Talk:Tom Latham (politician)

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Most Conservative? Not by any measure I found[edit]

Removed line saying Latham is "one of the most conservative in the country" because it's not true. By a long shot, he's not even the most conservative in the state. [1] - Jaysus Chris 01:02, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shutdown[edit]

173.27.52.177 is making repeated attempts ([2] [3]) to add unsourced content to this article regarding the government shutdown of 2013. Content must have sources per WP:verifiability.CFredkin (talk) 21:26, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for someone to nominate this article for GA status[edit]

Does anyone else think this article is up to GA status?--Bigpoliticsfan (talk) 23:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 5 May 2017[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Moved. – Ianblair23 (talk) 23:53, 12 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

– I think this page should be moved as he is no longer the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for this name, with the New Zealand cricketer having a fair sized article. The dab page should become the primary page, with "Tom Latham" redirecting to it. This will make it easier to spot incorrect incoming links, as there were lots of these recently going to the US politician, but should have gone to the NZ cricketer. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 13:01, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support no clear primary topic. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:22, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nomination. No indication that the American political figure carries sufficient notability to be designated a WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 22:08, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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