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- Q1:Why does this article cover up the fact that McCain has called Asians "gooks" and made other similar remarks?
A1:Nothing is being covered up. This article is written according to summary style which requires that material in other articles is only summarized here in this article. The information about McCain's use of the term "gook" is discussed in the articles on John McCain 2000 presidential campaign and Cultural and political image of John McCain. Many other controversial remarks by McCain are detailed in the latter article. The "gook" comment was narrowly used by McCain with reference to the specific people who captured and then tortured him in Vietnam; McCain stopped using the term in 2000, and many Asians did not mind him narrowly using the term in the way he did. Singling out this remark for inclusion in this article would give it undue weight, and providing the necessary background and context would also take up too much space in this article. This issue was previously discussed in March, May, and June of 2008.
- Q2: Where is X? It is a well-known development in McCain's life.
A2: As stated above, this article uses summary style; think of it as an executive summary of McCain. Much more information about McCain's life, military career, political career, and persona is included in the McCain biographical subarticles shown in the navigational box: Early life and military career of John McCain, House and Senate career of John McCain, 1982–1999, John McCain 2000 presidential campaign, Senate career of John McCain, 2001–present, John McCain 2008 presidential campaign, and Cultural and political image of John McCain.
- Q3: Which of these is the subarticle that lists his controversies?
A3: None of them. All such material (such as his role in the Keating Five, for example) is included in the normal biographical sections they occur in, in this article and in the various subarticles. Having a separate "controversies" or "criticisms" article or section is considered a violation of WP:NPOV, WP:Content forking, and WP:Criticism. A special effort was undertaken to rid all 2008 presidential candidates' articles of such treatment — see here.
- Q4: This article is not neutral! It's biased {for, against} him! It reads like it was written by {his PR team, Democratic hatchet men}!
A4: Complaints of bias are taken seriously, but must be accompanied by very specific areas of concern or suggestions for change. Vague, general statements such as these are of no help to editors; we can't read your mind.
- Q5: The section on his presidential campaign leaves out important developments. What gives?
A5: The main article's presidential campaign section is intentionally brief. The subarticle John McCain 2008 presidential campaign has a much fuller treatment of the campaign and that is where most new additions should go.
- Q6: Something in the lead (introductory) section doesn't have a footnote. I'm going to put a {{fact}} tag on it right now.
A6: This article (like many others) uses the approach that there are no citations in the lead section, because everything in the lead is also found in the body of the article along with its citation.
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Palin disinvited to funeral by whom?[edit]
Article mentions that Palin and Trump both disinvited from funeral by McCain's request, but I was unable to substantiate this with regard to Palin from the two footnotes cited. I did find a BBC article which suggested Cindy was the one who asked, via an intermediary, that Palin not attend. This however was also uncertain. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45361663.amp Godsp3d (talk) 00:56, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 1 June 2024[edit]
|answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.Donald Trump is referred to as "President Donald Trump" in this article, while it should correctly be "Former president Donald Trump". 2003:C7:8739:C100:55F:FF9:D7D9:D7C7 (talk) 17:02, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
