Talk:Christopher Luxon

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It seems that Luxon's final role at Unilever Canada (CEO and President) is overstated. Unilever's CEO is London based and was never Chris Luxon. Unilever Canada would have had a Regional Manager, as a subsidiary of Unilever Global, a London based company. Doubt that Unilever would have multiple CEOs and can find no reference to roles of CEO nor President on the Unilever Canada website. 35waita (talk) 19:23, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

can find no references to Luxon as Unilever Canada CEO. The only unbiased, verifiable links state that he was general manager. The references to him as CEO and/or President of Unilever Canada are Linkdin or the National Party website, neither of which are unbiased nor verified. 35waita (talk) 23:05, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t think we can use theories about what Unilever Canada “would have had” to determine his roles there. The blogs that you added (incl [1]) suggest that GM was the role filled by Luxon, and then by John LeBoutillier, but elsewhere LeBoutillier lists his position at Unilever Canada as “President and CEO” ([2]). I honestly can’t find good evidence online one way or the other on the title Unilever used circa 2008, nor what Luxon did there, other than his own Linkedin, but I’m inclined to believe him, even if only because it would be weird to lie publicly about such a role and not be called out by Unilever. I also suspect that GM is a title that the branding agencies are used to dealing with, but of course it does introduce a little confusion into the mix.

I really don’t want to start second-guessing this sort of stuff in general either. We rely on party websites for a lot of information about members and candidates, mostly degrees and education, but it would be a problem to have to go through them all to remove. Of course secondary sources are desired where possible. — HTGS (talk) 23:29, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I don’t know why I got so fixated on finding records on the Unilever side. Of course we have reliable sources that confirm the roles (RNZ and the Herald). Have now fixed. — HTGS (talk) 23:46, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I hear what you're saying. However Wikipedia requires verifiability in its articles. The only references that I could find that dated from around Luxon's time in Toronto list him as GM. Linkedin is a social media site and 'facts' are not verified. I could make myself CEO and President of Unilever Woolamaloo on Linkedin and that would be accepted by Linkedin. In fact, that is on my Linkedin profile. I have been trying to get some verification from Unilever of Luxon's roles with them to no avail. They referred me to Linkedin, so I referred them to my profile, just as an example of social media fallacy. So the only unbiased sources are the ones that I posted, listing Luxon as GM. The role of Unilever CEO is London based. To the best of my knowledge, most companies only have one CEO. 35waita (talk) 23:51, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that. But that discussion has thankfully been superseded by the Herald and RNZ sources ([3] and [4]), which satisfy WP:V. — HTGS (talk) 00:00, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

sorry, posted in the wrong place! Here is a copy and paste to this discussion-

I'm unable to access the Herald article as it is pay walled. However I contacted Guyon Espiner, author of the RNZ article. Here is his response -

Guyon Espiner

Thu, 23 Nov, 14:44 (20 hours ago)

to me

Hi there,

I think most of the career stuff was sourced from his Linked In page

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-luxon-bb701b195/details/experience/

So we're still quoting social media as fact! This is the problem that I have with recent articles and their sourcing info from unverified sources. I can only assume the same about the Herald article (that I can't see anyway). My links to Luxon's role at Unilever as GM pre-date any 'spin' or white-washing that has occurred since 2018 . They date to the time that Luxon was actually in Toronto. They are are from business publications, so I'm sure they would be fairly accurate.

For the record I have no bias here, it's just that this President and CEO title sounded a bit self-aggrandising. He is titled in my links as GM, which was his first role at AirNZ.

It's my hope that we can resolve this, but we need to impartial and accurate, two things that social media is not.

I have also tried to get some purchase from Unilever directly, but that went down the social media rabbithole too. 35waita (talk) 23:24, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For anyone else interested in my reply, please see discussion at User talk:35waita#Christopher Luxon roles. I don’t think there’s much continuing relevance here, as we are getting into the meta of WP policy. — HTGS (talk) 21:30, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The senior most role at Unilever Canada is president. There is no CEO. 2407:7000:9BFF:BD13:5C9E:9C92:1862:F299 (talk) 22:15, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kiwiz1338 - If a prime minister concurrently holds a ministerial position, it will always include the "prime minister" parameter and having = "Himself".

This has been the practice on virtually every relevant article on Wikipedia.

See the infoboxes of Robert Muldoon and Scott Morrison as examples of prime ministers concurrently holding ministerial positions.

DDMS123 (talk) 00:00, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why isn't the Minister of National Security and Intelligence in any of the previous PM's infoboxs while they were incumbent except Hipkins? Should it be included now, just thinking of it? Kiwiz1338 (talk) 00:04, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's not included because it is always held concurrently with Prime Minister. It's the same as how the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is also First Lord of the Treasury, but that is never shown in the infobox of PMs such as Rishi Sunak. I personally have no problem with this ministerial position being included in the infobox. DDMS123 (talk) 00:06, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Kiwiz1338 DDMS123 (talk) 00:08, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Neither do I. OK, himself looks to be correct, my mistake. Kiwiz1338 (talk) 00:08, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. DDMS123 (talk) 00:09, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a reference for Amanda's maiden name being [redacted] I attended primary & high school with her in [redacted], and she was always Amanda [redacted]. 219.89.236.6 (talk) 00:07, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Re facebook, I would consider her teacher Margaret Austin, ex-MP for Yaldhurst, a fairly reliable source. 219.89.236.6 (talk) 02:26, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can we have a URL for Margaret Austin's post, please? Schwede66 04:29, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

She comments in this post: 219.89.236.6 (talk) 04:56, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are mentions of Amanda [redacted] on Instragram and TikTok, but these are not reliable sources. I can see relevant mention of Amanda [redacted] on Facebook, again, not a reliable source. I'll remove the maiden name from the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gadfium (talk • contribs)

I find this content to be undue. There is no coverage of this outside of the initial primary reporting. I see little reason why his sister-in-law's profession is relevant, if there was an actual connection between his sister-in-law's profession and government policy nothing has been uncovered. Traumnovelle (talk) 09:35, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What do people think about the above picture to replace the current one? Lighting is a little off and resolution isn't great, but surely an upgrade from a blue background right? Slightly newer too.

Kiwiz1338 (talk) 15:37, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]