Talk:Chris Myers (New Jersey politician)

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Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism. Even harmful edits that are not explicitly made in bad faith are not considered vandalism. For example, adding a personal opinion to an article once is not vandalism—it's just not helpful, and should be removed or restated. Not all vandalism is obvious, nor are all massive or controversial changes vandalism.

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Polling

With the election over and Myers having lost, can we agree that the "Polling" section is no longer relevant? Personally, I'm in favor of removing it and just leaving the "Election results" section, although I am open to having a sentence or two describing polling trends leading up to the election within the "2008 congressional campaign" section. Let me know what you think. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 17:47, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the detailed recitation of polls is unnecessary. Part of the removed material, though, was the information that, at the start of the race, it was perceived as a toss-up, and that early polls showed a close race. (It ended up close, but some races end up close only because one candidate closed a large initial gap.) Restoring that information, with a couple sentences, would be reasonable. JamesMLane t c 23:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds reasonable. Feel free to add some polling information to show that the race was perceived as a toss-up in the months preceding the general election. I am willing to do it myself if you don't want to, but right now I am hard-pressed for time and would not be able to do it until later this week, more likely this weekend. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 00:39, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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