Talk:Dustin Burrows

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Irrelevant quotes placed by editor who only edits Burrows article

A quote from Burrows where he repeats the old, old saw about not wrestling with a pig has been removed from the article several times because it is not encyclopedic and it does not add anything new to the article, and it is POV-pushing. The editor that keeps placing the material in the article has only edited this article about Burrows and has not made any other edits to Wikipedia.--CharlesShirley (talk) 11:55, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Info in lede

Per WP:LEDE, the lede is always a summary of information that is in the body of the article. Information that is most important is typically summarized in the lede.

Dustin Burrows was chairman of the House Republican Caucus from January to August 2019. Aside from his actual overall election and service as a state representative, this appears to be his most notable activity to date; there's an entire section of his article dedicated to this, and it seems likely that people looking for him may be looking for information related to this limited tenure as chairman. Therefore, it makes sense to have this information summarized in the lede.

It is not correct to remove this summary purely because it is redundant to the body of the article, because lede information is always redundant to the body of the article. However, TRUSTEEPILOT keeps removing the lede info for precisely that reason (I have reverted multiple times) and that reason alone. Is there any additional and valid reason for not including this information in the lede? Shelbystripes (talk) 18:26, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

He is not the current Caucus Leader. If you would like to put it somewhere in the lede, that is fine but when coming to his page and seeing “Majority Leader” gives the impression that, one, that title exists in the Texas House (it doesn’t) and two, he is the current one (he isn’t). Add a column or layer to the lede that has his caucus leadership dates and there is no quarrel with that. But do not have him as the current “Majority Leader” because he isn’t and that term doesn’t exist. BurrowsSucks78 (talk) 23:32, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

It sounds like you're not contesting the fact that he was the GOP Caucus Chair of the Texas House of Representatives from January 8, 2019 – August 16, 2019, which is what the infobox is referring to. While there isn't an officially recognized title of "majority leader", the GOP Caucus Chair and Democratic Party Chair are unofficially known as party leaders, as noted on the Texas House of Representatives page. Which is majority leader is, obviously, based on which party is in the majority at the time. Per WP:COMMONNAME it's OK to refer to the GOP Caucus Chair as "majority leader" when the GOP Caucus Chair is described in layman's terms as such, even without formal recognition. Regardless, if your objection is to the title given in the infobox for the position Burrows held, then at best the solution would be to edit the title, not delete the entry. The infobox should include his time as either "Majority Leader" or as "GOP Caucus Chair," including the start and end dates he held the position. (Please do not make edits until consensus is reached for them on this Talk page.)

As the entry provides an end date for his time as majority leader and does not say "Incumbent", it does not indicate he is the current majority leader. Nothing regarding the dates needs to change. Danazar (talk) 17:19, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

First of all, CommonName is not an authority in Texas politics and that title doesn’t exist. Those familiar with Texas politics know that.

Second of all, putting that information in the infobox is fine but it needs to be as a past leadership position held. He is not the current GOP caucus chair and it shouldn’t be in the current infobox. That’s why I edit it until there is specific box for past positions held. BurrowsSucks78 (talk) 01:50, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

The box is where it goes. That's how infoboxes work. It has dates and clearly, emphatically does not in any way imply that it's in the present but specifically shows that it's in the past. Again, this is how infoboxes work. It belongs there. Therequiembellishere (talk) 23:15, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

New District

District 83 will change after the first of the year (2022). BurrowsSucks78 (talk) 23:08, 25 December 2021 (UTC)