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She is not yet governor General, stop editing the infobox to say she assumed office July 6th. WanukeX ( talk) 14:24, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
Article has a bunch of bulleted lists, clean that up. The Current positions and membership section is especially bad. In the career section, phrasing like «she assisted with the facilitation and write-up», « took the lead role in negotiating», « took the lead role in negotiating» is gibberish people write in their resume. needs to be clarified. 159.33.10.190 ( talk) 18:57, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
I would like to draw attention to the poor quality citation: "McGill University Speakers Bio". Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2017."
This citation included at least one error, which stated (and has been repeated in many other resumé blurbs) that subject has received "Gold Order of Greenland" - an award which does not exist.
I have been adding new citations to all honours which link directly to the granting body instead of third parties. Gingerbreadman90210 ( talk) 05:40, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
Many sources, including on the Canadian Prime Ministers biographical profile of subject, erroneously claim subject has received the "Gold Order of Greenland". ( https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/backgrounders/2021/07/06/mary-simon-oc-oq)
The "Gold Order of Greenland" does not exist.
An award similar to the "Order of Canada" exists in Greenland, the Nersornaat: "[T]he Greenland Medal for Meritorious Service (Danish:Grønlands Hjemmestyres Fortjenstmedalje), is awarded by the Greenland Home Rule government. It is the highest award based in Greenland." ( /info/en/?search=Nersornaat) (In Danish: https://ina.gl/om-inatsisartut/nersornaat/?lang=da)
In addition, subject received the highest level of this award, Gold. ( https://ina.gl/media/2526809/d-inatsisartut-website-inatsisartutgl-media-10534-nersornaat-1992.pdf)
This is the correct name of the award which subject has received, and I have updated Wikipedia article to reflect that, including citation directly to the Parliament of Greenland's website where it states subject received the award on July 24, 1992. Gingerbreadman90210 ( talk) 05:45, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
I've made two changes to how Simon's Inuktitut name is presented in this article (before edits: "ᓂᖏᐅᑲdᓗᒃ, romanized: Ningiukadluk").
First, the cited source from CTV gives her Inuktitut name as Ningiukudluk, with a U, not an A.
Second, I've removed the rendering of the name in syllabics. The syllabic alphabet doesn't have a letter D, so online transliterators leave it in the latin alphabet (hence, ᓂᖏᐅᑲdᓗᒃ). The Government of Nunavut's transliteration software suggests rendering D sounds with symbols for T. I think an actual source for how Simon would write her name in syllabics is needed.
Madg2011 ( talk) 17:26, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
The multiple, prominent references to her work at the CBC are given far more weight than her other past work, to the point that it feels political. There is so much more to her story than a brief job there over 40 years ago, and it seems designed to feed cynicism about prominent CBC journalists being appointed Governor General. Past GGs were indeed noted as being prominent CBC personalities, but this individual does not qualify as such, both because of her relatively minor role there, and how far in the past it was. Her qualifications for the role of GG come from her extensive work in other areas that should be highlighted here. Canadianpoliticaljunkie ( talk) 14:07, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
I have requested permission from the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General for reproduction rights for
this photo to replace the blurry one we have today.
Goyston
talk,
contribs 17:20, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
Never mind they won't agree to any appropriate license.
Goyston
talk,
contribs
"Reproduce commercially" includes "posting a mirror site with ads". DS ( talk) 01:53, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
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I must've slept through it. When & where was the RM to move this page from Mary Simon to Mary May Simon? GoodDay ( talk) 05:08, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
we give extra weight to reliable sources written after the name change. If the reliable sources written after the change is announced routinely use the new name, Wikipedia should follow suit and change relevant titles to match.So this article is titled correctly IMO. — Kawnhr ( talk) 02:47, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
It looks like, one has reverted their surname change. Compare October website with recent one. [1] [2] Peter Ormond 💬 21:42, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
Recent investigations have shown frivolous spending on oversees trips by the gov gen's office (rideau hall). There should be a criticism section added and maintained with these updated, journalistically verified facts.
https://nationalpost.com/news/71k-in-limo-service-for-governor-generals-2022-four-day-iceland-trip Mullernathan ( talk) 22:17, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
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She is not yet governor General, stop editing the infobox to say she assumed office July 6th. WanukeX ( talk) 14:24, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
Article has a bunch of bulleted lists, clean that up. The Current positions and membership section is especially bad. In the career section, phrasing like «she assisted with the facilitation and write-up», « took the lead role in negotiating», « took the lead role in negotiating» is gibberish people write in their resume. needs to be clarified. 159.33.10.190 ( talk) 18:57, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
I would like to draw attention to the poor quality citation: "McGill University Speakers Bio". Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2017."
This citation included at least one error, which stated (and has been repeated in many other resumé blurbs) that subject has received "Gold Order of Greenland" - an award which does not exist.
I have been adding new citations to all honours which link directly to the granting body instead of third parties. Gingerbreadman90210 ( talk) 05:40, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
Many sources, including on the Canadian Prime Ministers biographical profile of subject, erroneously claim subject has received the "Gold Order of Greenland". ( https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/backgrounders/2021/07/06/mary-simon-oc-oq)
The "Gold Order of Greenland" does not exist.
An award similar to the "Order of Canada" exists in Greenland, the Nersornaat: "[T]he Greenland Medal for Meritorious Service (Danish:Grønlands Hjemmestyres Fortjenstmedalje), is awarded by the Greenland Home Rule government. It is the highest award based in Greenland." ( /info/en/?search=Nersornaat) (In Danish: https://ina.gl/om-inatsisartut/nersornaat/?lang=da)
In addition, subject received the highest level of this award, Gold. ( https://ina.gl/media/2526809/d-inatsisartut-website-inatsisartutgl-media-10534-nersornaat-1992.pdf)
This is the correct name of the award which subject has received, and I have updated Wikipedia article to reflect that, including citation directly to the Parliament of Greenland's website where it states subject received the award on July 24, 1992. Gingerbreadman90210 ( talk) 05:45, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
I've made two changes to how Simon's Inuktitut name is presented in this article (before edits: "ᓂᖏᐅᑲdᓗᒃ, romanized: Ningiukadluk").
First, the cited source from CTV gives her Inuktitut name as Ningiukudluk, with a U, not an A.
Second, I've removed the rendering of the name in syllabics. The syllabic alphabet doesn't have a letter D, so online transliterators leave it in the latin alphabet (hence, ᓂᖏᐅᑲdᓗᒃ). The Government of Nunavut's transliteration software suggests rendering D sounds with symbols for T. I think an actual source for how Simon would write her name in syllabics is needed.
Madg2011 ( talk) 17:26, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
The multiple, prominent references to her work at the CBC are given far more weight than her other past work, to the point that it feels political. There is so much more to her story than a brief job there over 40 years ago, and it seems designed to feed cynicism about prominent CBC journalists being appointed Governor General. Past GGs were indeed noted as being prominent CBC personalities, but this individual does not qualify as such, both because of her relatively minor role there, and how far in the past it was. Her qualifications for the role of GG come from her extensive work in other areas that should be highlighted here. Canadianpoliticaljunkie ( talk) 14:07, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
I have requested permission from the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General for reproduction rights for
this photo to replace the blurry one we have today.
Goyston
talk,
contribs 17:20, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
Never mind they won't agree to any appropriate license.
Goyston
talk,
contribs
"Reproduce commercially" includes "posting a mirror site with ads". DS ( talk) 01:53, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:
Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 11:38, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
I must've slept through it. When & where was the RM to move this page from Mary Simon to Mary May Simon? GoodDay ( talk) 05:08, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
we give extra weight to reliable sources written after the name change. If the reliable sources written after the change is announced routinely use the new name, Wikipedia should follow suit and change relevant titles to match.So this article is titled correctly IMO. — Kawnhr ( talk) 02:47, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
It looks like, one has reverted their surname change. Compare October website with recent one. [1] [2] Peter Ormond 💬 21:42, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
Recent investigations have shown frivolous spending on oversees trips by the gov gen's office (rideau hall). There should be a criticism section added and maintained with these updated, journalistically verified facts.
https://nationalpost.com/news/71k-in-limo-service-for-governor-generals-2022-four-day-iceland-trip Mullernathan ( talk) 22:17, 14 July 2023 (UTC)