Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan[edit]
- This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.
The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 11, 2024 by Wehwalt (talk) 16:32, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and began to work as a sports broadcaster in Iowa. In 1937, he moved to California, and became a well-known film actor there. From 1947 to 1952, and from 1959 to 1960, Reagan served as the president of the Screen Actors Guild. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but won both the nomination and election in 1980. As president, Reagan implemented new political initiatives as well as economic policies, advocating a laissez-faire philosophy, but the extent to which these ideas were implemented is debatable. The policies, dubbed "Reaganomics," included substantial tax cuts implemented in 1981.
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- Main editors: Happyme22, Wow, Drdpw
- Promoted: February 6, 2008
- Reasons for nomination: 20 years since funeral
- Support as nominator. 750h+ | Talk 07:21, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
- Coordinator comment In general, anniversary of death is not considered a great reason for having an article run, where the death itself is not notable (such as an assassination). The blurb also seems to be more negatively phrased than the article lead and says nothing about his acting or broadcasting careers.--Wehwalt (talk) 09:19, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
- re @Wehwalt: I do understand that, but considering this is the most noteworthy date we will have in a while, (We could have had his 100 year birthday on 5/2/2011, or 110 on 5/2/2021) I think it is fair. In fact, we had Elizabeth II's re-run 11 days after her death, we had Michael Jackson a year after his death. As for the latter complaint, I have added a few more things about his acting. 750h+ | Talk 11:08, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
- Rja13ww33, I know you've been working with this article for a long time. Do you have a view on the article running for the second and final time on the anniversary of death?--Wehwalt (talk) 13:28, 9 April 2024 (UTC)