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== March 2020 ==
[[Image:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] [[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia|Welcome to Wikipedia]]. We appreciate [[Special:Contributions/Patrick Mcdermott25|your contributions]], but in one of your recent edits&nbsp;to [[:Carter (name)]], it appears that you have added [[Wikipedia:No original research|original research]], which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses [[Wikipedia:No original research#Synthesis of published material that advances a position|combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say]]. Please be prepared to cite a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]] for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the [[Wikipedia:Tutorial/Citing_sources#VisualEditor|tutorial on citing sources]]. Thank you.<!-- Template:uw-nor1 --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 13:37, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Hello, I'm [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]]. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, [[:Marshall (name)]], but you didn't provide a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]]. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|include a citation]] and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the [[Wikipedia:Tutorial/Citing_sources#VisualEditor|tutorial on citing sources]], or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on [[User talk:Mutt Lunker|my talk page]]. Thank you. <!-- Template:uw-unsourced1 --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 13:39, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Hello, I'm [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]]. I noticed that you recently removed content from [[:McLaughlin (surname)]]&nbsp;without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]]. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the [[WP:Sandbox|sandbox]]. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on [[User_talk:Mutt Lunker|my talk page]]. Thanks.<!-- Template:uw-delete1 --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 13:40, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Hello, I'm [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]]. I noticed that you recently removed content from [[:Lachlan (name)]]&nbsp;without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]]. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the [[WP:Sandbox|sandbox]]. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on [[User_talk:Mutt Lunker|my talk page]]. Thanks.<!-- Template:uw-delete1 --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 13:41, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Hello, I'm [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]]. I noticed that you recently removed content from [[:Hiberno-English]]&nbsp;without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]]. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the [[WP:Sandbox|sandbox]]. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on [[User_talk:Mutt Lunker|my talk page]]. Thanks.<!-- Template:uw-delete1 --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 13:51, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

[[File:Information orange.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to [[:McGuinness]], without giving a valid reason for the removal in the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]]. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been [[Help:Reverting|reverted]]. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]] for that. Thank you.<!-- Template:uw-delete2 --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 10:33, 24 March 2020 (UTC)


[[File:Information orange.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at [[:Scotland]]. Your edits appear to be [[Wikipedia:Disruptive editing|disruptive]] and have been or will be [[Help:Reverting|reverted]].
* If you are engaged in an article [[Wikipedia:Editing policy|content dispute]] with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the [[:Talk:Scotland|article's talk page]], and seek [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] with them. Alternatively, you can read Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|dispute resolution]] page, and ask for independent help at one of the [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution requests|relevant noticeboards]].
* If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, please seek assistance at Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents|Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents]].
Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:List of policies|policies and guidelines]], and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|loss of editing privileges]]. Thank you.<!-- Template:uw-disruptive2 --> [[User:Canterbury Tail|<b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b>]] [[User talk:Canterbury Tail|<i style="color: Blue;">talk</i>]] 21:00, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

== Welcome! ==

Hello, Patrick Mcdermott25, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for [[Special:Contributions/Patrick Mcdermott25|your contributions]]. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
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==Editing==
Hi there. I have to ask, have you edited Wikipedia before? And if so under what account. Thanks. [[User:Canterbury Tail|<b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b>]] [[User talk:Canterbury Tail|<i style="color: Blue;">talk</i>]] 21:06, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
:More then likely under a series of IPs. <span style="border:1px solid green; padding:0 2px">[[User:The Banner|<span style="color:green">The&nbsp;Banner</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:The Banner|<i style="color:maroon">talk</i>]]</span> 21:55, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

::[[User:109.77.122.102|Here's one]]. [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 22:56, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
::You can find more on [[Brian Boru]]. <span style="border:1px solid green; padding:0 2px">[[User:The Banner|<span style="color:green">The&nbsp;Banner</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:The Banner|<i style="color:maroon">talk</i>]]</span> 08:42, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

No idea what you're talking about I don't have puppet accounts.

:No idea
{{User:SosaysPatrickMolloy}}
:? [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 22:59, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

== Edit warring ==

[[File:Stop hand nuvola.svg|30px|left|alt=Stop icon]] Your recent editing history  shows that you are currently engaged in an [[Wikipedia:Edit warring|edit war]]; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines|talk page]] to work toward making a version that represents [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See [[Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle|the bold, revert, discuss cycle]] for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant [[Wikipedia:Noticeboards|noticeboard]] or seek [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|dispute resolution]].  In some cases, you may wish to request temporary [[Wikipedia:Protection policy|page protection]]. 

'''Being involved in an edit war can result in you being [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked from editing]]'''&mdash;especially if you violate the [[Wikipedia:Edit warring#The three-revert rule|three-revert rule]], which states that an editor must not perform more than three [[Help:Reverting|reverts]] on a single page within a 24-hour period.  Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert.  Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring&mdash;'''even if you don't violate the three-revert rule'''&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.<!-- Template:uw-3rr --> [[User:Canterbury Tail|<b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b>]] [[User talk:Canterbury Tail|<i style="color: Blue;">talk</i>]] 01:24, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

== March 2020 ==
[[File:Information orange.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at [[:Ireland]]. Your edits appear to be [[Wikipedia:Disruptive editing|disruptive]] and have been or will be [[Help:Reverting|reverted]].
* If you are engaged in an article [[Wikipedia:Editing policy|content dispute]] with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the [[:Talk:Ireland|article's talk page]], and seek [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] with them. Alternatively, you can read Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|dispute resolution]] page, and ask for independent help at one of the [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution requests|relevant noticeboards]].
* If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, please seek assistance at Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents|Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents]].
Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:List of policies|policies and guidelines]], and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|loss of editing privileges]]. Thank you.<!-- Template:uw-disruptive2 --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 17:15, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

==BRD==
[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=|link=]] Your recent [[WP:BOLD|bold]] edit has been reverted. Per the [[WP:BRD|bold, revert, discuss cycle]], after a bold edit is reverted, the [[WP:STATUSQUO|status quo]] should remain while a discussion is started instead of [[WP:EW|edit-warring]], and it should be resolved before reinstating the edit, after a needed [[WP:CONSENSUS|consensus]] is formed to keep it.<!--Template:Uw-brd--> [[User:Canterbury Tail|<b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b>]] [[User talk:Canterbury Tail|<i style="color: Blue;">talk</i>]] 17:45, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

==Final warning==
You can't use a new addition with an existing source — you need to provide your own source to attribute the new content. Failure to do so again is likely to result in sanctions. [[User:El_C|El_C]] 17:47, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

== Ireland is an Irish Isle ==

What part do you not understand from the text "The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it."? <span style="border:1px solid green; padding:0 2px">[[User:The Banner|<span style="color:green">The&nbsp;Banner</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:The Banner|<i style="color:maroon">talk</i>]]</span> 18:45, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

== March 2020 ==
[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] [[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia|Welcome to Wikipedia]] and thank you for [[Special:Contributions/Patrick Mcdermott25|your contributions]]. I am glad to see that you are discussing a topic. However, as a [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines|general rule]], talk pages such as [[Talk:Irredentism]] are for discussion related to improving the article in specific ways based on [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable sources]] and the project [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|policies and guidelines]], [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#FORUM|not for general discussion]] about the topic or unrelated topics, or statements based on your thoughts or feelings. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting [[Wikipedia:Reference desk|our reference desk]] and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you.<!-- Template:uw-chat1 --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 19:53, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

[[File:Information orange.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at [[:Irredentism]]. Your edits appear to constitute [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] and have been [[Help:Reverting|reverted]]. If you would like to experiment, please use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]]. Repeated vandalism may result in the [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|loss of editing privileges]]. ''Putting a personal POV into an article constitutes vandalism''<!-- Template:uw-vandalism2 --> <span style="border:1px solid green; padding:0 2px">[[User:The Banner|<span style="color:green">The&nbsp;Banner</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:The Banner|<i style="color:maroon">talk</i>]]</span> 20:01, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Thank you for [[Special:Contributions/Patrick Mcdermott25|your contributions]]. Please mark your edits as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with [[Help:Minor edit]], a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the [[Help:Reverting|reversion]] of clear-cut [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. <!-- Template:uw-minor --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 21:18, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

== April 2020 ==
[[File:Stop hand nuvola.svg|30px|alt=Stop icon]] You may be '''[[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked from editing]] without further warning''' the next time you [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalize]] Wikipedia, as you did  at [[:The Troubles]]. <!-- Template:uw-vandalism4 --> <span style="border:1px solid green; padding:0 2px">[[User:The Banner|<span style="color:green">The&nbsp;Banner</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:The Banner|<i style="color:maroon">talk</i>]]</span> 10:50, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Hello, I'm [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]]. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, [[:MacBrien]], but you didn't provide a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]]. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|include a citation]] and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the [[Help:Introduction to referencing with Wiki Markup|tutorial on citing sources]]. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on [[User talk:Mutt Lunker|my talk page]]. ''Stop using this shopping site as a reference, it is not a [[WP:RS]].'' <!-- Template:uw-unsourced1 --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 11:20, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

[[Image:Copyright-problem.svg|30px|link=|alt=Copyright problem icon]] Your addition to [[:Irish clothing]] has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|copyrighted]] material to Wikipedia without evidence of [[Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission|permission]] from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read [[Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials]] for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia.  For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of ''information'', but not as a source of ''content'', such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy '''will be [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked from editing]]'''. See [[Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources]] for more information. <!-- Template:uw-copyright --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 11:34, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

[[File:Information orange.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Please do not add or change content, as you did at [[:McVeigh]], without citing a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]]. Please review the guidelines at [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]] and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you.<!-- Template:uw-unsourced2 --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 18:09, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

[[File:Nuvola apps important.svg|25px|alt=Warning icon]] Please stop your [[Wikipedia:Disruptive editing|disruptive editing]]. If you continue to [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalize]] Wikipedia, as you did at [[:McVeigh]], you may be [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked from editing]]. ''As you have been told numerous times, using an ampersand generally goes against [[WP:MOS]]; see [[WP:AMPERSAND]]. And stop making petty and pointless changes such as changing the order from "Scottish and Irish" to "Irish and Scottish", or blanking mentions of other countries or people to leave only mentions of Ireland or the Irish. It's embarrassing.''<!-- Template:uw-vandalism3 --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 20:35, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Excuse me? When have I blanked anything? The original page had no mention of the origin of the name, I added a source. I put it in that order because I put the first source for the Irish origin first. You claimed my source was illegitimate even though I pulled that source out of the original website, you said the source was illegitimate and now it needs citation you removed parts from the source for no reason like you had done on the James Monroe page  are now ranting and raving like a lunatic.  
https://www.houseofnames.com/mcveigh-family-crest#cite_note-1 How am I to know what sources you consider acceptable to use? the source I added Munro, Colin (December 2015). "The Deep Ancestry of the Munros" (PDF). Newsletter of the Clan Munro (Association) Australia. Vol. 13 no. 3. Australia: Clan Munro (Association) Australia. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 12 January 2019. It seems acceptable for the [[Clan Munro]] page but not by your standards? I'm guessing it's acceptable there because you haven't got on that page and edited it yet? correct? Also I was not aware that & wasn't allowed on wikipedia I will note that future edits.  I also didn't say Clan Monroe is not Scottish, I simply added their origin similar to Clan Sweeney for example. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Patrick Mcdermott2|Patrick Mcdermott2]] ([[User talk:Patrick Mcdermott2#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Patrick Mcdermott2|contribs]]) </small>

:Your addition to James Monroe was a lengthy off-topic diversion in your usual clumsy, label-pinning manner. Most Scots have some Irish ancestry, either ancient or more recent, myself included, but a digression into more detailed clan history and DNA studies regarding potential distant ancestors has no great pertinence to an article on this individual. If people want to know about Clan Munro instead, that's what the link is for. Here's some unsupported blanking: [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=James_Connolly&diff=prev&oldid=947809092], [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=McLaughlin_(surname)&diff=prev&oldid=946367732], [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Lachlan_(name)&diff=prev&oldid=946366711], [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Lachlan_(name)&diff=prev&oldid=946366659], [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=List_of_most_common_surnames_in_Europe&diff=prev&oldid=946365867], [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Lachlan_(name)&diff=prev&oldid=946365556]. There are also numerous instances of you pointlessly changing "Scottish and Irish" to "Irish & Scottish", compounding matters by using an ampersand, contrary to what you have been told re [[WP:MOS]]. There are similar examples as [[User:SosaysPatrickMolloy]]. If you want to now about reliable sources, I have repeatedly indicated [[WP:RS]]; please get round to reading it. [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 22:25, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Switching wording around is not blanking, you're guilty of blanking in removing parts of my edits and then claiming they need citations. Seems only the parts you agree with are acceptable regardless of what sources I use. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Patrick Mcdermott25|Patrick Mcdermott25]] ([[User talk:Patrick Mcdermott25#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Patrick Mcdermott25|contribs]]) </small>

:I'm not sure what point you are making by saying "Switching wording around is not blanking". I didn't say it was, you do both and you should do neither. [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable_sources|''Any'' (my emphasis) material that needs a source but does not have one may be removed]]. I have left the tiny minority of edits that you have sourced reliably, though have requested details of the quotes for some as you have proved so unreliable in your use or "interpretation" of them. Please [[Wikipedia:Signatures|sign your posts]]. [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 10:43, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
:Do not [[User:109.77.230.193|sock again]] to evade scrutiny, respect [[WP:BRD]] and do not keep imposing your clumsy, point-making changes, do not make pointless [[WP:ENGVAR]] changes. [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 00:20, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
:::I initially wrote this in response to your recent IP edits at [[Gaels]] and [[Talk:Gaels#Different_experiences:_re-add_my_edit,_While_the_Irish_and_Scottish_share_similarities_as_Gaels_there_are_major_difference_due_to_geography_and_these_should_be_highlighted_and_explained_properly,_not_merged_into_a_super_entity.]]  but as it pertains to your editing in general, am posting it here. You seem to be on a mission to shoehorn tangential references to the undoubted injustices heaped upon Ireland and the Irish, or tagging text with superfluous or repetitious references to an Irish angle, wherever you sense an opportunity but with such loaded language and poverty of expression that it actively undermines your case by its clumsinesss. You have also been making [[WP:COPYVIO|copyright violations]] by inserting large verbatim passages into articles, often without attribution, which admins have had to intervene to blank from the article history. See also [[WP:COAT]], [[WP:NOTFORUM]], [[WP:SYNTH]]. Whether intentional or not, your editing is highly disruptive and is occupying much time of other users in mitigating your damage. [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 12:51, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
::::It might be time for [[WP:AN/I]]. <span style="border:1px solid green; padding:0 2px">[[User:The Banner|<span style="color:green">The&nbsp;Banner</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:The Banner|<i style="color:maroon">talk</i>]]</span> 14:59, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

:::::I'd support that sentiment. [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 19:52, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
You have claimed I blanked? when? Your pov pushing not me. You delete sources and pov push when you don't like an edit, which you're not allowed to do. See my original post <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Patrick Mcdermott25|Patrick Mcdermott25]] ([[User talk:Patrick Mcdermott25#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Patrick Mcdermott25|contribs]]) </small>

[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] [[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia|Welcome to Wikipedia]]. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, discussion pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at [[:Talk:Irish Americans]], is considered [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#EDIT|bad practice]], even if you meant well.  Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting.  Take a look at the [[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia|welcome page]] to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. ''Or are you saying that the IP that made the original comment is another of your IP socks?''<!-- Template:uw-tpv1 --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 10:45, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

== May 2020 ==
[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Hello, I'm [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]]. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, [[:Gaels]], but you didn't provide a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]]. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|include a citation]] and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the [[Help:Introduction to referencing with VisualEditor|tutorial on citing sources]]. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on [[User talk:Mutt Lunker|my talk page]]. ''You continuously make edits which are either unsupported or which do have references attached to them which, on investigation, say nothing in support of your edit. You should be using reliable sources to form the basis of any edits here, not pushing your personal opinion then spuriously adding any old ref which actually provides no support.'' <!-- Template:uw-unsourced1 --> [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 23:32, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

''During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Irish Gaels were affected by the policies of the Tudors and the Stewarts, the Gaelic Irish and, to a lesser extent, the Highlanders, were viewed both mentally and culturally as a lower form of humanity<ref>https://www.historyireland.com/early-modern-history-1500-1700/driving-a-wedge-within-gaeldom/</ref> (second paragraph) The English and later British sought to anglicise the population and bring Ireland under stronger centralised control, as part of what would become the British Empire. In 1542, Henry VIII of England declared the Lordship of Ireland a Kingdom and himself King of Ireland. The new English, whose power lay in the Pale of Dublin, then began to conquer the island. Gaelic kings were encouraged to apply for a surrender and regrant: to surrender their lands to the king, and then have them regranted as freeholds. Those who surrendered were also expected to follow English law and customs, speak English, and convert to the Protestant Anglican Church. Decades of conflict followed in the reign of Elizabeth I, culminating in the Nine Years' War (1594–1603). The war ended in defeat for the Irish Gaelic alliance, and brought an end to the independence of the last Irish Gaelic kingdoms.''

In 1603, with the Union of the Crowns, King James of Scotland also became king of England and Ireland. James saw the Gaels as a barbarous and rebellious people in need of civilising,[83] and believed that Gaelic culture should be wiped out.[84] Also, while most of Britain had converted to Protestantism, most Gaels had held on to Catholicism. When the leaders of the Irish Gaelic alliance fled Ireland in 1607, their lands were confiscated. James set about colonising this land with English-speaking Protestant settlers from Great Britain, with the majority of the colonists being Scottish in what became known as the Plantation of Ulster<ref>https://www.lurganancestry.com/plantation.htm</ref> ''By 1622, a survey found there were 6,402 British adult males on Plantation lands, of whom 3,100 were English and 3,700 Scottish – indicating a total adult planter population of around 12,000. However another 4,000 Scottish adult males had settled in unplanted Antrim and Down, giving a total settler population of about 19,000''. literally says it in the source ''The result was that over the ensuing decades many Catholic Scots...were persuaded to settle in this part of Tyrone [Strabane]''  and a significant minority of these being Scottish Catholic Gàidhlig speakers<ref>Jonathan Bardon (2011). The Plantation of Ulster. Gill & Macmillan. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-7171-4738-0.<ref></ref> ''The result was that over the ensuing decades many Catholic Scots...were persuaded to settle in this part of Tyrone [Strabane]'' not in my original edit but also from the same book<ref>onathan Bardon (2011). The Plantation of Ulster. Gill & Macmillan. pp. ix, x. ISBN 978-0-7171-4738-0 ''Many will be surprised that three amongst the most energetic planters were Catholics. Sir Randall MacDonell, Earl of Antrim... George Tuchet, 18th Baron Audley... Sir George Hamilton of Greenlaw, together with his relatives...made his well-managed estate in the Strabane area a haven for Scottish Catholics'' It was meant to establish a loyal British Protestant colony in Ireland's most rebellious region and to a lesser extent sever Gaelic Ulster's links with Gaelic Scotland.[83]

<ref>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/scottish-independence-essay-say-no-colony-myth-1529744</ref> (The whole article)

Since then, the Gaelic language has gradually diminished in most of Ireland and Scotland. The 19th century was the turning point as The Great Hunger in Ireland, and across the Irish Sea the Highland Clearances, caused mass emigration (leading to Anglicisation, but also a large diaspora). The language was rolled back to the Gaelic strongholds of the north west of Scotland, the west of Ireland and Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia.

Which source does not support my edit? Did you check the sources or just delete them? If you believe one of my sources was not accurate can you quote which one, thanks.
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[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Hello, I'm [[User:The Banner|The Banner]]. I wanted to let you know that one or more of [[Special:Contributions/Patrick Mcdermott25|your recent contributions]]&nbsp;to [[:Gaels]] have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the [[WP:sandbox|sandbox]]. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the [[Wikipedia:Teahouse|Teahouse]]. Thanks.<!-- Template:uw-vandalism1 --> <span style="border:1px solid green; padding:0 2px">[[User:The Banner|<span style="color:green">The&nbsp;Banner</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:The Banner|<i style="color:maroon">talk</i>]]</span> 02:07, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Was just curious to see what you would do, the former edit made on here is not cited anywhere in the source added, I added the exact reference What would you consider constructive? So adding information most likely more accurate information about the topic is not constructive??? <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Patrick Mcdermott25|Patrick Mcdermott25]] ([[User talk:Patrick Mcdermott25#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Patrick Mcdermott25|contribs]]) </small> 

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:Have you learnt nothing? No surprise but a dissapointment to see you back with your idle, pestilential campaign to scatter unsupported and dubious assertions across this encyclopedia. This will not do. [[User:Mutt Lunker|Mutt Lunker]] ([[User talk:Mutt Lunker|talk]]) 00:04, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

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