | |||
There seems to be some that think that Mr. Alito is a ], his family only converting to Catholicism recently. I've added a "source needed" badge for info on his heritage. Thank you. --] 09:52, 17 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
==Controversial Nature of Nomination, Confirmation and Alito in General== | |||
I am new to this, but I agree with others that this article does not properly address the controversial nature of Alito. The appointment/confirmation part on the ABA makes it sound as if this was just another appointment. He is one of three Supreme Court nominations to be opposed by the ACLU in its entire history. He is the definition of controversial appointment/justice. While this is addressed more thoroughly in the article on his appointment this is also important to this article. All supporters and opponents should not be listed in this article, but his controversial nature should be made clear. For this reason I added something on the ACLU because the ACLU opposition underlines just how controversial his nomination was. | |||
The introduction of the article writes that “He is regarded as a generally conservative jurist.” This simply does not describe his controversial nature. Many democrats would characterize him as a radical ultraconservative along the lines of Robert Bork. This widely held opinion should be addressed in the article. --] 2:18, 12 January 2007 (UTC) | |||
An example of his wily use of logic: The death penalty is constitutional, it follows that there exists a constitutional means of carrying out the death penalty. And again: the AMA affirms that participation of medical personnel in administering the death penalty is unethical, therefore it is unfeasible to find a better method than the present 3-dose protocol (since the doctors will not cooperate), therefore the present method is constitutional. (See what he did there?) <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 12:52, 17 April 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
== Designation as an Italian-American == | |||
I noticed in the first paragraph Justice Alito is labled as an Italian American Which is incorrect in two ways. Firstly His Honor was born in New Jersey so he is an American not an Italian Immigrant. Secondly the only persons who truly hold the title of Italian-Americans are those who hold dual citizenship, all others are either Americans or Italians. I believe this also applies to any such title, Afriacn-American for example. | |||
“A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group has yet to become an American, and the man who goes among you to trade upon your nationality is not worthy to live under the Stars and Stripes.” | |||
Woodrow Wilson | |||
May 1915 | |||
] 01:08, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
:The Misplaced Pages page on ] (through redirects, this is the same as with a hyphen) says: "An Italian American is an American of Italian descent." This is also the way it's used in English, and by, say, the ] quoted further down on the Alito page. The notion that the terms "American" and "Italian" track citizenship and are therefore exclusive except in cases of dual citizenship does not exhaust the meanings of "American" and "Italian" in the English language, nor does it even represent the primary meanings. The alternate notion that the terms "American" and "Italian" track birthplace is (1) in substantial tension with the previous notion, and (2) also does not exhaust the meanings of the terms in the English language. | |||
:The Wilson quote is, first, not on point, as it only says that a man who ''thinks of himself'' as belonging to an ethnic group isn't an American; I could assume for the sake of argument that this is true, and nonetheless believe that a man who ''does in fact belong to an ethnic group'' may still also be an American (as long as he doesn't think of himself that way). Second, the Wilson quote uses "American" in a normative, not a descriptive, sense. Third, to the extent the Wilson quote purports to use "American" in a descriptive sense, Wilson is not a particularly authoritative exponent of the English language, and in this case the quote is incorrect as to what it takes to not be an American. ] 02:03, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
::Wilson was also speaking many decades before the use of hyphenated ethnic self-identities became common in the U.S. and seen as a point of pride. ] 02:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
== Intro: conservative nature == | |||
I am going to change the line "He is regarded as a generally conservative jurist." to "He is a conservative jurist, who since becoming a member of the Supreme Court has consistently voted with the conservative members of the court." I think the original sentence should be changed as his conservative nature has never been in question because it is agreed upon by both supporters and opponents. As he has had a conservative record since joining the court I think this sentence is appropriate. ] 06:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
I don't see any justification for the assertion in the lead that he has a "libertarian streak"-- the word libertarian only is mentioned twice in the article, and being a member of a society that some libertarians are members of doesn't mean you have a "libertarian streak." Especially with being in the intro, this is going to need a cite. The ACLU opposed his nomination on grounds that he would give the government too much power; that's not really a libertarian point of view or the way a libertarian judge would rule.--] 07:49, 9 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
The Cato Institute says that he has a so I suppose I'll put that information back in. The ACLU probably just opposed him because he is considered to be conservative.--] (]) 19:16, 17 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
==Re-considering 1st paragraph edit?== | |||
I don't understand the reasons for ]'s recent edit of this article -- not that I'm sure that the data are necessarily "wrong." Rather, I'm persuaded that the strategy of introducing academic honors in the first paragraph is an unhelpful approach to this specific subject. I note that articles about other sitting Justices have been similarly "enhanced;" and I also believe those changes are no improvement. | |||
In support of my view that this edit should be reverted, I would invite anyone to re-visit articles written about the following pairs of jurists. | |||
:* A1. ] | |||
:* A2. ] | |||
::* B1. ] | |||
::* B2. ] | |||
The question becomes: Would the current version of the Misplaced Pages article about any one of them -- or either pair -- be improved by academic credentials in the introductory paragraph? I think not. | |||
Perhaps it helps to repeat a wry argument Kathleen Sullivan of Stanford Law makes when she suggests that some on the Harvard Law faculty wonder how ] avoided learning what others have managed to grasp about the processes of judging? I would hope this anecdote gently illustrates the point. | |||
Less humorous, but an even stronger argument is the one ] makes when he mentions wanting to return his law degree to Yale. | |||
At a minimum, I'm questioning this edit? It deserves to be reconsidered. --] (]) 00:50, 19 December 2007 (UTC) | |||
==The number of Catholics on the court, past and present== | |||
These are two different numbers. One could reasonably infer that there are a whole lot of Catholics on the present court. If I wanted to make a guess, and was in a forum that I could argue a position without the constraints on 'original research', it would be possible that the Catholicism of some or all of these appointees became material to the persons doing the appointments. One might even deduce that this has some planetary connection to ] and its progeny (no pun intended). That Catholics are potentially overrepresented on the present court, at least compared to the numbers that were there historically, is a relevant and probative fact. This issue is best illuminated by leaving in the 5 and the 11. That's my opinion. FWIW. ] (]) 02:30, 15 October 2008 (UTC) Stan | |||
==Bot-created subpage== | |||
A subpage at ] was automatically created by a perl script, based on at the ]. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. ] (]) 12:24, 4 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
==Shortening the lead== | |||
I think the following material is okay in the article, but excessive for the lead: "the second Italian American and the 12th Catholic in the history of the Supreme Court, and the fifth Catholic on the current Court at the time he assumed office." Putting it into the lead seems to be undue weight, and I'm not aware this is done for other justices.] (]) 17:45, 26 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
:I think you're right. There's one editor who was very insistent about the Catholic thing, but I don't see the need for that level of emphasis. ] 02:14, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
::I agree that the Catholic stuff isn't necessary, but the current lead is too short. And it should focus more on biography and less on ideological labelling (ugh) and justice agreement analysis (best left to the body of the article). ] (]) 00:03, 9 June 2009 (UTC) | |||
==New nominee (May 2009)== | |||
There's a blind redirect to this page from "Supreme court nominee" but there is another Justice stepping down. The blind redirect needs to be removed but I don't know how to do that. Please remove the redirect. ] (]) 20:08, 4 May 2009 (UTC) | |||
:Redirects deleted. Unnecessary and prone to inaccuracy when there are no SCOTUS nominees. <span style="background:white;color:#007FFF;font-family:Georgia;">] </span><sub>(])</sub> 20:50, 4 May 2009 (UTC) | |||
== family background == | |||
nothing about his family background or childhood? ] (]) 20:57, 29 May 2009 (UTC) | |||
:It was all chopped out of the article in by an IP address ''seven months ago'' and never restored. Until just now, when I did it. It's pretty amazing that no one has an article about a sitting Supreme Court justice watchlisted. Only in WP ... ] (]) 12:29, 8 June 2009 (UTC) | |||
The article also had some other structural problems. I've redone the sectioning, trying to make it more prosified and more chronological and to highlight his time as federal appellate judge without overwhelming the table of contents. I haven't added or subtracted any material, just rearranged it. ] (]) 00:00, 9 June 2009 (UTC) |
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RFC about abridgement of material merged from Flag display controversy article per AfD
Non-functional discussion started erroneously as an RfC to discuss what to do with a block of text added all at once, but an RfC is not equipped to deal with that and can not produce an actionable consensus. Discuss specific and incremental changes. See also Special:PermanentLink/1232739137#Unilateral removal of RfC tag (ANI).—Alalch E. 11:03, 5 July 2024 (UTC)The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
In a recent AfD (Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Samuel Alito flag display controversy), the outcome was to merge that article into this article. I performed the merge, only to have another editor, unaware of the AFD decision, revert the entire merge. This material has been restored per the AfD decision. Since its inclusion may be controversial, I've opened this RFC to determine:
Should the merged material be abridged, and if so, how much? Skyerise (talk) 10:42, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Merge discussions are not an RfC matter. I also see no indication that WP:RFCBEFORE has been exhausted. Please do not jump straight for a full-blown thirty-day formal RfC unless you can justify it - RfC is a process of last resort. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:04, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Redrose64: Thanks for your unsolicited advice. Obviously, I believe the RfC is justified, but I don't have to prove that to you. Thanks! Skyerise (talk) 19:22, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Skyerise: I object to that remark. You added the
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tag, and an RfC is an open invitation for anybody to comment. You cannot debar anybody, except on the grounds of WP:BAN. So far from being "unsolicited", I was very much solicited, as was everybody else. If you don't want people like me to come here, you should think very carefully before reaching for RfC. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 15:42, 13 June 2024 (UTC)- You are of course perfectly right. Thanks for noting your position. Skyerise (talk) 15:58, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Skyerise: I object to that remark. You added the
- @Redrose64: Thanks for your unsolicited advice. Obviously, I believe the RfC is justified, but I don't have to prove that to you. Thanks! Skyerise (talk) 19:22, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- I would remove most redundant content (i.e. sentences stated multiple times), but otherwise include all the information. Samuel Alito is a highly notable subject, and his wife (at the center of the controversy) doesn't have her own article. I support including three photos: the upside-down flag, the Pine Tree flag, and the letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- I would support creating an article and adding a photo for Martha-Ann Alito, as the flag display controversy and being married to Samuel Alito meets WP:GNG. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 17:36, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Skyerise, you are edit warring to include content as though a consensus to merge at AfD means "the whole article must be copy/pasted". That's not what it means. It means "instead of having a stand-alone article, we will cover the subject as part of this other article". In what way the merge target should incorporate the merged content is outside the scope of AfD and down to standard editorial process. We don't need an RfC for that. — Rhododendrites \\ 19:03, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Rhododendrites: please don't make false accusations. I merged the material and reverted once. That is not edit warring. I thought the issue needed input from the broader community, which is my judgement call which I have every right to make. I haven't edited either article prior to the merge, and as you can see, I have not voted myself. So please assume good faith and don't accuse another editor of misbehavior without evidence. Thanks! Skyerise (talk) 19:20, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- When you make a big change, someone undoes it, and you just go ahead and do it again, that's edit warring. Doesn't mean you violated 3RR; it just means you should've opened a discussion section instead of reverting (WP:BRD). — Rhododendrites \\ 19:26, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Rhododendrites: BRD is an essay. It is not binding. Even controversial articles allow 1RR. Skyerise (talk) 19:27, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Skyerise, if any one has been casting aspersions, its been you. You misrepresented both my original comment in your reversion , assumed I was against consensus and didn't read the original AfD, and you threatened to petition admins for any view otherwise: "
You are editing a controversial topic, and if you reverse an AFD-required merge again, I will pursue admin action to enforce the merge as decided.
" . It goes without saying that the assumptions you made were wrong, and your enforcing the merge "as decided" has been anything but that. You beginning an RfC without giving any attention to WP:RFCBEFORE and edit-warring your preferred interpretation has made things more complicated. GuardianH (talk) 19:39, 12 June 2024 (UTC)- @GuardianH: if you think a single revert justifies calling another editor an edit warrior, then please report me. Skyerise (talk) 19:41, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Misrepresenting a comment, not assuming good-faith, being passive-aggressive , prematurely calling an obviously faulty RfC on those wrong assumptions, then threatening to call admins when a view genuinely contradicts your own?
- News flash: you don't need to cross 3RR to edit combatively and in bad-faith. It's hard to believe that after all that you've decided to warn everyone not to cast aspersions when you've been doing it plenty. GuardianH (talk) 19:50, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Oh my. You really should assume good faith. You're veering into personal attack. Have I attacked you? Skyerise (talk) 19:51, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- What we've all been saying is that you have jumped the gun in this RfC. You could help spot-check the sources to contribute to condensing the import, and there is quite a bit of that still to do — condensing. GuardianH (talk) 20:06, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Great. Perhaps work on that in your sandbox and make a proposal? Skyerise (talk) 20:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- My sandbox is chock-full. If you would still like to know, yes, your comments did come across as rude and belittling... and I did read the AfD! I haven't gotten to explaining my comment after your swift revert and the subsequent rigamarole yet. GuardianH (talk) 20:13, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Well, I'm sure that the responses to the RfC from editors who aren't here just to shoot the messenger will get it sorted out over time. No need to bother yourself over it. The controversy tags at the top of the page says "be bold, but not reckless". I thought your edit was reckless. It's six to one, half a dozen to the other whether your removal or my revert was the more reckless of the two edits. Skyerise (talk) 20:20, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- My sandbox is chock-full. If you would still like to know, yes, your comments did come across as rude and belittling... and I did read the AfD! I haven't gotten to explaining my comment after your swift revert and the subsequent rigamarole yet. GuardianH (talk) 20:13, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Great. Perhaps work on that in your sandbox and make a proposal? Skyerise (talk) 20:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- What we've all been saying is that you have jumped the gun in this RfC. You could help spot-check the sources to contribute to condensing the import, and there is quite a bit of that still to do — condensing. GuardianH (talk) 20:06, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Oh my. You really should assume good faith. You're veering into personal attack. Have I attacked you? Skyerise (talk) 19:51, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Skyerise, if any one has been casting aspersions, its been you. You misrepresented both my original comment in your reversion , assumed I was against consensus and didn't read the original AfD, and you threatened to petition admins for any view otherwise: "
- @Rhododendrites: BRD is an essay. It is not binding. Even controversial articles allow 1RR. Skyerise (talk) 19:27, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- When you make a big change, someone undoes it, and you just go ahead and do it again, that's edit warring. Doesn't mean you violated 3RR; it just means you should've opened a discussion section instead of reverting (WP:BRD). — Rhododendrites \\ 19:26, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Rhododendrites: please don't make false accusations. I merged the material and reverted once. That is not edit warring. I thought the issue needed input from the broader community, which is my judgement call which I have every right to make. I haven't edited either article prior to the merge, and as you can see, I have not voted myself. So please assume good faith and don't accuse another editor of misbehavior without evidence. Thanks! Skyerise (talk) 19:20, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
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- Faulty RfC. For the reasons laid out already by Redrose in this thread, namely the lack of Misplaced Pages:RFCBEFORE taken in doing it. Having to need to condense material from the original article as opposed to wholly pasting it in — as is — is already a given in a section of this length. GuardianH (talk) 20:43, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- So what is your specific suggestion then? What should be condensed? 72.14.126.22 (talk) 22:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
- Each of the subsections — Alexandria residence, Long Beach Island residence, Alito's response, Democratic response, Republican response, and Legal response — should be condensed into Flag display controversy. There isn't much solid ground for keeping the bulk of any of the Democratic response, Republican response, or Legal response sections, since a lot of it just catalogs quotes or very individual opinions. WP:RECENTISM lays out what should be kept and omitted for a long-term purpose. GuardianH (talk) 19:53, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- I disagree. All those sections are relevant. The media responses weren't, but they have already been removed. Opinions of current members of Congress and legal experts are definitely relevant. Skyerise (talk) 19:56, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- Relevance has a limit. senator opined, professor opined, political commentator opined — these all need to have demonstrated, crucial importance to the subject, rather than being just something said by a political advocacy group or by a political commentator. Responses do not stretch from here to infinity. GuardianH (talk) 20:36, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- I have no idea what you're on about: there are of course a finite number of responses. Skyerise (talk) 21:17, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- The opinions are excessive. We have a multitude of individual opinions by a myriad of senators, congressmen, political advocacy groups — these need to be condensed. We don't catalog opinions, and we don't catalog political advertisements, both of which are in the section. GuardianH (talk) 21:47, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- That would only be the case if the opinion were irrelevant. I'm happy to entertain the possibility that one or another opinion lacks relevance and could be omitted. Which ones specifically would you say lack relevance? And if you don't mind, provide an argument as to why that particular opinion is less relevant than the others. Skyerise (talk) 22:09, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
That would only be the case if the opinion were irrelevant.
— Not at all. Every editor knows that relevance does not equal inclusion. There are thousands of opinions "relevant," but only a few can we include and be due. This copy/paste mentality has never been accepted, especially when there was a consensus to merge the material. GuardianH (talk) 23:20, 24 June 2024 (UTC)- The opinions of active elected officials in the legislative and executive branches of government are always relevant with respect to criticism (or praise for that matter) of those appointed to the judicial branch. Especially those on the Judiciary Commnittee. You seem to simply want to remove the whole thing without the effort of justifying doing so but rather by Wikilawyering. But perhaps Pence's comment should be removed, as he is not currently an active member of government. Skyerise (talk) 23:50, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- That would only be the case if the opinion were irrelevant. I'm happy to entertain the possibility that one or another opinion lacks relevance and could be omitted. Which ones specifically would you say lack relevance? And if you don't mind, provide an argument as to why that particular opinion is less relevant than the others. Skyerise (talk) 22:09, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- The opinions are excessive. We have a multitude of individual opinions by a myriad of senators, congressmen, political advocacy groups — these need to be condensed. We don't catalog opinions, and we don't catalog political advertisements, both of which are in the section. GuardianH (talk) 21:47, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- I have no idea what you're on about: there are of course a finite number of responses. Skyerise (talk) 21:17, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- Relevance has a limit. senator opined, professor opined, political commentator opined — these all need to have demonstrated, crucial importance to the subject, rather than being just something said by a political advocacy group or by a political commentator. Responses do not stretch from here to infinity. GuardianH (talk) 20:36, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- I disagree. All those sections are relevant. The media responses weren't, but they have already been removed. Opinions of current members of Congress and legal experts are definitely relevant. Skyerise (talk) 19:56, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- Each of the subsections — Alexandria residence, Long Beach Island residence, Alito's response, Democratic response, Republican response, and Legal response — should be condensed into Flag display controversy. There isn't much solid ground for keeping the bulk of any of the Democratic response, Republican response, or Legal response sections, since a lot of it just catalogs quotes or very individual opinions. WP:RECENTISM lays out what should be kept and omitted for a long-term purpose. GuardianH (talk) 19:53, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
- So what is your specific suggestion then? What should be condensed? 72.14.126.22 (talk) 22:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
- Faulty RfC. For the reasons laid out already by Redrose in this thread, namely the lack of Misplaced Pages:RFCBEFORE taken in doing it. Having to need to condense material from the original article as opposed to wholly pasting it in — as is — is already a given in a section of this length. GuardianH (talk) 20:43, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
There was never a consensus at this page to merge all of the content in. Per BRD, it should be removed and proposed. Arguments like "there's an RfC" and "there's no consensus" are absurd when there was no consensus to include the material to begin with. (And before you say "there was at afd", no, that's a consensus to merge. Merge can be a single sentence if need be -- not a full copy paste. There have been two objections, one "include but trim" and Skyerise alone wanting to include the whole lump. — Rhododendrites \\ 00:02, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
- That's simply not true, JohnAdams1800 supported inclusion of the material early in the RfC. He didn't support trimming, only removing repetitions. And another editor went through and did that already. Skyerise (talk) 00:06, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
- I supported inclusion of the Alito flag display controversy, and uploaded Alito's letter to Senators Durbin and Whitehouse.
- I also support creating an article for Martha-Ann Alito, who Samuel Alito and Lauren Windsor have confirmed was the one displaying the flags. Being married to a SCOTUS justice and being involved in a nationally covered controversy qualify for WP:GNG. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 00:10, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
Being married to a SCOTUS justice
... Okay, no. And we have a policy forbidding that at WP:INVALIDBIO. Relationships do not confer notability.- Skyerise has so far been doing things backwards. One of the things merging entails is a condensation of the material, which, after resisting that, then the whole process of WP:RFCBEFORE was bypassed so a faulty one could be initiated. What we are left with to discuss is now over the product of those.
- The listing of individual opinions by multiple different isn't WP:DUE for inclusion, and is an unnecessary lengthening of the section — maybe it was due when the original page for the controversy was made, but now that were here at the main page, it isn't anymore. There are always a myriad of statements by politician, and articles are never meant to be a catalog of those, especially in light of WP:BLP. GuardianH (talk) 00:26, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
- I think it would be more productive if you started discussing rather than repeatedly Wikilawyering. "Dueness" is determined by consensus, not by you. So make some arguments why some specific statement is undue so we can evaluate your argument. Skyerise (talk) 09:08, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
I think it would be more productive if you started discussing rather than repeatedly Wikilawyering
— You've been the only one wikilawyering here. You have literally threatened administrator action if the copy and paste was not kept: . The WP:THREATEN personal attack is plainly unacceptable.- Rhododendrites has already pointed out that merges do not necessitate keeping the totality of a merged article, and that is obviously true. I proposed that each of the subsections be condensed into the main Flag display controversy section, which you flatly rejected, because "
All those sections are relevant.
" I don't know how you expect us to continue to make "some specific statement
" (we have, already) when you are not only in favor of a blanket protection of the section, but also have vague, contradictory views on the material that you just change at will. You said every section was relevant, but then proceeded to remove some select "less relevant details
" and some out of "tentatively thinking
" — no editor can follow those. GuardianH (talk) 20:25, 25 June 2024 (UTC)- Wah, wah! Editors appear to be pretty much equally divided between 'keep it all' and 'delete it all'. If you won't discuss, don't waste my time. I am not threatening anything. I started a valid RfC for reasons I consider valid as well. I have allowed material to be removed, and have removed some myself. If you think something else should be removed, explain what and why. That's what normally happens in an RfC, and this one has 17 days left to run. There's no consensus here, just slow progress. Perhaps other editors will join in an swing things more one way or the other. I don't care which, but the consensus should be clear. Right now it is not. Skyerise (talk) 20:32, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
- If it helps to reach a consensus, my personal opinion is that the Democratic and Republican response sections are not relevant enough because the sentence "Reactions have been mixed, with most Democrats condemning Alito and most Republicans defending him" says almost everything that needs to be said about the matter (almost; I think the resolution to censure Alito and the letter requesting his recusal are relevant enough because they go a little beyond "X says Y is wrong"). I would keep everything else, including the legal response section because the expert opinion is more relevant than the political talking points. LahmacunKebab (talk) 09:06, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- I think it would be more productive if you started discussing rather than repeatedly Wikilawyering. "Dueness" is determined by consensus, not by you. So make some arguments why some specific statement is undue so we can evaluate your argument. Skyerise (talk) 09:08, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
- A merge does not mean you just copy and paste the entire article verbatim into another one. This is extremely poor editing and ends up making the article worse. It is a common problem with AFDs that close merge. Trim and trim hard. Aircorn (talk) 18:13, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Aircorn: An RfC is in progress. Around half the editors responding believe that most of the material should be kept. Please wait until the RfC concludes and is closed before changing the portion of the article covered by this RfC. Skyerise (talk) 22:50, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- "
Around half the editors responding believe that most of the material should be kept
" — This is misleading. This RfC was on trimming the section, and a majority of editors believe in trimming, despite your view that everything should be kept on the basis of relevance. Aircorn is giving a contribution to the RfC and is right to say:Trim and trim hard
. GuardianH (talk) 03:16, 4 July 2024 (UTC)- Yes, but no editor a right to remove the material until a neutral, uninvolved closer comes and evaluates the balance of opinion and determines the consensus of this RfC. Only then does that consensus get implemented. And if it is more or less equally split, that uninvolved editor has the right to extend the RfC for another 30 days until the consensus become more clear. But you know that already, right? Skyerise (talk) 11:02, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- We all know that. I don't know why you're choosing to repeat the platitude of "RfCs should be unbiased" when that has nothing to do with what I said. Aircorn is an uninvolved, neutral editor, even if that goes against your view. GuardianH (talk) 18:24, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, but no editor a right to remove the material until a neutral, uninvolved closer comes and evaluates the balance of opinion and determines the consensus of this RfC. Only then does that consensus get implemented. And if it is more or less equally split, that uninvolved editor has the right to extend the RfC for another 30 days until the consensus become more clear. But you know that already, right? Skyerise (talk) 11:02, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- The RFC seem to be an RFC in title only. Can't find it at Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Article topics for example and it lacks the usual notices at the top. Why one is needed for a merge conclusion is unclear anyway and has already been raised. It is quite clearly undue and if a discussion was going to be had it should have been done before the entire article was merged into this. Another week won't make much difference I suppose, but if anyone wants to implement a trim then they are welcome to restore this diff. Aircorn (talk) 20:08, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- I opened it as and RFC and it was assigned an ID. Some editor removed it and they will be reported as soon as I step through and figure out who dunnit. That's simply NOT COOL. Skyerise (talk) 21:32, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Admin Redrose64 removed it, as for the many problems that Redrose64 has validly pointed out regarding this RfC you've initiated. Those commenting on the report you have filed against Redrose64 on WP:ANI unanimously agree that this RfC is faulty, and they have also pointed out your bad-faith, personal attacks, and castering aspersions there. So from the looks of it, Redrose was justified. GuardianH (talk) 01:47, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- None of which means that an RfC isn't necessary in this particular case now that it has been established that there are widely divergent positions and repeated lack of respect for the editors arguing for more inclusion above. Skyerise (talk) 02:04, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Admin Redrose64 removed it, as for the many problems that Redrose64 has validly pointed out regarding this RfC you've initiated. Those commenting on the report you have filed against Redrose64 on WP:ANI unanimously agree that this RfC is faulty, and they have also pointed out your bad-faith, personal attacks, and castering aspersions there. So from the looks of it, Redrose was justified. GuardianH (talk) 01:47, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- I opened it as and RFC and it was assigned an ID. Some editor removed it and they will be reported as soon as I step through and figure out who dunnit. That's simply NOT COOL. Skyerise (talk) 21:32, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- "
- @Aircorn: An RfC is in progress. Around half the editors responding believe that most of the material should be kept. Please wait until the RfC concludes and is closed before changing the portion of the article covered by this RfC. Skyerise (talk) 22:50, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
Italian-American?
The article refers to Mr Alito as an Italian-American yet he was born in Trenton, New Jersey. How does that make him an Italian-anything? I have ancestry in Denmark, UK, Canada and Germany - what does that make me? 2607:FEA8:6CA0:4100:7177:866A:A75F:6E90 (talk) 02:33, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Alito's father was an immigrant from Italy. His mother's parents were immigrants from Italy. He fully meets any reasonable definition of an Italian-American. You are, like me, of mixed ancestry. Cullen328 (talk) 02:39, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- What's the basis for saying that Alito can claim to be "Italian-American" by virtue of the fact that his parents were once citizens of Italy? How does that work? What are the laws in the U.S.A. that bear down differently on a U.S. citizen whose parents were Italian vs. other U.S. citizens? What taxes does he pay, or does he claim exemption from, because of his Italian ancestry? Look, there are people who fall in the cracks somewhere so that it's actually legal for them to carry both a U.S. and an Italian passport, and their right to live at whim in either country cannot be disputed. But Alito, so far as we know, isn't one of them. So, not only is he not Italian-American, he's not Italian. A citizen's ancestry has no bearing on the nature of their citizenship except in very unusual cases.2600:1700:6759:B000:E894:BFCC:705D:880 (talk) 12:05, 30 June 2024 (UTC)Christopher Lawrence Simpson
- Italian American is common usage for Americans of Italian descent ("Italian Americans are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry"). The article doesn't make any of the strawman claims you gratuitously object to. Skyerise (talk) 12:41, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
This sentence is not right
As I type this, this article contains the text "after psychiatrists found she may have suffered from schizophrenia, with up to four distinct personalities". Ummm, did she have schizophrenia, or did she have multiple personalities? These are two entirely different mental illnesses. Read YOUR OWN ARTICLE on Shizophrenia", Misplaced Pages, and then read YOUR OWN disambiguation-page for "Multiple Personality".2600:1700:6759:B000:E894:BFCC:705D:880 (talk) 12:05, 30 June 2024 (UTC)Christopher Lawrence Simpson
- It appears that language follows what is written in the source:
- "Judge Nicholas Politan delivered the verdict against Judy G. Russell, 38, after Justice Department lawyers presented psychiatric reports stating that she is severely disturbed and a possible schizophrenic with as many as four distinct personalities."
- Which by the way, the Washington Post source article title in that citation is written in ALL CAPS and should probably be formatted differently.
- If there is another relevant source that offers clarification on the psychiatric diagnosis, that could of course be included in the article as well. 72.14.126.22 (talk) 15:31, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
Flag thing and WP:BLPBALANCE
@Skyerise: Too much space was devoted to and too much detailing afforded to the flag happenings. I have restored User:Aircorn's trim, as a temporary solution, since the encyclopedia can't tolerate an ongoing WP:BLPBALANCE problem while editors sort out which exact words and how many to use to work something out. There are probably various improvements to be made to this section, but I would probably oppose any suggestions to significantly expand the section. Improvements can be made without expanding it much. —Alalch E. 11:14, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Pinging other editors who may have expressed an interest in this content elsewhere on this talk page. @JohnAdams1800, Rhododendrites, GuardianH, and LahmacunKebab: Your thoughts on what this content needs to become excellent are welcome.—Alalch E. 11:18, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support creating an article for Martha-Ann Alito, who has been confirmed by Samuel Alito and herself (in Lauren Windsor's recording) to be the one flying the flags, and moving most of the content to that article. There's a page for Ginni Thomas, the wife of Clarence Thomas, and we can do the same for Martha Ann-Alito. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 14:53, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Do it in draftspace as a proof-of-concept and if the article about her is a good start, if she is notable not only for one event, then I might agree with removing something from this article in order for that to be included in a new article about her, but I will not agree to removing everything about the flags episode. —Alalch E. 15:35, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- I'll work on it over the next few days. This is the draft Draft:Martha-Ann Alito. Martha-Ann Alito is notable for being Samuel Alito's wife, including being at his confirmation--there are pictures of her in Misplaced Pages Commons--, and the flag display controversy. This article likely won't be long, but both Alito's confirmation and the flag display controversy should be adequate for WP:GNG. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 20:49, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Do it in draftspace as a proof-of-concept and if the article about her is a good start, if she is notable not only for one event, then I might agree with removing something from this article in order for that to be included in a new article about her, but I will not agree to removing everything about the flags episode. —Alalch E. 15:35, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
I think the letter from Alito should be added back into the article, because it is his response to calls for recusal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/File:Letter_from_Justice_Alito_to_Senators_Durbin_and_Whitehouse.pdf
It is relevant to include, I'm not sure why this was cut. 72.14.126.22 (talk) 03:09, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Possible retirement
Previously, Alito has suggested that if Donald Trump wins the 2024 election, he would strongly consider retiring. I wrote a sourced paragraph discussing exactly that. This edit was removed by GuardianH saying "none of the sources support that" even though they very clearly do, WP.SYNTH. I believe I have fixed the issue. If something else comes up regarding this issue, add to this topic page. Historyobsessor (talk) 02:15, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- The Newsweek source you cited has nothing in it that supports "
he has privately said he would consider retiring from the court if Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election
." All King writes in the article is repeating a CNN article that Alito "has reflected in private about retirement." GuardianH (talk) 05:27, 12 August 2024 (UTC) - Oppose inclusion because the 2024 election has not yet been held, and this is speculation. If Trump were to win, or Alito were to publicly comment on it, then we could include it. See WP:SPECULATION.JohnAdams1800 (talk) 00:24, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
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