Talk:Leonard Orban

message: Michkalas,
* The lead should probably be expanded somewhat as described in Wikipedia:Lead_section.
* Both the personal life and career sections should probably be expanded as well, and both need citations.
Beyond that, I'd suggest that you submit it for a peer review. Mocko13 01:26, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you very much for your comments. They have really helped me a lot. I have tried to follow them and improve the article. So now there is an expanded lead section and more details on his personal life and his career. I have added also a few words on his political leanings. For the time being, I have no more English language sources that I could consult -though a better search may provide something more. The EU has announced that Orban will have his own website, but until then probable there are very few things to add from English sources. Some Romanian language sources may help for his earlier carrier. I have asked some Romanian wikipedians for possible Romanian sources, but nothing came out of it. So maybe it is now time to ask for a peer review. --Michkalas 20:54, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible improvements 

message: In reviewing the article according to the Good article criteria, I agree with the previous reviewer in the article meets the Good Article criteria in the first five categories.
#It is well written.-Pass
#It is factually accurate and verifiable.-Pass
#It is broad in its coverage.-Pass
#It follows the neutral point of view policy-Pass
#It is stable-Pass
Now the question comes down to whether or not the article passes the images criteria with applicable fair use rationale. After looking at the images carefully and WP:FU, I have decided to pass the article on this criteria. While I am not 100% convinced that there are not any free alternative available (the gentlemen is still alive, after all), I think the irreplaceable nature of the particular events in photgraph coupled with the "European Parliament: Legal notice" quoted into the fair use rationale is sufficient for GA status. So congrats on producing a Good Article. AgneCheese/Wine 09:10, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Review

message: Per Michkalas request some remarks:
*I still believe the prose needs further improvement. Check for instance from the lead: "June 28, 1961) is a Romanian independent technocrat who currently serves as the European Commissioner for Multilingualism in the current European Commission, the executive body of the European Union." Repetitive. "Steering the multilingualism language policy of the EU, Orban focuses on promoting foreign language learning " "Orban gained a bachelor's degree (1981-1986) in engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering" Again a sense of repetitive prose. It is not bad, but for FA status it must be "brilliant" and "compelling".
*"Though unaffiliated to any political party, Orban adheres to liberalism." Maybe this could be further analyzes in the text, since liberalism can be interpreted in many ways.
*Sometimes your article gets over-wikified. Check how many times you link Romania and Romanian. One is enough!
*More information about his childhood and early years, though not a pre-condition for FA status, would make the article more vivid and interesting.
*"From 1993, Leonard Orban served in various posts dealing with European affairs." How did it happen, and from proffessional engineer he got involved in European affairs.
*"He has written numerous newspaper articles and analyses and has given numerous speeches on European affairs." Vague! Specify! What are these speeches and articles mainly about? Why are thy worth mentioning them?
*"Orban has not joined a political party but is of liberal political leaning." Per above comment.
*"Orban is responsible for the language policy of the European Union, i.e. promoting multilingualism for the citizens and the institutions of the European Union" I read somewhere (I think "Charlemagne" in the Economist) that this is actually an "empty portfolio", meaning with no actual content; because we have that many Commissionners, Orban was unlucky and took a post with no job. This is the argument! Maybe you could find something about that, for and against this argument. I will send you the article.
*I know see that you speak about that: "The portfolio was criticized for being too "light" for such a high-rank official, that there would be an overlap of responsibilities with other Commissioners and the good functioning of the Commission would be endangered." You could expand maybe, and cite: criticized by whom?
*"This criticism came from the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Romania's main opposition party,[19][20][21]" If you want, you can combine citations in a row in just one citation per Tourette syndrome.
*You tell us about his "views". What about his actions from the beginning of the year until now?
After I come back from my journey, I may come back with more suggestions!--Yannismarou 20:02, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Remarks

message: The mandate of Mr Orban ended 31 October 2009, so the whole article should be reviewed and several sentences put into past tenses. --Dzsi (talk) 14:00, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Past 

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