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![]() | This article was nominated for deletion on 8 October 2022. The result of the discussion was keep. |
There appears to have been material removed over the past year that would seem otherwise to meet the threshold for inclusion.
This dealt with two related aspects of the subject's professional life while Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the Australian National University. The first is her leading involvement in the change management process that the ANU instituted on its Schoo of Music. The deleted text was:
On 3 May 2012, Professor Hughes-Warrington announced wholesale changes to the staffing and curriculum of the ANU School of Music. [1] The decision was criticised by the director of Canberra International Music Festival Chris Latham, who stated it was "absolutely and utterly devastating". [2]
It is obviously right that Wikipedia editors ensure that a BLP entry is "written responsibly, cautiously, and in a dispassionate tone, avoiding both understatement and overstatement." I would posit for an entry on this individual *not* to mention her leadership of this change management process would be neither reasonable nor dispassionate, given how significant, and indeed undeniably controversial, the matter was for the university and the wider community, and how voluminous the press reporting was at the time.
The YouTube link was to the ANU's own channel, and is, and remains a document of some historical interest (I am not sure how the platform itself diminishes its credibility as evidence in this case!). But it is very easy to find corroborating sources, for instance https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/students-sound-a-protest-at-music-cuts/news-story/0a0b26c991b5cbae2d51f14d8e955ba5 or https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/05/14/3502217.htm or https://www.woroni.com.au/news/glorified-musical-tafe-massive-changes-to-school-of-music-announced/ and so on...
The second is the reports of the subject being named in a Public Interest Disclosure. The entry read:
The former Head of the School subsequently submitted a Public Interest Disclosure naming Professor Hughes-Warrington among other senior ANU officials in relation to submitted evidence that the Commonwealth Ombudsman said showed "instances of disclosable conduct, namely conduct that constitutes maladministration and conduct which, if proved, would be grounds for disciplinary action or conduct which is in breach of a law." [3] [4]
Again, I am not sure why this would be removed--the press sources here (the Australian national broadcaster etc) are about as reliable as it gets. It seems odd indeed that Wikipedia would seek to suppress this information. 109.249.183.105 ( talk) 12:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
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