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"The Johnsons have five children, including an adult son, Michael Tirrell James. Johnson and his wife met James, who is black, at an event for Young Life Ministries,"

why is the race of his son mentioned/relevant? DJSTREETLOVE (talk) 20:51, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Johnson rejects the scientific consensus on evolution." The source cited to support this statement does not mention anything about Johnson rejecting the scientific consensus of evolution. In fact, the next source cited in the following sentence, Huff Post, states "In the limited time that reporters and researchers have had to dig deeply into Johnson’s life ... it does not appear Johnson has publicly said anything to suggest he doesn’t accept the theory of evolution." Johnson's supposed rejection of evolution is not sufficiently supported and should be removed from the page in the absence of supporting evidence. 47.208.251.63 (talk) 18:06, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sock strike Please add Template:Conservatism US and Template:Christian nationalism US sidebar to the political positions section. He is mentioned in the former and the article clearly states that he is part of the latter. RideTheLightning99 (talk) 15:55, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sidebars can easily clutter a page. In this case, those templates are typically more appropriate for articles on articles to concepts, movements, or foundational thinkers associated with those subjects. Mike Johnson may qualify for one of those sidebars, but we should be discerning when adding them. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:19, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I had made attempts to add Johnson to the politicians section of the Christian Nationalism sidebar but my edits kept getting reverted because the reverter insisted that I add the sidebar to this page, which I am not able to do. If you go to the other politicians listed in the sidebar you can see the sidebar there. RideTheLightning99 (talk) 16:24, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see a statement in the Mike Johnson article that clearly states that he is a Christian nationalist. There's some adjacent statements, but a sourced assertion that he is a Christian nationalist would be required to consider adding that sidebar (really, we'd need quite a few sources statements indicating that Christian nationalism is a substantial element of Johnson's politics). Those sources may exist, and I would encourage you to add them here. However, in the meantime, I would encourage you to avoid sidebars—especially current politics sidebars—as they are often intersections of Wikipedia policies that can quickly cause issues for newer editors. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:38, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe that "Christian nationalist" needs to be explicitly stated, it can be inferred from the "adjacent statements" that you pointed out. As for additional sources, I am currently unable to add them as I am unable to edit the page. RideTheLightning99 (talk) 16:44, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We don't write article content based on inferences. We write articles based on what sources state. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 16:51, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Anastrophe is correct: associating Johnson with a political movement without reliable sources is a violation Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living persons. Unless you can find adequate reliable sourcing explicitly tying him to Christian nationalism, we can't add it to the article. ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:10, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Concerning whether or not to link (for example) "54th" to List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives, in the lead. I can't remember exactly where, but a discussion was held (a few years ago) on whether or not to 'link' to such list pages, in the lead. The consensus was to not link. GoodDay (talk) 02:10, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@GoodDay: I noticed you removed such links across multiple articles. I would encourage you to identify that discussion, as clear indication of its applicability here and to similar articles is relevant if you're making subject area-wide changes. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 02:28, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if I can find it. I do recall that's why we removed such linkages from bios of US presidents, vice presidents, state governors, lieutenant governors, etc. GoodDay (talk) 03:12, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Using those clues as I search for this consensus. In the meantime, I did find this. Will keep looking. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 04:13, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]