Talk:Heather Tanguay

Update of page

Hi folks, I will spend some time working on updating this page. The lede needs to be a little more extensive and other sections could be added to look at her achievements as Mayor and the community work she has done, particularly since moving to Auckland. Please free to add comments, make suggestions, give feedback etc. I will probably work directly in the page, so my edits will be easy to track down and if there are issues with any of them, drop a note here. Kia ora. Realitylink (talk) 22:56, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Emily Kvaal-Tanguay

There's newly added material on one of Tanguay's grand-daughters. This seems off-topic for this article; should it be farmed out to its own article? --IdiotSavant (talk) 01:43, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

It's not the first time that editors have tried to add something about soccer-playing grandchildren. It's of no relevance to this article. The latest edit stated: Heather Tanguay has six grandsons and three granddaughters. Where is the reference for that? There wasn't one, and hence the information cannot stay. We then come to this particular grandchild. She plays in the 1. divisjon, which is the league beneath Toppserien. Looking at Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Fully professional leagues, not even Toppserien is considered a fully-professional league, so even if she played in the higher league, she would still not meet notability criteria. We can have brief mentions of notable family members even if they don't have an article yet, but this person isn't notable. Hence I've removed the edit in its entirety. And here is a link to a previous revert (different grandchild). Schwede66 01:58, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

I just discovered this discussion, as I've been editing this page. The fact Tanguay has a granddaughter playing semi-pro soccer in Norway is unknown to me. However, isn't this the kind of interesting and fascinating facts and knowledge we're looking for? Peronally I've spent hours researching former mayors and their merits, and have never heard anything similar. Therefore, I vote for it to stay. The information may need to be checked and shortened though. I can happily look further into the topic. User talk:AucklandWikiEdit 05.55, 01 Septmeber 2021 (UTC)

I disagree - its basicly trivia. If the person was notable enough to have their own article, then the connection might merit a note, if it was suitably referenced. But this person is notable, so we shouldn't note them.--IdiotSavant (talk) 05:10, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi all! Hope you liked the info I added on Tanguay and here Community initiatives. Is it true she has a granddaughter playing football in the Norwegian Championship? If true, What an outstanding funfact! Must most certainly be added — Preceding unsigned comment added by GustavoGring413 (talk • contribs)

That's a good example of how comprehensible the last addition to this article was. Plus some non-reliable sources. Schwede66 05:17, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Did you really mean the information regarding the environmental projects? Frankly this is just disresectful, I demand an immediate apology. I have spend hours resarching the environmental projects, and truly believe I cited my sources in a rightful manner. Your rude remark is out of place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GustavoGring413 (talk • contribs)

Sorry, no. I hadn't even seen your edits by then. I thought you were the one who had added the last lot of soccer history, but that wasn't the case. Apologies. Please sign your talk posts with four tildes (like so: ~~~~) so that we know who is posting. Schwede66 00:14, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Update of page after a conversation with Tanguay

Greetings to you all. Today I’ve visited Tanguay in person. She was delighted to see all the efforts put into her Wikipedia page. However, she pointed out a few mistakes in the information which I’ve listed. I have not updated this information myself, as I don’t have references due to speaking to Tanguay in person.

She did not continue as councillor after her election defeat in 2007. The unveiling of the sign at the Te Araroa trail happened in 2007, when she was still the mayor, not in 2008.

She is not the president of “Give a kid a blanket”, just a normal volunteer. However, she is the president of her local branch of the U3A (University of the Third age), where she is the leader of various groups like the travel group and the book group.

To the following paragraph of the Political Career section: “Her signs were vandalised and she was accused of being unfit to lead Palmerston North because she was not a Christian and this ultimately led to her decision not to stand for re-election in 2010”. She added these interesting facts: The vandalisers were the youth group of the church society, and when confronted, they said “sorry, but we can only support a mayor candidate through which god speaks”. After the election loss, Tanguay received an anonymous letter with $250 in cash and a post-it note with the words “sorry”. It was later discovered that this letter was delivered by members of the church. Ironically, the money ended up in the hands of Muslims, as Tanguay used it towards a vacation in Morocco after the election.

I hope this can help improve the page even more. Keep up the excellent work, and please let me know if you need me to ask Tanguay any further questions. User:NZhistoryjurno 03:59, 28 October 2021 (UTC)