User talk:Angie in WA State

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What is the source of your Electoral College changes? A complete page replacement was not what I had in mind when I asked for contributions. Perhaps the two versions could be merged... --Centerfielder 09:28, 27 Jun 2004 (PDT)

Hi Angie,

Your contribution of James Monroe appears to be copyright infringement.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=%22unusually+strong+Cabinet+choices%2C+naming+a+Southerner%2C+John+C.+Calhoun%22&btnG=Search

If so, please remove it immediately. Thanks, RobLa 16:22, 30 May 2004 (PDT)

That search returns only a link to a page at Whitehouse.gov . Anything at whitehouse.gov, or any other .gov or .mil site (a work of the United States government) is public domain and without copyright. You may copy from it at will and still remain within the copyright terms of this site. Befuddle 14:36, 27 Jun 2004 (PDT)

Even if it's legal, it's still plagiarism, which is still bad form and should be avoided. Always cite sources to avoid confusion. Angie and I spoke about this via email, but based on the comment from Befuddle, everyone who stumbles into this discussion should get this message.-- RobLa 23:12, 1 Jul 2004 (PDT)

Hi Angie

Natapoff's analysis is based on an ideal (ie counterfactual) premise that the states are equal in size and breaks down, by his own admission, in the face of an even election. Natapoff does not define an even election very closely. Other analysts, like Madore reach radically different conclusions.

Moreover the Roman precedent is fairly dubious because 1. The Centuriate Assembly is not, AFAIK, cited as a precedent by any Framer, 2 the Centuriate Assembly was a device by which the patricians rigged elections in their own favour against the interests of the plebeians (just as the US college favours the Republicans), and 3. in any case the corruption of Roman elections was famous and led directly to collapse of the republic.