Talk:Barisan Nasional

English name
Shouldn't the translation for Barisan Nasional be National Lineup rather than National Front --60.50.91.180 (talk) 13:07, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Proposal to rename Article as Barisan Nasional
The term 'National Front' is never used in Malaysia. As a British citizen (and wikipedian since 2002) who mainly communicates in English, and who has lived in Malaysia for 5+ years, the term confused me when I read it on Wikipedia. In both Malay and English literature, it's always referred to as 'BN' or Barisan Nasional. For example, see today's British Language newspaper, the New Straits Times: http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/NajibcongratulatesSarawakBN/election/Sarawak/article?section=Topnews So, should the article be named with a term unrecognisable to almost everybody? Or renamed as Barisan Nasional? WillSmith (London) (talk) 13:41, 17 April 2011 (UTC)


 * The term 'National Front' is an anachronism that fell out of common use between the late 80s and the early 90s. It has only seen usage by the foreign English language media. That is why it is unfamiliar to many people. I would support a reversion to 'Barisan Nasional' since this is the term that is used almost exclusively nowadays in the local media. - Bob K | Talk 17:16, 17 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I have to agree with this. Usually wikipedia uses English names for article titles, but in this case even the western media uses "Barisan Nasional" (eg The Economist). So per WP:COMMONNAME, Barisan Nasional should be the article title. Unless anyone objects I'm happy to move it back or ask an admin to do it. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:57, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

More info
Can we get more info on the nature of this party...? Is it right/ left/ center? Who controls it? Is it heavy with religious or economic interests?


 * Barisan Nasional a coalition of mainly ethnic based parties, has formed the government of Malaysia since it was formed in 1974. See http://www.bn.org.my/. -- sabre23t 09:59, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * Barisan Nasional as a whole is actually a Conservative party. --60.50.91.180 (talk) 13:07, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

i still still be there... i still still be there...<3 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.140.177.19 (talk) 14:17, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Barisan Nasional
I'm moving this back to Barisan Nasional, the proper name of the party, that's used in Malay and English. The literal translation of the name is national front, though. -- sabre23t 09:59, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)

NPOV
This artical is not NPOV and not encylopedic enough. It seem absurd to talk about an incident about "loyalty issue in a political party" in an encyclopedia entry. What i suggest is, Ychmatematik 17:00, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) discuss the role of this political party in its nation, with an sosiological, or historis view.
 * 2) discuss the policy, implement by this political party.
 * 3) Its ideology.

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Article's Warning! (Attention Needed!)
In the Organisation section, there need a deletion of the quote that sound like this:

BARISAN NASIONAL IS A USELESS PARTI OF MALAYSIA, THEY ONLY KNOW HOW TO TAKE MALAYSIAS PEOPLE MONEY !

To the writer (s) of this statement, please take back your statement because the site you are writing or improving in are only for encyclopedic contents and with no political motive just like what have you wrote.

- On 9:53 P.M, 1st December 2008, the statement was deleted by the author of this warning statement. Please refer to history section for further information. Thank You.


 * If you have the time to post a warning in the Talk page, I'm sure you'll find the time to remove the offensive statement yourself. Wikipedia isn't Malaysia. Not everybody has the time or motivation to do stuff that someone else ought to be doing themselves. - Bob K | Talk 08:59, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

They have a way of when a state selects the opposition, they do not give out funds for the state.
That was hilarious. Unsourced, removed. Feel free to get a reliable citation and reinsert.

60.48.231.210 (talk) 19:41, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Election Night Vandalism
Reverted what looks to be some vandalism about the current election. If there's some sources for the edit, please add them. - Dwibby (talk) 04:20, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

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Malaysiaku barisan nasional
Kemajuan Tanah airku...hasil usaha kepimpinan barisan nasional yg menitik beratkn sejarah malaysiaku...tahniah dan terima kasih kpd yg brhormat dato seri pm kita pd masa kini....selamat maju jaya tanah airku...MALAYSIA Mick Dnl (talk) 01:25, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism in the Article
Someone changed the ideologies to "Kleptocracy, Corruption, and Cronyism". This is obviously not supposed to be this way, but I don't know what to restore it to. If someone could quickly restore the ideologies to their correct state that would be great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArserWI (talk • contribs) 14:20, 11 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I reversed it myself, but someone knowledgeable should check it for any mistakes. ArserWI (talk) 14:43, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Contested seats
The section on contested seats is completely unnecessary and unsourced. With no source it is unreliable. Even with source, it is superfluous to the article, it is just random indiscriminate dump of information and therefore unencyclopedic. It is moreover ugly with the big blocks of colours and clogs up the article. You don't see it in any other articles on political parties in other countries. It should be deleted. Hzh (talk) 22:08, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree.--Mkativerata (talk) 22:13, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I should say that it should also apply to the other two Malaysian articles as well. The one in Gagasan Sejahtera in particular is spectacularly hideous. Hzh (talk) 22:23, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

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