Talk:Elliott Engen

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Possible Biased Editing

Latest comment: 7 months ago4 comments2 people in discussion

It seems that ever since Engen announced his run for state wide office in Minnesota there has been a concentrated effort to remove all mentions of Trump from this page. Can someone clarify rules regarding politicians having their own pages edited? because it would certainly seem like this is a targeted incident. MinnesotaNiceGuy (talk) 16:53, 7 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

If you have off wiki evidence of something untoward happening with this article, please send it to the address described here. 331dot (talk) 17:42, 7 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! that IP address and one user are editing a lot of pages for one specific political party so i feel it should be looked at. MinnesotaNiceGuy (talk) 17:51, 7 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

If your case is solely based on on-wiki evidence, you may bring it to WP:COIN. 331dot (talk) 19:18, 7 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

CNN Townhall Event

Latest comment: 6 months ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Hello, during a CNN townhall Engen made several comments about his positions on Operation Metro Surge. I keep adding his political position that the unrest surrounding the events is the fault of governor Tim Walz's lack of co-operation with ICE. My edit keeps getting reverted by someone who is lying saying Engen never mentioned Walz (the transcript of the event can be found here - https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/se/date/2026-01-28/segment/01). Can someone help me make this edit? I think if someone who is not new does the edit the person won't do mass reverts on it. MinnesotaNiceGuy (talk) 18:58, 30 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

You didn't link to the transcript, you linked to a video clip that may have edited this part out. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:42, 30 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Once again, you need to read the sources before doing mass reverts. the original link was https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-ice-trump-01-28-26. If you control F for Walz's name you find the quote "Engen blamed Gov. Tim Walz for the situation, saying if the Democrat had not refused hand over 1,600 individuals to federal agents, “we wouldn’t be talking about two dead Minnesotans.”" Your mass reverts are not helpful because you are clearly not doing any of your own research on the topic of the article. I am going to revert your mass reverts now, and this should be the end of it. I have no desire for an edit war. MinnesotaNiceGuy (talk) 19:54, 30 January 2026 (UTC)Reply