This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourcedmust be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.
If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
Germaine Greer is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page.AustraliaWikipedia:WikiProject AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject AustraliaAustralia articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Feminism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Feminism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.FeminismWikipedia:WikiProject FeminismTemplate:WikiProject FeminismFeminism articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women's History, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Women's history and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women's HistoryWikipedia:WikiProject Women's HistoryTemplate:WikiProject Women's HistoryWomen's History articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women writers, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of women writers on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women writersWikipedia:WikiProject Women writersTemplate:WikiProject Women writersWomen writers articles
The contentious topics procedure applies to this page. This page is related to gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them, which is a contentious topic. Please consult the procedures and edit carefully.
The contentious topics procedure applies to this page. This page is related to articles about living or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles, which is a contentious topic. Please consult the procedures and edit carefully.
Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion
This link is no longer available according to YouTube. I found only one working link to this interview, but it is on Wiki's blacklist, even though the link itself works via the YouTube handle dabbywabby1979. FYI, I could not find a comparable link on Leeds Beckett's YouTube channel. In light of this, should this external link be deleted all together and perhaps another link added to another interview? Epictetus68 (talk) 11:13, 5 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 1 month ago3 comments2 people in discussion
I have removed the clarification note that has just been added. I believe the meaning of the word "spiked" in this context is well-known and perfectly described what happens in these circumstances. Perry Middlemiss (talk) 02:58, 5 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Per my edit summary, I do not. Is it a colloquialism? On grounds of encyclopedic tone alone it is unsuitable. At best it is ambiguous. I asked if the intention was "tampered with? ceased? sabotaged?". If it is one of these, these terms are clear and unambiguous. "Spiked" is not. Mutt Lunker (talk) 10:30, 5 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
I've looked at online versions of the American Heritage, Cambridge, Chambers, Collins, Merriam-Webster and Longman dictionaries and a hard copy of Macquarie. Collins, only, lists "Journalism slang- to refuse (a story) by or as if by placing on a spindle". This as its 22nd listing for the verb, for American English, 13th for British English. Not one of the others does (Dictionary.com does but Collins is the source). We should not be using slang terms in an encyclopedia, particularly not apparently fairly obscure ones, so far down the list of possible other meanings of the word. I'll change it to "refused". Mutt Lunker (talk) 20:29, 6 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
level-5 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
