Talk:Di Brandt

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I deleted the following:

"Di Brandt came under criticism at the end of 2008 over a conflict-of-interest controversy involving the Governor General's Award jury that she sat on. Brandt was one of three jurors who awarded the annual poetry prize to poet Jacob Scheier. In the acknowledgements for his winning book, More to Keep Us Warm, he had thanked by name two of the three jurors. Brandt had helped him with some translating and some editing, and juror Pier Giorgia De Cicco had provided a blurb for the cover.[1]"

And here is why: Firstly, as with Azwells attempt to put this information on my wikipedia page, it distorts the issue. Di Brandt was accused, by some, of wrong doing, not convicted in any manner. The Canada Council for the Arts stood by the jury's decision. This information distorts more than it informs the reader about who Di Brandt is. Some (though not all - see second point) of the information belongs on the 'controversy' section of the '2008 Governor General's Award' page. Secondly, some of the information is inaccurate. The accusation that Di Brandt helped with "some editing" is unsubstantiated speculation based on an interpretation of my acknowledgments page. Thirdly, saying "some translating" is misleading; it leads one to believe she had more of an involvement in my book than is the case. In truth she helped translate three words from German. As with the edit war on my own page, I cannot claim to be uninterested in this page, but if I did not correct what I see as improper editing, I fear it would remain and this would be quite unfair to Di Brandt, as well as myself.

I would welcome an impartial third party from the wikipedia community to weigh in on this, as I suspect Azwells will not agree with my edits or comments.Helpssome (talk) 05:19, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

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