Talk:Billy Davis (Arizona politician)

Suggestions of criminal activity submitted as forum postings

In this edit I removed two links to bahamasb2b.com which seem to be forum postings. They have a voting box next to them indicating they are submitted by users and are not edited material or the creation of a reporter. These posts describe alleged criminal activities at Rum Cay. This material would be OK if it came from a reliable source, in my opinion, but since named people are blamed for theft and destruction of property, we should not be keeping them per WP:BLP. There is a disclaimer at the bottom of each page, 'The views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect the views of the BahamasB2B.com editorial staff.' EdJohnston (talk) 06:27, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Recent edits

Per this posting for article clean-up, I made some significant changes:

• There was a not of un-encyclopedic content... some of which needed to be removed and some that was summarized
• There was personal information not generally found an WP article, like detail about ancestors (I left some in) and grandchildren
• There is an overuse of images in general, which were trimmed and many moved into a gallery. See MOS:Images
• See MOS:BOLD regarding proper using of bolding
• In general, see writing better articles, WP:Brevity, WP:TONE.–CaroleHenson (talk) 20:04, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

clarified 1st bullet.–CaroleHenson (talk)

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you.–CaroleHenson (talk) 20:08, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Cannot find a source

I cannot find a source for the following:

• Davis and others worked to have the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial installed at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza at the State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona. General William Westmoreland attended the dedication on November 9, 1985. — I can find that Westmoreland was at the dedication, but I cannot find information about Davis working on the memorial. I searched the papers for 1983, 1984, and 1985 and well as the web.–CaroleHenson (talk) 06:05, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

• I found that his name is on a plaque on his website here - but searching on the board name, I still cannot find a source.–CaroleHenson (talk) 06:49, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

• Davis, with assistance from Mickey Mantle, lobbied for the construction of the Del Webb Memorial Hospital in Sun City West, Arizona. He also served on building committees. — I cannot find a source for Davis' involvement. I do find info about Mantle in connection with the hospital, but not Davis. Rep. James Ratliff is mentioned here. At that time, it was called Sun City West hospital.–CaroleHenson (talk) 06:23, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
• The President of the Arizona Senate sent Senator Davis on a goodwill mission to the Republic of China, Taiwan, where he met with members of the government, including Governor Chuang-Huan Chiu Taiwan Provincial Government, Republic of China. — I cannot find anything at all on this.–CaroleHenson (talk) 06:28, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
• Charity: His foundation, the Billy Davis Family Foundation, donated $5 million for education.<ref name=Rapid>[http://www.rapidpressrelease.com/press-release/Education/005244.asp Former State Senator Donates Five Million Dollars to Education], Billy Davis Family Foundation press release, February 13, 2008</ref>{{better source|date=July 2017}} — I tried searching many different ways... cannot find anything by the press release, like from this query–CaroleHenson (talk) 06:36, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

I also cannot find sources for his date and place of birth, current town, marriage date and place, or Navy info. I do have a source, though, that says his wife is Billie. His web page shows he went to Hoyle-Anderson College. I tried looking for information about that... and came up with a Bill Davis that went to Anderson High School (near the college in Indiana) about that time, but I think is one year younger.

Since there's hardly anything about him, does this pass notability guidelines?–CaroleHenson (talk) 07:30, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

There's a little basic info here - wife Billie, town he lives in, one of five Republican candidates for the District 11 U.S. House of Representatives seat in Georgia in 2016 –CaroleHenson (talk) 07:51, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Well since he served on the Arizona senate he passes WP:POLITICIAN, but that's really about it from a notability perspective it seems. Canterbury Tail talk 11:38, 23 July 2017 (UTC)