call for copy editing help [ edit ]

This is our current wiki-text:

In response to a twitter question on whether vaccines cause autism, Stein tweeted, "there is no evidence that autism is caused by vaccines" but quickly deleted the tweet and tweeted instead the more circumspect, "I'm not aware of evidence linking autism with vaccines.

I would propose:

In response to a twitter question on whether vaccines cause autism, Stein first responded, "there is no evidence that autism is caused by vaccines," then revised her tweet to a more prudent "I'm not aware of evidence linking autism with vaccines."

Better suggestions:





In March 2016, she tweeted, "Nuclear power plants = weapons of mass destruction waiting to be detonated."

Solid Waste Action Committee removed? [ edit ]

Why has this early accomplishment been removed form her page? As mentioned previously in this article and other articles the committee was mentioned in publications and was one of her early local government involvements. Shouldn't this be included? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.47.212.54 (talk) 10:56, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

NBC "editorialization" [ edit ]

An editor clipped a direct quote from NBC News in two, claiming that the later part was "editorialization" (bolded part was removed) and constituted a BLP violation[1]:

"There’s nothing in the reports to suggest that Stein was aware of the influence operation, but the Massachusetts physician has long been criticized for her support of international policies that mirror Russian foreign policy goals."

The content is obviously not a BLP violation. NBC News is a RS, and is a perfectly good source for noting that Stein's foreign policy mirrors Russia's. The editor also removed a description of RT and Sputnik as Russian "state-owned" media networks, even though the RS literally describe them as such. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 14:10, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

I removed "Russian state propaganda networks" as descriptors for RT and Sputnik. This is non-neutral language. We do not describe western European and North American news sources as "American/Canadian/British state propaganda networks" and neither should be describe RT and Sputnik. NBC's assertion that Stein has "long been criticized...Russian foreign policy goals" is clear editorialization on their part. It's not clear who has long criticized Stein, nor are any sources given to document this criticism. Let's keep the language neutral and avoid bias on behalf of either Stein or the news outlets criticizing her.--TM 14:30, 31 December 2018 (UTC) You removed both "Russian state propaganda networks" and "Russian state-owned networks". If you're prepared to follow the RS's wording, you should restore the latter wording. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 14:36, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

:It is incorrect to attribute to NBC News instead of the reporter whose name appears on the article, Robert Windrem. So I changed the intext attribution. I wonder though if we are providing improper weight to his opinion. The implication is that the Russians supported Stein because she is pro-Russian, but that really would not matter since she had no chance of winning and the objective, as stated in Windrem's article, was to ensure the election of Trump. Furthermore, it's weasel wording. It implies that the only reason Stein for example would oppose the wars in the Middle East was that Russia did. Was that what Mueller concluded? TFD (talk) 20:34, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

I started a discussion on the NPOV noticeboard.[2] Snooganssnoogans (talk) 12:46, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Legal activism [ edit ]

Stein v Cortes in Pennsylvania related to election reform, where prevailing accomplished a marked improvement in the elections system, requiring future elections to have paper vote record for auditing. -Inowen (nlfte) 03:41, 27 January 2019 (UTC)