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Section size for Joe Biden (63 sections)
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(Top)	9,552	9,552
Early life (1942–1965)	9,050	9,050
Marriages, law school, and early career (1966–1973)	10,599	27,199
1972 U.S. Senate campaign in Delaware	1,826	1,826
Death of wife and daughter	3,828	3,828
Second marriage	8,342	8,342
Teaching	2,604	2,604
U.S. Senate (1973–2009)	74	39,489
Senate activities	19,310	19,310
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Presidential transition	5,922	5,922
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Economy	19,243	19,243
Judiciary	5,690	5,690
Infrastructure and climate	13,835	13,835
Immigration	11,500	11,500
Pardons and commutations	3,271	3,271
Pardon of Hunter Biden	6,021	6,021
2022 elections	6,439	6,439
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Russian invasion of Ukraine	12,113	12,113
China affairs	10,192	10,192
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NATO enlargement	4,039	4,039
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Retention of classified documents	5,768	5,768
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Job approval	7,095	7,095
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Citations	34	34
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External links	119	11,088
Official	440	440
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01. In the lead section, mention that Biden is the oldest president. (RfC February 2021)

02. There is no consensus on including a subsection about gaffes. (RfC March 2021)

03. The infobox is shortened. (RfC February 2021)

04. The lead image is the official 2021 White House portrait. (January 2021, April 2021)

05. The lead image's caption is Official portrait, 2021. (April 2021)

06. In the lead sentence, use who is as opposed to serving as when referring to Biden as the president. (RfC July 2021)

07. In the lead sentence, use 46th and current as opposed to just 46th when referring to Biden as the president. (RfC July 2021)

08. In the lead section, do not mention Biden's building of a port to facilitate American aid to Palestinians. (RfC June 2024)

Prose

"Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act, which codified protections for same-sex marriage and repealed DOMA and the CHIPS and Science Act" it took visiting the CHIPS and Science Act page to realise that it was not among the repealed acts. This could be worded better. 2001:8F8:172B:49C3:24AC:2EBD:229D:F1BE (talk) 18:19, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

That phrase was removed, addressing your issue. But I definitely think the lead should mention the CHIPS Act; it's a pretty huge policy, and one of Biden's signature achievements. DFlhb (talk) 00:43, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

@DFlhb: I went ahead and added CHIPs to the lead. Iamreallygoodatcheckers 01:12, 6 March 2023

I think there should be a separate place for his achievements in the general article. The fist part already reads more like a Biden praise page than a neutral article.Bjoh249 (talk) 18:43, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Reality

What - no observation that he was elected the the largest percentage of the eligible vote in history? He's the most popular presidential candidate ever, in all of US history. No discussion of that? He got 81 million votes, he was also elected defying the "Bellwether counties." This is an exceptionally notable president. Who could have guessed he could be elected?

sources? Slatersteven (talk) 13:26, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Dude, much of this article already reads more like a Biden campaign ad than a neutral encyclopedia article. It’s already mentioned how many votes he got in 2020. That also doesn’t make him the most popular president in history. His approval rating has been stuck in the low 40s since 2021. I’m not saying I support or don’t support Biden, I’m just pointing out this article lacks a lot of neutrality.Bjoh249 (talk) 18:41, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Voice file

I question the judgment call of including a voice file of Biden right after he caught COVID; COVID is well known to cause someone's voice to sound different, and to my ears, that's reflected in the audio file.

There's a second related issue; Biden's speech patterns have changed quite significantly in recent years (due to normal aging; among other things, it's slower than it used to be), and I think a "representative" voice sample should ideally come from earlier years, for example 2012 (is that Biden-Ryan debate freely licensed?). The only point of a voice file is to illustrate a person's normal timbre, pitch, loudness, cadence, phonation, etc, and we must strive to be neutral and representative of the overall person; a voice recording at an advanced age is IMO not the point here, regardless of which period of his life is most notable. DFlhb (talk) 16:00, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

It would be best to include his voice as US president. But, not while he had covid. GoodDay (talk) 16:19, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

I don't understand why we need a voice file for Biden. His voice is not of particular significance to his notability or public image. Not to the extent of Trump or Obama for example. Also, yea, an audio of file of when he had COVID would not be optimal. Iamreallygoodatcheckers 19:58, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

I don't think we should adopt elaborate inclusion criteria for voices (and significance to notability or public image is pretty fuzzy/subjective). It's unnecessary and will just lead to endless talk page arguments. AFAIK, the only criteria we apply for signatures is: if it's freely-licensed, add it. Since I guess we're now adding voices, they should be treated the same. DFlhb (talk) 22:59, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

I just realized the extent in which we include these audio files. It's every president since they started recording stuff pretty much. I suppose there isn't standard for inclusion, just whether it's freely licensed. Iamreallygoodatcheckers 01:46, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

It's obviously subjective, but his voice sounds pretty normal to me in the Covid clip. I agree with GoodDay that if we have a voice clip, it should be from his Presidency. If you want to hear what Biden's voice sounds like when it's abnormal, you can watch this video from a time when he had a cold. —Ganesha811 (talk) 01:36, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

I think it might be better if the voice file present was more representative of his presidency or a notable accomplishment. I have attatched an audio file titled: Joe Biden gives remarks on the Inflation Reduction Act.ogg

Here he gives his prepared remarks in regards to the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act (the date of the video is from July 28th 2022). I think this audio file might be a better fit for his profile as it is representative of one of his most significant policy accomplishments that is of a similar weight to the other U.S. presidents where they're either Announcing military actions (Trump, Obama, Clinton), or announcing policy advancements (Carter and Reagen). I think that this audio file doesn't have any real concerns about audio issues or his voice being abnormal due to sickness. As such, I think it might be a bit more appropriate for his profile. LosPajaros (talk) 01:03, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

We should have an audio clip from the Battle for the Soul of the Nation speech. It's a pretty significant speech. FunnyMath (talk) 18:19, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

I agree, however, that speech is about 20 minutes long so it would likely be better off as a video clip established further down in the actual article itself then as the voice box LosPajaros (talk) 19:28, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

I mean use a small audio excerpt from the speech, not the entire speech FunnyMath (talk) 22:54, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

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In the Vice-President section, the article states Biden met with Serbian President Vucinic in 2016. In 2016, Vucinic was Prime Minister, not President. It's even written in the already linked source. 188.155.68.62 (talk) 17:30, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Done--RegentsPark (comment) 18:51, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Abortion in the Lead

Considering Biden's abortion executive orders have negligible impact on the availablility of abortion in places impacted by "near-total bans on abortion access passed in a majority of Republican-controlled states," and the fact that this is literally one sentence in the body, I think this is completely UNDUE for the lead. Bill Williams 23:29, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

The sentence doesn't even state what "measures" Biden took because he has nearly zero power to do anything affecting abortion access in Republican controlled states that completely banned it, and most of the sentence is just stating that the Supreme Court made a decision (unrelated to Biden, whom the lead is about) and that Biden criticized it (if you seriously think Biden saying something is DUE for the lead when the lead is entirely about his life and actions, that shows how irrelevant this content is). Bill Williams 23:31, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Agree that mentioning abortion is UNDUE for lead. Andrevan, in response to your edit summary, yes, abortion has been is a salient political issue since Dobbs, but that doesn't mean that Biden has done anything significant to advance abortion access. The issue has been concentrated more so on the Supreme Court, state legislatures, and perhaps Congress, considering the midterms, but not so much on Biden or his presidency. First and foremost, there is very little about Biden's response to Dobbs in this article; in fact, the sentence in the lead is the exact same sentence as the one sentence about abortion during his presidency that can be found at the bottom of the political positions section. There's nothing else. It's pretty standard rule that content not substantial in the body shouldn't be in the lead; that's even more true for someone as significant as the president of the United States. I even went and checked out Presidency of Joe Biden#Abortion and there isn't much of significance about his actions regarding abortion there either. Furthermore, I'm really struggling to see how individual states choosing to prohibit abortion is related enough to Biden for a lead mention.

For this material to be included in the lead it's going to need to be established that it's due and that onus is on those who support including the content. This is new content and it needs to removed till a consensus can be obtained Iamreallygoodatcheckers 23:54, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

OK, ok, I get it. Consider the new material challenged. I didn't mean to offend anyone. Andre🚐 00:08, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

I think you should self-revert and remove the challenged content from the lead because of the reasons stated above. If anyone thinks it should stay, then I would like to see an argument in favor and the addition of some actual content to the body of the article, rather than having literally one sentence in the body and one in the lead when all other content in the body is 100x as long as the lead. Bill Williams 00:17, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

~~Didn't you revert it already? Andre🚐 00:17, 12 April 2023 (UTC)~~ Nevermind, I see that was a different edit. Andre🚐 00:19, 12 April 2023 (UTC) Because you edited after I did, I cannot easily undo the edit. If you want to revert it you may consider it my acceptance of your challenge and not an out of process revert. Andre🚐 00:26, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Understood, thanks for the discussion. I do think more content could be added about abortion in the article, but sourced content must be added before anything is mentioned in the lead, otherwise there is nothing in the body for the lead to summarize. Bill Williams 02:31, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

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