Talk:Tom Bradley (mayor)

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--68.192.222.87 21:22, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)tom bradley68.192.222.87 21:22, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)--Tom Bradley site

Tom Bradley WAS NOT the first African-American mayor of a major American city -- Carl Stokes of Cleveland was. He was elected in 1967, five years before Bradley became mayor of L.A.

Plans for Expansion?

For a guy that was mayor of a major city for 20 years, this article is pretty spartan. Lantoka 07:10, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Everyone loved Tom Bradley; he smiled, kissed babies, was charming, went to dinner parties with the most important people in town, had enormous charisma, and offended no one. He avoided controversy and never pushed for issues that would offend anyone. That's the reason you don't see a section with a long list of his accomplishments.

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Military Service?

I was wondering why his time in the LAPD is categorized under military service? The police aren't the military. It should be listed instead under either "Law enforcement career" or "civil service" or something like that, but he wasn't in the military, he was a police officer.

Media appearances

Many people are champions of acceptance and integration, but few are invited to make a cameo appearance in a feature-installment of a TV series where integration was a central theme. Mr. Bradley had a cameo in Alien Nation: Dark Horizon. Few politicians are so widely (or wildly) popular as to have their name given positive inclusion in the script of a contemporary sit-com, but Mr. Bradley was adored by the character Roger Thomas in What's Happening (in contrast to former Presidents Ford and Carter who were not so adored in that series). Granted, not every detail of a person's life can be included in the few bytes afforded to a wiki article, but these media appearances are relevant because they demonstrate the significance of his cultural impact, perhaps more effectively than dry names, dates, and the broad strokes commonly presented in encyclopedic entries. Should they be included? 104.153.219.203 (talk) 10:37, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Bradley's middle name

I wonder what does the J stand for ? Let me know if you find more information. (725edwards 5:53, February 13, 2019 (CST).

Why was his party affiliation deleted from lede?

There are countless California mayors whose party affiliation is listed in the lede despite technically being a nonpartisan office. And the wording I added did not imply that he was elected to a partisan office, it just listed his party affiliation. You’re welcome to take the time to delete party affiliation from hundreds of other ledes if you think other users would allow that, but I don’t see any reason to specifically exclude it from this specific article. I’m willing to listen to your thoughts if you think there is a good reason though. —169.234.216.238 (talk) 02:11, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's been put back in connection with the governor's race, which was a partisan one. Best wishes. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 02:17, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thank you, this seems like a reasonable way of handling it. 169.234.216.238 (talk) 02:22, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 3 December 2023

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The result of the move request was: moved to Tom Bradley (mayor). Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 14:45, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

– Tom Bradley is the most notable historical individual with the name per Wikipedia:Article titles. Every other Los Angeles Mayor is deemed noteworthy enough to not have the (American politician) parenthesis afterwards. Bradley is LA's longest-serving and most significant Mayor, overseeing its transformation from a conservative white city to a liberal Latino-plurality one. We can drop the (American politician) here. Plumber (talk) 01:18, 3 December 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. – robertsky (talk) 05:31, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – a bit cheeky of you to pull the football coach off of primary topic for American football based on the mayor's having been a player without establishing notability as a player. That was a disruptive move as you did not fully clean up after yourself (I just finished the necessary disambiguation-link fixes). This is probably a premature request as the coach is still living and the mayor's biography hasn't separated itself from the coach's by the wide margin I like to see (page views). Your assertion that every other LA mayor is at the base title for their name is easily contradicted by a quick look at Template:Mayors of Los Angeles. Another LA mayor with a common name is also parenthetically disambiguated – Thomas Foster. – wbm1058 (talk) 16:31, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. No primary topic here. Plumber already attempted to move Tom Bradley (British politician) to Tom George Bradley (not his common name) for some reason, as well as the American football coach. I have moved both back. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:03, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Has only 73% of all-time pageviews, but Google Books and other results suggest the mayor has primary long-term significance. Alternatively suggest move to Tom Bradley (mayor), a briefer modifier and more essential to his notability. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 05:24, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisting comment: In consideration of the alternative proposed name – robertsky (talk) 05:31, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

move to Tom Bradley (mayor) is good. There are three American politicians with the name; the other two are disambiguated by middle intials – so (American politician) is incomplete disambiguation. The other two were US representatives; no indication they were ever mayors. – wbm1058 (talk) 19:02, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Errors regarding football at UCLA

The article twice indicates Bradley played football at UCLA. This is incorrect. The “Black Bruins” book cited never makes that claim, and Bradley himself confirms that he intended to play football when he enrolled but then changed his mind. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-02-sp-28609-story.html Jsmathematics (talk) 11:53, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"First liberal mayor"

The lead refers to Bradley at least twice as "the first liberal mayor" of Los Angeles. According to whom? This seems subjective to me rather than something that should be stated as objective fact. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 20:18, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]