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This article is self-promotional and lacks inline citations. It also violates NPOV. The claim that Syverson was part of some group called the Fab Five and often challenged Republican Leadership is particularly egregious. If you follow the link, the source listed on the next page is actually his Republican colleague's Web site (which also doesn't include third-party sources.) What's worse, even the self-promotional Web site that claims the group was called the Fab Five doesn't say they earned the name because they challenged their Leadership. Given it's campaign season, we should probably keep an eye on pages like this. For now, I've only tagged the article, and haven't actually removed any content. If someone has time to update the page, that's great. But the election is already less than a month away (I should have thought of this sooner), so I'll probably work to remove stuff in fairly short order if I can't easily find sources. Thanks! Jeditor17 (talk) 15:56, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've removed all of the non-sourced information on his positions, and created a new section called voting record with his major stances from Project Vote Smart. The Wikipedia page said Syverson was pro-business, which I left in. But I didn't see much on Project Vote Smart that qualified for a pro-business stance, other than all of his "no" votes on consumer protection legislation. I've done a few Google searches -- and tried the Rockford Register Star -- but there's not much other than political posturing. I imagine he's got some significant pro-business legislation, but I've only been able to verify the statement in the negative (that he's pro-business because he opposes consumer legislation.) If someone can come up with some examples from other sources, that would be ideal. Thanks! Jeditor17 (talk) 10:27, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Also, we can probably remove the tags at this point. Unless someone still has a concern. But I've tried to refrain from any discussion -- positive or negative -- on the merits of his votes and policy stances. Jeditor17 (talk) 10:52, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
