Talk:William McKinley

Some questions/possible problems I see:

• Why was he only MP for a single year?
• How could such a radically left wing (for the time) politician become GM in 1894, especially given what appears to be his relative obscurity (one term as MP, one term as Governor)?
• How did he manage to get these reforms passed? For example, was his a coalition government with the Socialists for some reason?
• Under profession it should be simply "Attorney" or "Lawyer."
• To what "defeat of Rutherford Beaufort Fogg" are you referring? When Fogg left office as GM in 1885 McKinely was leaving office as a first term MP according to your article.

I look forward to your answers. Zahir 07:23, 24 June 2006 (PDT)

To point 1 & 5 - the MP bit I will push back and extend to fit.

To point 2 - If I extend the term as MP when I push back - he left office after 1 term because of his policies, he was assasinated.

To point 2 and 3 - probably I could add in the socialist bit.

To point 4 - I will change. --Quentin 08:14, 25 June 2006 (PDT)

Please don't assassinate him. Right now we have rather a large number of GMs dying in office--Sparrow, McClellan, Rosenberg, Penn, Jowcko, Wainwright. And I still don't understand how such an extreme radical got elected in the first place. Recall that the GM is elected by Parliament. Zahir 10:48, 25 June 2006 (PDT)

He did not actually die in office, just during the election campaign for the next one. --Quentin 00:13, 26 June 2006 (PDT)

Yes, IB seems to have WAAAY too many assassinations for my tastes. No Assassination for him! ONE TERM! BoArthur 11:08, 11 July 2006 (PDT)

What about the 1898 war? Should be during his term of office, but there's nothing here about that. Steg, a.k.a. Boroparkpyro 10:59, 11 July 2006 (PDT)

I've mentioned the 1898 War as well as several plausible ways someone so radical (for the time) might have achieved the office of GM. Quentin replied with a thanks and that he is looking over them now. For the record, I would also prefer McKinley not be the victim of an assassin (although that would bring the number of assassinated GMs up to three, one less than assassinated US Presidents), at least not a successful one. Methinks with a vigorous discussion, this can be a particularly good article. I am curious about such an obviously Anglo person representing that particular province, Aquanishuonigy. Zahir 15:00, 11 July 2006 (PDT)

I don't remember who it was or where, but someone made the point that the original ethnic/national demographics of NAL provinces is in no way immutable. So Aquanishuonigy could actually have a majority Non-Native population, notwithstanding the fact that they speak Iroquoian and follow Hodenoshoni norms in the legal structure of the province. Steg, a.k.a. Boroparkpyro 03:44, 12 July 2006 (PDT)

Ignatius

For the record, my phone service is out for the next week or so. I do however reserve the right to edit this article, for the sake of slightly greater "flow" and to match certain details about Ignatius Domhalla that I had in mind. Zahir 12:30, 1 August 2006 (PDT)

Thanks. I can't say how pleased I am about this; you've taken my idea, implausible as it was, and really helped out. Do you mind if I start an article on Geory Tewdur? --Quentin 12:41, 2 August 2006 (PDT)

Please go ahead. I should mention I'm going to tweak the McKinley article a little bit more, and I was planning an article on Ignatius O'Domhalla (a weird and intriguing figure *here*). Zahir 16:18, 2 August 2006 (PDT)

Spanish-American War?

Since he was GM during this conflict--about which we've never decided too many details--I have a feeling it should be addressed. Zahir 09:01, 7 May 2007 (PDT)