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Numbering in bios of US cabinet members

Would anyone object, if numberings (like 70th US attorney general) were removed from the intros of US cabinet members? GoodDay (talk) 04:02, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would not object. Including the numbering in leads seems unnecessary and potentially unsourced. What does it tell the average reader anyway? If including anything, the years served would seem to be far more useful. – notwally (talk) 00:29, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act#Requested move 27 December 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act#Requested move 27 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 19:53, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Succession boxes for offices, where before & after periods of vacancies occur

Should we bother using "Vacant" in any succession boxes of political offices?

Example 1: Thomas A. Hendricks page:
We don't use "Vacant" - though there were vacancies between Arthur & Hendricks; between Hendricks & Morton.

Political offices
Preceded by Chester A. Arthur	Vice President of the United States 1885	Succeeded by Levi P. Morton

Example 2: Matthew Denn's page:
We do use "Vacant" - the vacancy is shown between Denn & Hall-Long.

Political offices
Preceded by John Carney	Lieutenant Governor of Delaware 2009–2015	Vacant Title next held by Bethany Hall-Long 2017

IMHO, we shouldn't bother using 'Vacant' at all (per Example 1) as it's still the predecessor & successor. GoodDay (talk) 22:02, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that not using vacant makes sense. – notwally (talk) 05:18, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that using vacant makes no sense but I think using the years in office below the names provides important context. Onikaburgers (talk) 03:46, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Article titles for executive orders

I've started a discussion on article titles for U.S. executive orders at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (government and legislation)#U.S. executive order titles. All are invited to comment. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 06:50, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject JFK Assassination Files (Wikisource)

There is a new WikiProject over Wikipedia's sister-project Wikisource for the JFK Assassination Files release/being released by the U.S. government.

The goal of the project is to transcribe the documents released related to the assassination, so the information present in them is readable and easily accessible to everyone. If you are interested in joining or checking it out, please see WikiProject JFK Assassination Files. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 17:06, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

George Floyd protests in Wyoming at AfD

George Floyd protests in Wyoming has been nominated for deletion, in case any project members are interested in weighing in or making article improvements. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:08, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]