Talk:Gerald Murnane

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[edit] Nobel prize contender

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I've removed the 2006 Nobel reference from Gerald Murnane's page as he didn't win and the nomination was not "official". Jenny Sinclair 11:31, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

The removed text read: In October, 2006 it was reported that British bookmaker Ladbrokes had Murnane at 33/1 for winning the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature. and cited a news article from The Age. I agree that the details of the odds are hardly now relevant, however it is possibly of lasting historical interest that in 2006 Murnane was regarded highly enough to be seen as a 'contender'. I'd argue for reinstating a trimmed down version of the text. Stumps 11:41, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I was responding to the citation needed, but only now realise that the prize has already been given. I agree though, it makes Murnane more notable than other current writers, that he was in the running for it, and so we should include this in the article. It was also notable enough for the Age to run a story on it. Brendanfox 13:02, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

The following weekend the Age ran another short piece quoting Murnane on his not winning, so he's pretty much confirmed to the newspaper that he was notified of a nomination of some kind. The thing is that the Nobels don't announce a short list, so we'd be relying on the newspaper report - while I'm personally confident it's right, is it up to Wikipedia's standard for factual statements on living persons? Jenny Sinclair 10:26, 25 October 2006 (UTC)