Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leader of the Opposition (Norway)


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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. clpo13(talk) 22:48, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Leader of the Opposition (Norway)

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"Leader of the Opposition" is not a political office in Norway. If foreign sources say they are, the sources are wrong and not reliable on this topic. The whole concept is just patently flawed. The current cabinet of Norway has three oppositions parties to the left and four opposition parties to the right, none of whom have a unified "leader". Not even does the left-wing parties have a leader among them, nor the right-wing opposition parties. Nor is there any institutional or ceremonial role connected to a "Leader of the Opposition" (I believe the UK may have such a formal role?). Geschichte (talk) 21:09, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment - The link on Leader of the Opposition was red. The links in the info boxes on the articles Erna Solberg and Jonas Gahr Støre went to Leader of the Opposition. I created the article to list them specifically. Moondragon21 (talk) 09:42, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Norway-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 21:12, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 21:12, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 09:56, 29 October 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  12:21, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment. As I said, Solberg and Støre have never been Leader of the Opposition, as the opposition has no leader, so it should have never been in the infobox. While Erna Solberg is currently in opposition, she is certainly no leader of the Red and Socialist Left parties that are also in opposition, and she is not a leading figure for the Progress Party either. Geschichte (talk) 07:13, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment. “Leader of the Opposition” has sometimes been referred to, but like Geschichte mentioned, it’s not a political office so to say, and there is not even any Norwegian article about it. Marius1603 (talk) 15:50, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: Are there any reliable sources that indicate the actual position exists in an official capacity? Rather than just articles naming individual as a "Leader of the Opposition". Start from the premise of proving that a position exists rather than from potentially incorrect uses of the term applied to individuals who might be leaders of parties in opposition to the Government but not as an official "leader of the opposition". Macktheknifeau (talk) 17:28, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: How about having Opposition leaders in Norway instead? It seems that there are multiple leaders at any time. It would list the leaders of opposition political parties.Moondragon21 (talk) 19:40, 11 November 2021
 * It would be more factual, but what would be its usage? Since oppositional leader is not a position, it cannot go in an infobox. Geschichte (talk) 08:05, 12 November 2021 (UTC)


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