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Dick Cheney was one of the Social sciences and society good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
October 17, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
January 21, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
December 2, 2024	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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Cheney’s tenure as VP deserves its own article

Cheney was viewed as the most powerful vice president in American history, and for the same way Gore’s tenure has an article, so should Cheney’s. Vinnylospo (talk) 00:32, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Make an article that is more comprehensive. The content currently contained in this main biography is not extensive enough to require a spinoff, this this biography is not overly-lengthy. Therefore: if there will be a dedicated article on his vice presidency, it needs to contain far more details that what is currently in this main biography. SecretName101 (talk) 22:05, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely unacceptable how utterly lightweight this is.

For someone so powerful, I feel that wikipedia is demeaning the public containing so little information about his vice presidency... 2001:FB1:13B:1719:44F9:864B:CF71:6E9C (talk) 08:30, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Should be a "controversial" section added for things such as "enhanced interrogation techniques" and so forth Tommydeininger (talk) 21:39, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ⸺(Random)staplers 02:11, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dick Cheney should also be listed as American People of Irish decent as well. 2603:7000:7800:18BB:586D:9048:880C:693E (talk) 19:47, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No reference to “Dick” in lede

Would people be opposed to a “universally known as Dick Cheney” at the start of the lede, perhaps after (pronunciation;DOB)? I feel like Richard vs Dick requires slightly more explanation than say Christopher vs Chris biographies, and at the moment the difference isn’t mentioned anywhere else in the article (like when he started being called Dick). Maybe I’m overthinking it Cbe46 (talk) 07:24, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria. Some of my concerns are listed below:

The "Aftermath" section is almost entirely block quotes. This creates copyright concerns and lowers readability for readers. I suggest that this information be summarised and removed or reduced.
There are many short one-or-two sentence paragraphs throughout the article. This makes the information difficult to read, and I am not sure that all of them are necessary in the article. These should be formatted better or evaluated for their inclusion.
There is not much information about his early political career before elected to the House of Representatives. Is there any important information about the House campaign that should be included in this article?
There is uncited prose throughout the article.

Is anyone interested in fixing up the article, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 00:31, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Missing article in a sentence

I know this is minor but it's the kind of error that stands out to me.

In the paragraph summarizing his approach to Iraq, the following sentence states: He was an early proponent of invading Iraq, alleging that the Saddam Hussein regime possessed weapons of mass destruction program …

But it should state: He was an early proponent of invading Iraq, alleging that the Saddam Hussein regime possessed a weapons of mass destruction program Tundratapper (talk) 17:35, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Dick Cheney

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Delisted. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:24, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are many short one-or-two-sentence paragraphs throughout the article. This makes the information difficult to read, and I am not sure that all of them are necessary in the article. These should be formatted better or evaluated for their inclusion. There is not much information about his early political career before his election to the House of Representatives. Is there any important information about the House campaign that should be included? The "Aftermath" section is almost entirely block quotes, which lowers readability for readers. I suggest that this information be summarised and removed or reduced. There is uncited prose throughout the article. Z1720 (talk) 22:36, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.