Talk:Lembit Öpik

message: Perhaps I'm wrong, but I doubt he is knows as "the tosser" or was voted gay parliamentarian of the year 4 years running, seen as he has some fairly public straight relationships?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.240.72.69 (talk) 15:09, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism?

message: *WHO PUT HE ASSUMED OFFICE IN MARCH 2006? JUST BECAUSE MING BECOME LEADER ON THAT DATE IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, THAT'S WHEN HE CAME INTO OFFICE. HE WAS WALES AND NI SPOKESMAN FOR SOMETIME BEFORE.*
Can someone link in this artical:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23392706-details/Lembit+and+his+very+cheeky+family/article.do
which shows some of his family...
::Why don't you do it? Biscit (talk) 14:28, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Misc

message: Lembit was devastated by his brother Endel's death, and made a point of giving a eulogy in Parliament. The family was very close. So listing his sister and brother is highly relevant IMO, and would be good to keep in future revisions. (I mentioned this article to Lembit at the wake - Endel was a friend of mine as well - and Lembit and Urve were both very pleased with the idea :-) - David Gerard 21:36, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Siblings

message: Although the last addition was silly, does anyone care to add something about Öpik's concern about the planet being hit by an asteroid? (And if he's backing the planet then it probably is doomed!) Timrollpickering 09:14, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Asteroids 

message: Can someone put in somethign about the fact he isn't engaged anymore and is going out with the singer from the cheeky girls (as reported on bbc news on sunday 17th dec 2006) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.71.60.100 (talk) 19:36, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Relationships

message: I've removed a few irrelevant sections, tied it up a bit, included a section about the WLD and included a few more references. Qwerty1985 (talk) 15:34, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The use of the term "shadow" for the lead spokespersons is contentious. Note that there isn't an article Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet - it instead goes to Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team - and even the current acting leader Vincent Cable is described as "Lib Dem Treasury Spokesman" (on his infobox and navbox) and "the Liberal Democrats' main economic spokesperson" (in the intro), not "Shadow Chancellor" or "Anti-Shadow Chancellor" or "Shadow Chancellor from Twickenham" (the latter two arise from that ultra rare thing, a joke by Gordon Brown). Timrollpickering (talk) 01:29, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent changes

message: Öpik's parents were from Estonia. He would most like to play golf with Malcolm Sawkins settled in Northern Ireland.
What on Earth does this mean? Is it Estonian translated through babelfish a few times?  This "article" is garbage. Typical wikiality.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.142.132 (talk) 22:10, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It was vandalism, it happens a lot, get used to it ;-) Lethesl 23:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: WTF?

message: If his grandfather Ernst Julius Öpik had a legitimate Estonian umlaut, then it seems snide to call the umlaut in Lembit's name a "heavy-metal umlaut" (even if his parents apparently mostly didn't use it)... AnonMoos (talk) 23:16, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: This topic also does not appear in the reference cited; unclear if this is vandalism or not.  Starryharlequin (talk) 23:53, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: "heavy-metal umlaut"

message: In the opening sentence he is described as a former politician and current professional wrestler. Is he a professional or just a well known public figure amateur wrestler? If he is pro, when did this occur? How many matches has he competed in?
2.126.180.108 (talk) 20:36, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The question about “professional” given the various meanings of the word is an interesting one. The basic distinction in a wrestling context is competitive (amateur) vs exhibition (professional), and it’s definitely the latter that’s being referred to, but the current phrasing could give the wrong impression. It seems he was involved (playing himself as a novelty act) in one event to issue a challenge and then to be follow it up by being beaten – these events are mentioned in sections 7 and 3 of the article, and I was thinking of merging them. Billwilson5060 (talk) 19:39, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Professional Wrestler 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
* Support. Clear case of WP:COMMONNAME. Zarcadia (talk) 09:20, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for speedy deletion 

message: User:Mean as custard removed an information from Lembit Öpik article. It's information about his relevant activity in Asgardia project. Sources about this activity are in both organisation's site and mass media. I don't think it needs removal and I undones it. Roobinstein (talk) 12:14, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the material again also. Until the matter is discussed in independent reliable sources, such trivia amounts to a BLP violation. In any case, while it is good that you have opened this discussion, you should not continue to insert the material once it is apparent that it is contentious. Cheers! ——SerialNumber54129 12:20, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed information about activity in Asgardia project 

message: The "charity work" reads like something Opik wrote himself. The tone needs to be changed from a press release to an actual wiki article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:EF01:8800:9133:FABE:8D0C:9765 (talk) 22:11, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reads like a resume 

message: Öpik recently spoke at a training session for Tory activists on the subject of "How to Stop the Lib Dems". This seems incompatible with him still being a member of the Lib Dems, though I don't know whether he's stated explicitly that he's left. MFlet1 (talk) 11:06, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political party