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--Domer48 (talk) 10:23, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Easter Rising

Thank you for your edits to the Easter Rising article. It is often through mutiple small changes like this that an article is significantly improved in the longer term. It is no longer customary to link isolated years like 1913, and Irish Republic with a capital 'R' is usually reserved for the actual Republic proclaimed in 1916 and established in 1919, but I'm not going to bother reverting those, although somebody else might down the line. Otherwise your edit was excellent and most welcome. You might consider adding your name to Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Irish Republicanism. It's not the most active of projects at the moment but new blood is always welcome. Cheers. Scolaire (talk) 16:03, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Fair warning

I'd like to make sure you're aware that Irish and Troubles related articles are under general sanctions here at Misplaced Pages. Articles such as the PIRA article are under a specific probation. I strongly suggest that you work on the talk page and get consensus before making any further changes. SirFozzie (talk) 20:43, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Tell that to the person making the changes in the first place! O Fenian (talk) 20:44, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

IP Heads Up

Just so you are aware this IP has a history of inserting contentious material as they have been doing it for quiet a while on the Kevin Barry article so be prepared for your edits to get reverted by another IP as they change and make the same edits. But good bit of research and supplying what the book actually states. BigDunc 12:52, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

And another heads up

You might want to comment here an editor is trying to have content changed and as a result of this doing it this way is a proposed remedy to avoid trouble. BigDunc 16:27, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

User notice: temporary 3RR block

Regarding reversions made on November 25 2008 to North Irish Horse

Derry etc

Generally speaking I'm not particularly bothered either way (and since it's the policy adopted by at least one major British newspaper, there is good precedent even outside Misplaced Pages, but when Londonderry is actually being used as part of a regimental title or similar, so referring to the city at one remove, I think we may well need to stick with Londonderry to be really accurate, please exercise a little judgement when looking into this issue. David Underdown (talk) 15:59, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

If it were merely location, it would follow the unit title, however it's included immediately after the number, which makes it part of the unit name. This is standard practice, it indicates affiliation, rather than (necessarily) location. The substitution of Derry for Londonderry simply isn't accurate in this case. David Underdown (talk) 09:43, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Special protection area

Hi, I wanted to let you know that I moved the page to Special protection area, since it doesn't seem to be a proper noun, and thus should not be in all caps. If it is a proper noun, let me know and I'll move it to the all-caps version. Regards, Parsecboy (talk) 15:12, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

 Done If there's anything else I can help you with, feel free to ask. Parsecboy (talk) 15:14, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Good call

Thanks Anoderate1 (talk) 01:45, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Troubles

The The Troubles article is currently subject to Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration/The_Troubles#Final_remedies_for_AE_case, as laid out during a previous WP:AE case that closed October 05, 2008. If you are a new editor, or an editor unfamiliar with the situation, please follow the guidelines laid out in the above link. If you are unsure if your edit is appropriate, discuss it on this talk page first.

Please note: All articles related to The Troubles, defined as: any article that could be reasonably construed as being related to The Troubles, Irish nationalism, the Baronetcies, and British nationalism in relation to Ireland falls under 1RR. When in doubt, assume it is related.

You have now made 2 reverts on this article in breech of the above sanctions.--Domer48_'fenian' 20:23, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I have made one revert, when I was blindly and stupidly reverted in breach of fair use image policy. The image still fails policy, but I will deal with it later. O Fenian (talk) 20:26, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Shambles Square, Manchester

Just letting you know that I've reverted your edit to the above article, where you erroneously removed the term "terrorist", claiming it was POV. Nev1 (talk) 01:56, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Provide reliable sources, or your edits will be reverted. Here's one refering to a "sickening terrorist attack in Manchester". Nev1 (talk) 02:00, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Do you have any reliable sources contradicting the above source? Nev1 (talk) 02:04, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Since you remove the term "terrorist" from the article, I'm assuming you do have reliable sources. What are these? Nev1 (talk) 02:26, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

AN/I

I made a mistake by misinterpreting what had happened. In this instance, removal was the best option. A slightly longer explanation is at the relevant place on WP:AN/I. My apologies.  DDStretch  (talk)

Collins

I've made a new edit on the Collins article. Please clean it up as you please, but don't revert. The previous edit is misleading and portrays the idea that the army was made up on pro-treaty veterans rather than the fact that most of the new soldiers were not. And its also an old cover up of the fact that ex British veterans fought in Free State army, which caused much consternation among the Irregulars. NewIreland2009 (talk) 21:22, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Dunmanway massacre

Hi, I've noticed your edits to subjects around 1920s in Ireland and I'd appreciate your opinion at Dunmanway Massacre article. There are a few issues around refs, layout and tone and we'd be grateful for some fresh eyes, if you have time. See the talk page for (extremely!) lengthy discussion of the issues.

Cheers Jdorney (talk) 12:45, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Comment on The Troubles

You don't have to leap to the (incorrect) assumption that because someone disagrees with your point of view, that they disagree with the point you are making. Tone down your comments. You've reviewed my edit history so you can see that I've been in my own share of arguments, and one thing I've figured out is that Truth doesn't matter here, only verifiable sources. If you look closer at my edits, you'll actually see that most of my editing was based on ensuring that the sources backed up what was actually stated. That way, the facts represented in the articles cannot be disputed. Maybe I'd understand why you're digging your heels in, if I understood why you don't was to use the term "Britain"? It doesn't seem like a big point for you to make.... --HighKing (talk) 15:31, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Ulster/LOL

Thanks for contacting me. I will revert myself - I didn't know that, and thank you! - Philippe 20:57, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

NI Flag

Im sorry if there's been any confusion caused by the NIYF page. We're not using the symbol in the sense of a national flag, but rather to differentiate between the jurisdiction of this forum in the UK as opposed to other devolved nation youth groups like the Scottish Youth Parliament or Funky Dragon. I'm aware that the Ulster banner is no longer an official flag of northern Ireland and hasn't been for quite some time now. But I was finding it difficult to insert the union flag without a caption referring to the United Kingdom, which is represented by the UKYP and not ourselves. If you know of any solution to this problem it would be most helpful. --Marty721 (talk) 20:27, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

I take your point, it doesn't add any clarity to the infobox. So in the interest of neutrality I think the flag should be left out as you've suggested. The last thing we want to do is create controversy. Thanks for the advice --Marty721 (talk) 20:46, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Kelvin

Fixed. Apologies for the first edit, I read it as 1924 (duh). Talkpage now though? The article does state he's Irish-born, so is there a major problem with the infobox? Could be tweaked as "Belfast, then in Ireland" or something like that? Black Kite 01:30, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Kelvin was born in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, it is wrong to list Belfast as being in Ireland - it was in the UK.