Talk:Gábor Demszky

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I wrote a lot to extend it. Honestly, this guy should go, because he never delivered on his promises and been sitting in his chair too long (17 years). But he will not, his 10% lead is enough to win (1 month to go until election) and he has rock solid press support (TV and quality press has liberal focus). There will be no city reform and population will continue to decrease (330.000 left to the agglomeration during his reign, including himself, by now the city shrinked to 1.690.000 instead of 2.050.000 in 1987). That is the reality. I tried to collect positivies about Demszky, but little found. 195.70.32.136 15:53, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Actually the decreasing of the city's population is a nationwide trend, it might or might not be his fault. But anyway, never ever elect a mayor from SZDSZ. We in Miskolc had one for 8 years and it sucked big time. – Alensha  ^talk 23:14, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I am not the one who marked this item as "neutrality disputed", but I do certainly agree. There is a lot of interesting information, but it is heavily weighed toward critical information, which is given four times as much space as supportive information. Moreover, some of it is purely personal opinion, right from the first sentence of the "Criticism" section: "During the long reign of mayor Demszky, Budapest has transformed in many ways, arguably many for the worse, rather than the better." Says who? I am no fan of Demszky myself, but there is no cite here, and the voters, who have just this weekend re-elected him a fifth successive term, certainly dont appear to agree. The next sentence too: "It is undeniable that Budapest has lost significant appeal in the last decade, while other Central European cities flourish in comparison," is purely personal opinion. Tourism to Budapest has in fact undeniably boomed since the system change-over, and Budapest must be the second most visited city in the former Eastern Bloc. To cite Bratislava as a city that has better "capitalize[d] on tourism" can certainly not be substantiated. Although a resident of Budapest, I do not consider myself qualified to edit this item myself, but it deserves a more factual and balanced rewrite. No-itsme 12:22, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I did add a reference to external links that have the detailed election results of the four elections in which Demszky was re-elected. It took me four or five edits before I got the formatting of the footnote + reference right, sorry about any resulting confusion that may have momentarily occurred. No-itsme 13:42, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree on the non-NPOVness of this article. Your states on the critism section should be sourced. The wording "reign", "princedoms" and "grand duchy" in the context of "said to", etc. are against "Fairness of Tone" - Chromecat 15:16, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

The bias of this topic is incredible and clearly supports the conservative view of Fidesz (the main Hungarian opposition party). Even the sources are disputable, because HirTV is a Fidesz sponsored news channel and MNO (Magyar Nemzet Online) is a right-wing daily. What is more is that there are not any other sources listed and the article ridiculously emphasises the personal opinion of the contributor. I would like to see this content removed soon (or modified so that it is objective), because it is extremely unrealistic at the moment and I would even go as far as to say that it might have been written by someone who is closely affiliated with either Fidesz-KDNP or MIÉP. 11:49, 31 October 2006