Talk:Institute of Public Affairs
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This article sounds like it was written by the PR department of the IPA. I think that sentences such as 'These are the ideas which, throughout history, have proven themselves to be most dynamic, liberating and exciting.' have no place in an encyclopaedia. Also, the sentence 'The IPA's ever-growing areas of expertise include the environment, deregulation, workplace relations, energy, and governance.', although it may be factually true, seems to be phrased to put the IPA in a positive, rather than neutral, light.
I did think about editing the article straight off, but I'd probably end up removing most of it, so I wanted to comment first. Additionally, I think it would be appropriate to state that it is currently one of the most influential think tanks and that it is generally regarded as quite right-wing.
- I've since rewritten it. It was largely a cut-and-paste job from the IPA's website. Slac speak up! 09:47, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Appears that either for or against
Role could be better explained in terms of philosophical links, antecedents. I thought article rights (surely a freudian slip) writes off IPA as apologist for big business Paul foord 07:51, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
- As for philosophical links - you have a direct quotation from the IPA. In terms of "writing it off" - it'd be nice to do something other than that. Please remove the "apologist for big business" point if you find it unsupported, but other than that, I don't know what really can be done to fix it. Slac speak up! 23:40, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
I think there should be a section taking about the funding of the IPA. They refuse to disclose their spources - unlike other Australian thinktanks. I think it can be done in a reasonably NPOV way.Franger 07:42, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Requested change in redirect for IPA from International Phonetic Alphabet to IPA (disambiguation)
Please comment. --Karnesky 15:44, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
