Talk:Joe Lombardo
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Joe Lombardo's official portrait
editDespite the fact that Joe Lombardo has an official portrait the first photo of this page is from before he was governor. I don't know how to add it so if anyone can, please do.
Discussion on Language Change in "Abortion" Section
editI made this edit to the "Abortion" subsection
Before: "[H]e was one of three Republican governors [ . . . ] to have signed legislation protecting access to abortion rights."
After: "[H]e was one of three Republican governors [ . . . ] to have signed legislation protecting access to abortion services."
This edit improves the article by (1) enhancing the sentence's neutrality while (2) maintaining it's accuracy, clarity, and purpose.
Enhancing Neutrality
This language change enhances the neutrality of the sentence by replacing "rights" with "services" and removing the Abortion-rights movements link. "Services" avoids any implied partiality to a movement that is aligned with one side of a socially and politically debated question, in keeping with Wikipedia guidelines.
First, In light of the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2023)–which overruled the federal abortion rights enshrined in Roe v. Wade (1973) and its caselaw–the question of abortion rights became a political question to be answered by the people's state representatives. Dobbs and the anticipation leading up to its likely ruling spawned multiple ballot measures to be decided by voters themselves (most notably in Kansas).
Wikipedia's first core content policy is to ensure that articles have a neutral point of view (WP:NPOV). NPOV's article requires content be written, "as far as possible [,] without editorial bias" (emphasis added). While that article is a helpful read for any editor, one section is specifically relevant here.
Impartial Tone
First, NPOV requires articles have an impartial tone, particularly when describing disputes. The cited section says, "[e]ven where a topic is presented in terms of facts rather than opinions, inappropriate tones can be introduced through how facts are selected, presented, or organized." It concludes by saying, "[t]he tone of Wikipedia articles should be impartial, neither endorsing nor rejecting a particular point of view." These quotes make it clear that word choice is one factor in the consideration of impartiality.
For the reasons stated above, the switch from "rights" to "services" adequately describes all three bills the sentence references, while removing any implication of the view that the author takes any particular stance on the political question of if access to abortion/abortion services is a legal right or not. This, therefore, improves the impartiality of the article as defined in Wikipedia guidelines. It accomplishes this by slightly altering the presentation of the topic while still abiding by all the same cited sources and discussed facts. In other words, it furthers the pursuit of eliminating editorial bias.
Maintaining Accuracy, Clarity, and Purpose
These changes, in no way, degrade the quality of the sourcing, confuse the reader or needlessly complicate the meaning of the "abortion services" in relation to the bill Lombardo signed, and satisfy the purpose of the sentence (to distinguish Lombardo as a select few Republican governors that have signed legislation that protect the legal right of women in their state to receive abortion services.
All of the cited references on this sentence use the terms "abortion rights" and "abortion services" interchangeably and repeatedly throughout. "Abortion services" is a widely used phrase that implicates a discrete set of medical and healthcare procedures. If we wanted to be even more clear, we can include a link to a wikipedia article that discusses reproductive rights, abortion law in the us, or maybe the bill itself.
For all of these reasons, I believe this is a fair and impartial edit that promotes a neutral tone within the article. I am happy to discuss any things someone may want to change or alternatives to this end.
Sorry for the long message. Since this is about a contentious topic, I wanted to explain myself clearly :)
Hamas attack
editIn case that is of interest, his Tweet from October 7th: "My prayers are with Israel and the Israeli families suffering from Hamas’ unprovoked terrorist attacks today. ..." . --Túrelio (talk) 09:38, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
Law enforcement career
editI've added a bit more to this section, and think it should be expanded further. One of his appearances on the TV show "Cops" has gone viral a number of times due to the amusing nature of the situation with the person he detained. 204.78.15.9 (talk) 17:30, 21 October 2024 (UTC)