Talk:John Dalli

message: I contest this article's neutrality epecially in this section:
"His letter of resignation stated that he was resigning because of attacks by members of his own party. These attacks were spearheaded by a journalist, Ivan Camilleri who happens to be the brother of Alan Camilleri who at the time acted as the Prime Minister's Public Relations Officer.
It now transpires that at the time of these attacks, a report was given to the Prime Minister implicating Dalli in abuse in the adjudication of a tender for hospital equipment. This report was commissioned by one of the tenderers (SIMED) who offered the investigator involved 3% of the contract value (estimated at Euros sixty five million) if the contract was adjudicated to them. After the police investigated this report, the author of the report admitted that it was a total fabrication. The police are taking action against this investigator. Dalli insists that he was never informed about the existence of this report and only became aware of it when the author was arraigned in Court."
Maltesedog 19:22, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
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message: It is generally understood and accepted that Wikipedia is on line to allow contributors to publish and protect the freedom of information providing that the contents in the article are true.  The writer of this article confirms that its contents are historically correct and can be supported by articles that were published in Maltese newspapers and books. They can also be supported by documents in the Maltese Courts and TV programs that were transmitted at the time. 
The changes that Demdem continues to make amount to a restriction on the freedom of information and covering up the truth. Wikipedia is not on line for people who wish to glorify themselves and neglect to publish all the facts.
In view of this the contributor Hotblackice challenges Demdem or John Dalli to deny the facts contributed by Hotblackice and start legal proceedings against Hotblackice forthwith in a U.K. court where the writer resides. In U.K. Courts all men are equal and the courts guarantee impartiality and justice for all.
Quotes: 
The suppression of truth is the enemy of knowledge.
The love of exercising power has been found to be so universal, that 
no class of men who have possessed authority have been able to 
avoid abusing it.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Hotblackice (talk • contribs) 05:20, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reply to above 

message: Dalli is being described here as a "member of the European People's Party" (EPP). This is not accurate. True Dalli is an MP with the Nationalist Party which, in turn, is a member of the EPP. But, as far as I know, only political parties, not individuals can be members of the EPP (its MEPs are, strictly speaking, members of the "Group of the European People's Party"). In any case, the indirect link between Dalli and the EPP will have to go (or, at least, become irrelevant) when he takes up office in which he'll be supposed to serve with due impartiality.
Demdem (talk) 15:18, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dalli's "membership" of the EPP 

message: Every now and then this piece of text makes a re-appearance:
:"Dalli transformed the Maltese economy from a centralised socialist economy to a vibrant market economy ready to join the European Union, through pushing economic growth, new social structures, increased fiscal morality and privatisation. While downsizing the labour intensive textile industry, Dalli developed the higher added value light industrial sectors and created new economic sectors such as the Freeport and Financial Services."
With all due respect, when all this happened Dalli was a Minister in a Cabinet where decisions and responsibility are collegial. Credit, in this case, cannot be attributed to one individual and, if it has, it had to go to George Bonello Du Puis, Minister of Finance between 1987 and 1990 and during whose tenure the Freeport and Financial Services were first created.
Demdem (talk) 16:08, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dalli's achievements 

message: The previous edits in the European Commissioner section misrepresented the contents of the references and, in one case, did away with one of them altogether. Other information was added which is unreferenced and, at times, the relevance of which is not clear (and you don't make up for this shortcoming by using CAPS)!.
Demdem (talk) 11:08, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dalli as European Commission 

message: *The Revision of the Tobacco Directive: A harsh critic of smoking, Dalli worked to revise the Tobacco Directive with the aim to introduce strong measures to make it less attractive for the younger generation to start smoking.  He piloted a revision of the directive throughout 2011 and 2012, even in the face of opposition from within the Commission and other quarters.
**ref>Letter from John Dalli to Edmund Stoiber, 28 June 2012 http://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/letter_dalli_stoiber_120628.pdf</ref
*In the process of developing the new legal instrument  as a base for more effective smoking control, SANCO submitted the draft of the new directive to an impact assessment on 21 March 2012. On 20 April 2012 the Impact Assessment Board proposed a review of certain aspects and SANCO resubmitted the directive to a second impact assessment on 11 June 2012. A clearance was obtained on 12 July 2012.  SANCO decided to launch the directive for Interservice consultation within the European Commission services on 22 August 2012.
I've removed the above text per WP:BLP which says: Contentious material about living persons (or in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced – whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable – should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion.  Please find legitimate reliable, secondary sources (a copy of a letter from the BLP subject is not a legitimate source for this kind of content) before re-adding this text. Thanks, -- — Keithbob • Talk •  18:02, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of unsourced content per [[WP:BLP]]

message: Any other content that is contentious and unsourced will also be removed if reliable sources are not provided in the next few days. I appreciate the efforts of all editors to expand this BLP but WP has strong polices about protecting the rights of our BLP subjects from unsubstantiated allegations and controversial content. Please provide sources if you would like to retain this content. Thank you very much! -- — Keithbob • Talk •  18:06, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Unsourced contentious content

message: It seems to me that large portions of the current article should be excised; essentially everything in sections 3-11 (inclusive).  Almost all of this seems to be a dispute that involves two groups or bodies identified only as SANCO and OLAF.  Neither of these terms are spelled out or linked so that non-Maltese readers can understand what they are.  Nearly all of it seems to be a defense of the politician against charges that these two groups have made against Dalli.  Those sections are certainly far too long and contentious for a biography.  If there is no rationale to keep this information, it should be deleted or at least moved to other articles that better explain these political disputes in context. --Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:18, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: i would be in favor of chopping everything down to a stub and carefully rebuilding. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 16:13, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Simply restore the version before the sockpuppets took over. Demdem (talk) 17:59, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Really bad example of a [[WP:COATRACK|coatrack article]]? 

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