Talk:Mayoralty of Bernie Sanders

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:54, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that Bernie Sanders was the first socialist mayor in New England since Jasper McLevy? "Sanders' Victory Affirmed". Barre Montpelier Times Argus. March 14, 1981. p. 1. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ALT1:... that five percent of people considered Bernie Sanders conservative during his mayoralty? "UVM Student Poll Shows Sanders, Reagan Popular". The Burlington Free Press. December 7, 1983. p. 14. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ALT2:... that Bernie Sanders' mayoralty was considered one of the twenty best in the United States by U.S. News & World Report? "Hudnut ranked among top mayors". Brattleboro Reformer. December 16, 1987. p. 5. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ALT3:... that the first gay pride parade in Burlington, Vermont, was held during Bernie Sanders's mayoralty? "Mayor Bernie Sanders Created an '80s Trans Mecca in Burlington". The Daily Beast. April 13, 2017. Archived from the original on December 7, 2020.
  • ALT4:... that during his mayoralty, Bernie Sanders visited the Soviet Union, Nicaragua, and Cuba? "As mayor, Bernie Sanders condemned American interventionism but also defended undemocratic governments abroad". Yahoo! News. March 14, 2020. Archived from the original on December 7, 2020."Sanders off to Cuba to 'break down barriers'". The Burlington Free Press. March 14, 1989. p. 5. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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• Comment: For whoever reviews this: Please pick the best one. I am putting these hooks in no specific order.

Created by Jon698 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:21, 11 December 2020 (UTC).

Review:

Formalities:

• Prose size (text only): 20034 characters (3198 words) "readable prose size"
• Article created by Jon698 on December 5, 2020
• Article moved from Draft:Mayoralty of Bernie Sanders on December 9, 2020

Hook and sourcing:

• fewer than 200 characters
• interesting
• sourced
• QPQ done

Status: Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ^(marhata) 07:57, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

I think the first one and gay pride ones are most interesting. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ^(marhata) 07:57, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

• A QPQ is needed. Yoninah (talk) 21:37, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

• Jon698 SL93 (talk) 19:16, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

No QPQ has been given and enough time has been given to do so. SL93 (talk) 04:20, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@SL93: I'm willing to donate a QPQ in Jon's absence provided the QPQ is the only issue that prevents this from being approved, although I'll also attempt to contact him regarding this. Is that okay? Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 10:14, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@SL93: @Yoninah: QPQ is done. I have been unable to edit Wikipedia as frequently as I usually do due to a death in the family and a funeral. Jon698 (talk) 12:33, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Restoring original tick. SL93 (talk) 18:05, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

"Socialist"

This article talks about Sanders being the first "socialist mayor" in decades, and his "socialist administration". It seems quite clear that Sanders ran and served as an independent. Unless he self-identified as a socialist during his tenure or was a member of the Socialist Party we shouldn't be using Wikipedia's voice to call him one. Calling Sanders a "socialist" is a common present-day slur. The Senator identifies as a "democratic socialist"; the differences between socialism and democratic socialism are vast, and the omission of "democratic" is intentional and ad hominem. Joefromrandb (talk) 13:03, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Just to be clear, "intentional ad hominem" refers to present-day attempts to marginalize Sanders and his platform, not the editors of this article who have described him as "socialist". I certainly assume the latter is in good faith. Joefromrandb (talk) 13:07, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

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