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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by ClaudeMuncey (talk | contribs) at 09:01, 7 May 2002. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Are *long* quotes in foreign languages suitable in Wikipedia? What is the consensus on this issue? My thought is that a short, very important sentence could well be preserved in the original, but more than a sentence seems a bit unwieldy. Comments? Dze27

perhaps they could be converted to footnotes -- I only put them in in case anybody wanted to check or improve the translations.

Apparently he is only called 'right-wing' by people trying to dismiss him. He did not accept this label for himself. So I removed the 'right-wing' description from the article.

But surely it would be useful to characterize his politics? Just saying "he's a politicians, formerly Marxist, controversial for his views on Islam and immigration" is almomst meaningless. You still don't know anything about what he stands for. AxelBoldt

More useful still to state what his positions are, and let the reader decide for himself whether they are right-wing. As far as I'm concerned, Bill Clinton was right-wing; Rush Limbaugh (and, to be fair, most of the U.S.) would disagree with me. Not vital information except to illustrate that left/right statements are relative.  :-) Koyaanis Qatsi

The current text is better than just saying he was 'right wing', But it might be better to attribute that description to a specific person or group. ClaudeMuncey
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