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ghwb had been accused of groping women in public. granted, i believe dementia was largely to blame but this is still too important to exclude from the article NotQualified (talk) 22:54, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not done Putin was a long time career KGB agent, While Bush was head of CIA as a political appointee for but a small part of his broader political career. Drdpw (talk) 15:38, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This edited version above requests fixes to the hyperlink for Prescott Bush Jr. The original routes the reader to an obscure election in Connecticut which Prescott Bush withdrew from and has no other connection to, besides the single mention. This edit instead aims to route the reader to the main article for the Bush family, directly to Prescott Bush Jr., bypassing the step of being directed to the election that has a singular reference to him. This just aims to make it simpler for the reader, and have an easier flow of research rather than being sent to the local election in Connecticut. KnowledgeSeeker44 (talk) 15:12, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
During his time in office, he was only known as George Bush, the common use of the middle initials have only been added later to distinguish him from his son who also became president. I think this should be noted in the first or second sentence of the article. 2A00:801:70E:DC0D:0:0:665F:E019 (talk) 17:57, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think the first sentence could be "George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018), known during his time in office as George Bush, was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.247.31.205 (talk) 21:34, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop removing the previous offices held by the person of this article. They were relevant and all of the POTUS have in their infobox former offices that were evens less relevant. Donaldo Silvério (talk) 20:04, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The edit summary for the edit that removed various offices from the infobox said,
Not every role needs to be crammed into the infobox. This template is behemothous enough. None of these predecessors and successors are mentioned anywhere in the text, making it clear how far from essential this information is.
The predecessors and successors are not mentioned in the article, but some of the offices are: the article mentions that Bush was director of the CIA, and that he was ambassador to the U.N., and that he was chief of the liaison office to China ("effectively the ambassador"), and these offices, I would think, are notable enough to be mentioned in the infobox. I am not so sure about chairman of the RNC, but what do I know.
So I think that it is quite normal for these offices to be listed in the infobox. I agree that infoboxes should be limited as far as is possible to mentioning notable offices, and some infoboxes of U.S. Presidents and other biographical articles include some offices that unimportant or outright trivial, but I do not have a problem with these three offices held by George H. W. Bush. Bruce leverett (talk) 23:33, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Not done Putin was a long time career KGB agent, While Bush was head of CIA as a political appointee for but a small part of his broader political career. Drdpw (talk) 15:38, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
The redirect Senior Bush has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 July 27 § Senior Bush until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 22:17, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
