Talk:Rory Stewart

message: I removed "getting more than fifty per cent of the vote in the final round" because this always happens in transferable elections. Does anyone know what the voting system was? More detail?  141.228.106.151 (talk) 16:43, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Open primary

message: Autochthony asks: -
"Stewart left his position at Harvard in March 2010 (maintaining, however, an advisory position there), and is due to step down as Executive Chairman of the Turquoise Mountain Trust in May 2010.[9]"  20101030 1335z 81.155.133.133 (talk) 13:32, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Is due' or 'has' 

message: There are two statements which are factually incorrect and misleading.  With minor editing they could improve the accuracy of the article without changing the overall tone or direction.  Both statements pertain to Stewart's work in Iraq.  He was never a Deputy Governor as this was a position occupied by Iraqi nationals.  His role, which is made clear in his published work on the subject, was 'Deputy Governorate Co-ordinator'.  The key point is that he was there to be the deputy representative of the coalition working to co-ordinate coalition activity in the governorate.  To say that he was a deputy governor is a misleading account of his role and authority, and also misrepresents the structure of the coalition presence in Iraq at that time.
Text of passages in question:
1. "Stewart was a deputy governor of a province of occupied Iraq in 2003-2004"
and
2. "he was appointed the Coalition Provisional Authority Deputy Governor of Maysan and Senior Advisor in Dhi Qar"
I propose the following re-wording:
1. "Stewart was a senior coalition official in a province of occupied Iraq in 2003-2004"
and
2. "he was appointed the Coalition Provisional Authority Deputy Governorate Co-Ordinator in Maysan and Deputy Governorate Co-ordinator/Senior Advisor in Dhi Qar"
For a credible reference on this subject I refer you to Harvard University:
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/press-releases/stewart-carr-center
Climb1975 (talk) 09:03, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Done -Atmoz (talk) 15:33, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Climb1975, 9 November 2010 

message: This is  trivia by another name.  Can we merge it into the main article?  JRPG (talk) 17:30, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Miscellaneous??   

message: Given the old discussion about MI6 above, I thought I should add another source. Just been looking at some old New Yorker magazines and came across this paragraph, buried in a long profile/interview piece by Ian Parker (issue dated November 15, 2010 and quoted here):
::But was he in MI6, at the start of his career, in Indonesia and Montenegro? Someone in London who is in a position to know told me that Stewart certainly was. His mother, when asked, smiled, and said, "I wouldn't begin to know." Stewart muttered that he was not, but he didn't contest the idea with the vigor of his Afghan denial. As a storyteller and a newly minted politician, he must find it frustrating if he is under a legal and moral obligation to mislead. "It's an unfair question," he said crossly, although he later suggested phrases that I might use-such as his career "giving the appearance of" such a path. He added that people should have "the very, very clear understanding that I stopped working in embassies and for the government proper in 2000." From then on, "I was no longer part of the system."
Testbed (talk) 10:44, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: MI6 - again

message: Is the category "Hong Kong people" meaningful? Stewart was born there only because his father (Brian Stewart, also a diplomat) chanced to be posted there 1972–74, and was posted back to London when Rory was aged 1 or 2! For the time being, I've substituted the more detailed category "Hong Kong people of Scottish descent". Stanning (talk) 09:48, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category:Hong Kong people 

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message: I borrowed The Marches from the library (a good read but could perhaps have been better shorter!) so don't have it to hand. An editor wants the long-established statement that Broich is Stewart's ancestral home to be sourced, and I know it's talked about at length in the book. Could someone add a reference, from the book or otherwise? Thanks. PamD 17:59, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''The Marches''- got a copy? 

message: This article shows what an up-to-date encyclopedia Wikipedia is. Just a few minutes after it was announced on the news that Rory Stewart had been eliminated from the Conservative Leadership contest, the "is a contender" had been changed to "was a contender". Vorbee (talk) 17:47, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Up-to-date

message: , please allow me to explain. Per WP:LEGALNAME:
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"Rory" is a very common short form of "Roderick", so it should not be included in quotation marks in the lead. This would also resolve the middle-name-or-family-name? situation we have currently. Lordtobi (✉) 13:22, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm happy without it - although with regard to that quote from the Manual of Style, I'm not sure if "Rory" is a common hypocorism for "Roderick" - (most Rorys are not Rodericks, and most Rodericks are not known as Rory; unlike, say 'Tom' for 'Thomas') so I think it could be argued either way. So I'm happy for it not to be there; just if it is there, it should be after "Nugent", not before. TSP (talk) 14:49, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't like the policy anyway - I think the text of an article ought to stand alone, providing full information without the title having to provide a key fact such as "He is better known as Rory" - but I accept that the policy allows "Rory" not to be included in the lead. Some Williams are known as Bill, others aren't, and the text of the article should make this clear. Ah well.  PamD 15:40, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Some Richards can be complete Dicks, apparently. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:54, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common name 

message: Reading Rorys Wiki page I couldnt help but feel that it was written like an autobiography. Unfortunately a lot of contributors are identified by their IP.
Cliffbartle (talk) 00:12, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reads Like an Autobiography 

message: As far as I can tell, Stewart is no longer a diplomat. I would suggest, therefore, that the first sentence be changed accordingly, to insert the word 'former' immediately before 'diplomat'. Alternatively, in case 'former' could then be ambiguous in scope (perhaps viewed as qualifying the remainder of the items in the list), the reference to his former status as a diplomat could be added to the end of the list, so that the first sentence would, in its material part, read as follow: '...known as Rory Stewart, is a British author, writer, politician and former diplomat.'
Further, I think it questionable whether Stewart is currently a 'politician', but that seems arguable, notwithstanding his withdrawal from the London Mayoral contest.
Cupofkai (talk) 13:01, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introductory description of Stewart's status 

message: What is the policy of including photos of the subject on their Wikipedia page. I understand that Stewart is no longer an MP, but it's strange to have a photo of him where it looks like he's in a bookshop. Someone mentioned that it's normal practice to use the most recent decent photo, but as an avid listener of the Rest is Politics I've noticed that Alastair Campbell's photo is from 2012. Surely for Stewart a photo from about 5 years ago is good enough? Ellwat (talk) 11:24, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I would have thought a bookshop was quite appropriate. A chip shop or a lingerie shop maybe not so much. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:08, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't say it was inappropriate, just a bit strange. I don't know what the hierarchy of editors on this page is, so if you want to keep that bookshop photo I won't stand in your way. IMO I'd rather have the parliamentary portrait. Ellwat (talk) 12:11, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I can see arguments both ways. I'm just saying a bookshop is perfectly appropriate and therefore not strange (especially if it's the oldest in the country). I must admit I had assumed he was probably doing a book-signing there, not just shopping. But who knows. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:20, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: et voila... Martinevans123 (talk) 13:21, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no clear polciy guideline. This is the most recent worthwhile discussion that I can find: Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Images/Archive_10#Are_more_recent_images_favored_for_biographical_subjects?. Rory Stewart is still very active in politics, and perhaps better known now as an author and academic than when he was an MP. The queues for his recent signings in Hatchards and Waterstones were long, and he was fine with my photographing him to update the image on his WP page.  As long as it is of a decent standard, then we should favour the more recent image. Edwardx (talk) 20:42, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: In the absence of any solid objection, I will shortly add the newer photo to the infobox. Edwardx (talk) 01:03, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Primary photo on page