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This article wasnt very organized and needed some fact-checks so i did a re-organization. I'm very open to suggustions!

--JamesEMartin

Thank you for the organization. However, the article still seems pretty one sided - as though it came from Mrs Byrnes's own press release. It could also use more citations than it has.

Btw, did she ever accept the 1998 White House appointment on consumer affairs, or did she go straight into her campaign seeking the nomination to run against Senator John Warner?'

I will try to ascertain the copyright status of her photograph from the Congressional Biographic Directory. * Mrs Byrnes's Congressional biography AndersW 02:49, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality dispute[edit]

I believe questioning the neutrality of this article is misguided -- I don't see anything that isn't entirely factual. Can someone respond with specifics about what they believe to not be neutral -- otherwise I would suggest removing the banner on the article page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.136.136.101 (talk) 17:28, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, nothing in this article seems slanted. I am removing the banner from the article. If anyone can cite a specific issue that is not neutral, please post about it to the discussion page instead of just popping the NPOV banner up. 208.54.15.14 00:02, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree, I believe the article seems slanted. The phrasing of the opening paragraph is ladden with value-based terms and sentence structures. First, the term "left-wing" should be eliminated from the introduction. I would suggest "Leslie Larkin Byrne (born October 27, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American politician and member of the Democratic party." Second, "despite the fact she lost more elections than she won", is simply not a true statement if you look at the election results displayed on the page. Based on this information, she 9 election results are display and she lost only 2, which means she has won more elections than she lost. I would propose the following rewrite of the introduction section: Leslie Larkin Byrne (born October 27, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American politician and member of the Democratic party who served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995. She lost a second term relection bid to Tom Davis in 1994. She was also the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 2005 though she lost to Republican Bill Bolling. She has announced her candidancy for her original congressional seat in the 2008 election. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vtrob77 (talk • contribs) 12:55, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

When one views the page for the first time, Byrne's name appears as Leslie "The Loser" Byrne on the upper right. Can someone please revert that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.164.100.105 (talk) 02:36, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Rewrite of article[edit]

The article as written violated a number of policies related to WP:BLP. There were several unsourced claims of legislative leadership and ambiguous support on key issues without stating what role she played that justifies WP:NOTEWORTHY inclusion in the bio. If there are WP:RS sources that can verify such activities, future editors should cite them. Other issues addressed involved Wikipedia policies relating to WP: Puffery and WP:NOTEVERYTHING. Go4thProsper (talk) 09:46, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]