Talk:Alfred Sant

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Photo[edit]

No Photo of a former prime minister of Malta?

Maltesedog 19:43, 04 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No information on his literary works[edit]

The following website on google has a list of all the books authored by him, plus a more balanced (i.e. not solely political) view.

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/9827/sant.html

P.S. I came across the above website by entering "Alfred Sant" + "silg fuq" in google (Silg fuq-Kemmuna being one of his book titles).

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A cleanup[edit]

It all started with the justified complaint that no mention was made of Sant's literary works. Then someone just copied and pasted Sant's detailed CV from elsewhere on the net and overwrote all that had been written beforehand.

First, it is OK to quote sources on the net but to copy them is plagiarism.

Second, while the original might have been accurate and in a style that's appropriate for a CV is not in the style of a Wikipedia entry. Most of it, in fact, is written in bullet points.

Thirdly, Wikipedia is not a collection of useless facts. The subject of Sant's doctoral thesis, for example, written thirty years ago and in the fast-changing managerial sector is not relevant here. Neither is the work and portfolio of the consulting company with which he worked for a few years some twenty years ago (it might be in an entry on said company but this is about Alfred Sant whose claim to fame is his role in the Maltese political landscape). Compare this to the entries of other political leaders if you are still not convinced.

So please appreciate it changes as an attempt to wikify the article and instead concentrate on sourcing the claims, something on which much work (admittedly) still needs to be done.

Demdem (talk) 21:53, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Political Maturity[edit]

I am calling on Wikipedia users to refrain from both deifying and vilifying Sant on this article. Wikipedia is NOT a political battleground. Some political maturity and objective neutrality is definitely needed in this article. Reuv (talk) 18:39, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rhodes scholar[edit]

The opening paragraph claims that he is a Rhodes Scholar. This is not true: http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/section/rhodes-scholars-complete-list-1903-2009 I am going to delete this incorrect information from the article. ¬¬¬ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omgplz (talk • contribs) 21:20, 24 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Illness[edit]

The article (correctly) reports Sant's diagnosis of colon cancer in 2007. As this matter was inconsequential (the creation of the section gives the impression that he was incapacitated by the illness) I would suggest that the section be removed.

Demdem (talk) 23:50, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2014 European Parliament election[edit]

This section is written in the future tense, despite taking place two years ago. Also, it should probably be edited to remove bias (his previous position regarding EU accession is irrelevant in this context). I won't edit it myself due to potential COI. Nevborg (talk) 12:46, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Literary Works[edit]

Sant's 2011 novel Bħal f'Dizzjunarju isn't listed [1] Nevborg (talk) 12:50, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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