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Former good article nomineeLyndon B. Johnson was a History good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
July 5, 2006Good article nomineeNot listed
October 14, 2008Good article nomineeNot listed
On this day...A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on November 22, 2024.
Current status: Former good article nominee

Semi-protected edit request on 27 August 2024

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Under "personality and public image" it says "As president, Johnson vetoed 30 bills; no other president in history vetoed so many bills and never had a single one overridden by Congress." This is false and easy to check. Delete this sentence without replacement. Many presidents issued more vetoes. 174.251.64.113 (talk) 14:12, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, other presidents had more vetoes, but which presidents had more vetoes with none overriden by congress? RudolfRed (talk) 00:07, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 28 August 2024

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Change the infobox holder image from Lyndon Johnson 3x4.jpg to Lbj2 (cropped).jpg 130.65.254.14 (talk) 22:18, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: In an edit request, you need to provide a reason to change the photo. ⸺(Random)staplers 01:15, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
He looks better in Lbj2 (cropped).jpg than the one that is currently posted in the infobox holder image (Lyndon Johnson 3x4.jpg). 130.65.254.14 (talk) 23:02, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Both photos look excellent to me. Why do you prefer Lbj2? Bruce leverett (talk) 01:48, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Decision not to run

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The fact that Johnson had openly confirmed in September 1967 he did not want to run for a second full term must be mentioned in the article. ParsleySt1 (talk) 17:08, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not every detail must be mentioned. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:50, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The article makes it sound as though he dropped out because of the poor result, when in reality he had announced six months earlier he might not stand again. In any case he later admitted he could not run for another term as he knew he would not survive it. (ParsleySt1 (talk) 16:42, 19 September 2024 (UTC))[reply]
I've amended the text to clarify, although your citation is incomplete. As for the other additions, please don't restore without getting consensus. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:25, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree this should be added. Fleshes out the full story of him not running. ContentEditman (talk) 11:24, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 1 October 2024

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I would like to add 2 very good period photos of Lyndon B. Johnson: June 21 1960, Washington DC, Lyndon B. Johnson and Sen. J. William Fulbright. Lyndon B. Johnson, June 19 1960, Omaha NE. Both photos are not copyright protected. Shai Bandmann 1 (talk) 19:17, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done please provide links to these images, including their origin and copyright status - Arjayay (talk) 20:36, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism?

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Who would vandalize this article? Such a weird target. 2600:8801:2E83:A600:824:3568:AD45:A864 (talk) 07:35, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of Lyndon B. Johnson's penis?

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I'm pretty certain that Lyndon B. Johnson's penis, which he nicknamed "Jumbo", was a prominent part of his character and defined him to a greater degree than most other U.S. presidents. Here are sources:

At no point does this article ever mention his penis; this injustice ought to be rectified, Fellow Wikipedians. Zakawer (talk) 12:41, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am leery of encouraging people to follow your links, as the second one loaded a lot of advertising onto my machine and it crashed. The Times article is behind a paywall. I didn't follow the others. What I saw is a rehash of what I have seen before. If you're really serious, there have been several discussions on the issue and the consensus was to not add any particular mention. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:04, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Roe v. Wade

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The only reason I've been mentioning Roe v. Wade in the section about the passing is that most Americans remember the day of LBJ's passing as the day of the landmark ruling of Roe v. Wade by SCOTUS. I still want to continue to discussion in having it included here. The articles about the Reagan inauguration had the release of the hostages in Iran.

It's important to understand that the day that LBJ died was a day of twin moments of history with the passing the bigger of the two, but most Americans remember it for Roe, since overturned by Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. SnoopyAndCharlieBrown202070 (talk) 02:34, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You've been pushing this angle for 18 months, attempting to paint LBJ's death as the larger and more important event. You are trying to throw a non-neutral twist on the history. Thankfully, Wikipedia is based on the the way that the media balances their coverage of the two events, rather than on the whims of individual Wikipedia users. If you keep pushing this angle you will be moving into the tendentious editing arena, which is a blockable offense. Binksternet (talk) 05:37, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The release of the hostages being on the very day of Reagan's inauguration was most probably due to more than happenstance. It is almost certain that LBJ's death coinciding with Roe being handed down was no more than that – coincidence. Dhtwiki (talk) 00:48, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]