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Jones, Brad (10 December 2015). "Beneath every presidential candidate's Wikipedia page lies a vicious tug-of-war". Digital Trends. Retrieved 10 December 2015. With some four thousand edits in the history of the Sanders entry alone, it can be difficult to understand exactly why individuals are sitting down at a computer to perfect Wikipedia's presentation of the man himself.
Bump, Philip (29 January 2016). "The untold story of Bernie Sanders, high school track star". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2025. 'My elementary school in Brooklyn won the borough championship -- hardly worth mentioning, but we did.' [...] The basketball thing actually gets brought up with some regularity. It's mentioned on his Wikipedia page, there elevated to a 'state championship.'

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Section sizes

Section size for Bernie Sanders (76 sections)
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Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	13,701	13,701	508	508
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Early career	17	23,819	0	1,049
Political activism	11,826	11,826	508	508
Professional history and early years in Vermont	3,469	3,469	151	151
Liberty Union campaigns	8,507	8,507	390	390
Mayor of Burlington, Vermont (1981–1989)	248	24,183	3	856
Campaigns	11,853	11,853	459	459
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Cancer registries	1,830	1,830	67	67
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2018	607	607	19	19
2024	2,911	2,911	59	59
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Requesting a minor edit

Latest comment: 3 months ago5 comments2 people in discussion

I noticed something in the article's first paragraph,

"Ideologically a democratic socialist, Sanders is regarded as one of the main leaders of the modern American progressive movement."

Would it not be more accurate to reword this to say Sanders is a self described democratic socialist? Bernie is not ideologically a democratic socialist, ideologically he is a social democrat.

I am relatively new to Wikipedia and have never made an edit request, please excuse me if this was done incorrectly or written too informally. I request this with no ill-intentions. Agreatbigcake (talk) 22:17, 24 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Yeah that does make more sense. I am also fairly inexperienced with Wikipedia and have no clue what an edit request is. You can probably just go ahead and make the edit and if anybody disagrees, they will revert and make a discussion thing Major Wd (talk) 07:32, 16 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

I asked in talk, as the page is semi-protected and my account cannot edit it. Agreatbigcake (talk) 13:26, 16 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

I see now, I was making that comment from mobile and didn't see that. You mind if I make the edit? I think it would be more accurate since the source cited says "self-described democratic socialist" Major Wd (talk) 13:46, 16 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

of course! go ahead and make it :) Agreatbigcake (talk) 13:51, 16 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

I would assume he is not too be confused with *Barry* Sanders.

Views on AI

Latest comment: 19 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Recently Bernie has been very vocal on AI and the danger it poses: However AFAICT there's nothing in this article about it. I think it's deserving of its own subsection in the "Political positions" section. Dingers5Days (talk) 15:36, 14 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

A page that knows where it met you.

Requesting a minor edit

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