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too big?

Has this template not grown out of control? I believe the template should only contain the following information: - the various IRAs and other important but general information such as - List of IRA Chiefs of Staff - A link to the Category:Irish Republican Army

There is no need to list out a range of IRA members, former and current. As it stands, the selection is pretty random. If we were to include all the chiefs of staff, all the hunger strikes and all the other major historial figures who were associated with the IRA as well as the political parties associated with the IRA, the box would just become too unwieldly.

How about trimming it down?--Damac 20:50, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I agree entirely, and meant to suggest this some time ago. When the template was originally invented (and we were all a bit ratty at the time) it contained a fairly arbitrary list of "extras" which didn;t correspond to the articles in the category IRA. To get around the arbitrariness, I added all the articles in that category. Of course it would have been better simply to delete everything unnecessary, but I was a bit afraid that that might start a bigger row than the one we were already having. Palmiro | Talk 21:16, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a go at this. I don't see any problem with the Sinn Feins etc going as well. Also, I would suggest a more obvious name: Template:IRA or Template:Irish Republican Army. This one is hard to find. Palmiro | Talk 21:47, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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	:I agree entirely, and meant to suggest this some time ago. When the template was originally invented (and we were all a bit ratty at the time) it contained a fairly arbitrary list of "extras" which didn;t correspond to the articles in the category IRA. To get around the arbitrariness, I added all the articles in that category. Of course it would have been better simply to delete everything unnecessary, but I was a bit afraid that that might start a bigger row than the one we were already having. [[User:Palmiro\|Palmiro]] \| [[User talk:Palmiro\|Talk]] 21:16, 18 October 2005 (UTC)		:I agree entirely, and meant to suggest this some time ago. When the template was originally invented (and we were all a bit ratty at the time) it contained a fairly arbitrary list of "extras" which didn;t correspond to the articles in the category IRA. To get around the arbitrariness, I added all the articles in that category. Of course it would have been better simply to delete everything unnecessary, but I was a bit afraid that that might start a bigger row than the one we were already having. [[User:Palmiro\|Palmiro]] \| [[User talk:Palmiro\|Talk]] 21:16, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

	::I've had a go at this. I don't see any problem with the Sinn Feins etc going as well. [[User:Palmiro\|Palmiro]] \| [[User talk:Palmiro\|Talk]] 21:32, 18 October 2005 (UTC)		::I've had a go at this. I don't see any problem with the Sinn Feins etc going as well. Also, I would suggest a more obvious name: Template:IRA or Template:Irish Republican Army. This one is hard to find. [[User:Palmiro\|Palmiro]] \| [[User talk:Palmiro\|Talk]] 21:47, 18 October 2005 (UTC)