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Djegan 18:56, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

External links

Hi there. I read your question on the newcomers help page. there are several ways to create external links, eg:

• Writing http://www.google.com will produce this: http://www.google.com

• Writing [http://www.google.com] will produce this: [1]

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I hope that helps. If not, feel free to ask me any questions on my talk page. - Akamad 21:23, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

IDA Ireland

Hello, please read Talk:IDA Ireland and Wikipedia:Copyrights before submitting any external material. Its an easy oversight to make, by submitting copyrighted material, so please be aware of the policy when submitting. Djegan 23:08, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Joe Higgins

I have reverted your recent edit to Joe Higgins, because it did not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral point of view policy (see WP:POV). It would be acceptable for a Wikipedia article to quote a range of views on Higgins's stance, which may include sourced and referenced comments that his actions "demonstrated a brazen contempt for the rule of law" or that the people involved were "so-called Asylum seekers" … provided that the quotes used reflected a fair balance of the coverage. However, unbalanced assessments do not fit the requirement that "All Wikipedia articles must be written from a neutral point of view, representing views fairly and without bias" --BrownHairedGirl (talk • contribs) 22:29, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Ledwith

It maybe worth starting an article on Ledwith as you appear to have amassed a resonable amount of information in the Maynooth College article - and thus remove the information from the Maynooth College article and provide a link to the Ledwith affair. Djegan 20:45, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Naming articles

Hi, and welcome to the encyclopedia! I've noticed you've been adding some good content on Irish politicians, and wanted to say thanks and offer a suggestion for the future. According to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people), it's generally a bad idea to include titles like 'Councillor' in the title of an article, as such titles have a tendency to change when a politician gains higher office / loses that office, and the titles of articles should aim to be as 'timeless' as possible. I've noticed that Seán Barrett was moved to Seán Barrett (Irish politician) to distinguish it from all the other Sean Barretts, and I myself moved Councillor Eugene Regan SC to Eugene Regan. All the best, Ziggurat 22:37, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

JFK Birth

I deleted your edit in the article 1917 in Ireland about the birth of JFK, as it was not an event that happened in Ireland. --Tuspm ^{Talk | E-Mail Me} 23:41, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Michael Neary (disambiguation)

Hi there. You created a disambiguation page for Michael Neary at the name Othernames (disambiguation). I think you must have meant to create the page at the proper title of Michael Neary (disambiguation), and then put the {{othernames}} template on the current Michael Neary article to link there. Not to worry, I've fixed it all up, but I thought I'd let you know. -- SCZenz 22:50, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. If there's anything else you need help with, just let me know. -- SCZenz 05:41, 3 July 2006 (UTC)—

Mícheál Ó'Domhnaill

You changed the birthplace of Mícheál Ó'Domhnaill from Kells to Dublin and also his age from 54 to 53. Do you have a source for this? The Irish Times and The Herald both have his age at 54. A couple of biographies ([2], [3], [4]), none really authoritative, have his birthplace as Kells. Now it could be that all of those sources are wrong about his age and birthplace, but if so I'd like to give an authoritative source. --Craig Stuntz 17:41, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Duf 20:12, 18 July 2006 (UTC)I used the obituary details published in The Irish Times last Saturday (Jul 15) which quoted DOB as October 7 1952. I would presume this to be properly authenticated.

• Micheal O'Domhnaill obituary

Thanks for the reply. I can only get the regular Irish Times via ProQuest, not the Saturday edition, but I see the first sentence in ireland.com's search results. As the Irish Times appears to have published two different ages and hasn't corrected the first article, I'm going to keep looking for another source. RTÉ also had the 54 age, for whatever it's worth. --Craig Stuntz 20:47, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Duf OK. The Times also stated the place of birth as Kells

Vere Wynne-Jones

Your article on Vere Wynne-Jones is lifted virtually wholesale from The Irish Times. I'm marking it as a Copyright violation. It'll be deleted and will have to be rewritten. Ian Cheese 13:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

References

I've helped format the references you use in your articles. However, you may want to learn how to make multiple uses of the same cite. It can make articles look really nice. If you need any help, you can just put a note on my talk page. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 18:01, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

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Template

I removed the template because it had been discussed on WP:TFD, and the end result of the disucssion was that the template should be deleted. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 23:27, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Could you refer me to the date and topic of this discussion? Thanks Duf 06:04, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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Image copyright tags

Hi, I noticed you uploaded a couple of images including Image:Michael McDowell.jpg with seemingly contradictory license and copyright tags ({{No rights reserved}} copyright and "fairuse" license) and Image:Bishop Buckley.jpg (fairuse versus public domain). Can I ask you to confirm who owns the copyright on these images, and the exact method by which they released their rights? Thanks!

Demiurge 21:15, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

• Also I noticed that Image:Bishop Buckley.jpg does not seem to have come from a press publicity kit, so that license tag is also invalid. Demiurge 21:19, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
• Any luck finding that information yet? If the copyright status on these images can't be confirmed, I'm afraid they'll have to be tagged for deletion. Demiurge 11:28, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

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Template:Irish Clerical Child Sex Abusers listed for deletion

Just thought you should know, being the template's creator. Add your voice to the vote :) - Alison^✍ 19:44, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

• Sorry - link to vote here - Alison^✍ 19:47, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Denis Forde

Hi. I looked at this article, which you wrote. You added this person to the category of 'convicted child sex offenders', and made veraious similar statements. Even a quick read of the article which you yourself cited as a reference reveals the fact that the victim was in her twenties at the time of the assault. This is not the sort of accuracy level we expect at Wikipedia, and might leave us open to accusation of libel. Please be more careful in the future. Thank you. DJ Clayworth 17:52, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

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John Bailey (Irish politician)

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AfD nomination of John Bailey (Irish politician)

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Unreferenced BLPs

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Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 23:45, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

What Programme?

You referred to some programme in the Controversial seed capital section of the Irish Press entry without identifying what programme you were talking about, or what channel it was on. This requires explanation to resolve the mystery. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.16.16.95 (talk) 03:38, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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