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In The World's Worst Poetry, Stephen Robins describes Austin as "undoubtedly the worst and most incompetent Poet Laureate ever to have held that position". I suppose this is worth mentioning, but because it is of a controversial nature, maybe it is better to put it on the Discuss page rather than in the article itself. S.Camus 22:22, 16 May 2007 (UTC) reply

The World's Worst Writers by Nick Page agrees. 98.199.17.94 ( talk) 02:11, 11 March 2008 (UTC) reply

I've just added some content that partly explains his apppointment. Meowy 01:51, 6 January 2010 (UTC) reply

Who cares what Stephen Robins thinks of Austin? That is irrelevant. The starting outline is not appropriate and should be 1) softened in tone, and 2) referenced! very shoddy.

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