Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Non violent direct action in Australia


 * KeepOk i may be new to writing for wikipedia but im not new to writing or to the subject of non violent direct action in Australia. Judging by the very small entry on NVDA in the UK above it i had considered it made sense to make a start about Australia, which may invite others to add and edit. My contribution is small because i wanted to provide a referenced contribution not simply let fly with a long historic summary of NVDA in Australia including the promiinent role of NEFA. I agree that its important to set an historical context from terrania Ck, through Franklin and daintree to NEFA and beyond (still wild still threatened and anti-csg lock the gate) and i can in time do this. But i can also support my statement that NEFA have been one of the most successful proponents of NVDA, but as i said it will take some time to develop it in a properly referenced format. But the idea that the article is about soem small or insignificant aspect of NVDA in Australia only revelas the ignorance that underlies the need for an article on this topic, to illustrate my point: A short literature review of published sources that discuss NEFA includes the following published sources.  In partiualr the Gleeson and Bonyhady books discuss the very close links between the downfall of the greiner led government in NSW and NEFA's old growth forest campaign against that government.

Books/ book chapters Bonyhady Tim, Places Worth Keeping, Conservationists, Politics and Law, Allen and Unwin, Sydney 1993

Cohen Ian Green Fire Angus and Robertson Sydney, 1996

Ricketts A, “Theatre of Protest: The Magnifying Effects of Theatre in Direct Action”, Journal of Australian Studies, Vol 89 2006, pp 77-90

Ricketts A, "Om Gaia Dudes, 'The North East Forest Alliance Old Growth Forest Campaign" in Wison H (ed) Belonging in the Rainbow Region, Southern Cross University Press, Lismore 2003,

Rogers N, (ed) Green Paradigms, Southern Cross University Press, Lismore, 1996

Gleeson, Michael,  An Act Of Corruption? Nick Greiner's Years In Power And His Unorthodox Demise

Ricketts A The Activists Handbook Zed Books London 2012.

Academic journals Ricketts Aidan, "The Forest Protest Protocol: an outbreak of participatory democracy", (2000) Vol 25, no 2, Alternative Law Journal, p68

Ricketts Aidan and Rogers Nicole, "Third-party Rights in NSW Environmental Legislation: the backlash" (1999) Vol 16, no 2, Environmental and Planning Law Journal, p157

Woolf Bruce, Corkill v Forestry Commission of New South Wales , (1992) 9 Environmental and Planning Law Journal  1

Post graduate theses Rogers Nicole If You Go Down To The Woods Today: Law Order and Green Extremists, unpublished masters thesis, Wollongong University  1994

Parkes Andrew Environmental Protest Songs of North East New South Wales 1979- 1999; unpublished honours thesis, Southern Cross University 2000

Feature articles popular press Hawley, J Tree Amigos: Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend Magazine feature article, June 28/9 2003

Court cases Corkill V Forestry Commission of New South Wales no 1 (1990) 71 LGRA 116 Corkill v Forestry Commission New South Wales no 2 (1991 73 LGRA 126 Corkill v Hope (1991) 74 LGRA 33 Forestry Commission New South Wales V Aimann & ors (unrep SC New South Wales 18 June 1993)

Reports Independent Commission against Corruption, Report on the Investigation into the Metherell Resignation and Appointment, Sydney 1992.

Multi media Video Happ S, Logging under Martial Law, Feral Video Productions 1992 Happ S, Visions of Killiekrankie, Feral Video Productions 1992 Happ S, Forestry Siege, Feral Video Productions 1993 Happ S, NEFA goes to Sydney, Feral Video Productions 1993

Murray Michael, "Going Tribal, Light Source Films, Byron Bay, 1995

Music CDs Various artists (1999) Lock On: Songs to Save Australia’s Forests. Compilation album. Lismore: Raw Power Productions Various artists (1997) MO. Compilation album. Lismore: Rumple Records

If the consensus is that the initial entry on NVDA in Australia has to go because its too short well that is as it may be. I would prefer to build the information incrementally and i thought collaboratively but if what people prefer is that i go away and write a full article and just drop it on wikipedia all fully fledged and fully referenced i can do that too. Im just learning the ropes here and can make a positive contribution. On the issue of whether an entry is promotional i had also thought that directing readers to sites where they can obtain further information from cited sources (the web site of the organisation itself and sites where quoted articles can be found) would be a good practice. I note that the link to the article Om gaia dudes was to a university site offering free public acces to the full text of the article but if the hyperlinks in the references are a problem they can easily be removed Activ9 (talk) 03:37, 26 April 2012 (UTC)