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Section sizes Section size for Ronald Reagan (56 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 11,152 11,152 525 525 Early life 6,429 6,429 342 342 Entertainment career 64 11,465 0 1,167 Radio and film 3,401 3,401 332 332 Military service 2,295 2,295 275 275 Screen Actors Guild presidency 3,330 3,330 335 335 Marriages and children 1,571 1,571 134 134 Television 804 804 91 91 Early political activities 3,910 6,326 375 630 1966 California gubernatorial election 2,416 2,416 255 255 California governorship (1967–1975) 7,469 7,469 786 786 Seeking the presidency (1975–1981) 64 15,896 0 953 1976 Republican primaries 5,207 5,207 188 188 1980 election 10,625 10,625 765 765 Presidency (1981–1989) 242 54,624 0 4,432 First inauguration 1,673 1,673 76 76 "Reaganomics" and the economy 373 11,392 20 963 Taxation 3,866 3,866 300 300 Inflation and unemployment 2,721 2,721 272 272 Government spending 2,136 2,136 152 152 Deregulation 839 839 101 101 Deficits 1,457 1,457 118 118 Assassination attempt 836 836 98 98 Supreme Court appointments 605 605 66 66 Public sector labor union fights 1,767 1,767 194 194 Civil rights 3,788 3,788 336 336 War on drugs 2,080 2,080 190 190 Escalation of the Cold War 6,319 6,319 206 206 Invasion of Grenada 1,401 1,401 153 153 1984 election 2,486 2,486 288 288 Response to the AIDS epidemic 3,814 3,814 357 357 Addressing apartheid 5,116 5,116 314 314 Libya bombing 2,193 2,193 213 213 Iran–Contra affair 3,432 3,432 415 415 The USS Stark incident 1,853 1,853 169 169 Soviet decline and thaw in relations 5,627 5,627 394 394 Post-presidency (1989–2004) 3,938 10,141 124 429 Support for Brady Bill 2,125 2,125 124 124 Alzheimer's disease 4,078 4,078 181 181 Death and funeral 1,939 1,939 96 96 Legacy 307 17,400 19 924 Approval ratings 7,105 7,105 244 244 Historical reputation 6,852 6,852 480 480 Political influence 3,136 3,136 181 181 Notes 24 24 0 0 References 15 26,392 0 0 Citations 29 29 0 0 Works cited 61 26,348 0 0 Books 14,888 14,888 0 0 Chapters 3,655 3,655 0 0 Journal articles 7,744 7,744 0 0 External links 102 7,150 0 254 Official sites 469 469 0 0 Media 566 566 0 0 News coverage 316 316 0 0 Other 5,697 5,697 254 254 Total 176,407 176,407 10,538 10,538

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01. There is a consensus to call Ronald Reagan an American politician instead of an American statesman, in the first sentence of the lead section. (RfC December 2016)

02. Obsolete

There is a consensus against adding the proposed text to the Honoring German war dead at Bitburg, Germany section: In fact, some of Waffen-SS soldiers buried at Bitburg had been members of the 2nd SS Panzer Division, nicknamed "Das Reich," which had committed war crimes, although it has been estimated that none of the individual soldiers buried at Bitburg personally participated. (RfC April 2018) Since July 2020, the section no longer appears in the article.

03. There is a consensus to exclude Reagan's successful push for the United States Senate ratification of the Genocide Convention. (RfC July 2018)

04. There is a consensus to include in the Iran-Contra affair section, a very brief mention of the aspect of drug trafficking on the part of some Nicaraguan Contras. (RfC September 2019)

05. There is a consensus to add a subsection about Reagan addressing apartheid and a general consensus on the subsection's wording. (October 2019)

06. Superseded by #10

There is no consensus to include in the lead section, a clause in the sentence on Reagan's first term stating that during the said term, he largely ignored the burgeoning AIDS crisis. (RfC April 2020)

07. There is no consensus to include in the lead section, a sentence, immediately preceding the ones on the Soviet Union, stating Reagan resisting calls for stringent sanctions against the apartheid regime in South Africa and vetoed a sanctions bill but was overridden by Congress. (RfC April 2020)

08. Disputed

Beginning in July 2019, there was a discussion about the integration of Reagan's remarks in a 1971 audio recording with Richard Nixon in the narrative of the body, but the closure and outcome is disputed. A similar discussion beginning in June 2020 was archived without closure or a clear consensus. Furthermore, there was not enough discussion on specific wordings or placements for a consensus to emerge on those matters. (February 2020, RfC June 2020)

09. There is a consensus that File:Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981.jpg should remain as the lead image. (RfC May 2021)

010. Supersedes #6. There is a consensus to include in the lead section, a clause about Reagan's response to the AIDS epidemic. There is no consensus to include a full sentence there, including Reagan also headed a delayed governmental response to the AIDS epidemic during his tenure. (RfC May 2023)

Reverted 1 edit by KILLGOESE (talk): MOS also states, “retain U.S. in American or Canadian English articles in which it is already established, unless there is a good reason to change it.”

Is there any good reason to revert it back then?

@User:Drdpw KILLGOESE (talk) 21:17, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@KILLGOESE Consistency. "U.S." appears throughout the article, but I found no uses of "US". —C.Fred (talk) 21:22, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:US says to use US not U.S. KILLGOESE (talk) 21:29, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@KILLGOESE MOS also says exactly what you quoted in the section heading. What is the good reason to change it? —C.Fred (talk) 21:31, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What does it say you mean? KILLGOESE (talk) 21:32, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@KILLGOESE: You've restated the pertinent MOS phrase above, which was the good reason for the initial revert. Others have pointed this out to you as well on your talk page. Drdpw (talk) 21:34, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh sorry, someone else reverted another article, i thought that was you, i didn't see this was about Ronald Reagan.

My question is since i already changed it to "US" before i knew not to do that, why did you revert it back? What's the point of that? KILLGOESE (talk) 21:40, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why was it reverted back to U.S.? For the reasons stated above. Drdpw (talk) 21:49, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

above what? KILLGOESE (talk) 21:59, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]