Talk:Armalite and ballot box strategy
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editThis article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 16:01, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Missing links?!
editI have no idea why, but for some reason, when I log out and view this article, all the links are missing. Logging in causes them to reappear. Does anyone else have this problem, or know why it happens? Robofish (talk) 23:20, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
- Problem solved - if anyone has else this problem, it seems you can solve it simply by editing the page and saving a 'null edit' (one with no changes whatsoever). Robofish (talk) 23:33, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Armalite and ballot box or Armalite and THE ballot box
editOpening sentence and article title disagree. I removed the "the" from the lede, but could be wrong. Lot 49atalk 02:09, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
Stop ruining wikipedia articles
editWhats with this 'citation needed' crap? Get a life, losers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.197.30 (talk) 20:54, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Inaccurate claim about Gerry Adams removed
editI have removed the claim that "the defeat of Gerry Adams in the Belfast West constituency in 1992, pushed the emphasis of the Republican movement away from the Armalite and towards an election-focused strategy". While it is certainly true he lost his seat in 1992, there is zero evidence this had any effect on overall strategy. There isn't even any evidence his loss was anything to do with IRA activity having an effect on Sinn Féin's votes. In the 1987 election he received 16,862 votes, out of 59,324 registered voters and a turnout of 40,968. In 1992 he received 16,826 votes, out of 54,644 registered voters and a turnout of 34,545. So his vote remained practically identical, despite the registered voters and turnout being several thousand less each. What did happen was Joe Hendron's vote increased by just under 3,000, because unionist voters tactically switched their vote from the UUP candidate Fred Cobain, whose vote decreased by just under 3,000. This is covered in the Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency) article, and the Belfast Telegraph and a plethora of other sources that come up by searching Google for "tactical voting" "Joe Hendron". FDW777 (talk) 23:21, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
The insignificant part of the quote
edit- English, Richard (2003). Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA. Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-49388-4. Page 224
violence could complement politics: 'Who here...
- Moloney, Ed (2007). A Secret History of the IRA (2nd ed.). Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0141028767. Page 203
It was as if the Bodenstown speech had never been given. "Who here...
- Feeney, Brian (2002). Sinn Féin: A Hundred Turbulent Years. O'Brien Press. ISBN 978-0862786953. Page 303
that he produced the famous quotation: Who here...
- White, Robert (2017). Out of the Ashes: An Oral History of the Provisional Irish Republican Movement. Merrion Press. ISBN 9781785370939. Page 194
Danny Morrison offered his famous quip, "Who here...
- Mallie, Eamonn; Bishop, Patrick (1988). The Provisional IRA. Corgi Books. ISBN 0-7475-3818-2. Page 378
he demanded: "Who here...
- Taylor, Peter (1998). Provos The IRA & Sinn Féin. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 0-7475-3818-2. Page 282
as history records. 'Who here...
- O'Brien, Brendan (1999). The Long War – The IRA and Sinn Féin. O'Brien Press. ISBN 0-86278-606-1. Page 127
at the 1981 Ard Fheis. 'Who here...
The supposed extended version only appears in one single place on the entire internet, which says a lot about which part of the quote is actually significant. FDW777 (talk) 18:43, 30 October 2020 (UTC)