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Criteria for inclusion
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Biographies need to focus on:
● history not criticism
● authoritative content not reviews
● information not opinion
● research, rather than promotion
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Principles
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● Impartiality
● Respect for original research
● Substance
● Substantiation
● Summary of a creator’s life
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How to write biography prose
Each person and group record on Design & Art Australia Online includes a biographical prose field. Ideally a biographical prose text should provide a brief overview of a subject’s creative role, training and professional history and, where appropriate, facts about family and personal history.

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