Talk:Mike Erlandson

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Not to be confused with Matt Entenza[edit]

This article, and the Matt Entenza article, each _NEED_ a "not to be confused with" banner across the top of each article. Please trust me, it's TOO easy to confuse M. Erlandson with M. Entenza, and any bad feelings towards one unfairly spills over to the other one. LP-mn (talk) 01:34, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that

is the relevant code to insert.

LP-mn (talk) 01:57, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Because?[edit]

I'm sure there's a good reason, but could you explain WHY you feel a "not to be confused with" banner is required? Are they lookalikes? Other than sharing initials and party affiliation, I'm not sure how folks would be confused. --Mmdolbow (talk) 18:07, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In 7 of the 8 Congressional Districts it is not an issue, they probably don't know or care about who Mike Erlandson is. However, in the 5th CD, there is some bad feelings about Erlandson's running for Sabo's 5th Congressional District seat in 2006. Even though Keith Ellison went on to win in November, the mood...

No, I'd better not say anything more, or it could be deemed as slander. The point is, within the 5th CD there are some people who have confused Matt Enteza with Mike Erlandson. I don't know either of these people very well. But I do know that it's not fair to have any bad feelings towards one be spilled over onto the other person.

Nuff said.

LP-mn (talk) 03:31, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's a picture at...[edit]

http://www.ourcampaigns.com/images/candidates/Candidate53488.jpg It _SEEMS_ that it should be a fair use to insert it into the page. LP-mn (talk) 03:36, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]