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Since this article became a FA a decade or so ago, people have added many things. I have tried to keep out stuff that is badly-sourced or biased, or just too obscure or unimportant, but there are limits to what can be done. For example, the article contains much more on environmental policy, and space policy than it did in 2011. My view is that few people sit down to read this bio as a whole, and the information is defensibly in this top-level article. Wehwalt (talk) 07:57, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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In the Return to public life section, please change "at one point in early 1975 he had only $500 in the bank" to "at one point in early 1975 he had had only $500 in the bank". This clause is referring back to an earlier time than the main sentence. 2001:BB6:4756:DF58:7875:8F39:8F19:8EF5 (talk) 10:00, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The caption for the image of Nixon boarding the helicopter should be corrected to indicate he was boarding Army One - while Marine One has become a well known symbol of the US presidency, at the time the president also flew on helicopters crewed by the Army. In this image, Nixon is clearly boarding Army One as shown by the NCO wearing an US Army uniform and not the ubiquitous Marine Corps dress blues. See https://blog.nixonfoundation.org/2016/10/helicopter-return/38.140.154.34 (talk) 00:55, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office as a result of the Watergate scandal.
B Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal.
A. A comma is unnecessary and only serves to disrupt the flow of the sentence. Several examples are provided in a link hosted by Indiana University East; none of which apply to the sentence in question. Unless someone can provide some source or Wikipedia policy affirming that using a comma is otherwise appropriate, it should not be used.Emiya1980 (talk) 02:48, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Both your examples are identical. Was it your intention that example A would not have a comma? Anyway, thanks for bringing this to the talk page, and thanks for finding the list of examples provided by Indiana University East.
In this sentence, the comma serves to set off the non-restrictive clause "as a result of the Watergate scandal". If you don't have a comma there, it appears that instead of saying that Nixon was the only president to resign, we are saying that he was the only president to resign as a result of Watergate. Bruce leverett (talk) 04:34, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In that case, wouldn't it make more sense just to delete "as a result of the Watergate scandal" altogether. (1) It would be more concise. (2) Seeing as how the circumstances of his resignation are explained in more detail in the lead's final paragraph, it's not like essential details will be lost in the process.Emiya1980 (talk) 05:02, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I could go along with that. But nuances of when exactly to mention Watergate and generally how to organize the lead are something I would let other editors worry about right now. Bruce leverett (talk) 13:59, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'll wait a month. If nobody else has responded to this thread within a month's time voicing their objection, I'm going to remove the aforementioned phrase. I think it makes the sentence sound clunky and (as you have pointed out) it creates a needless possibility for confusion. The introductory paragraph is better off without it. Emiya1980 (talk) 23:36, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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