User talk:The Shadow Treasurer

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"as well as losing the Deputy Leadership in the post-election ballot" suggests he was actually defeated in a ballot. My memory is that he didn't recontest the Deputy Leadership, but it is a while ago and my memory may not be correct. Adam 04:06, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Welcome

Hello The Shadow Treasurer,

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Again, welcome.--Cyberjunkie 03:11, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hi, TST. Please sign and date your posts on talk pages by using four tildes ~~~~. It just makes the discussions easier to follow. Cheers. Slac speak up! 04:50, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Laborite / Labor Party member / ALP member

You asked "Just like to know for the Joe Lyons article why you changed Laborite to Labor Party member I mean I find it much preferrable to refer to an ALP member as Laborite rather than Labor Party member."


I find the word Laborite laboured and not in common usage (perhaps it is used within the party). I don't like acronyms if they can be avoided hence I would not use ALP in preference to Labor.

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Regards --AYArktos 00:56, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

As mentioned above, I prefer not to use acronyms, they are not always easy for the unfamiliar reader to translate and can sometimes refer to more than one thing - this context it is probably quite easy. However, for example, where I work an SME can refer to a subject matter expert or a small/medium enterprise and thus, in general, acronyms have come to be regarded as bad form.

Since the Lyons article is obviously about an Australian and the article has already referred to the Labor party (with the wiki link in the first paragraph being abbreviated from Australian Labor Party), I believe it is accepted style to refer to the party in that manner. I see Laborite as a term familiar to the cognoscenti and not general readership. Regards--AYArktos 01:23, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)


You are correct that I would avoid referring to "the Republican Party in the States as GOP and the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan, LDP" even though they are both well known internationally - I note our local Austrlaian papers also tend to not refer to GOP or LDP but to Rupblicans and the Liberal Democratic Party - as they like us are writing for a general not a specialised readership. I could probably translate GOP but would not be able to do so readily - Republicans is a much easier reference term. Regards--AYArktos 08:07, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Abbott

[edit] Tony Abbott

Do not understand why my contribution on Tony Abbott was removed. It was very relevant about the man himself the fact that he was the Liberal leadership candidate who had previous experience in Opposition and yet did not get the top job at the end.--The Shadow Treasurer (talk) 12:38, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

See bottom dotpoint of new template addition at very top of Talk:Tony Abbott. It was a reflection on the subject, not the article. Timeshift (talk) 13:20, 13 April 2008 (UTC)