Talk:Michael Dukakis

Hi. The template near the end of the page lists him as being preceded by Sumner Z. Kaplan and succeeded by James G. Wheeler in the 10th Norfolk district, then preceded by nobody and succeeded by Jon Rotenberg in the 13th Norfolk district. He was apparently in office in the body continuously, so the infobox just lists him as being in office from 1965 to 1971, and being preceeded by Kaplan and succeeded by Rotenberg, and having a different district from 1965 on. How can this be fixed so Wheeler is listed? DemonDays64 (talk) 02:40, 3 July 2021 (UTC) (please ping on reply)Reply

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This article needs improvement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.177.253.159 (talk) 21:34, 1 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

How so? – Muboshgu (talk) 21:36, 1 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

[...] Dukakis is the oldest living former losing presidential candidate, and is the last one from the 20th century (outside of incumbents).

A few points:

• Is a source cited for this in the body? I didn't look.
• The twentieth century ended on December 31, 2000, and Al Gore is still alive.
• I take it that outside of incumbents is an allusion to Jimmy Carter (and Poppy Bush, too, while he was still alive) and I guess the rest excludes candidates who ran for POTUS but failed to win the Democratic or Republican nomination, and the candidates in the general election from minor parties. I think these qualifications are too significant to include this trivia in the article. (And if I recall correctly, Wikipedia policy frowns on trivia.)

—71.105.198.152 (talk) 12:27, 9 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

I removed the part about 20th century. RudolfRed (talk) 01:52, 26 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hello! I changed the portrait of Dukakis to "File:Michael Dukakis color 2015.png" because it was colorized and more recent, and figured that it could be switched back to an older photo if he were to die or something. However, I noticed that the image keeps switching, and I think we should at the very least come to a consensus on what image we should use for him. KoopaDaQuick (talk) 20:22, 17 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Obama??? 2603:7000:2300:34D5:78AE:323D:2975:8371 (talk) 04:05, 24 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

My thought exactly. Obama had ancestry outside of North and Western Europe. 86.20.170.68 (talk) 20:51, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Reply