Talk:Yusuf Raza Gilani

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Early Education

The date for Gilani's completion of his BA seems erroneous. In 1970, Gilani would have been 18 years old, which meant that he started university at the age of 15 or younger. Likewise, the MA degree in 1976 seems to have take longer than they usually do. I think that he started his BA in 1970, and completed it in 1974. Can someone who has more information on this correct this? ThankyouFarazars (talk) 18:32, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Youtube video and suitability as PM

I removed this [1] from the article. If re-adding it, please could you keep it in line with the Biographies of living persons policy. AntHolnes (talk) 22:48, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Drop "Syed" from title?

The news accounts I've been reading don't have "Syed". Is this a less common first name? If it is, maybe we should consider dropping it from the title. (Leaving it, of course, in the first introductory line)Erudy (talk) 22:02, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Going by NYTimes, Washington Post, BBC News, Aaj TV, CNN, Geo TV, they all are not using "Syed" prefix. Razzsic (talk) 22:54, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved the article per this discussion and WP:Name "Use common names of persons" gidonb (talk) 10:49, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I already had redirected the frequently used name page to here but apparently it was better to move it. Also note that most news sources cite his last name with only one "L" (Gilani) -Ãlways Ãhëad (talk) 19:17, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As would seem correct, given that "Gillani" would be pronounced with a short i and a longer a, whereas in Gīlān - the source of that name - both would be equally long.

"Makhdoom" and "Syed" are both titles/honorifics, not names. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 10:33, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A rough English translation of the full name/title could be "Grandmaster Joe Godwil Gilaner" if I'm not mistaken. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 10:36, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd suggest "Master" or "Prince". After all, "Grandmaster" is a head of a large organisation, while only a small portion of "Syed"s are as well, and usually they have another higher title in that capacity. twitter.com/YOMALSIDOROFF (talk) 01:58, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is "Makhdoom" part of the name?

I doubt it. Alefbe (talk) 18:30, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Makhdoom is the family title of Reza Gilani. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.229.237.172 (talk) 21:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Iranian origin?

Is he from an Iranian origin? Because, Gilan is a northern province of Iran. Although, it's hard to determine. Iran and Pakistan were a united country for more 1000 years... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.42.2.24 (talk) 12:58, 1 July 2008 (UTC) As i know gillani sahib always use syed with the name but media use makhdoom when he elected the prime minister as official the name was syed yousaf raza gillani in all his doccuments Naqash Zafar Raan[reply]

Very distant ancestors from Gilan region of Iran, I believe. I think Arabs with the last name Kilani also have ancestry in that part of Iran... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackbrown (talk • contribs) 23:40, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't he a descendant of Abdul Qadir Gilani? twitter.com/YOMALSIDOROFF (talk) 06:05, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Title of Article

Gilani is spelled with one "l"... How does one fix the title of an article? Scott Clarkson (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:18, 22 September 2008 (UTC).[reply]

It automatically redirects to the original page with a double 'l' Gillani.Najafhaider (talk) 22:33, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

== Headline text#REDIRECT [SYEAD ALI ASWAD SHAH ]] == —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.152.36.178 (talk) 15:12, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Ronhjones ^(Talk) 22:00, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yousaf Raza Gillani → Yousaf Raza Gilani — While his name appears with both spellings, it is more frequently spelled "Gilani" with one "L". —Dracunculus (talk) 00:27, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move

Yousaf Raza Gillani → Yousuf Raza Gilani — BBC News use these spellings. Razzsic (talk) 20:23, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

Support: All the major sources use Yousuf Raza Gilani spellings. Examples include Dawn, Government of Pakistan, Geo TV, Times of India, Newsweek, The Australian, Al-Jazeera and NDTV. Razzsic (talk) 12:54, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Any additional comments:

Mention of bin laden

"In 2009 Gillani was ranked as the 38th most powerful person in the world by Forbes following osama bin laden.[5]" What's the link between terrorist osama bin laden and prime minister of pakistan?

Osama was 37th. twitter.com/YOMALSIDOROFF (talk) 05:48, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Name misspelled throughout

I changed a ton of "Yousaf Raza Gillani" spellings to the correct "Yousuf Raza Gilani." -- PressReview — Preceding unsigned comment added by PressReview (talk • contribs) 12:11, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You also changed many wikilinks to images and categories. --SMS ^Talk 13:57, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So you simply restored all the misspellings?? The article is embarrassing. You could have restored only the misspelled links, but as it stands, there are multiple incorrect spellings of this prime minister's name, including the name of the article. How do you propose this be corrected? -- PressReview — Preceding unsigned comment added by PressReview (talk • contribs) 16:16, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Government of Pakistan Website writes his name Gillani. But still if you think the right spell is Gilani change it but do not change wikilinks. Also the header of this article Yousaf Raza Gillani so you will have to move the page to Yousaf Raza Gilani, which is a redirect now. --SMS ^Talk 17:19, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, the Govt. of Pakistan Web site spells it "Gillani" and I see why the confusion started. On the other hand, the Urdu only has one "L" in "Gilani" and it's spelled correctly on over 7,000,000 sites, versus less than 1,000,000 that spell it as it is in Wikipedia. In any case, I've got no dog in this hunt, so I'll leave this dog alone. I'm not even Pakistani, and if nobody there wants to change it, who am I to butt in? Sorry to have acted rashly. -- PressReview — Preceding unsigned comment added by PressReview (talk • contribs) 17:44, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Plans to Overthrow

Just today, he seems to have contacted the UK embassy that there are plans to overthrow him (from the military). I have no idea at all whether any of this is true or not, but I think it should be mentioned in the article, given that this is not the first time that he stated so (the wikipedia article already mentions a similar statement from him in December 2011) 194.166.29.132 (talk) 17:07, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation

Could the pronunciation of "Gilani" be put in the lead? In particular, is the initial "G" hard or soft, and where does the accent fall? Ammodramus (talk) 14:01, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Priemership end date issue

Gillani was disqualified on 26 April 2012 and his holding of office inappropriately till 19 June 2012 cannot be counted in his tenure as the Supreme Court of Pakistan's judgement itself says that the office of Prime Minister is deemed vacant from 26 April 2012. The issue is very much clear I guess. --SMS ^Talk 11:51, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, he was the de facto Prime Minister at that time. Also, AT THAT TIME he considered himself legitimate Prime Minister. So, definitely ending his tenure in April would be at least in some way POV. twitter.com/YOMALSIDOROFF (talk) 05:59, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Section VIP culture

The section VIP culture is written quite promotional and I don't think we need this section on the page.Monfernape 23:01, 28 February 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by عثمان خلیل (talk • contribs)

This article's spelling is different from the rest of the stuff related to him?

I noticed that while this page is called Yusuf Raza Gilani, other pages spell the name as "Yousaf Raza Gillani"? Category:Government of Yousaf Raza Gillani and Category:Yousaf Raza Gillani are some examples. What's up with that? LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 23:13, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]