Talk:Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
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[edit] Addition of picture
Added a picture of Vigdís. Don't know if it was placed in right, someone with better knowledge chould probably check over it :-S SKC 02:27, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Biography assessment rating comment
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The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 02:14, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Discussion
We can say Finnbogadottir is the first woman president in Iceland, then to state her gender isn't always necessary. You can write "Ms. Finnbogadottir is the first Icelandic president to be female/or a woman"...as long you don't go into too much detail on her gender (some readers may take offense). I want to show respect to her integrity and ambition in the presidency, but Iceland isn't the only country to elected a woman to presidency or as prime minister. I believe 45 other countries have, and the U.S. may have one in the future, either Hillary Rodham Clinton (she may assisted Bill Clinton's presidency) or Condoleeza Rice, the current US state secretary. The article surely state Ms. Finnbogadottir was a leftist/center-left politican. However, Iceland isn't in whole a "liberal socialist" country (this is POV if someone, most likely an American wrote it, since the majority of US politics is "conservative"). Not well written in the article, but what political observers acknowledged, Ms. Finnbogadottir as president has focused much on pacifist, child care, social welfare and environmental issues, something Iceland is well used to. Today, Iceland appeared to lean left in political spectrum, the current trend in Icelandic and European politics is the center-right (or what Americans referred to as "conservative" or non-socialist left/moderate right) gained more popularity by electoral votes than in recent years. -- G. Sageha —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.3.14.129 (talk • contribs).
Iceland, like other Scandinavian countries, changes its political allegiances decade to decade. In the first years of Iceland's independence it could be argued that the nation was conservative/right-wing. In the eighties Iceland had a right-wing leading coalition. It is unfair to say that Iceland is left-wing when that may not be the case in 10 years or so.
The extensive comment above is misleading or built on a misconception. It is quite important that her gender is stated clearly as she was indeed the first democratically elected female president and head of state. This should not be confused with democratically elected heads of government such as prime ministers of whom there had been a couple before her time. Wiki-BT (talk) 10:33, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Finnbogadóttir
Just wondering, but is it appropriate to call her "Finnbogadóttir" in the article? I know that in encyclopaedias, people are generally referred to by their last names, but from what I know about Icelandic naming conventions, "Finnbogadóttir" is not her name (that would be Vigdís); in fact, it's not really a name at all, but rather a description of what she is (daughter of Finnbogi). It probably doesn't make a huge difference, given that most (native) English speakers probably wouldn't even realise, but others might find it irritating. -- Schneelocke 16:20, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, we normally use the name, not the patronym (hence, Vigdís). This is how it's done with the other Wikipedia articles on Icelandic presidents so thank you for changing this one to that system too. Haukur 16:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:54, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
