Talk:Jonathan Carter (politician)

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:Jonathan Carter (politician) → {{no redirect|Jonathan Carter (activist)}} – The subject of this biography's only foray into politics was twice running for Governor of Maine. Having run as a nominee of a minor party, his candidacies were not serious, and the results show that he wasn't really a viable candidate. That means he is a "wannabe politician" "perennial candidate", not a politician. Of course, we cannot use "wannabe politician" "perennial candidate" for the disambiguation term, as that is derogatory. I had [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jonathan_Carter_(politician)&diff=prev&oldid=1285610516 moved the article] to have activist as the disambiguation term (thinking such a move would not be controversial), but [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jonathan_Carter_(politician)&diff=next&oldid=1285610516 got reverted] with the edit summary that the move requires a discussion. Green Montanan (talk) 20:02, 21 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Valorrr ^{(lets chat)} 23:01, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

:Should have been part of the original reasoning: the very last sentence in the lead says the he spent "less than $20,000 and [had] no paid media". That definitely means that he did not run a serious campaign. Green Montanan (talk) 20:41, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose - He ran for office three times. The fact it was a minor party does not matter. The fact that he garnered 8.8% of the vote with merely $20,000 is a positive -- not a negative as you suggest. As for your derogatory insult, if we can't use it in the article as you say, I'd suggest you strike it from the talk page. O3000, Ret. (talk) 21:08, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
• Per your suggest, I struck out "wannabe politician" and replaced with "perennial candidate". Sorry that I missed the 1992 candidacy for the House of Representatives. This is only mentioned in the lead, not in body of the article. Obviously, as a three time non-serious candidate, he certainly fits the definition of a perennial candidate. Green Montanan (talk) 21:31, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
• :So you replaced it with another derogatory characterization and personally declared him "non-serious". You appear to think running two times is "wannabe" and three times is "perennial". A "perennial candidate" is Lyndon LaRouche. Ran for president eight times (some of those while in prison for five years) and I don't think ever got anywhere near 1%. Keep in mind that this is a WP:BLP. O3000, Ret. (talk) 23:11, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
• ::From the Perennial candidate article (the very first sentence, which is attributed to Politico), "A perennial candidate is a political candidate who frequently runs for elected office and rarely, if ever, wins."
• ::Having run 3 times in the span of 10 years and losing big each and every time certainly fits the description. As for WP:BLP, it's not a violation of BLP to call someone a perennial candidate. Check out this article: List of perennial candidates in the United States. Green Montanan (talk) 03:36, 22 April 2025 (UTC)
• :::*That list article says more than 3 times and Wikipedia is not a reliable source anyhow.
• :::*I found reliable sources for people on that list article that call them perennial candidates. That means that we can. I found no such sources for Carter.
• :::*We don't create our own derogatory labels about living persons, as you did twice here and also on the David Hogg article calling him the highly negative term "political operative". We take WP:BLP very seriously. O3000, Ret. (talk) 11:20, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

:Note: WikiProject Biography and WikiProject Biography/Politics and government have been notified of this discussion. Valorrr ^{(lets chat)} 23:01, 28 April 2025 (UTC)