Talk:Sabriye Tenberken

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The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 03:41, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Braille Without Borders page
Please put Braille Without Borders information on that page rather on Sabriye's page - reinthal 03:18, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Nobel Peace Prize nomination

 * 2005-06 (together with 999 other women worldwide) was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize

Being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize is an honor, but it is not official or even prestigious. Any national legislator or about a third of the university professors in the world can make a nomination, and there have been as many as 140 some years. Nominators are requested to keep their nominations secret, so it's only those wishing publicity who make announcements, and more often it is impossible to verify. I see no reason to keep it. No offense to the subject, this is a general Nobel Peace Prize "nominees" issue. -Will Beback · † · 09:39, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree that the way this is presented here is misleading. From how I understand it, the honor, in this case, consists not so much in being nominated for the Nobel Peace Price itself but rather in being nominated by this organization, PeaceWomen Across the Globe. I guess that would seem like a sort of award in itself. It should of course be presented that way then. --217.239.9.69 (talk) 23:22, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Profession
Why do you define her as a "socialworker" when she is in fact a tibetologist? This is misleading to say the least. Her practical work may have more to do with social work than with tibetology, but she is not a socialworker by profession. --217.239.9.69 (talk) 22:40, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Encyclopedic language please
''""Local Tibetans would at times cheat Sabriye, taking advantage of her blindness. European foundations she turned to did not offer Sabriye help, believing that a woman who herself was blind could not be successful with such a project. Funds promised to Sabriye by a German association for the blind were never sent. Nevertheless. Sabriye persisted and was able eventually to turn over the running of the Centre to one of her former students who trained as a teacher. She found one person who believed in her and began working with her..."''

O.k., so here's our brave heroine, and there are all those nasty bad guys who try to stop her on her way, but she of course overcomes all difficulties. Sorry, but this is not a book of fairy tales but an encyclopedia. None of this is sourced, and it is in very bad style to accuse people of cheating on her or of never sending promised funds unless you have some very good independent sources to support those claims.

As to the "one person who believed in her..." - excuse me, gotta get my handkerchief - goodness, this is supposed to be an encyclopedia and not a sob story. --217.239.9.69 (talk) 22:58, 9 January 2020 (UTC)