Talk:Peta Credlin/Archive 1

Archive 1

Clarification required for "she was asked"

The article currently says

When the Howard Government was defeated at the 2007 federal election, Credlin moved to Sydney to work at the Jockey Club until she was asked by Brendon Nelson, who had been elected federal Liberal leader and Leader of the Opposition.

Removing the dependent clauses, this becomes:

When the Howard Government was defeated ..., Credlin moved to Sydney to work at the Jockey Club until she was asked by Brendon Nelson, ....

What was she asked? The current sentence needs a comma after "Leader of the Opposition" (to terminate the dependent clause) and then some words to tell us what she was asked. Or perhaps some other re-write. The ref is behind a paywall, so I can't check the facts myself. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:19, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't finish the sentence! It should be "asked by Brendan Nelson, [...], to join his staff". --Canley (talk) 23:14, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Drink-driving issue

I removed a couple of paragraph's about Credlin's "low-level drink-driving" offence. The incident has a reliable source, but in the absence of anything suggesting that it affects her political career, I think including it (especially an entire section) is giving it undue weight. Mitch Ames (talk) 14:11, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

as creator of this article I wholeheartedly agree with Mitchs comment and edit satusuro 14:17, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

A different IP restored the section, and I have again deleted it, for the same reasons as before.

Editors (registered or IP) are invited to discuss the matter here, if they feel that the section should be included in the article. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:38, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

I feel the information should be included as it is always notable when those with significant power within a state break the rules that everyone else is expected to adhere to and then get off with a slap on the wrist. As such I have restored it, added an additional source and tidied up some grammar. Alans1977 (talk) 02:37, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

I agree with its inclusion but not the current weight or the heading. The Drover's Wife (talk) 05:40, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

I think to have it any any other section with out a heading of it's own would affect the style and flow of the article as a whole and can't think of any other heading name, not one that wouldn't increase the weight anyway. Alans1977 (talk) 10:43, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Date of wedding

PLEASE NOTE: CORRECTION MAY BE REQUIRED REGARDING DATE OF WEDDING TO BRIAN LOUGHNANE - HIS ENTRY SAYS DEC 2002 - PETA'S ENTRY SAYS 2003. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.77.171.186 (talk) 04:50, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, you are right. The 2003 date seems to be from a Crikey article which says that Loughnane was appointed Liberal federal director the day before their wedding – Loughnane became federal director in February 2003. In fact, John Howard offered the position to Loughnane in December 2002, but he took up the post in February the next year. --Canley (talk) 05:57, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Affair allegations

Politics is a dirty game and smear campaigning is one of many tactics used to get one over an opponent. While I have a great deal of respect for the integrity of The Guardian (when compared to other red back spiders :-) ), let's keep this low level trash out of the article eh? There's been a few reverts back and forth this past week on the topic of an alleged romance with Abbott. A denial of allegations isn't news, it's the media keeping themselves relevant stirring the pot for the people to consume. Anyone could potentially accuse anyone of anything and when you live in the public spotlight, it often results in articles like "Longhair denies puppy farming and bestiality allegations" when the he said/she said and the target denies it stuff begins to occur. I never thought I'd see the day I defended Credlin, but there you have it :D -- Longhair\^talk 06:41, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Alma mater

Apparently she went to uni, good on her. However I am mystified as to the presence of Alma Mater in the info box, that is a USAn expression, not aussie. Greglocock (talk) 12:16, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Well, technically it's Latin, from the same Latin root almus as "alumni". It's built into almost all the person/officeholder infobox templates, I'm sure there has been discussion on this. The term is used in Australia, but not as widely as in the US [1][2][3]. --Canley (talk) 23:37, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

The first two references to "Alma Mater" being used in Australia are clearly by people who have spent a long time outside of the country. The third is a broken link. I am certain that it wont be adjusted because Australians are not an approved "intersectionality" group and adjustments made on their behalf are deemed as racist, devisive or inappropriate by the "community". I would love to be proven wrong. 124.169.141.29 (talk) 17:33, 21 October 2020 (UTC)