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== Suggestion to Editors of This Page == |
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== Fassbender connection == |
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Despite the quote by Michael Fassbender, there's nothing publicly available connecting his mother to Michael Collins that I'm aware of. Is Fassbender's claim sufficient to list his relationship as fact? <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 02:42, 14 February 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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Cheers.—] <span style="color:green;font-family:Rockwell">(])</span> 15:49, 9 June 2017 (UTC) |
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Cheers.—] <span style="color:green;font-family:Rockwell">(])</span> 09:45, 27 July 2017 (UTC) |
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== Collins' initial selection for death sentence == |
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Wanted to get the opinion of editors here before adding, but Collins describes his initial selection by the British "G men" into the line for execution, but having "heard his name being called" he moved across the building to find the caller, only to be included in those who were being parolled. Tim Pat Coogan describes it well in his biography of Collins here: https://books.google.com/books?id=mZgmCwAAQBAJ |
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I have the written version at home and would include it as the citation. This story would seem to fit the general tone of the article and Collins' life as "hiding in plain site" while not creating a large section of unnecessary text. |
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If there are no objections, I'll draft up a recommended section and post it here for review. |
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] (]) 18:16, 28 December 2017 (UTC) |
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Below is my proposed addition: |
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Rather than: |
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Arrested along with thousands of other participants, Collins was imprisoned at Frongoch internment camp in Wales. |
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I'd have: |
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Collins was arrested, along with thousands of other participants, following the surrender. Before being transferred to Frongoch internment camp in Wales he was processed through Richmond Barracks. At this location, Collins was identified by a sorting process overseen by British Intelligence "G-Men" as someone who should be selected for harsher punishment, including execution. While waiting, he heard his name called out. In an effort to identify the speaker he moved to the other side of the building, and once there, stayed. This movement placed him in the group selected for lighter punishment and was, as Historian Tim Pat Coogan describes, "one of the luckiest escapes of his life." Coogan Citation |
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] (]) 17:07, 29 December 2017 (UTC) |
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: That seems to be an improvement, though "historian" does not need a capital h. Other than that, go right ahead. ] (]) 02:27, 30 December 2017 (UTC) |
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:: Ha, of course you are correct, thanks for the catch! ] (]) 14:48, 2 January 2018 (UTC) |
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One of the paragraphs in the article references Michael Collins' election as a "Teachta Dála" in 1918, although An Dáil Éireann was formed in 1919. Would it not be more suitable to change the statement to "he was elected an MP, later serving as a TD after the forming of the Dáil Éireann on 21 January, 1919" |
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This is just a suggestiom, I may be wrong which is why I will leave this to any editors and experts on the subject. ] (]) 21:55, 7 May 2023 (UTC) |
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:Good point, thank you. Terminology tweaked to clear this up ] (]) 20:15, 13 June 2023 (UTC) |
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Collins's Irish name {{lang|ga|Mícheál}} has been incorrectly spelled as {{lang|ga|Míceál}} since December, sourced to a 2010 story in the ''Irish Times''. I corrected it yesterday, with a ref to Meda Ryan's ''Michael Collins and the Women Who Spied for Ireland''. I hope users will agree that ] would rate a book by an acknowledged expert on the subject above an article by a couple of journalists with no known expertise. At the same time, I removed a ref sourcing the fact that Collins's middle name was not James, for the good and simple reason that there is no mention of a middle name anywhere in the article. My edit was by {{U|Squatch347}} with the edit summary, "User removed description of Collins. Please discuss proposed changes on the Talk Page given this page's inclusion in remediation {{sic}} protection". So now I'm discussing it here. Please state what "description" was removed, or why my edit was otherwise wrong.<br/> |
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<small>tl;dr addition: The ''Irish Times'' story concerned a 1922 document, which was probably signed "{{lang|ga|Míċeál Ó Coileáin}}", which is nowadays rendered as {{lang|ga|Mícheál}}. The ] states that the dot should be replaced with a "h".</small> ] (]) 12:40, 24 March 2018 (UTC) |
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== "Death" or "Assassination"? == |
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Yeah, nothin wrong with what ya did.] (]) 12:59, 24 March 2018 (UTC) |
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:Yes agree with changes. ] (]) 16:27, 24 March 2018 (UTC) |
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A recent editor contends that "people killed during military engagements in a war aren't assassinated", I would dispute this, assassination is often a tactic of war and is described as such; see: ] and ], where the killings of military leaders in operations specifically intended to target them in the context of military conflict are described as assassinations. The circumstance of Heydrich's death in particular is rather similar; a high-ranking officer was shot in an ambush while he rode in a vehicle. ] (]) 15:04, 10 July 2024 (UTC) |
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::Thanks for reverting. Now I don't have to worry about "remediation protection", even though it's over 24 hours since my previous revert. ] (]) 16:35, 24 March 2018 (UTC) |
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: I changed the spelling in December as there was no h in the source that was present at that time. Your source is superior, thanks. ] (]) 20:31, 24 March 2018 (UTC) |
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:Collins was killed in action. (] (]) 08:31, 20 August 2024 (UTC)) |
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:I am not sure assassination is fair. It was an ambush. An assassination is when the I.R.A. shot Teachta Dálas. In this case there was no plan to just kill him but by accident he happened upon them and they quickly moved to exploit it because they knew he had to return by that route. You could argue it is only an assassination if the person killed is important (During War-Time.). Being pernickety about it, he was a valid target militarily speaking as he was in control of the military. ] (]) 23:21, 29 November 2024 (UTC) |
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::For a change that fundamental, at least a few sources should have been cross-checked beforehand. This is why competence matters. ] (]) 20:56, 24 March 2018 (UTC) |
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::: Is such a comment necessary or in any way productive? You are implying I am incompetent because I conformed the spelling to the source present at the time? Incompetence is citing the ch spelling to a source which contradicted it. In any case, you are free to add to the article if you wish; the article would benefit from your competence in these matters. ] (]) 22:25, 24 March 2018 (UTC) |
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::::Its a statement of fact. A significant political figure, and you, wading in, obviously lacking in pre knowledge, changed the spelling of his native name based on a single 1922 newspaper source. All I am saying is that "at least a few sources should have been cross-checked beforehand", either you consider that diligence or not. Note all the fuss created here now as a result; please be more careful. ] (]) 22:58, 24 March 2018 (UTC) |
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:::::I think what {{U|Hrodvarsson}} did was absolutely right. The guideline says ], not "cross-check a few sources before doing anything as major as correcting an apparent spelling error based on the pre-existing cited source." <s>"All the fuss here" was not created by that edit, but by someone else's knee-jerk revert when I fixed it.</s> I think an apology might be in order. ] (]) 23:21, 24 March 2018 (UTC) |
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::::::I dont think so. Being bold shouldn't mean dragging up decades old newspaper sources to make fundamental changes to the native names of historically significant figures. You may have different standards, both wrt reliable sources and as to how we treat drive by people under misunderstanding. Your actions here, playing both sides, are most hypocritical. ] (]) 23:33, 24 March 2018 (UTC) |
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:::::::Firstly, Hrodvarsson didn't "drag up" anything. The source (less than a decade old) was ''already there''. It was there as a citation for {{lang|ga|Mícheál Ó Coileáin}}, but in fact it didn't say {{lang|ga|Mícheál Ó Coileáin}}, it said {{lang|ga|Míceál Ó Coileáin}}. Secondly, a one-letter edit is not a "fundamental change". If it was so fundamental, why did it take three months for anybody to notice? If it was that fundemental, why didn't ''you'' find a proper source for the correct spelling of his name years ago? Finally, I am not "playing both sides" – I was never on your side and I never had any problem with Hrodvarsson. In fact, I commend Hrodvarsson (and I "thanked" him), for bothering to explain his edit, while on the other hand I found your attitude very unpleasant. Just saying "I agree" in answer to my post does not entitle you to take the moral high ground and lecture somebody on how to edit – especially when what you say goes directly against Misplaced Pages guidelines. Are we to rename WP:BOLD as WP:Drive-by and say it is disruptive? I take back what I said earlier; it is not the person who reverted me, it is ''you'' that have created all the fuss. ] (]) 00:02, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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::::::::Wow, but fine, I have the measure of you now least there was any doubt before. I earlier took you on the strength of argument, seems I was wrong and an unfocused belligerence was more at play. Water under the bridge man. ] (]) 00:07, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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:::::::::The belligerence was all on your part. It was a civilised discussion before you went off half-cocked. ] (]) 00:10, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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:Ha ha, you are were looking for reassurance and validation, having come off badly as you often do on many other articles. So tell the rest to somebody that cant see through such transparent behavior. "half-cocked", yawn, some self reflection please, maybe also read "wp:comptence". ] (]) 00:13, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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== Northern Ireland == |
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::Have read through the article and edited; dear god help us all if you and Hrodvarsson are setting the standard of what wiki is capable of. It's frankly, terrible, barely connected to reality, going half cocked in several directions with scant regard to historical record, or in places, achievable human ability; swiftly claiming the British were right all along (with no evidence), or no hang on the Irish are somehow gods c. Scolaire you are giving the impression of - its all under control, I have this, but from a scan of the article, and digging into your claims of authority, could not be less impressed. I am leaving this self reinforcing disaster. ] (]) 01:38, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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Collins had already ended his support for an IRA offensive in Northern Ireland before his death, and stopped sending weapons there. ] (]) 08:31, 20 August 2024 (UTC) |
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:::God! Come down off your high horse, will you? It wasn't me ''or'' Hrodvarsson who wrote this article. Out of 4,500 edits, , nearly all of them removing crap, and , mostly minor but some of them adding useful content. Yes, the article was terrible – that's why I never attempted a major edit. We could hardly be said to be "setting the standard", and I most certainly neither said nor suggested that it was "all under control", that I "had" it, or that I had any "claim to authority". And yes, your edits of last night improved it some, and you are to be thanked for that, but "copy-edits" that introduce words like (later changed to ) and – I'm not impressed. Taking out "The Collins family were part of an ancient clan" with an edit summary of , but leaving in the equally ridiculous and equally unsourced "for the 20th century, the long hidden Ó Coileáin clan of Uí Conaill Gabhra, once the most dominant sept of the Uí Fidgenti, produced Michael Collins, or Mícheál Ó Coileáin" – not impressed. But worst, for somebody that lectured another editor on the needed for "at least a few sources to be cross-checked beforehand", you didn't add one single source in your 31 edits, either for what was already there or for what you added. Sure, ], but that includes not looking at ]. Happy editing. ] (]) 10:23, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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::::See below Scolaire. The more I look, the less I am impressed, blatant POV, blatent copyvio, blatent sock puppeting, etc etc. We seem to have different views of article integrity, certainly "high horse" stuff, certainly worthy of wider investigation. ] (]) 10:30, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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:Ok, please correct that with a reference ] (]) 12:03, 21 August 2024 (UTC) |
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:::::This has nothing to do with the guy below. You are accusing me and Hrodvarsson of blatant POV etc etc. on the basis that if we made a few edits, we must be the vandals and the trolls, have low standards and a warped view of article integrity. Your personal attacks on me are becoming more and more unacceptable. If you continue this will be going to ANI. ] (]) 10:37, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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::There was this newspaper article, but it seems not to be online now: https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/why-the-big-fellow-has-little-to-teach-political-parties-in-modern-ireland-2307165.html (] (]) 18:54, 22 August 2024 (UTC)) |
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:I have already escalated. ] (]) 10:45, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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:I know he had talks with the Northern-Premier and in any case the Irish Civil War (1922-1923) meant that even the Northern Irish Republican Army went South to fight for the Provisional Government. ] (]) 23:18, 29 November 2024 (UTC) |
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== Middle Name == |
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== Mass deletions of sourced information == |
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What is his middle-name? ] (]) 23:22, 29 November 2024 (UTC) |
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User:Ceoil has removed a lot of sourced information from the article in what perhaps appears to be a drunken tirade. I do not see any reason not to include this so I have readded it.] (]) 09:52, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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:Apart from being loaded and hardly based on cold historical assessment, terms such as "spirit of self-sacrifice", "Intensely hard-working", "His personal warmth and charm", which you restored, indicate a romantic flowery view, very dated, not at all today's language, and as such indicate a major copyvio problem with the article, and it should probably be opened for wider investigation. My impression so far today of it and its gaurdians; walled garden. ] (]) 10:02, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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::It is sourced using reliable sources. Misplaced Pages should report what reliable sources report. Who are you to decide if it is based on "cold historical assessment"?] (]) 10:05, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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:::Reliable sources cherry picked from about 1930? No you miss the point. Also, there is evident close copying going on, which seeps through in the dated language employed here. Sorry, but those are the fact. ] (]) 10:09, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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::::How do you know they are cherry picked? That's a weird assumption to make. I had a look at the sources and they are from 1980, 2003 and 1990, not 1930. If you have a reliable source that contradicts the information you have deleted please present it.] (]) 10:15, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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::::::I've challenged you on specific claims. Its not for me to prove a negative and find sources that say Collins was not "intensely hard-working" etc; the burden is on you to (a) defend this as a general historical consensus (b) prove that its not whole scale copyvio, not a cut and paste job from a rather dated web source. Until either of these are satisfied, I'll be reverting. Also, (c) please have the stones and integrity to use your regular username here, rather than hide behind an ip. We have the wiki-blame tool, remember. ] (]) 10:21, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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:::::::You are the one who made the assertion that the sources were cherry picked. Back up that assertion.] (]) 10:28, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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:::::::::No, thats not how wiki works; the burden of proof is on you. I'm one inch from opening a major investigation on Scolaire, who probably should be blocked, given what a surface skim has revealed here re his approach to adding "content". I'm assuming the IP is you Scolaire based on DUCK, as ye have woken up at the same time, use similar <hear no evil> language, and your first response was also to discredit the messenger, in very similar word patterns. ] (]) 10:35, 25 March 2018 (UTC) |
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One of the paragraphs in the article references Michael Collins' election as a "Teachta Dála" in 1918, although An Dáil Éireann was formed in 1919. Would it not be more suitable to change the statement to "he was elected an MP, later serving as a TD after the forming of the Dáil Éireann on 21 January, 1919"
This is just a suggestiom, I may be wrong which is why I will leave this to any editors and experts on the subject. 85.208.36.24 (talk) 21:55, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
A recent editor contends that "people killed during military engagements in a war aren't assassinated", I would dispute this, assassination is often a tactic of war and is described as such; see: Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and Dzhokhar Dudayev, where the killings of military leaders in operations specifically intended to target them in the context of military conflict are described as assassinations. The circumstance of Heydrich's death in particular is rather similar; a high-ranking officer was shot in an ambush while he rode in a vehicle. BRMSF (talk) 15:04, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
Collins had already ended his support for an IRA offensive in Northern Ireland before his death, and stopped sending weapons there. ParsleySt1 (talk) 08:31, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
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