`The only example of informal language you gave was the use of the word 'Greenies'. Re this: a) 'Greenies' has only ever appeared in quotation marks to denote it as a colloquialism, b) 'Greenies' was an important part of the cultural landscape (I note you didn't complain about the unquoted use of the word 'hippies', c) 'Greenies' accurately reflected the language which most pro-dammers used to describe conservationists - 'Greenies' was usually the term used by pro-dammers, whereas conservationists themselves preferred the term 'conservationists'. btw, I'm not sure, but I don't think the term 'a Green' was much used until the advent of the Green Party, which I think only formed in Australia under that name after the Franklin Dam had been stopped.  You write that ``Bob Brown isn't introduced``. Well, he was. The article has long read ``The Tasmanian Wilderness Society, under activist Bob Brown,``, with wikilinks to 'TWS' and to 'Bob Brown'. At the time, Brown's only substantive position was leader of the TWS; the Green Party wasn't formed until some years later. Brown is no more and no less introduced than any other named person in the article, which is as it should be.  `