Talk:Dean Phillips 2024 presidential campaign

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Dean Phillips 2024 presidential campaign article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

The contentious topics procedure applies to this page. This page is related to post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people, which has been designated as a contentious topic.

Editors who repeatedly or seriously fail to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behaviour, or any normal editorial process may be blocked or restricted by an administrator. Editors are advised to familiarise themselves with the contentious topics procedures before editing this page.

Politics: American Low‑importance

	Politics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of politics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PoliticsWikipedia:WikiProject PoliticsTemplate:WikiProject Politicspolitics
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by American politics task force (assessed as Low-importance).

United States: Presidential elections Low‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject U.S. presidential elections (assessed as Low-importance).

Letters to the editor

Hi @Smobes,

I previously deleted content from a source that you cited on this page because it was a letter to the editor from a writer who does not appear to be notable, and you added it back onto the page. A letter to the editor is not generally considered a reliable source, as they not subject to the fact checking required by a news story or an editorial written by the paper. Is there a reason I am missing that you consider this author to be notable?

Here is some discussion on the reliable sources talk page about letters to the editor for reference:

Wikipedia talk:Reliable sources/Archive 21#Letters to the Editor?

Wikipedia talk:Reliable sources/Archive 9#Centralized discussion of sources Eventhisacronym (talk) 19:21, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Eventhisacronym,

I agree with you after reviewing the link you provided in the discussion of using letters to the editor as reliable sources for Wikipedia. I reverted my edit, thus deleting the cited content from the letter to the editor from the Wall Street Journal. Thank you. Smobes (talk) 19:31, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Eventhisacronym (talk) 21:45, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]