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Contents 1 "Governor of Ohio" Link Improvement 2 Assault vs. More Detailed Description 3 More on Frankie Coleman 4 Image 5 Article could use some neutrality

[edit] "Governor of Ohio" Link Improvement

Rather than linking to Governor of Ohio, linking to List of Ohio Politicians (by state office)#Governors of Ohio and Candidates would be more informative within the context of this particular political race since it lists all candidates involved as well as past governors. If nobody objects I'll probably implement this change within the next few weeks. -- N okla 22:14, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Assault vs. More Detailed Description

Regarding Mscudder's change from assault to the more descriptive: "rape of a handicapped girl at a Columbus high school, and the school's consequent failure to respond."

This is factual, but is it an important part of the controversy?

I'd argue that it is not. The controversy was about how Coleman handles himself in stressful situations. Coleman is about as responsable for how the Columbus City Schools handled the situation as any other elected city official. It was stupid for him to call, and it was stupid to react the way he did, but I'm not aware of any personal involvment or wrongdoing in the case.

He supposedly called because he felt it was his duty as mayor to defend the city from criticism.

For that reason, I think the edit steers the entry toward a NPOV violation. Perhaps changing the term assault to the more accurate sexual assult might be more appropriate. -- N okla 23:10, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] More on Frankie Coleman

Added the latest in Franke Coleman's mis-steps. Lowellt 17:17, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image

I can't for the life of me get the image smaller. Hopefully someone can offer some assistance. Stubbleboy (talk) 02:15, 31 August 2008 (UTC) {{helpme}}

Is there any particular reason the image is included at all, given that it isn't especially relevant to Coleman's career? Frankly, unless someone can provide any justification here, including an image of Coleman standing next to two white women in bikinis just above a sentence indicating he supports Obama for president seems a little suspect. Artrusv5 —Preceding undated comment was added at 18:05, 31 October 2008 (UTC).

If a decent picture of Mayor Coleman is wanted, I'll suggest this one, taken in 2007: http://www.flickr.com/photos/75905404@N00/524146849/ (It has a Creative Commons license) Giles Martin (talk) 14:22, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Article could use some neutrality

I'm tagging this article as not being neutral given that much of it seems intended to promote the mayor and there is no real criticism or balance. I'd welcome some thoughts on cleaning it up.--Analogue Kid (talk) 18:52, 20 February 2009 (UTC)