PussBroad

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Project 2025

Hi, I notice that you removed "dismantling the FBI" "since not mentioned anywhere in the "Mandate for Leadership". The article is about Project 2025 and references material about the project found in secondary reliable sources. The scope of the article goes beyond coverage of the contents of the Mandate for Leadership, which is a primary source; and topics covered do not have to exist in the Mandate. Esowteric + Talk + Breadcrumbs 20:51, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

My concern about the article is not because of my support for Project 2025 but that its supporters may legitimately be able to claim that it is exaggerated. The question is how far should the scope of the article extend beyond the Mandate for Leadership. My understanding is that the intentions of Project 2025 are entirely defined by the Mandate for Leadership. If the creators of the Project have written anywhere else that they intend to dismantle the FBI then of course that may be cited, but the fact that a writer for the Guardian states that Project 2025 involves dismantling the FBI does not make the statement true and must not take precedence over the primary source - especially when the same article states that members of the Trump cult intend to turn the FBI into an instrument of revenge, which would seem to be at odds with dismantling it. PussBroad (talk) 14:41, 10 June 2024 (UTC)