Talk:Carrie Lam/Archive 1

Archive 1

Requested move 12 June 2016

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The result of the move request was: Moved as clear consensus has been established. (closed by non-admin page mover) — Music1201 ^talk 02:16, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

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Carrie Lam (politician) → Carrie Lam – This is a WP:TWODABS situation, and the politician is clearly more significant than the actress, per page views and search results. SSTflyer 09:51, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

• Support per nom. —  AjaxSmack  13:45, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
• Support per nom, the politician gets nearly five times the number of page views as the actress and dab page combined. PC78 (talk) 15:18, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

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POV

The wording of this article is too approbative and amateurish, there are also several grammar mistakes scattered throughout.--Sıgehelmus (Talk) |д=) 00:49, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

@Sigehelmus: What specific neutrality concerns do you have with this article? From a scan of the article it looks to be of acceptable quality, and that neutrality tag is holding this off of WP:ITN. Mamyles (talk) 14:20, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

I've removed the tags until specific examples can be given here to fix. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:41, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Example from first section "Born to a low-income family of Zhoushan ancestry in Hong Kong, Lam was the fourth of five children. Lam grew up in Lockhart Road, Wan Chai that she finished her primary and secondary education at St. Francis' Canossian College, a catholic girls' school in the neighborhood. Besides excelling in academics, she also developed her desire to serve people during her 13 years at St. Francis'." The wording seems sympathetically-toned, vague, and approbative. It seems like the backstory to a superhero or something.--Sıgehelmus (Talk) |д=) 16:08, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

With such a huge section dedicated to the CE election campaign, and name-drops and overlinks these names, and yet not a single mention of any of her many election gaffes (I'll let you choose from saying that she was answering the call of the Lord, her search around town for toilet paper, her inability to use the ubiquitous Octopus card, her making an illegal HK$500 donation to a beggar who was trafficked in to earn money for a crime syndicate...) appears to be seriously amiss as regards the neutrality of the article, methinks. -- Ohc ^¡digame! 09:39, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Heave to! sirlanz 11:17, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Clarification of Fulbright

The source provided is a government handout, so self-serving spin and not reliable. Fulbright don't use the word "fellowship" anywhere on their site today to describe anything they do (may have back then); various universities do and seem to be referring to the Student Program which provides funds to undergrads to pursue post-grad studies in the US. Lam wasn't, obviously. Question #1: Why does the HK Government say she was awarded a Fellowship? The Visiting Scholar Program (note, not Fellowship) provides grants for scholars to do research or lecture in the States. Question: If this is what they really mean, why was a highly-paid Treasury Department administrative officer getting funding from the US Government to go spend time doing "research" at a US government agency? Her earnings would have been at least several times the average income of Hongkongers at that time, so why was she taking handouts? Perhaps the answers to these questions are simple: the best answer is to replace the citation with something reliable that establishes she did, in fact, receive a fellowship, i.e. that they had such a thing in 1988. Perhaps someone has answers to these questions. sirlanz 11:17, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Carrie Lam is a Catholic

I have no idea why her religious affiliation keeps being deleted from the page, along with her diploma degree at Cambridge where she met her husband. Lmmnhn (talk) 16:58, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Here are two ideas: the material was lifted directly from (plagiarised) self-serving material. The information is relevant and appropriate for inclusion but we have to do better on both counts. sirlanz 01:54, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

let us add in religious affiliation - this SCMP articlementions Lam, a devout Catholic, also reiterated that she decided to join the city’s leadership race in response to “God’s calling”.Prodigyhk (talk) 13:28, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

notice user:bluesphere has raised [policy] to not include religion in Info box. Was not aware of this earlier. Fine with following this policy and keep religions affiliation details in in article space.Prodigyhk (talk) 13:57, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

I was directed to this discussion for deleting the category that says she's Catholic, so now I thought of dropping my two cents. WP:BLPCAT states that Categories regarding religious beliefs (or lack of such) ... should not be used unless the subject has publicly self-identified with the belief in question, since WP:BLP requires current religious affiliation, not religion of childhood and family nor religious institution from which the subject graduated. The source that @Prodigyhk: provides reporting Lam's "devout Catholic" upbringing is not enough; she must explicitly identify practicing the faith in her own words: (i.e. "I am Catholic" or whatever). Point being, we shouldn't be categorizing people for what or what they are not unless it's verified by published source, reliable that is. Bluesphere 14:04, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

user:bluesphere "devout catholic" does not mean upbringing it means regular practitioner/membership. That main media classify Lam as a "devout catholic" is sufficient for us here at WP. Prodigyhk (talk) 14:15, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Right, but like I said, she must self-identify with the faith in her own words to satisfy WP:BLP in regards to the sbject's religion. Bluesphere 14:19, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

hmm ~ WP:BLP does not say that. More important, WP policy requires us to use reliable secondary source and not primary sources. Although I guess, you would say SCMP is not "reliable" :D ..... I do agree, Lam has not been very public about her religion, unlike Donald Tsang who wore it on sleeve and got into trouble like that coverup of italian fraud to get meeting with pope Prodigyhk (talk) 14:35, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

So what's the consensus, do we uncategorize her now? Bluesphere 14:41, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Blue after taking in your inputs, do agree it may be best not to fit Lam into a religion box. Lam has not been public about her religion. I am right now neutral on this. @Lmmnhn:@Sirlanz: your thoughts  ? Prodigyhk (talk) 15:18, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Whoever says Carrie Lam is not a Catholic is beyond my comprehension. Either he or she is not reading the article carefully, or has not been following the news surrounding Carrie Lam. Lam often quoted the Bible and she also said that was God told her to run for the CE. The latest example is this HK01 (among a hundred on the internet), where she personally says as a Catholic she thinks "777" is a good number. How is she "religious only in her childhood" or "only attend a Catholic school" if she often cites the Bible or talks about God in the past few years? Unless my fellow wikipedians think they are in the better position to judge whether Lam is a Catholic than Lam herself? But if there is a guideline saying that religion should not be put in the infobox i would be fine with that but from my best knowledge this so-called "village pump" consensus is not widely recognised as I do not see many articles follow it. Lmmnhn (talk) 15:27, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

@Lmmnhn: Whoever says Carrie Lam is not a Catholic is beyond my comprehension. Either he or she is not reading the article carefully, Wow. I'll have you know that I have read the article and these infos that you're telling me now about her faith isn't included there. Okay, then would you please add those stuff in the article (maybe in the "personal life") so that we won't be having more problems with this woman's religion? I don't intend to know this person, I'm only conscious of Wikipedia's policies. Bluesphere 16:05, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

This paragraph in the article: She stirred another controversy when she, in a speech to open the Caritas Bazaar in 2015, Lam cited the eight Beatitudes, saying "Some said that the eighth blessing applies very well to me – it says, 'blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven' – there is already a place reserved for me in heaven." and this paragraph in the Hong Kong Chief Executive election, 2017: In a closed-door meeting, she laid out an eight-point "achievable new vision" for Hong Kong and told participants that God had called on her to run. I do not intend to include many of other examples in the article as they are not irrelevant. But if you have been following the news surrounding Lam herself, and even some theological debates among local Christians about what the number 7 means in Christianity after Lam's remarks, you would know Carrie Lam is a Catholic. Another news report I just found says she goes to church almost every week. Lmmnhn (talk) 16:16, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

@Lmmnhn: there is been no consensus here on talk page on adding religion in infobox. I agree with the "village_pump(policy)" shared by user:Bluesphere to not add religion to info box of people such as Lam. Here in this article, let us only add some minimum information about Lam's religion in article under "personal life". Advice if we can have a agreement and move on. Prodigyhk (talk) 16:01, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Grammar

This new text just added to the article: "a record breaking of 1.03 million protesters" does not make grammatical sense in English. 76.189.141.37 (talk) 04:45, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Cantonese Romanization is appropriate in the lead

Let an appropriate Cantonese romanization appear at the top of this page. The English language name of this person includes elements that are derived from Cantonese romanization. Let some kind of Cantonese romanization appear in the lead. Geographyinitiative (talk) 00:38, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

1.03 Million Protesters

Should be cautious when reporting the 1.03 million protester figure estimated by the organizers; Hong Kong Free Press might not be a neutral source; most Western media (BBC, Washington Post, Deutsche Welle) report it as "at least hundreds of thousands" or simply "thousands". Meeepmep (talk)

I second the above point. The article mentions the number of protesters on June 9 and June 16 respectively as over 1.03 million and nearly 2 million. These statements need to be rephrased to avoid any misleading beliefs as the numbers are very much disputed, and the gap quite large, considering Hong Kong police estimates to be 240,000 people and 338,000 people respectively. 338,000 people is mentioned in the article, but the phrasing gives a false impression that the organizers' estimation of 2 million becomes de facto more correct when the police force acknowledged that the number of 338,000 should be higher due to the counting being restricted on the original route. Looking historically at protesters' count in Hong Kong, independent count estimates by the Hong Kong University public Opinion Program were much closer to the police force estimates than they were to the organizers'. reference: https://graphics.reuters.com/HONGKONG-EXTRADITION-PROTESTS/0100B01001H/index.html

Therefore, the number of protesters, although contested by both sides, should be rephrased so that anyone reading the article who had no previous knowledge of the events get a picture as close as possible to reality as to the size of the protests. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiball28 (talk • contribs) 22:59, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Redundancy in the lead

@Pageseditor: Would you care to explain your revert this time? It’s currently mentioned twice in the lead that she is the first female Chief Executive of HK. The “emergency powers” part needs to be in the article body to be in the lead per MOS:LEAD. — MarkH21 (talk) 06:48, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Number of Protesters

Please change "attended by nearly two million protesters" to "allegedly attended by two million protesters" because while there was a massive protest attended by hundreds of thousands of people, there has never been a independently verified attendance figure, with the "2 million" figures released by the Civil Human Rights Front, which has historically released exaggerated figures in a bid to raise awareness. Joshuahk (talk) 09:34, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done a little. It still needs more cleaning up to maintain WP:NPOV, so some exaggerations needs to come out - ChrisWar666 (talk) 22:00, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 November 2019

Unkn own to yellow (talk) 08:11, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

i want to add some notes

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. NiciVampireHeart 22:49, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

excellent source

excellent WP:RS about the downfall of carrie lam relating to the extradition treaty and protests https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/hongkong-protests-extradition-narrative/ Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 15:01, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Politician

Link the word Politician used to describe Carry Lam to wilki definition.

Carry Lam was not a Politician, she was an employee of the Honkong Government and has recently retired after 40 years service within the HK government. She attained the position of Chief Excutive Officer. All-is-History (talk) 16:03, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 April 2022

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|style="width:30%;" rowspan="1"|Preceded by

Leung Kin-pong

| style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"| Director of Social Welfare
2000–2003

| style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"| Succeeded by

Paul Tang

|- Maxianhk (talk) 22:38, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Amadeus²² 🙋 🔔 21:03, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 May 2022

Fix a typo in a wikilink in the successor field, from:

successor = [[John Lee (government official)|John Lee]

Fixed:

successor = John Lee InterstellarInflightEntertainment (talk) 05:21, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: This field was already redacted (for now) as the successor isn't sworn in yet, meaning he's not yet technically her successor. When it is uncommented the formatting will be correct. Thanks for your contribution nonetheless. Amadeus²² 🙋 🔔 21:07, 10 May 2022 (UTC)