Talk:Kerryn Goldsworthy

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Kerryn Goldsworthy is definitely a notable critic and writer. This is a good article. 121.44.250.6 07:22, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

There are claims made and quotes that don't seem to be sourced. That should be fixed I think. Torrensriver 07:41, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Is Kerryn Goldsworthy a "retired academic"? By her own description, yes she is. I think that should settle the matter. It doesn't say she's retired in the traditional sense even if she's no longer working in a full-time job, she might be writing full-time as a freelancer. I don't know. But I do know that calling someone a "resigned academic" is weird and awkward. Please stop changing it. 121.44.250.6 14:11, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

The SMH book review you've cited there is not relevant. The 'retired academic' mentioned in it is a fictional character, the narrator of the novel being reviewed - emphatically not 'her own description'. I am altering it to 'former', which is both standard and neutral. Sills bend 00:12, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

The SMH review is clearly relevant and directly on point. It matters little whether the character is fictional, the point is that it is an appropriate, very much standard description that the author herself applies in exactly the same way. Retiring from academic life does not connote retirement from full-time work necessarily, although that's what Goldsworthy appears to have done. Since when has "retirement" become a pejorative? 59.167.80.91 00:50, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, as she did not retire in the commonly understood meaning of that word, in fact she resigned which is on the public record (see the reference to the article called 'Neeidng His Signature'), it's simply not accurate. 'Former', however, is accurate. There is no need for you to come back and revert it to 'resigned' or 'retired'.

She retired from academia, that's the point isn't it? I think it works better as retired, it doesn't mean she's retired from working as the rest of the article makes clear.

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