Talk:Raúl Alfonsín/Archive 1

Request
I would like to see references to the "Plan Primavera" (Spring Plan) and the lukewarm efforts at privatization of state-owned companies. Regarding the latter, one could probably mention Rodolfo Terragno and the possibility of the Scandinavian airline SAS buying Aerolíneas Argentinas. In the end, very few privatizations happened during his government. Once it was announced that the company "Opalinas Hurlingham" had been privatized, which sounded like a joke. A reference to Opalinas Hurlingham ended up in a song by the rock band Divididos. Saulo35 12:34, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Death
Alfonsín died today, March 31st 2009. Please edit accordingly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.19.67.229 (talk) 00:12, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Is there any Wikipedia policy on this? For example, should all the text, like "is a member of...", be changed into the past tense? 190.188.180.148 (talk) 00:37, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


 * It's not a question of WP policy, it's a question of common sense. If you write that a dead person "is" something, readers will likely think "Who wrote this rubbish!".  Sentences like, for example, "He is regarded as the most important politician in Argentina's history" are different - that's a passive construction, referring to other people who are doing the regarding.  --  JackofOz (talk) 01:55, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Death (cancer)
Someone needs to change the comment that Alfonsin died "after a long battle with lung cancer" as he was diagnosed last year and cannot be considered a long time by any means. The comment implies several years or more.


 * You're welcomed to do it yourself, ideally after logging-in. Kind regards, DPdH (talk) 14:33, 4 April 2009 (UTC)