Talk:2022 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

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Endorsement needed to be added

Since the article is extended confirmed protected only extendd confirmed account can edit it, as a result some endorsementshappened after protectionlike this are not added like this: https://captimes.com/captimes/news/government/service-employees-union-backs-barnes-in-democratic-senate-primary/article_c296baef-99eb-5975-8b78-6d8bd26f2532.html Is there any extended confirmed user who can add it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Energyequalstomc2 (talk • contribs) 19:14, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Filed paperwork"

I don't understand why pages for Congressional elections add this as a subsection when it carries no special meaning "publicly expressed interest" doesn't already convey. The FEC Form 2 is filed for campaign finance reasons, senators in the past have specifically clarified that it isn't indicative of their future plans.^[1] You can go on the FEC's website and see that nearly all retiring House incumbents in 2020 (35/38) filed to run that year.^[2] along with all 4 retiring senators. It's not a particularly informative piece of information, and I don't think pages should highlight it lest it starts misleading people into thinking it's an announcement. Ketrit (talk) 00:07, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, but Johnson is expected to run in 2022, so maybe it should be moved to Declared instead of PEI. Darubrub (talk) 13:20, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Either that they’ll officially enter the race by filling the paperwork needed or they will run but haven’t filed it. Darubrub (talk) 13:23, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

For Tom Nelson endorsements

Since both party provide source of endorsements. Better choice is Leave it here but add a citation request. Geeky1127 (talk) 16:26, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of portraits/pictures of candidates

Hello,

I am starting this discussion because I looked in the article's edit history and noticed that a fellow editor had removed the pictures of candidates because he thought the pictures "looked stupid". While I respect his/her opinion, there was however no consensus regarding the edit. I personally do not agree with the pictures having been removed, as they give readers somewhat of a sense of who these candidates are as well as how they appear. Nevertheless, I thought I would start a discussion to try to reach a formal consensus.

Thank you! PretendZebra75 (talk) 02:37, 12 August 2021 (UTC)PretendZebra75[reply]

Thanks for starting the discussion! I also want to find a consensus on this. While I agree their logic was not great I do think the pictures are a little odd. I'll just list some of the reasons my view is that they should be removed unless WP prefers to keep it.

1: It seems adding photos in the primary section of election articles is a very recent thing, like I'm only seeing it on the 2022 U.S. Senate races and not on 2020 or previous years meaning there is no continuity or basis for it. When editing, I try to base my changes off what people have previously done so articles maintain the same flow.

2: It gives a spotlight to candidate's with photos and an inherent advantage over canidates without pictures. Candidates without pictures remain under the declared section as just "*Candidate, experience". Candidates with pictures get that as well as their photo, a larger text of their name plus current office/experience, and their hometown. That may seem small, but it is a pretty clear bias to me.

3: There is no criteria for the pictures being added. As I type this, Mandela is currently shown as on the article but his individual wikipedia page uses . So which picture should be used? Then there is the fact that each photo has differing quality; Mandela's is out of focus and is just a screenshot from a youtube video, Godlewski's is a high-quality official government portrait, Lasry's is a cropped version of a picture where he is in the background, Nelson's is a professional headshot, Peckarsky's is a low-quality youtube screenshot. It ends up looking a bit messy when they are all together and again gives a bias to candidate's with more professional-looking photos.

My main fear is how it spotlights certain candidates over other candidates. I have not found anything in Wikipedia Policy encouraging or discouraging their usage, so this consensus really helps because I would like to see if theres anything I have not seen yet and what everyone else's thoughts are. Thanks! Stanloona2020 (talk) 09:24, 16 August 2021 (UTC) Stanloona2020[reply]

Ron Kind

Ron Kind has left running for Senate on the table! He's just not running for re-election to his house seat! Unless there is proof that he declined the Senate run, stop putting him in declined Dickeyaustin786 (talk) 02:57, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 24 June 2022

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Steven Olikara was just endorsed by South Asians for America...please see here: https://www.newsindiatimes.com/south-asians-for-america-endorses-two-candidates-for-u-s-congress/ and here: https://indiawest.com/2022/06/24/south-asians-for-america-endorses-steven-olikara-in-wi-and-reema-rasool-in-ny/ also here: https://www.wispolitics.com/2022/olikara-campaign-south-asians-for-america-endorses-steven-olikara-for-the-u-s-senate/

Can you please add this endorsement to his endorsement list? Thanks Bfkenney (talk) 16:57, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Sorry but lists of endorsements should only include endorsements by notable people/organizations, see Wikipedia:Political endorsements, this doesn't seem like one of them. —twotwofourtysix^{(talk || edits)} 13:16, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 25 June 2022

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Hello I have an additional edit request. Aaron Williams who was 18th Director of the Peace Corps under President Barack Obama just endorsed Steven Olikara. Aaron is, in my opinion, noteworthy enough to be listed. He has his own page here: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Aaron_S._Williams

Here is a link to the source verifying the endorsement: http://www.stevenolikara.com/supporters

Also Andrew Yang just endorsed Olikara can you please add this to the list?

Here is the source: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/04/29/wisconsin-united-states-senate-race-2022-updates-candidates-ron-johnson-seat/9571561002/

Thanks again Bfkenney (talk) 21:49, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done SWinxy (talk) 19:53, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Steven Olikara Endorsements

Why were several endorsements for Steven Olikara from his website removed?

Bfkenney (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 15:01, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Because it's from his website, see Wikipedia:Political endorsements no. 2 above. —twotwofourtysix^{(talk || edits)} 14:20, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and seeing you declared a conflict of interest to Steven Olikara, you shouldn't edit this page directly, you should instead use the talk page to suggest edits as you had done. —twotwofourtysix^{(talk || edits)} 15:25, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Press releases as sources

Do you think we should just keep using press releases as sources for endorsements here? It's hard to find any of them citing an independent source and press releases are no better than campaign websites here, per WP:PRSOURCE and WP:ENDORSE. —twotwofourtysix^{(talk || edits)} 13:10, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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