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Q1: Was there a dispute about what the article title should be?

A1: Yes. From the early days on it was "Hillary Rodham Clinton", but over the years there were many formal requests for moves to change it to "Hillary Clinton". Discussions found no consensus on the article name until June 2015, when one found consensus and the article was moved to its current title. See the "This page was previously nominated to be moved" box elsewhere on this page for full details and links to the discussions – note some have to be revealed under the "Older discussions" link. There are strong feelings on both sides and discussions get progressively longer and more heated.

Q2: The section on her 2016 presidential campaign leaves out some important things that have happened. What gives?

A2: The main article is tight on space and the presidential campaign section is intentionally brief and kept to what is biographically most relevant. The daughter article Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016 has a much fuller treatment of the campaign and is where the greatest level of detail should go, especially anything describing the day-to-day, to-and-fro, ups-and-downs of a campaign.

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May 9, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
May 14, 2007	Good article reassessment	Delisted
June 7, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
October 14, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
January 21, 2008	Good article reassessment	Kept
February 28, 2008	Good article reassessment	Kept
May 27, 2008	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
May 18, 2009	Good article reassessment	Kept
June 6, 2009	Good article reassessment	Kept
December 13, 2014	Featured article candidate	Promoted
September 24, 2022	Featured article review	Demoted
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Alison Stewart, Rachel Martin (2008-04-03). "'Round the Clock: Obama, Clinton Wiki-Warfare". The Bryant Park Project, NPR.
Brooke Gladstone (2008-04-04). "Editors in Chief". On The Media, NPR.
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Kelly Heyboer (2008-05-28). "Clinton's entry in Wikipedia has a watchdog". The Star-Ledger.
Paul Murnane (2008-05-28). "one of two pieces aired". WCBS Newsradio 880.
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Roudman, Sam (June 7, 2016). "Wikipedia Wars Over Clinton As Presumptive Nominee". Vocativ.
Wagner, Meg (October 13, 2016). "Hacker posts porn on Hillary Clinton's Wikipedia page". New York Daily News.
Alcantara, Chris (October 27, 2016). "The most challenging job of the 2016 race: Editing the candidates' Wikipedia pages". The Washington Post.

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Move logs: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Clinton

Discussions

RM, Hillary Rodham Clinton → Hillary Clinton, Moved (panel closure), closed 8 May 2015, decision posted 11 June 2015

Older discussions

RM, Hillary Rodham Clinton → Hillary Clinton, Not moved, 7 February 2006
RM, Hillary Rodham Clinton → Hillary Clinton, No consensus to move, closed 12 February 2007
RM, Hillary Rodham Clinton → Hillary Clinton, No consensus to move (malformed move request, non-admin closure), closed 21 December 2007
RM, Hillary Rodham Clinton → Hillary Clinton, No consensus to move, closed 18 June 2011
RM, Hillary Rodham Clinton → Hillary Clinton, No consensus to move, closed 20 November 2012
RM, Hillary Rodham Clinton → Hillary Clinton, Moved to Hillary Clinton (non-admin closure), closed 18 June 2013

MR, Closure as move of Hillary Rodham Clinton → Hillary Clinton, Moved back to Hillary Rodham Clinton (no clear consensus for the previous move), closed 28 June 2013

RM, Hillary Rodham Clinton → Hillary Clinton, Speedy close as no consensus (non-admin closure), closed 24 February 2014
RM, Hillary Rodham Clinton → Hillary Clinton, No consensus to move (admin panel closure), closed 21 April 2014

MR, Hillary Rodham Clinton → Hillary Clinton, No consensus, default to endorse, and procedural restrictions established: No further move request to be started until February 2015, and between February 2015 and February 2017, or the closure of the next valid move request, whichever is earlier, no move request to be made unless at least 5,000 characters in length, closed 31 May 2014

RM, Hillary Rodham Clinton → Secretary Clinton, Speedy close since another RM open (non-admin closure), closed 17 April 2014
RM, Hillary Rodham Clinton → Hillary (politician), Speedy close as unlikely and potentially disruptive (non-admin closure, rapidly endorsed by admin), closed 27 April 2014
RM, Hillary Rodham Clinton → Hillary Clinton, Summarily closed citing prior declaration that if an RM is submitted prior to February 2017 it must be at least 5,000 characters in length (non-admin closure), closed 9 April 2015

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Section sizes

Section size for Hillary Clinton (52 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	8,036	8,036	582	582
Early life and education	29	27,969	0	1,515
Early life	9,414	9,414	515	515
Wellesley College years	10,063	10,063	589	589
Yale Law School and postgraduate studies	8,463	8,463	411	411
Marriage, family, legal career, and first ladyship of Arkansas	214	30,750	0	1,515
From the East Coast to Arkansas	2,137	2,137	226	226
Early Arkansas years	8,117	8,117	531	531
Later Arkansas years	14,015	14,015	533	533
Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign	6,267	6,267	225	225
First Lady of the United States (1993–2001)	3,558	32,452	192	1,824
Health care and other policy initiatives	6,183	6,183	474	474
International diplomacy and promotion of women's rights	4,453	4,453	209	209
Scandals and investigations	6,758	6,758	319	319
It Takes a Village and other writings	5,251	5,251	190	190
Response to Lewinsky scandal	3,402	3,402	272	272
Save America's Treasures initiative	702	702	45	45
Traditional duties	2,145	2,145	123	123
U.S. Senate (2001–2009)	76	32,314	0	1,729
2000 U.S. Senate election	4,275	4,275	376	376
First term	17,500	17,500	838	838
2006 re-election campaign	3,220	3,220	154	154
Second term	7,243	7,243	361	361
2008 presidential campaign	17,138	17,138	358	358
Secretary of State (2009–2013)	389	60,184	18	1,761
Nomination and confirmation	5,605	5,605	224	224
Tenure	28,517	39,570	470	958
Overall themes	11,053	11,053	488	488
Benghazi attack and subsequent hearings	14,620	14,620	561	561
Email controversy	15,041	15,041	842	842
Clinton Foundation, Hard Choices, and speeches	7,311	7,311	351	351
2016 presidential campaign	22,850	22,850	844	844
Post-2016 election activity	17,406	17,406	631	631
Political positions	6,484	22,221	386	1,092
Economics	970	970	95	95
Domestic policy	3,301	3,301	99	99
LGBT rights	2,429	2,429	110	110
Immigration	2,340	2,340	84	84
Foreign policy	6,697	6,697	318	318
Religious views	1,256	1,256	83	83
Cultural and political image	13,113	13,113	326	326
Awards and honors	1,707	1,707	12	12
Books	1,592	1,592	0	0
See also	433	433	0	0
Notes	24	24	0	0
References	15	5,253	0	0
Citations	34	34	0	0
Works cited	5,204	5,204	0	0
Further reading	386	386	0	0
External links	108	8,501	0	382
Official	569	569	0	0
Other	7,824	7,824	382	382
Total	325,937	325,937	13,847	13,847

Lead Section

Latest comment: 24 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

In the lead section it says her husband was the 43rd President of the United States when he was the 42nd so can we get this corrected? NicholasGian25 (talk) 01:37, 10 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done Surprised that wasn't caught sooner. Thanks for noticing and speaking up. Acalamari 02:24, 10 October 2026 (UTC)Reply