Talk:Derek O'Brien (politician)

Current Role
It seems Derek O'Brien currently heads the Passenger Services Committee in Indian Railways.

References: http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/jul/20/derek-new-role-in-railways.htm Ref2: http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=6689&sid=1

This information can be updated in the Wikipedia article.

Raghuveer 04:39, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

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Requested move 30 November 2017

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The result of the move request was: moved to "Derek O'Brien (politician)" per consensus. — usernamekiran (talk)  18:30, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Derek O'Brien (quizmaster) → Derek O'Brien (politician and public speaker) – Derek O'Brien is no longer a quizmaster. He is an active Member of Parliament. Joymitro (talk) 17:01, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Move to Derek O'Brien (politician) In ictu oculi (talk) 23:03, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Agreed with In ictu oculi. Nom is correct that "(quizmaster)" isn't appropriate now (if it every was), but "(politician and public speaker)" fails WP:CONCISE and is redundant (all politicians are public speakers or they could never get elected or do their jobs).  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ &gt;ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ&lt;  12:24, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Move to (politician) per In ictu oculi. Nominator is correct that quizmaster is no longer his primary notability claim — serving in the Rajya Sabha clearly supersedes it — but disambiguators are required to be as concise as possible, so the "politician and public speaker" version is more excessive than actually needed here. Bearcat (talk) 00:57, 3 December 2017 (UTC)


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Farmers' Bills Controversy
It is written that he tore the rulebook as a sign of protest and while that might be true, I feel like it is important to add his stance too. According to what I know, Derek O'Brian says that the rulebook was torn by the hustle and not on purpose. This will show both the views to the reader. Kash Up (talk) 09:03, 7 May 2021 (UTC)