User talk:Scolaire: Difference between revisions

Sorry for bungling that thread. I could see that the diffs you posted were the most important part of the discussion but for whatever reason when the user in question got way into the weeds of the Clontarf article I just couldn't help but respond in detail. I'll try to stay on topic in any future Wiki administrative matters. ComradeKublai (talk) 02:56, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. As I say, he does seem to have stopped posting his rants all over the place. If he starts again, he can always be reported again. Scolaire (talk) 10:58, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ACAS

I would value it if you could add a ====Comment==== at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Requests for comment/Article creation at scale#Question 5: Minimum article quality when created at scale. I've been thinking about our conversation last month about whether stub creation should be banned wholesale (not just for mass creation, but for everyone). I think this question is close enough that I shouldn't propose another question directly about that, and I do still want to know why articles with <10 sentences are bad. WhatamIdoing (talk) 05:02, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WhatamIdoing, I have done so now. Scolaire (talk) 15:08, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Hi

If you don't mind, may I pick your brain regarding mark up language on a Wikipedia users page. What does a sole lower case 'r' indicate in relation to an edit detailed on a users contribution list refer to?

Thanks

Mogh Mogh Roith (talk) 20:14, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mogh. I looked at your contributions. When I hovered over the "r" it said "This edit needs review". The edit was also highlighted in yellow. This is some algorithm that searches for I don't know what, and on the basis of that marks it as potentially problematic. Since you know it wasn't problematic, you can just ignore it. Scolaire (talk) 21:52, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ah ok. Thanks Scolaire. Mogh Roith (talk) 21:56, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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-==Patrick McGrath==
-Hi Scolaire Im pretty new to creating articles and I wonder if you might take a look at Draft Patrick McGrath (Irish Republican) which I submitted .several months ago. I appreciate any help/advice you might offer. Thanks, [[User:Palisades1|Palisades1]] ([[User talk:Palisades1|talk]]) 18:05, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
-:Hi, {{U|Palisades1}}. I hope you don't mind if I give you a couple of tips on etiquette first. If you want to discuss something new on a talk page, you should make it a new section with a section heading. I've done that for you on this occasion. And secondly, if you want to discuss a specific page you should link it, e.g. "I wonder if you might take a look at [[Draft:Patrick McGrath (Irish Republican)]]" – it saves the person having to play detective.
-:I found significant coverage of McGrath in ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=jElfBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=McGrath&f=false Destiny of the Soldiers]'' (five results), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=zQiWDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=McGrath&f=false Pawns in the Game]'' (three results), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=DBvwDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=McGrath&f=false Fianna Fáil, Partition and Northern Ireland]'' (two results), ''[https://books.google.ie/books?id=S6KjQbEBFigC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=%22Patrick%20McGrath%22%20OR%20%22Paddy%20McGrath%22%20&f=false Defending Ireland]'' (two results), ''[https://books.google.ie/books?id=gdibBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=%22Patrick%20McGrath%22%20OR%20%22Paddy%20McGrath%22&f=false Seán MacBride: A Life]'', ''[https://books.google.ie/books?id=md-qBgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=Patrick%20McGrath&f=false Britain, Ireland and the Second World War]'', and ''[https://books.google.ie/books?id=94c7MQTBTFwC&pg=PA222&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Ireland 1912–1985]''. Unfortunately, all except the last three are not facsimiles and therefore don't have page numbers. Also, many of them only say the same thing. But at least that is enough sources to prove notability. {{U|BrownHairedGirl}}, in her review, suggested looking up contemporary newspaper reports. You can get a one-month subscription to the [https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/subscribe Irish Newspaper Archives] for €29. Alternatively, if you are in Dublin you can get a reader's ticket for the National Library or the Pearse Street Library and Archive, and access them there for nothing.
-:By the way, where did you get the information that he was 21 in 1916? And why did you not use that to give him a date of birth of about 1895?
-:Regards.  [[User:Scolaire|Scolaire]] ([[User talk:Scolaire#top|talk]]) 16:00, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
-::Just as a point of information. Where available, the "Look inside" option on the Amazon website (I mostly use the UK version, since that's where I'm currently resident so I have an account there) is often useful for figuring out page numbers, especially if you search for unusual words or phrases that appear on the relevant page on Google Books. [[User:FDW777|FDW777]] ([[User talk:FDW777|talk]]) 16:23, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
-:::Thanks for the tip. However, I've never been lucky with the "Look inside" option. I tried it on [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Destiny-Soldiers-Fianna-Republicianism-1926-1973/dp/0717147630/ ''The Destiny of the Soldiers''] and it told me Paddy McGrath was in chapter 8, but not which page. Can you offer any advice to Palisades1? You're much more active than I am at the moment.  [[User:Scolaire|Scolaire]] ([[User talk:Scolaire#top|talk]]) 11:42, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
-::::Yes, it's not a foolproof method. [[WP:CITEHOW]] does say when citing books to cite the page number or chapter, probably reflecting the increasing popularity of ebooks and the lack of page numbers on certain ebook platforms. [[User:FDW777|FDW777]] ([[User talk:FDW777|talk]]) 13:56, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
-== Sinn Féin ==
-Thanks for adding that, I wasn't sure if it belonged in the article but thought it best to leave some information available if anyone else thought otherwise. As stated I couldn't find a reference that confirmed the reconvened Sinn Féin ard fheis [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Sinn_F%C3%A9in&type=revision&diff=982203517&oldid=982201798 pledged allegiance to the Provisional Army Council]. Depending on what Mac Stíofáin actually said, I thought his speech had a touch of farce about it, since by pledging allegiance to the Provisional Army Council he was pledging allegiance to himself. I have finally managed to obtain a sensibly priced copy of his book which is currently on its way across the Atlantic, I might be able to find out what he actually said when it arrives. [[User:FDW777|FDW777]] ([[User talk:FDW777|talk]]) 13:17, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
-:Yes, I saw that edit today, and then I saw your subsequent edit summary, and I thought it would be a good way to put the Provisional Army Council back in the paragraph, as I think it's important. I don't see anything farcical about an IRA man, wearing his Sinn Féin hat, pledging allegiance on behalf of his Sinn Féin supporters to his IRA faction. I have quoted contemporary newspaper reports on the [[Talk:Sinn Féin#1970 Ard Fheis and the Provisional Army Council|article talk page]]. Let me know if the book illuminates things.  [[User:Scolaire|Scolaire]] ([[User talk:Scolaire#top|talk]]) 14:53, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
-::[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Sinn_F%C3%A9in&type=revision&diff=987022095&oldid=986687548 Surprisingly, it did]. [[User:FDW777|FDW777]] ([[User talk:FDW777|talk]]) 11:19, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
-:::Yes, that's much better.  [[User:Scolaire|Scolaire]] ([[User talk:Scolaire#top|talk]]) 16:58, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
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-== Conor Clune ==
-Just thought I would let you know as you mentioned this in  the talk page of the article -I have removed the sentence about the relationship between conor Clune and the archbishop. This was shown to be wrong in a TG4  programme tonight called Sagairt na Síochána. Also removed it from the archbishop's page[[User:Aineireland|Aineireland]] ([[User talk:Aineireland|talk]]) 23:44, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
-:Well, that's a surprise! Thanks for letting me know, {{U|Aineireland|Áine}}.  --[[User:Scolaire|Scolaire]] ([[User talk:Scolaire#top|talk]]) 11:09, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
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