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Former good articleAustralian Secret Intelligence Service was one of the Social sciences and society good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
May 1, 2006Good article nomineeListed
July 17, 2009Good article reassessmentDelisted
Current status: Delisted good article

Sheraton Hotel incident details[edit]

This article originally stated that in the 1983 Sheraton Hotel incident, the agents were arrested, and in an allegedly drunken state. I can't find any confirmation of that. Anyone have any? --K. 06:02, 5 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hey - with the impending anti-terrorist legislation about to go through - are we allowed to write about such secret squirrel stuff or do we risk getting done for sedition? Do we have any martyrs out there? Being only one of two d'angelos living in Canberra, with the possibility of arab ancestors from around 1,000 years ago, I'm definitely keeping my head down low. I hereby formally state that I had nothing to do with this article and if I have said anything to offend anyone, I take it all back forthwith. ρ¡ρρµ δ→θ∑ - (waarom? jus'b'coz!) 11:21, 26 November 2005 (UTC) ps this logo is used by the Western Bulldogs and does not carry any political intent or meaning - I promise - they are as squeaky white waspish as you can get despite the fact that the old Footscray West neighbourhood is about as multicultural as any place on Earth (to put it mildly) - so I beg all ASIS officers reading this page - don't take out your frustrations on the Bullies!![reply]


It is unlikely that the Sunday Age could have disclosed the names following the incident, as it did not exist until 1989 (unless, of course, "following" means over 6 years later). So it was either a weekday or Saturday Age, or one of the former Sunday newspapers such as the Sunday Press. -- Pdwerryh 11:25, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

References need restoration work[edit]

Once upon a time this article was very well referenced: [1] shows the last version where references were associated with specific facts. Then the references got "cleaned up", in the process dissociating them from the article text. This is going to be a bunch of hard work to restore since a years' worth of editing has gone on since then, I'm unlikely to get very far before heading off. So I'm leaving a note here on Talk: for others to pick up on. Bryan 06:12, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, never mind - sorting out the old "Digest1" etc ref templates was easier than I'd feared, I think I'm done. Bryan 06:48, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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I thought the bugging of the Chinese Embassy happened in 94-95?????

Fair use rationale for Image:Asisgov.gif[edit]

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Hope Royal Commission[edit]

The National Archives of Australia has released the records of the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security under the 30 year rule.[2] There is more than enough material to spin this off into a new article. 59.167.57.197 (talk) 08:41, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]


GA Reassessment[edit]

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Australian Secret Intelligence Service/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

Staring GA reassessment. Jezhotwells (talk) 15:30, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Checking against GA criteria[edit]

In order to uphold the quality of Wikipedia:Good articles, all articles listed as Good articles are being reviewed against the GA criteria as part of the GA project quality task force. While all the hard work that has gone into this article is appreciated, unfortunately, as of July 17, 2009, this article fails to satisfy the criteria, as detailed below. For that reason, the article has been delisted from WP:GA. However, if improvements are made bringing the article up to standards, the article may be nominated at WP:GAN. If you feel this decision has been made in error, you may seek remediation at WP:GAR.


  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose):
    • The artcile is reasonably well written
    b (MoS):
    • There are a large number of redlinks. Redlinks are fine if the articles are going to be written, but they haven't been in 3 years. The bulleted list in Legislative changes affecting ASIS is not good. Please rewrite as prose.
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references):
    • A large number of statements are not referenced at all. The citation format is not consistent thtroughout
    b (citations to reliable sources):
    • Alkl that can be checked are OK
    c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its scope.
    a (major aspects):
    • Is there material available about ASIS between 1954 & 1972?
    b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):
    • tagged and licensed or with suitable rationale
    b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
    • captioned
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:
    • A few concerns, Redlinks, referencing, is the article as broad as it could be in scope? On hold [forgot to sign - July 7 Jezhotwells]
    It likes as if progress is being made. leave a note here if you need more time. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:32, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • OK, very little has been done so I am going to de-list the article. When it has been improved please consider submitting at WP:GAN. If you consider my decision is faulty, please take to WP:GAR for community reassessmnet. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 18:58, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Ratih Hardjono, Bruce Grant, & Gareth Evans section[edit]

This section seems out of place; its relevance to ASIS isn't clear, it contains a number of grammatical errors, and it seems to be written from a very specific point of view. Delete?

mnot (talk) 00:03, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]