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Proposed Infobox Update: Add Yunus Centre Chairmanship and Deprioritize Past Chief Adviser Role
Yunus founded the Yunus Centre in 2008 and resumed as chairman after resigning as Chief Adviser on Feb 17, 2026. This should be in the infobox as his current position. The Chief Adviser role (2024–2026) is past and should not be at the top. Eastiak shoron (talk) 19:53, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Worldbruce could you look at this infobox. Most of them are not even Wikipedia:Notability, Yunus Centre is notable but these postions are not encyclopedic but rather a Wikipedia:Puffery. Either of those offices Shoron gave aren't meet in those criteria, these are rather an emotional gratification towards Yunus's premiership. Aaaas216& (talk) 20:28, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Eastiak shoron: Why should his current position be in the infobox? What do you believe is the purpose of an infobox? --Worldbruce (talk) 23:27, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
- Hello @Worldbruce:,
- Professor Yunus founded the Yunus Centre in July 2008 and has chaired it continuously since (with a temporary pause during his interim government service). He resumed his duties there on 22 February 2026 after resigning as Chief Adviser on 17 February 2026 (sources: official site muhammadyunus.org, TBS News 22 Feb 2026, The Print 23 Feb 2026). This is his primary, ongoing affiliation and the global hub for his lifelong work in social business/poverty alleviation (including 114 YSBCs worldwide). It directly relates to his core notability (Nobel Peace Prize for microcredit/social business). Including it reflects his current status and balances the infobox against emphasizing a concluded 18-month interim role (per WP:RECENTISM).
- Per WP:INFOBOX / Manual of Style/Infoboxes: "The purpose of an infobox is to summarize, but not supplant, the key facts that appear in an article... The less information that an infobox contains, the more effectively it serves its purpose, allowing readers to identify key facts at a glance."
- It should highlight defining, long-term, or current aspects (especially for living persons) without becoming a resume. The current infobox lists several past roles (e.g., 1996 advisers, Grameen MD 1983–2011, Glasgow Chancellor 2012–2018), so adding one concise current line (or reordering) aligns with that without overload—especially if we consolidate the 1996 multi-portfolio roles into one entry to free space.
- I'd be grateful for your thoughts on whether this fits the infobox purpose/guidelines, or any suggested compromise (e.g., place it lower, omit if not "key" enough).
- My main issue isn't insisting on adding/removing specific items — it's that the previous reverts by the other editor undid **all** my changes at once, including several small, non-controversial inline corrections (e.g., minor phrasing, citation tweaks, date clarifications in the body). That forced me to undo their reverts multiple times just to restore those harmless fixes, which I now see escalated the situation unnecessarily. I'm genuinely sorry for contributing to the edit warring.
- I'm happy to accept whatever adjustments you (or consensus) think are best for the infobox and body. If you feel the Yunus Centre role doesn't belong in the infobox at all, or should be lower/placed differently, or if any of my inline edits were incorrect, please feel free to make those changes yourself or suggest them… I'll support them. My goal is just to get the page accurate and stable without further disruption.
- Thank you again for your patience and for helping mediate this. I really value your input.
- Best regards,
- Eastiak shoron (talk) 07:01, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
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Yunus is not only winner of nobel alone.That nobel prize had given to another women along with yunus.Her name shall be written here.Its a incomplete page and should be updated.wiki should not have incomplete and false information in their page.I storongly demand to properly update with due respect. Basherlathi (talk) 15:04, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. meamemg (talk) 15:36, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
