Talk:David Flint
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
David Flint is maintained by WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page. | ||
| Start | This article has been rated as Start-class on the quality scale. | ||
| ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale. | ||
|
|
|||
|
Assessment comments
This article has been rated for quality and/or importance but has no comments yet. If appropriate, please review the article and then leave comments here to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article and what work it will need. |
|||
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject LGBT studies, which tries to ensure comprehensive and factual coverage of all LGBT related issues on Wikipedia. For more information, or to get involved, visit the project page. |
| Start | This article has been rated as Start-Class. |
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page. | ||
| ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the Project's quality scale. Please rate the article and then leave a short summary here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article. [FAQ] | ||
[edit] Statement that Flint is openly gay
The reference for this information is not "very wonky". The original source, as I stated, was a Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend magazine article by Jane Cadzow, a respected, prize-winning journalist. I read the article in Good Weekend myself when it originally came out. The only source I can find on the web is on Rodney Croome's website. Rodney Croome is a Member of the Order of Australia (2003) who has fought long and hard for gay rights in Tasmania. He even has his own Wikipedia entry! Of course, newspapers are archived in libraries as a permanent resource, so there is no reason not to cite this information. AussieBoy 05:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- This information was removed again by "Beaconsfield" (possible sockpuppet of "Prof flint"?) with the edit summary "Removed unnecessary comment". This is not a good reason for removal of this notable information about Professor Flint, which has an appropriate reference. AussieBoy 09:57, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
- "Beaconsfield", a probable sockpuppet of "Prof flint", who refuses to engage in reasoned discussion, has again been vandalising this article with the offhand comment that this material is "irrelevant". The fact that Professor Flint is openly gay is supported by a cited interview with Professor Flint himself and is in no way "unnecessary" or "irrelevant" in a Wikipedia article on the man (especially in view of the Alan Jones connection). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by AussieBoy (talk • contribs) 11:17, 22 January 2007 (UTC).
- Maybe we should say "gay" rather than "openly gay". It seems it's not a secret, but I don't think he's especially loud about it. Regards, Ben Aveling 12:16, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- "Beaconsfield", a probable sockpuppet of "Prof flint", who refuses to engage in reasoned discussion, has again been vandalising this article with the offhand comment that this material is "irrelevant". The fact that Professor Flint is openly gay is supported by a cited interview with Professor Flint himself and is in no way "unnecessary" or "irrelevant" in a Wikipedia article on the man (especially in view of the Alan Jones connection). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by AussieBoy (talk • contribs) 11:17, 22 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] POV material
There seems to be an influx of some good new material into this article, as well as some rather POV changes. These changes have been made by a user who has chosen the name "Prof flint". I will try to ameliorate some of this. AussieBoy 11:17, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
- Further POV reversions/changes by "Beaconsfield" (possible sockpuppet of "Prof flint"?). A number of letters (not just one) were involved in the controversy, and the timeframe has been deliberately distorted. I have corrected this aspect and added an appropriate reference establishing the facts. If this is changed again without discussion and appropriate references, I will consider it vandalism. I will correct other aspects over time (unless someone else wants to). AussieBoy 02:40, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
