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Kevin McCarthy link

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please change ((Kevin McCarthy)) to ((Kevin McCarthy (California politician)|Kevin McCarthy))

Semi-protected edit request on 26 July 2016

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The term "House Democratic/Republican Leader" refers to the Majority/Minority leader, not the Speaker. Could the bottom succession boxes be changed to this:

Party political offices
Preceded by Dick Armey	Chairman of the House Republican Conference 1995–1999	Succeeded by J. C. Watts
Preceded by Roy Blunt Acting	House Republican Leader 2006–2011	Succeeded by Eric Cantor

2601:246:C502:4080:223:6CFF:FE93:8528 (talk) 05:03, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: Not sure what changes you want made. The current navboxes are as follows and contains all the relevant information:

Sir Joseph ^(talk) 18:58, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Toggle, looks answered — Andy W. (talk · ctb) 22:36, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Could the boxes be changed to reflect that he served as House Republican Leader from 2006-2011, preceded by Roy Blunt (acting), succeeded by Eric Cantor?2601:246:C502:4080:223:6CFF:FE93:8528 (talk) 01:41, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 31 July 2016

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Could the succession boxes be changed to reflect that he served as House Republican Leader from 2006-2011, preceded by Roy Blunt (acting), succeeded by Eric Cantor?

2601:246:C502:4080:223:6CFF:FE93:8528 (talk) 18:25, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Varun FEB2003 ^{I am Online} 07:11, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 1 August 2016

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Could the succession boxes be changed from this:

Preceded by Roy Blunt Acting	House Republican Deputy Leader 2006–2007	Succeeded by Roy Blunt
Preceded by Dennis Hastert	House Republican Leader 2007–2015	Succeeded by Paul Ryan

to this:

Preceded by Roy Blunt Acting	House Republican Leader 2006-2011	Succeeded by Eric Cantor

2601:246:C502:4080:223:6CFF:FE93:8528 (talk) 14:05, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. nyuszika7h (talk) 15:55, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 2 August 2016

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The term "Democratic/Republican Leader" in this case refers to the Majority/Minority Leader, depending on party status, not the Speaker. Could the succession boxes be changed from this:

Preceded by Roy Blunt Acting	House Republican Deputy Leader 2006–2007	Succeeded by Roy Blunt
Preceded by Dennis Hastert	House Republican Leader 2007–2015	Succeeded by Paul Ryan

to this:

Preceded by Roy Blunt Acting	House Republican Leader 2006-2011	Succeeded by Eric Cantor

http://history.house.gov/People/Office/Majority-Leaders/

http://history.house.gov/People/Office/Minority-Leaders/

2601:246:C502:4080:223:6CFF:FE93:8528 (talk) 18:19, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. -- MorbidEntree - _{(Talk to me! (っ◕‿◕)っ♥)}(please reply using {{ping}}) 23:04, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]