Talk:Kristin Halvorsen

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[edit] Boycott

I have removed a line concerning a current debate in Norway over the Kristin Halvorsen's saying she was in favour of a consumer boycot of Israel. I have not succeded doing this on the Norwegian Wiki, where it keeps coming back. I am of the definite opinion that this is a news event, not to be discussed in a encyclopedia article. I think the mentioning of this makes the article biased against Halvorsen. The reason being conservatives and neo liberals in Norway are eager to emphasize how wrong it was of a minister of finance to say something that her own government where not in favour of. This information in articles have often been added together with links to dated news articles, which in my opinion has nothing to do in Wikipedia. In the norwegian Wiki an article named "Norwegian Consumer Boycot of Israel" have even appeared. I have given up the norwegian Wiki due to these questions.

peterak 23. January 2006 18:09 (UTC)

I'm of the same opinion in English as in Norwegian: For the time being this is interesting information regarding Halvorsen's political work. Of course there should be more on her earlier work as well, but that will come. History contains assembled news. Eventually the boycott issue may become a parenthesis that can be erased. I won't comment upon my political stand, nor yours, but I challenge you to add information instead of deleting. Even the comment that "conservatives and neo liberals in Norway emphasise how wrong it was of a minister to say something that her own government does not support" may qualify as encyclopedic if properly referenced and neutrally formulated. The following policies may or may not support your view or my view: Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia, and Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. I will restore the information for now, perhaps rephrase it a bit, and I ask you to not give up on Wikipedia due to other strong-minded contributors. --Eddi (Talk) 00:49, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
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Ok Eddi. This are better arguments than the earlier you've come up with. I accept your views, and I actually tend to agree. I was very upset by all the conservative and neoliberal squabble surrounding this case. I't seems Aftenposten and other papers in Norway are running a campaign against the government, and I am so tired of hearing the neoliberals saying "AAhh. We live in a communist country. Uhuuu". If you know what I mean. I agree. This can be mentioned in the article until history progresses further, as I am shure it will do. (-:

peterak 8. February 2006 13:03 (UTC)