Template talk:Centrism US

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Addition of Ronald Reagan

Would it be okay to add Ronald Reagan? He was a moderate conservative and was willing to make comprimises. 2001:56A:7956:9000:D87B:B7DE:AD87:F938 (talk) 02:25, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ronald Reagan was not a centrist. He was a conservative to the right of Ford. Reagan Democrats might make sense though. Catboy69 (talk) 03:56, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Who is a centrist?

User:Catboy69, User:RideTheLightning99, I read your edit summaries, in which you argue that certain people are centrist, and politics are changing, etc., with interest. I would just like to remind you that the BLP applies across the board, as does the need for verification. I have gone through every single linked article to look for VERIFIED claims that this or that person is a centrist (according to whatever definition in whichever time period--that's not actually relevant). You can't just say someone is a centrist or that it's common knowledge: we go by reliable sources here, by secondary evidence. I don't know what "with evidence given in the edit summaries" is supposed to mean: evidence should be in the actual biographical article on the actual person. If you want to include a person in this template, go to the article and make sure it's in there properly, and you'll never have a problem. Drmies (talk) 22:50, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed most of the names re-added since this comment. I have not been through every name yet, but it is likely many more can be removed. RideTheLightning99, I have raised the purpose of sidebars with you before, and specifically flagged you to WP:BIDIRECTIONAL, yet you are still adding non bi-directional links. Catboy69, please take a look at WP:SIDEBAR. Sidebars are visually intrusive and are not used for capturing everything that could plausibly be included under the title. That is what we would use categories and taxonomies for. The sidebar is specifically for highlighting a collated series of articles that are designed to take a reader through a subject. They are more useful when short and targeted, and when the articles focus on their content. If the sidebar does not belong on the target page, then the target does not belong in the sidebar. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 10:20, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The list of politicians ballooned after I initially created the page. Other parts of it have been pared down over time as well. Catboy69 (talk) 15:26, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure why you reverted my edits. If you go over to the pages of the people I added to this template you will see that I added the template there as well, thus fulfilling WP:BIDIRECTIONAL. Not only that but there is information indicating that they are centrist in ideology. It is almost as if you are personally committed to reverting all of my edits for no good reason other than to inconvenience me and the site. RideTheLightning99 (talk) 05:33, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

But you didn't add it to all of them, because Biden, the one I checked, doesn't have the template and neither did you add and get reverted. As you have been persistently adding these without taking note of what I and others are saying, I did not check further (although I spent considerable time checking every one of the last tranche). I see now you added the template to the others, but you didn't take note of what I said, which is that the page must discuss the subject of the template before adding the template. Clinton (Hillary) does contain some text in which she is accused of and confirms she is a centrist. That one can go back in. I am surprised the others have not been reverted yet since they do not mention centrism at all. I'll revert them now. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 06:28, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]