Talk:Jason Wood (politician)

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Contents 1 Dec 2006 rally 2 Photos from APH 3 Committees 3.1 Draft

[edit] Dec 2006 rally

I've moved this image and text here for discussion:

On Friday December 1st 2006 around 100 local constituents staged a morning rally outside of Wood's Boronia electoral office in opposition to Wood's support of the Howard Government's controversial WorkChoices legislation. Speakers included The National Secretary of The Australian Worker's Union Bill Shorten who addressed the orderly and well behaved crowd. Despite advanced knowledge of the planned rally Wood refused to be drawn into the debate and did not attend the rally.

I have several concerns about this material.

1. The text does not seem notable, and the image seems badly misplaced.
2. The last sentence seems to be advancing an argument (see Wikipedia:Attribution

What do other editors think? CWC(talk) 07:46, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

The image does seem odd but i think the info that a rally happened should be there. Maybe just put Jason wood did not attend. Crested Penguin 01:10, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

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User 211.26.194.233 (talk · contribs) reverted my changes (thereby deleting two external links) and expanded the material. Here's the resulting text:

Support of Workchoice Legislation

As a member of the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party, Wood supported and voted in favour the Howard Government's controversial WorkChoices legislation. This legislation came into effect on 28 March 2006

On Friday December 1st 2006 around 100 local constituents staged a morning rally outside of Wood's Boronia electoral office in opposition to Wood's support of the Howard Government's WorkChoices legislation. Speakers included The National Secretary of The Australian Worker's Union Bill Shorten who addressed the orderly and well behaved crowd. Despite advanced knowledge of the planned rally Wood refused to be drawn into the debate and did not attend the rally.

In a local paper (Knox Leader) 12th December 2006, Wood justified his reasons for not attending the rally claiming a hectic Canberra schedule. Wood was quoted in the article as saying "even if I could attend I would not" he then went on to claim "Police resources would be wasted looking after me" In a letter to the editor in the same publication (16th January 2007) his comment in regard to "Police resources...etc" was described by a local constituent as "A display of arrogance"

I left a message on User talk:211.26.194.233, but I suspect that 211.26.194.233 (which RDNS translates to 233.028.dsl.mel.iprimus.net.au) is a dynamic IP address, so the anon editor won't have seen my message.

I'm going to revert to the version with the external links, because I contend that the text contravenes our Neutral Point of View policy (especially the parts about "undue weight") and the last sentence violates WP:BLP. In fact, I argue that a 100-person rally is not Notable. If other editors want to argue that the text is OK by Wikipedia rules or that some shorter text should be used, please do so here — I could be wrong.

But I am quite certain about the photo: if we only have one photo, it has to be of Mr Wood, not someone from the opposing party who is a candidate in another seat. Cheers, CWC(talk) 15:23, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

I have reverted to the 4th March version as I live in the electorate and the rally and Wood's comments on workchoices are still being discussed in the local papers.

The photo is releveant as:

• It was shot at Wood's office
• It features a prominent identity (Bill Shorten) who spoke at the rally

I do agree that perhaps the picture is misplaced at the top of the page. I have tried to find a suitable image of Wood to use in the initial biography section but most I have come across are subject to copyright. Regardless the rally picture should remain as it documents an event relevant to Wood

It has been claimed in this talk page that the rally was not notable, I disagree as it atttacted many people across the electorate and got coverage in the local press. Wood himself commented on the rally the following week (as mentioned in the March 4th version) Gazza 06:35, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Gazza (good Aussie name, that) is right that the photo and rally are relevant, but the real question is whether they are relevant enough. I say the photo is not: its closest connection to Jason Woods is that it shows the outside his electorate office, which is not enough. Coverage in local newspapers (especially free as-in-beer giveaways) does not count for all that much in Wikipedia.

If we do mention the rally, the "undue weight" part of the WP:NPOV policy requires our coverage to be short and to concentrate on Mr Woods.

On another note: please do not revert to a version without the external links. Use copy-and-paste instead. Thanks, CWC(talk) 12:57, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photos from APH

Are photos from aph copyrighted? Crested Penguin 08:52, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, and the conditions of use aren't compatible with Wikipedia rules. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian politics#Question re AUSPIC photos (diff). Bah! CWC(talk) 12:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Ouch! How do we get photos for other politicions? Crested Penguin 06:05, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

So far, it seems to me, we use photos taken by User:Adam Carr (who sadly has left Wikipedia), or U.S. government photos taken on trips to Washington. Grumble. CWC(talk) 13:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Committees

Would having what committees Jason is on be useful to the article? I think he is on the crime commision and environment one. Crested Penguin 06:05, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Good idea. Membership of parliamentary committees is exactly the sort of thing Wikipedia should report about backbenchers. (But that doesn't mean I'm volunteering to add that info ...) Cheers, CWC(talk) 13:15, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I shall do it. Crested Penguin 21:25, 14 March 2007 (UTC

[edit] Draft

Jason Wood is on the Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission.