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Can someone more knowledgeable in table formatting change the way the table is sorted? It appears that the "surname, given name" pattern is used in case someone wants to sort alphabetically. However, it makes it less readable. Also, it doesn't work.
Bait30 Talk 2 me pls?01:39, 17 March 2020 (UTC)reply
White House Coronavirus Task Force under Trump Administration
Televised White House Coronavirus Task Force was under the leadership of President Trump himself, similar to in New York State and other US states, the Chief Executive or Governor (e.g, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York State). Chief Executives never turned the Covid-19 crisis over to their health department leads at either the state or federal levels, though all health care department heads were online in their presentations to the public. The wiki on "designees" is technically correct; the emergency orders, issued state by state, were from the Chief Executive "him or herself" with one laggard (at attempts not to mandate and lockdown).
2603:7081:2000:3EF3:55BA:E5A2:2987:EC6C (
talk) 23:44, 7 July 2022 (UTC)JARacino
2603:7081:2000:3EF3:55BA:E5A2:2987:EC6C (
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23:44, 7 July 2022 (UTC)reply
Seems like SandyGeorgia and myself both can't establish whether Brett Giroir is a member of the taskforce. If anyone finds a source to indicate he's a member or not, update the article or link it here. NativeForeignerTalk05:33, 18 March 2020 (UTC)reply
yep ... he acts like a member, seems like a member, looks like a member, walks like a member and quacks like a member ... but I can find no source that says he is a member.
SandyGeorgia (
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05:36, 18 March 2020 (UTC)reply
Unfortunately probably not. It's from a speaker Bio - it is likely a supplied photo from Blair and no indication who took it. It's on the import export website, but we don't know they took it. (if they did, it would be PD). NativeForeignerTalk20:27, 18 March 2020 (UTC)reply
Unexplained IP edits
I am unable to decipher what
this series of edits that I reverted was attempting to do. Pence is the Chair, Birx is the Coordinator, and the rest are alphabetical, but sortable. 20:59, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
Added vs Appointed?
Why are some members "appointed" and others "added"? What's the difference? — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
107.181.19.30 (
talk) 17:24, April 9, 2020 (UTC)
@
Another Believer:, this seems to be an example of a
WP:NOTNEWS problem-- do we have anything from the Trump administration yet that gives the formal name? When a discussion is started, could I ask you to do me the favor of pinging me? Regards,
SandyGeorgia (
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16:29, 12 April 2020 (UTC)reply
SandyGeorgia, I've not seen an official confirmation, but there are many sources confirming an expected announcement this week as well as members. For example,
this says, 'The second task force will include Trump’s new chief of staff, Mark Meadows, along with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow, NBC reported'. Not sure if we want to address the merge sooner or later, but the formal title could be one of these, something similar (such as Opening Our Country Task Force) or something else altogether. ---
Another Believer(
Talk)16:36, 12 April 2020 (UTC)reply
That's why I say its creation was premature, NEWS-y ... on this article, I waited until we had a U.S. Department of State formal announcement of the name ... we should wait until we have that, methinks, as it will likely be soon. Best,
SandyGeorgia (
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16:43, 12 April 2020 (UTC)reply
I do not think this infobox adds anything, and they often only create problems. As one example of those problems, how are key people being defined in the sample given?
SandyGeorgia (
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12:00, 21 April 2020 (UTC)reply
@
SandyGeorgia:Mike Pence is the vice president and head of the task force,
Jerome Adams is the Surgeon General,
Anthony Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and,
Deborah Birx is Coronavirus Response Coordinator (I will add
Deborah Birx now, but you get the point)
No need to ping me-- I have this page watchlisted, and will let you know if I unwatch. You have not answered my question; what source are you using to claim "key people"? It appears to be your opinion, and not one borne out either by sources or by watching every press conference. Such is the classic problem with infoboxes. Birx is clearly the Coordinator. Where are you getting Fauci? Where are you getting Adams? What is your inclusion criteria? Classic issues that occur with infoboxes, where nuanced facts cannot be conveyed in oversimplified parameters. Also, all 22 are notable and all 22 are "key".
SandyGeorgia (
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13:40, 21 April 2020 (UTC)reply
Let's say if I was in in the Republican Party, I'm a member; that doesn't make me a "key person".
The key people are Deborah Birx, Mike Pence and, Jerome Adams. I was wrong about Dr. Fauci
According to Mike Pence's Wikipedia page, he is the chair, Deborah Birx is the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator and, Jerome Adams is the Surgeon General of the United States.
Stay safe, EditQwerty (
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14:33, 21 April 2020 (UTC)EditQwertyreply
Pence is the chair, Birx is the coordinator, where are you getting that Adams is a key person? It could easily be argued that non-member
Brett Giroir has a larger role than Adams. Do you see that the problem with infoboxes is that they open the problem of nuance being interpreted as fact? Have you watched every press conference? Are you aware that Adams is hardly present? Do you have a source that indicates he is "key"? You have now had to change your unsourced infobox opinion two times (Birx, Fauci), which will be three times (Adams) unless you have a source; do you want to have this discussion every time someone adds opinion to an infobox ? Once we clean out the unsourced opinion, we are left with an infobox that adds exactly ... nothing ... to the article, except lines around an image. By the way, Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Please answer the query using reliable sources.
SandyGeorgia (
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14:54, 21 April 2020 (UTC)reply
Moving this here, because I still don't understand why this one person's one appearance warrants appearance on this page. If it does, well, thee are a lot more non-members who appeared more often than this person.
SandyGeorgia (
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12:43, 7 May 2020 (UTC)reply
The Task Force briefings have included members of the Task Force and non-members, as well: for example, on April 20, the President invited to the podium
USACEGen. Semonite to brief the nation on his construction scheme for triage hospitals in large disused public auditoriums,[1] like the
Miami Beach Convention Center.[2] The USACE has or will construct approximately 16,000 beds in at least 32 facilities nation-wide.[1]
Unfairnessdoctrine, I am unsure what to do with Fleming. The source you provided
[1] states that he is a member of the Task Force, but I can find no official source that actually says that (rather that he is coordinating via Meadows). We have White House press releases for other appointments to the Task Forces, and then we have people who ended up in See also because they made appearances at press briefings or have had some role, even if not actual members. I am unable to figure out, in the absence of a press release or some other source indicating he is actually a member, whether I should add him to the chart. Any further sources or information?
SandyGeorgia (
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16:23, 16 August 2020 (UTC)reply
SandyGeorgia, Thanks for your question/comment. In reviewing media accounts, it appears a number of agency and WH representatives have rotated on and off the TF. You are probably correct that he is there in his role representing the COS. I truly doubt that over time every contributor has been announced when they joined or when they left. I will leave it to your judgement, but it is in reliable media. I would rather be more inclusive than exclusive.
Unfairnessdoctrine (
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17:23, 16 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Are you OK with leaving him in See also, with the others? The only problem there is that we don't typically add citations to See also, but I assume that is cited at his article? Regards,
SandyGeorgia (
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17:26, 16 August 2020 (UTC)reply
OK, I'll just remove the citation from here then, and it works like a standard "See also" entry. PS,
this source seems to explain his role better, although I'm not sure if it's reliable. From what I can tell, his article may need some adjustment. Regards,
SandyGeorgia (
Talk)
17:42, 16 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Found a source that confirms my take on this at my library that is paywalled, "Trump Tamps Down Azar Departure Speculation", Armour, Stephanie; Ballhaus, Rebecca.Wall Street Journal (Online); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]27 Apr 2020.
SandyGeorgia (
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17:48, 16 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Looking at the WH press release for 29 January, I see the formal name of the task force was the "President's Coronavirus Task Force"
Link. Not sure how we got to White House Coronavirus Task Force or why, but the original name should be noted in the article.
Bdushaw (
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12:41, 8 September 2020 (UTC)reply
I am restoring the "Actions" section, which was reverted by
User:SandyGeorgia with the edit summary the two citations given are to the same source, it does not mention this task force, but a different one. The two references, both from the New York Times, specifically name this task force. The one about the cruise ships says But at a meeting of the coronavirus task force on Tuesday, Dr. Redfield’s plan was overruled. The one about masks says the White House Coronavirus Task Force, led by Vice President Mike Pence, declined to even discuss it. ... A task force official said the decision to require masks should be left up to states and localities. The administration requires the task force to sign off on coronavirus-related policies. I'm open to discussion if you think there is some other reason to remove the information. --
MelanieN (
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21:39, 10 October 2020 (UTC)reply
My most sincere apology, MelanieN; I was reading from my iPad, looked (apparently) at only the first part of the source name, and the line-wrap led me to believe that the two very similar article names, with the same author, were one article. Then I checked one article (thinking there was only one), and saw reference to two different task forces-- a second error on top of my first. I am now on a real computer, and have read both of the sources completely, and have balanced the text somewhat. Again, my most sincere apologies for my misread ! (No need to ping me; I have this page watchlisted.)
SandyGeorgia (
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23:11, 10 October 2020 (UTC)reply
I have also removed the Easter Egg link, and am separately curious why it is to be noted that a Presidential task force has the power to overrule federal agencies. That is business as usual, depending on the laws under which agencies are set up. If we need to explore that in this article, we would need to find a source that does so.
SandyGeorgia (
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23:14, 10 October 2020 (UTC)reply