Talk:Mathias Cormann

message: I get it that his Belgium law expertise has no applicability to the Australian (Common Law) legal system.  It would be like getting a steam engine mechanic to build a television.  So he took a job as a gardener at PLC.  OK, how did he qualify for immigration then?  I doubt that he would have met visa requirements due to a shortage of school gardeners, and can’t see him claiming to be a Cambodian refugee, so he must have qualified for some other reason, which seems to be unstated.  Also you don't go from being a gardener to "acting general manager" of HBF in one hit, and as HBF is not part of the WA Liberal Party, one would assume the man has had some sort of business career which is not mentioned.  Surely this is of interest as it would show not only his background, but the sort of experience and expertise he brings to the Senate.  Surely the author isn’t implying he got the job of “acting general manager” purely down to his political connections!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.199.12.196 (talk) 20:42, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No implication intended—I started this article in 2007 based on what information and dates were available at the time, essentially an AAP article which gave the occupations and dates mentioned above. I have not come across any further information which fills in these gaps in his resume. Interestingly, the Senator himself or his staff (User:Mcormann?) seem to have been involved in editing the article quite extensively but have not filled out these details. That Senator Cormann's law qualifications did not allow him to actually practice law in Australia does not mean that those qualifications and skills cannot be considered regarding immigration approval—but unless there are references for this and other supplementary information, it can't be included. --Canley (talk) 23:15, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Background section is weak 

message: It likely isn't a long list, since it should exclude those who served in the same geographic area (imagine a Rhodesian politician then winning a post in a Zimbabwean government) and ideally would exclude those who shift between a national entity and a supranational elected entity (e.g. Europarl to national legislative body)
However, the subject of this article did serve in both a Belgian government and in the Australian parliament. That, in my humble opinion, is highly notable. 
If this category doesn't exist yet, it should. If it does, he should be on it.
: We have :Category:Legislators who represented multiple jurisdictions.  --  Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 07:38, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible new category (or at least an add to an existing category): Individuals who served in multiple country's governments 

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message: Re today's edits, I've just had the following request from Cormann's office:
This is *** from the office of the Minister for Finance, Mathias Cormann.
I understand from the Wikipedia volunteer team that you made this following edit to the 'early life' section of Mathias Cormann's entry on Wikipedia -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Cormann:
Both his parents' families were affected by World War II, with one of his father's uncles sent to a concentration camp for publishing anti-Nazi articles in a local newspaper.
This is not correct, it was the Minister’s great-uncle – could this please be corrected:
Both his parents' families were affected by World War II, with his great uncle sent to a concentration camp for publishing anti-Nazi articles in a local newspaper.
> Thank you for your assistance in ensuring that this entry remains factually accurate.
I'm a bit confused, as "father's uncle" and "great-uncle" are synonymous for me. I've asked for clarification, but would anyone else interpret that differently? Original source states "A grand-uncle on his father's side". Ivar the Boneful (talk) 09:00, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, granduncle / great-uncle / father's uncle are synonymous. Now there is a new editor repeatedly changing it to "father's great-uncle" which doesn't match either the SMH source or the minister's office request. --Canley (talk) 10:25, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I have also received an email from the minister's office, confirming it should be his father's great-uncle (although same as the request you got it also confusingly says "Minister's great uncle"), but that clarifies it enough for me to leave it as "father's great uncle" as User:Paul999999012 changed it to. I have tagged this account as a likely connected contributor, as the edits are the same as the requests from the Minister's office. --Canley (talk) 08:41, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Ditto. If that's the case, do you think it's still worthy of inclusion in the article? When you're talking about three generations removed and non-direct descent, I'm not sure of the significance to Cormann born 25 years post-war. If the original article had gotten the connection correct, I think I would have hesitated to include here. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 14:09, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uncle/great-uncle