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Living presidents

If anyone think this old list (now deleted on main Wikipedia finds this useful: https://en.wikipedia-on-ipfs.org/wiki/Living_presidents_of_the_United_States 157.157.243.85 (talk) 23:09, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly, no. A list of only five people isn't much of a list. Bkatcher (talk) 16:17, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, there is some additional information that makes this list useful, such as the 'Timeline' and 'Most and fewest living presidents' Why was it deleted? Assadzadeh (talk) 03:26, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Afd is here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Living presidents of the United States. Drdpw (talk) 03:45, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We used to have such lists on this page & List of vice presidents of the United States & the governors/lieutenant governors pages. They were all deleted, per being seen as too trivial. GoodDay (talk) 23:27, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

John Quincy Adams' political affiliation

John Quincy Adams is listed on the timeline as being a Democratic-Republican until partway through 1825, whereas his article states that he was a member of the party until 1828. I want to hold off on changing the dates on the timeline until we can reach a consensus as to which dates the timeline should say, since I don't think we should be contradicting ourselves here. RapidsLurker15 (talk) 01:28, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

JQA's article infobox uses this source for his party changes which identifies his membership upon post-presidency elections to office, though doesn't cover any change during his presidency. His article's Formation of political parties section, and moreso that of his Presidency article, go into more detail, suggesting the current timeline split between Democratic-Republican and National Republican is (more?) correct. It seems best to leave it as is. —ADavidB 03:04, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Changes I propsed

Listed Biden as having the shortest retirement (he will pass Polk in a few weeks)
Split information about post-presidency into own section
Listed the presidents who made it to 90 (citeable from the table)
Listed the presidents with a post-presidency of 20+ years
Listed the longest current post-presidency (Clinton's)

For some inexplicable reason, I was reverted. I don't get that. One claim was "unsourced", which is bogus since it's just summarizing information in a sourced table. The other claim, "script error", is equally bogus. _pbp 01:40, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The information that you want to add to the article can easily be deduced by referring and/or sorting the relevant column(s) and therefore is unnecessary. Assadzadeh (talk) 01:44, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Assadzadeh Who has the shortest post-presidency needs to be changed _pbp 02:33, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No it doesn't, because Biden is still alive and will soon surpass Polk. If that changes in the next few weeks, then the entire article will need to be updated anyway. Assadzadeh (talk) 02:42, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Assadzadeh Biden should be listed as the shortest until he isn't. Listing Polk as the shortest rn rn is a damn lie _pbp 03:45, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Purplebackpack89 Are you suggesting to list Biden for the next few weeks and then removing him when he surpasses Polk? If so, then it doesn't make sense. I think it's obvious from the statement about Polk that it's referring to a deceased president and therefore no clarification needs to be made for a living president. Assadzadeh (talk) 03:51, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Listing Polk rn rn as the shortest retirement when it's Biden atm would be like listing Trump as president last Christmas. We knew he would be President on January 20, but Biden was still President _pbp 03:50, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I still think it's unnecessary, but if you feel otherwise, then go ahead and add the statement, only for it to be removed in a few weeks. Assadzadeh (talk) 03:56, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Issue Regarding Jimmy Carter's Name

If you hover over Jimmy Carter's name in the table, it shows an offensive slur repeated many times. I would like this fixed as I do not know how to fix it. 2600:1700:C910:9BD0:592C:EDF1:4000:6ED4 (talk) 01:33, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure where you're seeing this, but I can't find it. Bkatcher (talk) 01:38, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a section labeled "Presidential age-related data." If you go in the table in the section and hover over Jimmy Carter's name, it shows the slur. 2600:1700:C910:9BD0:592C:EDF1:4000:6ED4 (talk) 01:41, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are you seeing the slur while viewing on a mobile device or a desktop/laptop computer? Assadzadeh (talk) 01:50, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am seeing this on laptop. You know how it shows a preview of the article when hovering over blue text? If you do that over Jimmy Carter you see a slur repeated many times. 2600:1700:C910:9BD0:592C:EDF1:4000:6ED4 (talk) 02:26, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that I have fixed the problem. Please verify if you are still seeing the slur or not. Assadzadeh (talk) 02:48, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, I am not. How did you fix it, just curious? 2600:1700:C910:9BD0:61F7:EA81:2A55:9E95 (talk) 15:38, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Someone had changed the article description, so it was changed back to what it was previously. Assadzadeh (talk) 15:57, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Change Color of Vertical Line of Presidents by Their Age Chart

The vertical line to mark the minimal age to become president which is 35 should be changed from dark blue in order to prevent confusion with the blue that is already representing the years of their presidencies. I suggest changing it to red. Did not think I would need to take this to Talk because it is such a simple logical change, but here we are. Master106 (talk) 14:47, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless of the color, it's obvious that the vertical line at 35 years indicates the minimum age to be president. So, I don't think there is any confusion with the blue color bars used to represent the living presidents. Also, the blue vertical line is consistent with the one at List of vice presidents of the United States by age. So, I don't see a need for a change. Assadzadeh (talk) 14:59, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well I was confused. And I think it should change in the Vice Presidents page too. Master106 (talk) 15:01, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Master106 Perhaps we can agree on black for the vertical line, but I would like to wait to see what others have to say. Assadzadeh (talk) 15:19, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A dark blue vertical line is fine. After all, that is the minimum age for being president, which is represented by the blue part of each lifespan bar in the table. That said, a black vertical line would be better than a red one. Drdpw (talk) 15:45, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A black one would be good. The blue one is just confusing. Master106 (talk) 17:02, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]