User talk:60.228.189.28

To whom it may concern

I was the person who made the correction to the Jóhanna Sigurðardottir page - which you have omitted and reverted to the previous page.

It was NOT any attempt at sabotage or vandalism.

An Australian LGBTI newspaper, the Melbourne Community Voice (MCV) made the statement on its website - before her elevation was confirmed.

( http://mcv.e-p.net.au/news/icelandic-mp-to-be-worlds-first-lesbian-pm-4853.html - see the second-last paragraph).

The Wikipedia page on Per-Kristian Foss confirms he is openly gay; and did serve briefly as Primer Minister of Norway during 2002 (well before 1 February 2008).

I was merely trying to set the historical record straight.

If you could confirm for me that BOTH the MCV article and the Wikipedia entry on Per-Kristian Foss are incorrect, I would be happy to apologise and withdraw.

Otherwise, please replace my original correction.

Many thanks

Sean Leader Edens Landing, Qld AUSTRALIA

sean.leader@bigpond.com +61 408 769 034

Response
There is a degree to which you are correct. However:


 * Per-Kristian Foss's status as Prime Minister is not recognized by the Norwegian government in official lists of Prime Ministers. This is not the result of discrimination; rather, it is because he was only standing in for the actual Prime Minister, who was on sick leave, and was only standing in for a few days.
 * In any case, Per-Kristian Foss was never confirmed by a vote of the Norwegian Parliament, nor did he form a separate government from his immediate predecessor and successor.

Therefore, in the interest of having consistent standards, we cannot consider Foss to have been the first gay head of government. He was little more than a seat-warmer while the Prime Minister was away.

— Verrai 05:39, 2 February 2009 (UTC)