Talk:Deb Conroy

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Hi @JohnHawkinsBois, thanks for your recent contributions! Just a quick question about this edit. You removed one paragraph about Conroy's legislative career (serving as whip of the women's caucus, chairing a mental health and addiction committee, and sponsoring a bill requiring insurance coverage for mental health disorders). Further down the page, you also removed a mention of Liz Chaplin's endorsement of Conroy. Would you mind explaining both removals? I'm interested in restoring the content, but wanted to check with you first. Thanks so much! Edge3 (talk) 22:10, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Edge,

Happy to explain. Given that her old committee assignments are listed and a brief explanation of how she became chair of the Mental Health and Addiction committee is on the page, I didn't think it necessary to include any more information on that committee. I am open to including her role as whip of the women's caucus, but caucus memberships are not frequently discussed on Wiki pages for state representatives. That's really up to you, though.

Regarding the endorsement--I suppose we can include it, but considering that neither LaPlante nor Chaplin have their own wikipedia pages (and for good reason, since they've only ever been local officials), I was hesitant to even include them in the campaign explainer on the page. I'd like the page to be as neutral as possible, only listing the facts (per WP:NPOV) and leaving out extraneous information.

I might further tweak the page and potentially take out her old committee assignments (aside from the one she chaired) and leave the section about her tenure as an Illinois State Rep. focused on her legislative accomplishments. I'm all about streamlining information and leaving out unnecessary detail.

Happy to discuss further if you would like. JohnHawkinsBois (talk) 22:22, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@JohnHawkinsBois: Thanks for the explanation! I'll think about it more, especially as I continue expanding the article along with you. I think we just have different editing styles; see for example my work on Dan Cronin where I go into a lot of detail on his accomplishments but tend to focus more on secondary rather than primary sources. It's just a matter of preference, really. Once I dive into this article more, we can hash out any differences as they come along. Edge3 (talk) 04:37, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@JohnHawkinsBois: Coincidentally, I just got this comment on my talk page suggesting that the Cronin article is too detailed. Just a day after I posted the comment above! I'm ignoring the commenter, of course. Edge3 (talk) 05:27, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

FYI I've submitted a partial revert. Happy to discuss further. Edge3 (talk) 00:35, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Edge3:, sorry about that strange message! While I did not leave it, that is quite an odd coincidence. Just wanted to let you know that I changed a couple things in the article--grammar and also that piece of legislation you referenced regarding mental health coverage. The listed reference makes no mention of such a bill. I switched it over to include the legislation Conroy mentioned that discussed ABA therapy. I also removed mention of the mental health and addiction committee in the first blurb since it was mentioned in the second one.--JohnHawkinsBois (talk) 00:21, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Quick edit: @Edge3:, just re-looked at that Daily Herald article and realized that the reporter does make such a claim...however, as someone vaguely familiar with the legislative initiatives of the General Assembly and Conroy's agenda, I'm not sure what bill she is referencing. I know of the bill that extended Medicaid coverage to ABA therapy (HB4769)

@JohnHawkinsBois: Thanks! I didn't suspect you at all, I just thought it was an odd comment and also a strange coincidence. Thanks for the heads-up about your other edits. Edge3 (talk) 04:14, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]