Talk:Bond University

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"Enviable reputation" quirk removed as POV- in reality, one might well be right to believe the contrary. Notuxorious 20:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Removed "well-known [sic] locally" quirk- POV. Notuxorious 20:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Removed POV reference to "controversy" over the university's "private" status. Notuxorious 05:19, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "convicted felon"

The status of Alan Bond is clearly stated in "It was founded in 1987 by Australian businessman Alan Bond, who later served time in jail for fraud,...". It is repetition to say "It is the only university to be named after a convicted felon" and a direct assault on the present day reputation of the university. --WikiCats 12:56, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Detailed information about Alan Bond should be placed on page Alan Bond (businessman). --WikiCats 13:45, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

what does it mean by 'the only university'? the only uni in the world? in Australia? or?
Comment Australia does not have "felonies" or "misdemeanours", we have "crimes". Even if he was convicted (yes, he was, we get it), the statement is incorrect. SM247My Talk 22:03, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
In light of the above, and the fact that he had not been convicted of anything as of 1987 when the university was founded, I've removed the label. --202.63.55.96 12:56, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

No University in Australia has been founded by a convicted felon. As the above users have made clear, he was not a convicted 'felon' at the time or before the university was established, and as SM247 points out, we don't have felons in Australia, just criminals. The cultural significance of Bond University should not be affected by the founder being convicted of Fraud post-establishment. It has no bearing on the University, as they were not complicit and it would be far more neutral to simply link to the wikipedia page on the founder and mention his convictions there, not on a page which is clearly nothing to do with Alan Bond. Editorcomm (talk) 08:14, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Branson article

Reference to article on Richard Branson campus visit: [1] [2]. Harro5 12:14, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

  • I removed a new section called "Notable guests" that mentioned this Branson visit. This is the equivalent of a trivia section, which is usually not considered encyclopedic. If other universities were to include a section on guests who speak at campus, they would include thousands of names - notable people speak at Harvard, Georgetown, Oxford, etc. every week. I listed the Branson articles here for future use if there is a reason to include them, such as the Bond Investment Group beginning to regularly attract such guests and warranting inclusion in the article. Harro5 03:56, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Totally agree with above. Every major institution would have received 1000s of notable guests. It's complete cruft to list. Michellecrisp (talk) 04:17, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notability

Anyone added to the list of notable faculty or alumni should meet two criteria:

  1. A reliable source that shows they are associated with Bond.
  2. They are an individual who is notable enough for their own Wikipedia article.

I have cut these lists to those people who currently satisfy these conditions. A red link on someone like Terry Gygar or Ky Hurst can still be included, as both would be notable enough for a Wikipedia biography and also have sources to indicate that they went to Bond. Harro5 11:55, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

totally agreed, I've encountered this problem on many university, suburb and school WP articles...it's easy to prove that someone famous exists but whether they attended or lived in a certain place is harder. funniest was when someone said to me they found the famous person in the white pages therefore they lived in that suburb! Michellecrisp (talk) 12:01, 5 May 2008 (UTC)