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style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Thank you for your help on creating the Bail Act 2013 article and fixing the references up. 110.20.234.69 (talk) 08:06, 27 December 2014 (UTC) |
Thank you again for your help. Hopefully it won't just be useful as an appendix to the Sydney siege article, but for legal studies students and general information. I'm half-tempted to make a companion article on the older law, that would be something really interesting as a comparison. Is there a way to encourage people to link to the Bail Act 2013 article? --110.20.234.69 (talk) 12:57, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
: I am sure it will be useful to anyone interested in the law. I have added the "See Main" template to the article. This will show readers that a complete article exists on the topic. There are also probably other, related articles which can be linked to the Bail one - then readers for whom this is an area of interest can find it. I will look for them. There seems to be so much criticism of it that I am wondering whether the article should have a section headed "Criticism" that is distinct from the explanation of what is does and why it was changed. I brought this Bail article to the attention of User: Wikiain who has also helped with it. Make sure you also keep checking your own Talk Page for comments from other editors. If you are willing to create an article about the earlier version of the Act, go for it! Whiteghost.ink (talk) 08:13, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
::Thanks for the encouragement. The reason why I had the criticism in with the Amendments section is because the criticism directly lead to the Hatzistergos review and the Bail Amendment Act 2014. Perhaps that section could be retitled to something else, in case there are further amendments down the track. Is the article suitable for the "Did you know?" section on the main page? --110.20.234.69 (talk) 08:43, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
::: Good oh. I see. And yes. I am planning to nominate it. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 09:06, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
Got a strange non-message on my talk page - apparently the robot let me know I created an article that was up for the did you know section, but the robot-master undid that? Thanks for doing the legwork on the nomination. --110.20.234.69 (talk) 20:33, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Would [http://www.law.mq.edu.au/research/hdr_students/max_taylor/ Max Taylor]'s PhD thesis on "The Politics of Bail Reform: The New South Wales Bail Act, 1976-2013" be acceptable as a source for Draft:Bail Act 1978? (If a copy can be found...) WP:RS seems to imply that PhD theses are appropriate, but should be depreciated in favour of peer-reviewed journals resulting from the thesis. --110.20.234.69 (talk) 23:13, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
: To cite his arguments/conclusions, I think you would need to find the thesis and the references it uses to make whatever claims it makes. They are often listed in University library's catalogues and sometimes they are online, in which case, it would be easy to use. Failing that, in my opinion, the fact of the thesis's existence would be a useful reference. Whiteghost.ink (talk) 00:47, 31 December 2014 (UTC)