Talk:Nus Ghani

To AHLM13 - name
Nusrat Ghani, I can authoritatively state, is known professionally, politically and socially as 'Nus Ghani'. There is therefore no reason why you should feel the need to record it as 'Nusrat Ghani'. If you insist on doing so, may I respectively ask when you intend changing Tony Blair's name to 'Anthony', Nick Clegg's to 'Nicholas', Paddy Ashdown's to 'Jeremy' and George Osborne's to 'Gideon'? I could go on... — Preceding unsigned comment added by L0nst5n (talk • contribs) 21:30, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Per WP:COMMONNAME you're correct. She's more commonly known as Nus Ghani online, so the article should be moved back to that. -LtNOWIS (talk) 12:57, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree, I've never heard her known as Nusrat, only Nus- per WP:COMMONNAME it should be Nus Ghani. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:21, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
 * If the article had more and better sources, we could tell whether LtNOWIS and Joseph are in fact correct; and it could be fixed. As it is, the article is sadly short on links to press coverage of the subject and her career. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  18:24, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
 * ITV, the Tories' own websites, her LinkedIn page and Parliament's own website call her Nusrat, as do the Sun and the Telegraph. More regional papers call her Nus, as do a lot of websites. Seems to me that it's a matter of register: when being more formal, she's Nusrat; when colloquial, Nus. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  20:42, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Her Twitter account, her LinkedIn page, her byline as an IBT writer, and her own campaign website are all "Nus Ghani." You're right that it's not universal but I think the preponderance of evidence supports moving the page back to "Nus Ghani." -LtNOWIS (talk) 04:41, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

May I tentatively suggest that the Sun and the Telegraph WOULD use her full Muslim name, possibly for reasons of their own. Contributors to this page should look beneath the surface here; this issue is far from being as straightforward as it might seem. There are those both pro- and anti-Muslim who have agenda of their own. This politician prefers to be known as 'Nus'. If Wikpedia editors, particularly those who have little knowledge of this individual or contemporary British politics or society, or the current climate for British Muslims, let alone for a Muslim woman representing the Conservative Party, continue to make changes by their own subjective lights, then nobody can stop you. However, know that you do so both against current and widespread usage, AND her own personal choice. L0nst5n (talk) 09:34, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Ethnic background category
There has been a bit of back and forth in the edit history over Ghani’s ethnic category. A bit of searching finds the following reference, presumably reliable: Kashmir origin woman Nusrat Ghani elected as UK’s Parliament member"Nusrat Ghani the Daughter of Abdhul Ghani who served as a school master in Kashmir in the 1960s, was elected as one of the 13 Muslim lawmakers including eight women in UK Parliament. .. Nus Ghani, as voters know her, was elected on as a Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Wealden, following in the footsteps of Charles Hendry MP. .. Nusrat’s father Abdhul Ghani served as a school master in Kashmir in the 1960s before the family migrated to UK. “I am the daughter of immigrants and the first woman in my family to go to college and university,” Nusrat was quoted saying."JoeSperrazza (talk) 12:55, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Description
She is referred to as " Pakistani-British Conservative Party politician". I suggest that a better description would drop the "Pakistani-British"  and put that piece of information further down the introduction. It is not the main thing about her. How about ". . . is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wealden in East Sussex. A member of the Conservative Party, she is of Pakistani-British origin."

Jim Whitaker (talk) 12:01, 18 January 2018 (UTC)