Talk:General Secretary

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Lots of good stuff here, but not for a disambiguation page:

The term General Secretary (alternatively First Secretary) denotes a leader of various unions, parties or associations. The most notable usages are the following.

• The official title of the de-facto leader of the Soviet Union was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin is known to be the first to elevate the position from the former meaning to the latter. For a time the position was known as the First Secretary. See List of leaders of the Soviet Union for other bearers of these titles.

• The term General Secretary often refers to the Secretary-General of an organization such as the Secretary-General of the United Nations or Secretary-General of the League of Nations. Also called the Executive Secretary in the case of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

• The General Secretary (or First Secretary) may also be the title used by the head of a political party or group. This meaning is often associated with communist organizations. However, in some Communist parties such as the Communist Party of China under Mao Zedong, the highest position was that of Party Chairman though in other Communist parties this was a titular position.

• The General Secretary may also be the head of a trade union, particularly in the United Kingdom or another association such as a federation of agriculture or farmer's union or a co-operative.

The General Secretary's office or department is often referred to as the Secretariat.

--Usgnus 05:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm, I searched for the term "general secretary" wanting and expecting to see the information above that you have mostly removed. If the above is not considered appropriate for a disambiguation page, how about putting it back in and making this a proper (stub) article instead? Since I think that a lot of people searching for "general secretary" do not actually want the article for any one of the general secretaries of various states. As a comparison, if you wanted to read about the President of Iraq, would you search the term "president"? I think one would probably start with searching "Iraq" instead, and many people searching for the term "president" actually wanted to see an article about "president". So I think this "general secretary" article should contain the information that you have removed. -- KittySaturn 16:16, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Deletion reverted. Formal formatting rules have absolutely no precedence over information. `'mikka (t) 16:59, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Works for me. Let's just not call it a disambiguation page. -Usgnus 17:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)