Talk:William Lyne

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[edit] When was Lyne knighted?

I suspect it was after 1901, which means he was plain Mr Lyne when he was offered the job of PM. JackofOz 03:28, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

All three references indicate he was knighted in (June) 1900.--Grahamec 10:47, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you (belatedly). -- JackofOz (talk) 07:08, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright issues

This text has obviously been copied from somewhere, and is grossly biased. Intelligent Mr Toad 09:30, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

The text is largely based on Serle ([http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogL.html#lyne1, out of copyright) as indicated by the references and, yes, Serle tended to be opinionated.--Grahamec 10:47, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Copying Serle's text is a breach of copyright and copying his opinions is unencylopaedic. Unless this is fixed very soon I will delete the copied text. Intelligent Mr Toad 15:07, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Serle's text is out of copyright and inthe public domain. I do not disagree that palagiarism is unattractive but ... --Golden Wattle ^talk 22:30, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

If you delete text without improving it, I will revert your deletes.--Grahamec 13:58, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

How can it be out of copyright? Serle only died in 1998. Intelligent Mr Toad 10:53, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

See the article on the Dictionary of Australian Biography - note it is republished by Project Gutenberg Australia - they only publish what is in the public domain. It was first published in 1949.--Golden Wattle ^talk 11:12, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Serle died in 1951 - see http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/00-dict-biogIndex.html#serle --Golden Wattle ^talk 08:55, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I have my Serles mixed up. Percival died in 1951, Geoffrey died in 1998. OK. Intelligent Mr Toad 13:20, 21 August 2007 (UTC)