Talk:George Deukmejian

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Religion?

The infobox says Armenian Apostolic, but he is tagged Episcopalian at the bottom.

98.223.187.183 (talk) 22:29, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

Have you guys ever know his parents was Iranian!?

Put it in the article. Note, however, that his name appears to be Armenian - what's the deal with that? Ellsworth 20:16, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Yup, they were Armenian but Armenian from Iran.Here in Iran we have lots of Armenian people.--Sina 00:22, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

OK, I see that's in there now. Good. Ellsworth 21:56, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I don't see why it's necessary to call his parents Iranians when the term "Armenian" in the article was already linked to Iranian Armenians. That should be enough, any more would just be unnecessary and pander to the personal feelings of certain editors here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.166.238.146 (talk) 04:51, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Drug merchant father

I added a cn tag to that. Thanks, --Tom 13:55, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you'd done a little research, you'd have seen that the longstanding text was "rug merchant", which is quite reasonable for a citizen of the Ottoman Empire. The change was made with this edit on 5 December, which was the most recent edit when you put up the tag. I have changed the text back to "rug merchant" and removed the citation tag. --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 15:46, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Name

Hi, his family name is not persian but turkish. Its a typical turkich word both for vocabulary and also for suffix made structure:

Dök: to cast

Dök + me: casting (buttonning)

Dök + me + ci: casting (buttoning) maker

By the way its suffix is "-ci" which has the same meaning like -er in english. Like football, footballer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.133.129.16 (talk) 12:00, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not exactly: "Button maker" is "Düğmeci" (Düğme = Button). "Dökmeci" means "Ore Caster" (iron ore, etc.); in short, "the person who casts a metal ore" (Orecaster, Caster). 151.57.195.163 (talk) 11:06, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alternatively "Ore Smith". 151.57.195.163 (talk) 11:10, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reasons for Parent's Emigration to the US?

Is there any information on why his parents left the Ottoman part of Armenia? Was it for economic opportunity, or were they trying to escape the Armenian Genocide? It said they left in the early 1900s, just around the time the genocide happened. Bostoner (talk) 22:58, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Luz Limited International

Serious citation needed for following section: plants built by Luz Limited International (LUZ) in the late 1980s. His veto resulted in LUZ' bankruptcy and a 15-year hiatus in the construction of large solar power projects worldwide.

His veto singlehandedly caused a 15-year hiatus in the construction of large solar power projects? Really? Basically you are admitting that without the tax break they project failed. This means that the company was not profitable. I would say that the lack of a viable/profitable solar project model was the reason there was a hiatus in construction. Otherwise, please source the ridiculous article that would have claimed the above was true- James F —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.165.27.130 (talk) 20:57, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Added citation, book by Alexis Madrigal, Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology, p.132, found through Google Book service: [1]. --Robertiki (talk) 04:49, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Progress: Start

Article needs more information about Deukmajian's governorship. He was in charge of the most populous state in the US but we only have info on about three things he did.

Attorney General tenure could also have more information.

Names of children needed.

Last edited at 05:21, 13 August 2006 (UTC). Substituted at 15:59, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Ha. I forgot we used to have those /comment subpages. Killiondude (talk) 06:56, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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this source is written by a person intimately involved with Deukmejian's campaign; as such, it should not be used to present assertions in Wikipedia's voice. Vanamonde (talk) 09:44, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]