Talk:Bill Weld

Political Positions of Bill Weld

This article needs a "Political Positions" section, similar to the Ron Paul#Political positions one. In fact, there is even a dedicated Political positions of Ron Paul page.

Should the ancestry section be cited in this article?

Normally, if a section has no references, I add the {{Unreferenced section}} tag but I wasn't sure if that's the normal way to handle an ancestry diagram. There is a Weld family article with some cites -- do we normally rely on that to act as the references? Any guidance (or citing) welcome. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 17:35, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Section tagged, suggest removal. AHampton (talk) 04:54, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Protection

This is my opinion but I think this article with need some protection because he is challenging President Trump in the 2020 Republican Primaries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MOADooAH1 (talk • contribs) 03:11, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Maybe at some point. We don't generally protect articles which aren't seeing persistent vandalism. There are enough watchers on this article (including myself) that such will be noticed, and protection imposed at that time. Tarl N. (discuss) 04:57, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Bill Weld navbox

A few months ago, user Bill cage created a navbox for weld, but i've noticed it only seems to appear in this article, and in none of the other weld related articles. Why is that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbob99 (talk • contribs) 14:04, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

It could be because nobody added it to those other articles you are thinking of. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:40, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Portrait change?

I’ve seen comments in other articles about changing a portrait to better represent the subject. On first impression, Weld’s portrait looks relatively bizarre: saturated so as to have a red face and yellow hair. I would welcome someone who knows about these things to find a better one. ConcernedReader101 (talk) 23:45, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

@ConcernedReader101

I think this is not the best image as well.

My suggestions for a new portrait:

File:William Weld (27787013954) (1).jpg, a better 2016 photo. Pluses include that it is in good resolution, flattering and unedited, and has a non-distracting background (all-blue backdrop original to the photo). Minuses include that it is cropped closely to the top of his forehead, and is a candid shot (therefore he is not looking directly into the camera). Other minuses include the fact that he is more casually dressed and has a visible lavaliere microphone.

File:William Weld (28299499242) (1).jpg, another 2016 photo. Has a lot of the pluses of the first photo. I think the coloring of his skin, the angle at which it was taken, and the busier background are all factors in which it is worse than the prior picture. But a positive is that iti is cropped less closely to his forehead. It is a good option overall.

File:William Weld (28299499242) (1).jpg, another 2016 photo. This one has a black backdrop (original to the photo). I personally find it inferior to the other two 2016 pics, but thought it was worth including as an option.

File:GK F1CBWwAAiaHN (William Weld 1).jpg, a 2024 photo that would look good in an infobox (though it is lower resolution than most other options so expands poorly at larger sizes). One big plus is that this is not a candid shot, it was formally posed for, has him in a suit and tie looking directly into a camera. Its backdrop (original to the photograph) is minimally distracting (white backdrop with fragments of a workmark visible)

Feel free to look for other options, including in the Commons category "Portrait photographs of William Weld" SecretName101 (talk) 20:45, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Tentatively adopting the first. Feel free to revert or discuss. SecretName101 (talk) 23:41, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

And for those wondering, the previous image was:

SecretName101 (talk) 23:43, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

I think I disagree. The prior is a high quality portrait, while the replacement (2, which has also been used here in the past) is quite blurry and low quality. I do not quite see what ConcernedReader101 means, I think he looks identical in both images. Curbon7 (talk) 23:59, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

@ConcernedReader101 I disagree. If anything, Weld looks blurrier in the previously-used image (almost melding into the white backdrop). Especially when rendered in an infobox. And his hair color looks more unflattering in the light of the previous photo than the tentative new one. SecretName101 (talk) 08:03, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

The decision to use a white background is indeed odd, as contrast is generally desired in portrait photography. Curbon7 (talk) 08:42, 16 May 2025 (UTC)