Talk:Nursultan Nazarbayev

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Contents 1 Interesting article 2 short & toupee 3 Borat vandalism 4 Opposition

[edit] Interesting article

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article3115546.ece hmm, interesting... --212.247.27.172 14:38, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] short & toupee

I hear that in Kazakhstan it is illegal to ctritice Nazarbayev's height or Toupee? Is this true and can anyone give a citable source so I can add it to the article.--Dr who1975 03:50, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

It is a crime to (and the exact wording escapes me at the moment) humiliate or degrade the first President (ie Nazarbayev) or his family. Usually it's only enforced in cases of slander, perjury or false accusations. I've never heard of any personal attacks being litigated in this way. Many people make fun of his having been a miner, the way he looks, etc...

I don't believe he wears a toupee and he's not tall but he's not very short either. --KZblog 11:13, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Nazarbayev don't wear a toupee.

FYI, Wikipedia:Sign_your_posts_on_talk_pages 213.239.210.120 13:16, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Aha! Drwho1975, you are thinking of Turkmenistan. That's the place with the bizarre dictatorship, where the President-for-Life DOES wear a toupee and IS short and dumpy. There it is illegal to mention the president's height and lack of hair, among other very strange things. K. Lastochka 16:03, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Borat vandalism

I'm going to go request that this article be semi-protected to keep out all these anonymous friends of Borat who like to post nonsense here!! K. Lastochka 16:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

nevermind, request was denied...K. Lastochka

[edit] Opposition

Not sure about the validity of the description of political opposition belonging here. Would an article on George Bush include that during his presidency Howard Dean became head of the Democratic Party? Or predictions of who will become the next President? I think any section on criticism should include concrete, referenced statements of critique. My 2 cents.--KZblog 05:44, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Predictions on the next president certainly have a place here. Bush has little to no real control over who becomes the next US president, but Nazarbayev is certain to hand-pick the next leader of Kazakhstan (unless a coup occurs, of course). I didn't really see any mention of predictions in the article, though. Otebig 22:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)