User talk:Schcambo

See also: Archive. Click here to leave a new message St Cronan's BNS Just wondering if you are a past pupil of St Cronan's, since you're giving me a lot of help editing this webpage. --Kobroinstc (talk • contribs) 20:04, 11 February 2008 (UTC) It's a small world ! So you were one of the guys coming around in balaclavas robbing me for tea money ! He He ! What's your name ? Would love to know who's editing. --Kobroinstc (talk • contribs) 23:36, 11 February 2008 (UTC) Changing the Cronan's page name I wanted to change the page name to "St. Cronan's Boys National School" so that It might get hits on google when it is searched. at the moment it only shows up in a google search where "Saint Cronan's" is used. please advise if you can, or change the page name so that that this google hit will occur. Thanks for your help —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kobroinstc (talk • contribs) 12:12, 12 February 2008 (UTC) Florence edit Hi, I'd like to understand your justification for your recent revert on the Florence page. Your edit comment reads: "here there is a recognisable sub-national flag, it may be used in circumstances where an exact geographical location is needed". This seems to me to be entirely contrary to the relevant guidelines - and also common sense. Why is a slightly more precise geographical location required in this context? For the record, MOS:FLAGS discourages the use of subnational flags where there is no direct relevance, and favours the use of the flags of sovereign states. If you have any further points on this matter, I'd be interested to hear them. --Breadandcheese (talk) 21:29, 5 March 2008 (UTC) There is a specific section about it at Wikipedia:FLAGS#Use of flags for non-sovereign states and nations. I completely understand where you're coming from, but I think the point of this section is that, particularly in the case of UK sub-national states/countries/nations, it can come down to the personal choice of an editor; in this case, I honestly believe that Edinburgh is almost always known as being in Scotland specifically, which is why I've placed that flag here. I'd like to think that I'm not being biased either way here, I am Irish after all, but if you really wish to rv back to a UK flag then I won't be too perturbed! (What does slightly piss me off is someone like User:Malarious who changes without any explanation.) --Schcambo (talk) 21:41, 5 March 2008 (UTC) Tramway de Nantes It is up to you whether you want to continue to try to get UK Irish spelling in this article, but I suggest that if you do, you should be consistent about it. The UK Irish spelling of "kilometer" is "kilometre". All, "center" appears under "Line three" and "Ticketing". These would have to be changed to "centre" to be consistent. Regards, Ground Zero | t 11:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC) Will do. Thanks. (Although being Irish, I'd like to call it European spelling, but that might completely confuse the matter). --Schcambo (talk) 15:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC) This is better, I think. Ground Zero | t 16:07, 28 March 2008 (UTC) Yeah that'll do ;) --Schcambo (talk) 16:10, 28 March 2008 (UTC) This is an interesting development. I am never happy to see this sort of thing, but I am a bit relieved in this case. Ground Zero | t 16:26, 28 March 2008 (UTC) Have to say, I'm glad to see it. I've mentioned to the guy who did it about the IP addresses he was using, if they're not blocked I can see Firstwind coming back at some stage. Thanks for your help anyways. --Schcambo (talk) 16:34, 28 March 2008 (UTC) Hi to both of you. After weeks of reverts I brought this up to AIV, thinking no one would care as usual, it seems however that for once someone did. I hope that at some point it will become possible to reason with him/her. Mthibault (talk) 20:49, 28 March 2008 (UTC) You being Irish has nothing to do with the name of the spelling dialect. It is British English - that's the standard written form of the English language in the British Isles (inclusing Ireland). You're interpretation of your nationality is very much irrelavent. D.de.loinsigh talk 00:06, 19 May 2008 [rollseyes] I was joking. But since you're talking this so seriously, there's no set law saying we must use British English spellings; from Hiberno-English: "The standard spelling and grammar of Irish-English are largely the same as common British English." It the goes on to state that: "Due in most part to the influence of the US media abroad, many words and phrases of American English have become interchangeable with their Hiberno-English equivalents, most especially with the youngest generations." Just because it's largely standard don't mean y'all have to do it the same way, dude? ;) --Schcamboaon scéal? 16:26, 19 May 2008 (UTC) Adminship ? Hi! After several months working together on articles related to Nantes, I would like to nominate you for adminship based on your contributions, patience and handling of difficult situations. Is this something you would be ok with? Mthibault (talk) 10:42, 2 April 2008 (UTC) To be honest, I don't think I'd have enough chance of getting it right now; not enough contributions, not enough experience, etc. But maybe in a few months! Merci, de toute façon, et aussi bien fait pour trouver WP:AIV, je l'avais pas vu avant ça! A bientôt. --Schcambo (talk) 16:15, 4 April 2008 (UTC) As you like, tell me when you change your mind. If you have some time, I'm trying to work on the North Korea article, it's a sensitive topic so I don't want to rush any changes, but the article is a mess in my opinion (probably one of the worst for any country). It definitely needs grammar/spelling corrections if you can spare some time. A bientôt j'espère ! Mthibault (talk) 18:30, 4 April 2008 (UTC) I would endorse the nomination when the time comes. I think you have made an excellent contribution to Wikipedia. Ground Zero | t 20:44, 4 April 2008 (UTC) Why thank you. So have you, by the way. Well done on that ;) --Schcambo (talk) 16:43, 5 April 2008 (UTC) Edinburgh-Scotland map Hi - the choice of which map is displayed is nothing to do with {{Location map Edinburgh}}. It's all selected by {{Infobox UK place}}. Initially it displayed a Scottish map, then a local one for Edinburgh, then the Scottish one again, the UK one, the Edinburgh one (due to a botched attempt to make it show Scotland), and now the UK one again. I could implement the Scottish map if there's a definite decision that this is what is wanted, but it would mean adding more code to the Infobox UK place template, which is used by several thousand pages, and there's a general consensus not to create special cases for the maps. Warofdreams talk 20:25, 7 April 2008 (UTC) Eddie Irvine Hi - thanks for digging up some refs on Irvine and the ever-vexed issue of nationality. Sadly, I'm still not convinced (sorry!) - have a look at the talk page and see what you think. Cheers. 4u1e (talk) 12:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC) Merci ! Merci pour ton aide, l'article sur la Corée du Nord avait vraiment besoin de nettoyage ! Mthibault (talk) 21:54, 19 April 2008 (UTC) Ah, bien sûr, c'est le moindre que je puisse faire! Je pense aussi qu'il a besoin d'être réorganisé un peu; je ferai ça quand j'ai plus de temps. --Schcamboaon scéal? 18:18, 20 April 2008 (UTC) POTD notification POTD Hi Schcambo, Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Flatirons Winter Sunrise edit 2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 27, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-04-27. howcheng {chat} 23:04, 22 April 2008 (UTC) www.bunclody.net Is there any justification for your changing the description of http://www.bunclody.net/ to "Official website" on Bunclody? Please respond at Talk:Bunclody--Yumegusa (talk) 23:18, 22 April 2008 (UTC) Replied there. --Schcamboaon scéal? 17:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC) Irish county navigation box Hey, Just wanted to say good job with the new template - think it solves the issues with the old divisions. Maith thú! - Donegal92 (talk) 22:07, 27 April 2008 (UTC) Eddie Irvine (#2) Schcambo, Eddie Irvine always refers to himself as an Irish man in interviews, when asked as to his nationality. So why do you persist in having him described as British. That is not a neutral standpoint. As the "Good Friday" agreement says, any person on the island of Ireland can have Irish citizenship if they so want.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.132.118.87 (talk) 01:00, 4 May 2008 (UTC) Please read the nationality section on his page, where this is all explained. Yes, Irvine self-identified as being Irish, which is acknowledged. So do millions of Americans. It doesn't really mean anything. All evidence and references suggest that Irvine did, and does, have a British passport, which is why the British flag was always flown above him on podiums, except for Argentina '97, when the Irish flag was flown by accident. That too is explained in the section. Thus, in his driver infobox, we show the flag of wherever that person's passport says they are from, which in this case is the UK. --Schcamboaon scéal? 11:14, 4 May 2008 (UTC) Requesting unprotection Just a pointer: it looks like you added an editprotected tag to Talk:Silent Cry top request unprotection. As the template says, you need to make the request at WP:RFPP. The editprotected tag is just for small changes to protected articles, not to request protection or unprotection. — Carl (CBM · talk) 12:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC) Thanks, my mistake, will do. --Schcamboaon scéal? 12:21, 4 May 2008 (UTC) Bertie Ahern In regards to your edits, being a TD does not necessarily mean you are in government. Ahern is now a backbencher, for all intents and purposes. So that's why I made the edit, and I believe the article should be changed to reflect that. Arbiteroftruth (talk) 23:09, 9 May 2008 (UTC) State flags Your recent edits to Brno and Poznań popped up on my watchlist; is there a consensus expressed anywhere to use the state flags instead of national flags for twin-towns in the United States? If so, please could you indicate where. I find it strange that subnational flags should be used exceptionally for one country and one country alone. I can't think of a good reason to distinguish the United States in this regard off the top of my head. Knepflerle (talk) 16:33, 24 May 2008 (UTC) It's generally done for the countries within the United Kingdom as well. Basically, the whole point of sister cities is that cultural ties are created. Culturally, Toledo is part of Ohio. It describes itself as such on its official sister cities website. Similarly, in relation to Brno and Dallas, on Brno's own twinning website, apart from the use of the U.S. flag once, Dallas is solely described as being part of Texas. They even have "Texan cultural days" apparantly. Thus I think it falls under WP:FLAGS#Do not use subnational flags without direct relevance, since the state each of these cities is in is clearly relevant to the whole sister cities thing. (The only reason I actually came upon these cities was that I noticed this single-purpose account was actually deleting all mention of the states.) --Schcamboaon scéal? 17:06, 24 May 2008 (UTC) Dallas is actually described as "Dallas (USA)" when listed along other cities : http://www.brno.cz/index.php?lan=en&nav01=2222&nav02=1249&nav03=1272 "Thus" we should put it this way as well, right ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crazyboz (talk • contribs) 20:59, 24 May 2008 (UTC) I have my reservations, but thanks for your quick response and explanation. If there is to be a widespread change to every article either way, then a prior centralised discussion might be a good thing, but otherwise I suppose it's best to let each article's editing community decide. Reverting the single-purpose account in the interim was probably the right call. Thanks once more, Knepflerle (talk) 17:16, 24 May 2008 (UTC) Yeah I was thinking about bringing it up on the talk page of WP:FLAGS, or somewhere else, just to see whether an exemption would be useful, similar to the one the UK countries get for sports-related stuff. Which I shall do. Soon. When I've some more time. ;) --Schcamboaon scéal? 17:24, 24 May 2008 (UTC) I would predict that no-one outside of the US will support the inclusions of these flags in this context, as hardly anyone will ever have seen them before. In my opinion, the inclusion of the state flags detracts rather than adds to the article. I've only noticed this due to watching Wrocŀaw and agree with the editor that has been reverting you, even though the account does seem to be single-purpose. 78.86.18.55 (talk) 19:49, 25 May 2008 (UTC) Stadiums Stadiums is a proper plural Gnevin (talk) 16:16, 28 May 2008 (UTC) I see that now actually, but judging by the fact that we have List of European stadia by capacity whereas the American version is List of North American stadiums by capacity, stadia is most likely the more common plural over here? --Schcamboaon scéal? 16:27, 28 May 2008 (UTC) A search Ireland returns 16,000 results for stadiums, and 235,000 results for stadia. Is that enough to convince you? ;) --Schcamboaon scéal? 16:30, 28 May 2008 (UTC) I'd like to get the opinion of WP:IE,if you dont mind? Gnevin (talk) 16:46, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Both would seem to be correct usage per dictionary.com though I think the more traditionally educated, British-English or Hiberno_English, will plump for stadia and the Websters, quoted further down that page, also goes with stadia for the plural noun. ww2censor (talk) 17:34, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Ok fair enough, use Stadia if you wish Gnevin (talk) 09:52, 29 May 2008 (UTC) Will do. Thanks. --Schcamboaon scéal? 14:18, 30 May 2008 (UTC) Creation by banned editor? How do you know that Falkirkwheelbush5123 (talk · contribs) is Bennet556 (talk · contribs)? - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 20:08, 28 May 2008 (UTC) See the two discussions at User talk:Alison. :) --Schcamboaon scéal? 20:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Your sig appears to be leaking green ink!) - Alison ❤ 21:24, 28 May 2008 (UTC) I've no idea why!! It only seems to happen on this page... --Schcamboaon scéal? 14:19, 30 May 2008 (UTC) It's cuz you have a </font> tag missing off the end :) - Alison ❤ 16:48, 30 May 2008 (UTC) Ah that would explain. Still don't know why it only happened here though! --Schcamboaon scéal? 16:55, 30 May 2008 (UTC) Ga-4 Haigh, a chara :) Criochnaigh mé an iarratas checkuser dhuitse cúpla nóiméid o shin, agus anois tá ceist beag agam. As a Ghaelgóir, I'm wondering if you'd be interested in setting up an account and contributing over at the Irish language Wiktionary? We could use all the help we can get over there, having gone from a dead wiki with 30 words last August to a wiki with almost 1,000 Irish words and counting. It's fun and a peaceful break away from Wikipedia. Pretty-please? - Alison ❤ 21:23, 28 May 2008 (UTC) If you don't stop spamming my talk board... ...(much less, over something from four days ago), I'll report you for harassment. You have been warned. HalfShadow 15:57, 31 May 2008 (UTC) Don't worry, I already have. You should probably have a look at WP:CIVILITY, too, before someone else asks you to. --Schcamboaon scéal? 16:10, 31 May 2008 (UTC) WP:Don't template the regulars Halfshadow has been a member of Wikipedia for over a year and a half. There is no need to Welcome him to Wikipedia. - Revolving Bugbear 20:25, 31 May 2008 (UTC) Check the history. I did leave them a friendly message, per WP:DTTR, which was promptly deleted without comment. Only them did I feel it was necessary to drop them a proper warning since they didn't seem to have taken the first message with any kind of respect. After that too was deleted, and I was accused of harassment, above, I brought it to WP:WQA, which (thankfully) resulted in someone else pointing out to them that their behaviour was a bit unacceptable. And I don't mean to be rude here, but you should probably check these things out first before leaving me that note... ;) --Schcamboaon scéal? 09:54, 1 June 2008 (UTC) Respect? You're lucky I bothered to acknowlege your existence. I don't have to comment and I didn't. That's my prerogitive. And I think you'll find that the opinions of anyone other than an admin really mean nothing to me, unless I decide to see value in them. HalfShadow 16:31, 1 June 2008 (UTC) Yes, respect. It's all part of WP:AGF, which you have not done, and don't seem like having any intention of doing. If you had any kind of sense, you'd have replied to my original note with something like "Yeah, my bad, I'll try to stay civil the next time". You've not done that, and that's why I opened the case at WP:WQA. Quite simple. Also, if you feel you should only respect admins, then maybe you should read up on WP:ADMIN: "From early on, it has been pointed out that administrators should never develop into a special subgroup of the community but should be a part of the community like anyone else." If you don't want this to escalate, then you should take that into account, and learn to have respect for other users. --16:48, 1 June 2008 (UTC) You lost any moral high-ground you had when you "welcomed" him to Wikipedia. Also, I did check. Just because I didn't rehash the entire history here doesn't mean I didn't read it. Your message to Halfshadow was downright insulting, regardless of what I read or didn't. There are ways to communicate that you object to someone's behavior without doing something blatantly insulting. And I don't appreciate your assuming I didn't read what I did read. Next time you might consider asking instead of assuming bad faith. - Revolving Bugbear 20:45, 1 June 2008 (UTC) Excuse me? "There are ways to communicate that you object to someone's behavior without doing something blatantly insulting." Yes, exactly, that's why I left him a nice little note, which was promptly deleted. You seem to be avoiding the fact that he did leave a personal attack on another user's page, which he has not yet accepted. You have also avoided his above comment that he doesn't respect any user other than an admin. That needs to be addressed, and you, as an admin, are the perfect person to do it. In regards to not assuming you had noticed my original note, my fault. It wasn't clear from your comment. I apologise. --Schcamboaon scéal? 21:01, 1 June 2008 (UTC) And entirely by the way, the user's good faith must be called into question when his only two contributions to the talk page of Sarah777 are a personal attack, and this remark of which I don't quite know what to make. It all seems a little unnecessary and inflammatory (as in his remarks could be inflammatory in a delicate discussion as is ongoing there, whether he intended so or not) on his part. --Schcamboaon scéal? 21:45, 1 June 2008 (UTC) You can call his good faith into question if he seems to be acting in bad faith. You can express that you disapprove of his behavior. You can question his motives regarding comments he has made. That is all fine. But doing so with a welcome template when he's been here for a year and a half is condescension. Halfshadow's comments do indeed need to be addressed, but two wrongs don't make a right. If Halfshadow doesn't respect other Wikipedians, he will quickly find himself in a situation he doesn't like. But it's not necessary to stoop to the level of insult and condescension to deal with that. In fact, I imagine you'll find it's rather less effective -- people stop listening when you don't treat them with respect. Maybe he wasn't listening to begin with, but there's nothing to be gained through insults. I understand the intention behind our comment, and I don't begrudge you the sentiment. But it's important to stick to the standards you are exhorting others to stick to. Cheers, and best regards - Revolving Bugbear 20:02, 2 June 2008 (UTC) FirstWind Happy to help. I have only blocked for 12 hours because it is an IP. I will be away for several days, so I am afraid I am not able to help after this. Ground Zero | t 18:08, 6 June 2008 (UTC) Kilmarnock Hello. You mailed me saying stop edditing the Kilmarnock Page. I feel like there can be a bit more added to the page please. Thank You --Robert5564 (talk) 19:04, 8 June 2008 (UTC) You are a sockpuppet user. You have done nothing but copy images and large sections of text from other pages, and stick them on Kilmarnock. I really don't know what point you are making, but please desist from vandalising Wikipedia, and start contributing helpfully to it. Thanks. --Schcamboaon scéal? 19:08, 8 June 2008 (UTC) well i am not a sockpuppet (what ever that is) can you please do a bit more to the Kilmarnock page. I Spent my full day today taking pictures of the town and when i put them on they will be deleted is that what you are saying?--Robert5564 (talk) 19:11, 8 June 2008 (UTC) The only two images you have so far added to Kilmarnock have been been one of a pub in a village that isn't Kilmarnock, and it was taken by someone that isn't you (Image:Riccarton Inn.JPG); the other is a map of East Ayrshire which has nothing to do, specifically, with the Kilmarnock page (Image:ScotlandEastAyrshire.png). If you really have taken lots of images yourself, then I'd be quite willing to see them; remember though that the article already has a lot of images, and it shouldn't end up as simply a gallery. Maybe you should look at the Commons, where you can upload all the photos you want. --Schcamboaon scéal? 19:17, 8 June 2008 (UTC) Yes i understand but Riccarton is in Kilmarnock. Yes kilmarnock has alot of images and i will make a gallery but i cant becuase i have only been a member for a day. The pictures what taken by me places like the Kilmarnock Bus station and stuff. What licence should i put when i upload them. It says error when i try to upload a picture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robert5564 (talk • contribs) 19:21, 8 June 2008 (UTC) Listen, have a look at WP:DUCK. Your editing patterns have been identical to those of about thirty other users. Please do not tell me that you've only been a member for a day, because it is quite obvious that that is not true. Thus, pending your sockpuppetry case, I'm afraid I won't be providing you with any more assistance. Sorry. --Schcamboaon scéal? 19:27, 8 June 2008 (UTC) Well i have one last request. Please can you add a bit more Information to kilmarnock please. Thank You --Robert5564 (talk) 19:32, 8 June 2008 (UTC) I don't come from Kilmarnock, and I've never been there. I simply protect it from vandalism. ;) --Schcamboaon scéal? 20:17, 8 June 2008 (UTC) My talk page I would like to thank you for reverting the edit made on my talk page. It was rather unpleasant. J-C V (talk) 20:10, 8 June 2008 (UTC) No problem. He was blocked for a little while as well, I think, which should encourage him not to do it again! --Schcamboaon scéal? 20:17, 8 June 2008 (UTC) Yes, hopefully! J-C V (talk) 21:28, 8 June 2008 (UTC) Bratislava panoramas Hi, first, thank for the new Bratislava panoramic images. However, in Bratislava it totally messed up the layout. Also, what's the point in inserting both versions of the same area? I don't think that the same buildings with a little snow add encyclopaedic value high enough to justify insertion of both images.--Svetovid (talk) 20:57, 8 June 2008 (UTC) Good point. Is it OK then just to leave in the sunny one? Thanks. --Schcamboaon scéal? 18:12, 9 June 2008 (UTC) Also, feel free to support their featured picture nom here. Yup, never ashamed to do a little shameless canvassing. ;) Great Hunger Hi. If you've never heard the famine called the Irish Potato Famine you could review the previous discussion from the period ~15-19 May where many references were supplied of books, encyclopedia articles, etc., that call it the Irish Potato Famine. While it's not a citable source, I've spoken to many Irish people who tell me that they always heard of it as the Irish Potato Famine or simply the Famine. Wotapalaver (talk) 22:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC) "While it's not a citable source". Exactly. I'm Irish, and I can say quite confidently that in my experience, it is quite simply known as the Great Famine (for the record, I've never heard it being called the 'Great Hunger' either). Saying that the famine was caused by potatoes is a little inaccurate: famines aren't caused by food. They're caused by a lack of food, and even then saying that it was caused simply by blighted potatoes is a little disingeneous since almost nothing was done to provide people with other sources of food, which would be a contributing factor to the scale of the famine. I would thus say that the most obvious title is The Great Famine. After that, Great Irish Famine, The Great Famine (Ireland), or something like that. The most accurate, technically, would be Irish Potato Blight. Irish Potato Famine is completely wrong, unfortunately. Just my two cents. --Schcamboaon scéal? 17:31, 9 June 2008 (UTC) Well there are MANY citable sources that call it "Irish Potato Famine" and citable or not, I know lots of Irish people that call it "Irish Potato Famine" too. The reasons for the famine are many. One BIG reason is that the Irish population had become excessively dependent on one crop, and it failed. Wotapalaver (talk) 22:34, 15 June 2008 (UTC) Template:County Kilkenny Color Hi Schcambo, Just in relatiion to this this revert Please, clarify about the colour (green) for these boxes. This color (blue) seems to be standard colour for these type of boxes. Overall I think that the blue color is more standard. Thanks, Mrchris (talk) 17:39, 9 June 2008 (UTC) Hey. Take a look at Category:Ireland county templates and the base template with instructions at Template:Irish county navigation box/doc. The standard colour for Irish counties is green, for obvious reasons. This follows from the template on which the Irish version was based, that of the U.S. There, each state has its own colours for all its counties, eg. California's are gold, Vermont's are pale green, etc. Blue is the default colour, but there's no particular reason that it should be used for everything. For example, expand the box at the bottom of Giovanni Trapattoni's page, and you'll see what I mean. ;) --Schcamboaon scéal? 18:08, 9 June 2008 (UTC) Ok, thanks - I'm not mad about the green but that clears it up thanks. Mrchris (talk) 18:18, 9 June 2008 (UTC) Bratislava Did you read the text before you reverted? Nmate (talk) 17:48, 10 June 2008 (UTC) Yup. Most of what you did involved adding lots of alternate names, pipelinking articles (eg. [[Devín Castle|Theben Castle]]) so that the native Slovakian names weren't displayed, while simultaneously accusing another user of sockpuppetry. --Schcamboaon scéal? 17:57, 10 June 2008 (UTC) But I added some important Hungarian related historical events to the historical chapter and You removed these also with the location names! I am under no revert restriction controll so it would be good if You could restore these. I do not understand You that what is your trouble with the city's alternative names in the infobox or on top of the article. If You want I show You several articles where these information appears there.Nmate (talk) 18:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC) Every alternate name is listed here. That's enough. Unfortuately, you deleted all the section breaks, so it is not obvious what else you have added and what you have taken away. The only thing I can see off hand is that you've decided to describe 5th century Slavic migrants as "colonists", which doesn't relate in any way to the modern meaning of the word, and is in breach of WP:NPOV. Therefore, no, I won't be restoring it. Sorry. --Schcamboaon scéal? 19:10, 10 June 2008 (UTC) I would like to give You any answer two days later because I do not have any time to it at the moment.Nmate (talk) 02:54, 11 June 2008 (UTC) at the moment . An unreliable source of information... This is why I find Wikipedia to be an unreliable source of information. In the first place anyone is allowed to interfere with the articles - like you Schcambo. The average user has no idea who you are, what your name is, or your qualifications to tell people what they should or should not put in Wikipedia. That also applies to myself. Traditional encyclopedia usually have a long list of just who is making contributions; Wikipedia does not. I resent someone like you telling me what word I should use in an article when it is just possible that I am much more qualified in the English Language than you are. You asked me a ridiculous question as to what the meaning of the word unfortunate is - all I can say is to look it up, and do not waste my time with such silly questions. I also noticed your use of the word aint - a highly unsuitable word for a person attempting to correct another's English. Regarding the context of the word unfortunate, I happen to be intimately involved in that situation, and the use of that word is most appropriate - again, get your (Oxford, if you please) dictionary and look it up.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrwboyd (talk • contribs) 06:48, 12 June 2008 (UTC) As an administrator has warned you, describing how a priest "unfortunately" renounced their vows is your personal analysis of the event, and is not a neutral point of view. I find it quite ironic that you believe Wikipedia is a lesser encyclopedia than any written one when you seem to be of the belief that a written one would allow their editors to add their own opinions into them - the whole point of any encyclopedia is that they are records of facts, not of opinions. Also, I have reported you once more since you have repeated the insertion. Enjoy your block. --Schcamboaon scéal? 16:56, 12 June 2008 (UTC) In the first place, the individual in question was not a priest - he was a member of a brotherhood. In the second place, a vow in his case was an oath taken before God, and, at the time it was made, a lifetime commitment. Renouncing these vows can be considered unfortunate in the context of the original intention behind making these vows. In the case of marriage vows being broken, a person can claim that there was abuse by the spouse, or some other problem in the marital arrangment. The same cannot be said in this particular case, for it would be casting aspersions on the Catholic Church. In a situation such as this, renouncing vows can be considered unfortunate by those placed in some negative situation as a result of this action, and similarly it can be considered fortunate by those in a position to gain from the same action. You have made no remark on your qualifications in the English Language or the doctrine of the Catholic Church, and I suspect you have undertaken a job for which you do not have the proper training; remember you are all anonymous, and no one knows just who you are, and what sort of background and education you have... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrwboyd (talk • contribs) 04:55, 13 June 2008 (UTC) You've just admitted that the action can be seen as both unfortunate and fortunate, depending on where one's viewpoint and situation lies. Therefore, why should your opinion that it is unfortunate take precedence? Sounds like a little hypocrisy to me, though I guess your avowed church has sometimes done no better through the years... --Schcamboaon scéal? 13:21, 13 June 2008 (UTC) Wikilinks Who determines whether or not a wikilink is relevant?Mejor Los Indios (talk) 22:42, 13 June 2008 (UTC) I think Bathrobe explains it well here. I'll just take this edit of yours as an example. Northeast should not be linked. Mountain can probably be linked (though depending on how many links are around it, it may look a little cluttered). Provinces should not be linked (in fact, there's not really any need to even mention Munster there). Counties should not be linked. Hills should not be linked. Everything else there is fine. Really, it's just common sense. If a link is directly relevant to someone's understanding of an article, then add it; if not, then it can just create a mass of blue text which isn't really helpful. --Schcamboaon scéal? 12:05, 14 June 2008 (UTC) Scotland Pic What is wrong with the scotland picture within the UK its self i mean England and Northern Ireland have one , Its still showing the location of scotland--89.242.173.92 (talk) 20:53, 14 June 2008 (UTC) There have been arguments over the map in the past. If you wish to change the status quo, then use the talk page in order to achieve consensus first. Thanks. --Schcamboaon scéal? 20:54, 14 June 2008 (UTC) so when im at the talk page what do i click?--89.242.173.92 (talk) 20:58, 14 June 2008 (UTC) Click "new section" (direct link here), add a title in the box, then explain why you think the other map is better. (I would say though, before you start off a discussion, that things are very heated over there at the moment so just be careful about the comments you make; secondly, the current map I believe has been decided upon because it shows the location of Scotland more in relation to continental Europe than the other one. While consistency on Wikipedia is important, just because the other one is used on England or Northern Ireland doesn't mean it should automatically be used on Scotland too. For instance, Wales uses the same one as Scotland.) --Schcamboaon scéal? 21:03, 14 June 2008 (UTC) Ok. i know i shouldnt realy be asking. But so im being carefull what im saying what should i say ? any ideas? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.151.187 (talk) 21:11, 14 June 2008 (UTC) Well, I mean, it depends on what you want to say! I don't quite understand why you want to change the map in the first map; I personally don't see any problem in the current or the other one, either way. Have a look here, by the way; a straw poll seems to have taken place in March when the current version was decided upon. You should also consider creating an account for yourself. --Schcamboaon scéal? 21:55, 14 June 2008 (UTC) You have to be the best person to help. You rock ok. so do i pick a picture of what should be uploaded then it will be replaced by the image i chose? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.249.125 (talk) 22:12, 14 June 2008 (UTC) I've added the two possible images there myself. PLEASE create an account, by the way. Your IP address has changed three times in the past hour! --Schcamboaon scéal? 22:20, 14 June 2008 (UTC) where do i click to vote on that staw poll page ? --78.148.249.125 (talk) 22:18, 14 June 2008 (UTC) You can't. That page has been archived, meaning the poll closed ages ago. --Schcamboaon scéal? 22:20, 14 June 2008 (UTC) So how can i get someone to put a the image i seem is better on without it getting deleted?--78.148.249.125 (talk) 22:26, 14 June 2008 (UTC) You can't just "get someone" to do it. You have to wait to see if people at Talk:Scotland support the changing of the map; if not, then it will just stay as it is. --Schcamboaon scéal? 22:29, 14 June 2008 (UTC) Yeh im guess your right. You said you uploaded the two possible images yourself. Where? --78.148.249.125 (talk) 22:30, 14 June 2008 (UTC) I didn't upload them; someone else already had. If you do want to upload any images, first create an account, and then go to Wikipedia:Upload. --Schcamboaon scéal? 22:36, 14 June 2008 (UTC) You can't be serious. Get a life, kid. --Schcamboaon scéal? 13:52, 15 June 2008 (UTC) Scotland talk page Thanks for that. I think someone may be diverting attention away from their own trickery, time will tell. Jack forbes (talk) 22:34, 14 June 2008 (UTC) Yup, that's what I was thinking! --Schcamboaon scéal? 22:36, 14 June 2008 (UTC) The Scotland talk page has been brought up at the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/incidents. Jack forbes (talk) 22:55, 14 June 2008 (UTC) Fonez4mii Hello, thought I'd let you know Fonez4mii has been accused of sockpupperty here. Jack forbes (talk) 15:02, 16 June 2008 (UTC) Thanks; left a comment. --Schcamboaon scéal? 16:10, 16 June 2008 (UTC) The Great Hunger: the "favourite hate" name poll You participated in a recent straw poll at Talk:The Great Hunger on a possible name change. This is a friendly notice that I have opened another straw poll, this time to find the names that editors are most opposed to. If you know of anybody who did not vote in the last straw poll, but who has an interest in the name debate, please feel free to pass this on. Scolaire (talk) 14:31, 18 June 2008 (UTC) Please sign the petition I don't usually do this kind of thing but would you please sign the Come back Jack petition. Our fellow Wikipedian and respected editor User:Jack forbes has sadly decided to retire. Hopefully when he sees how many other Wikipedians really value his edits he will decide to come back! Thanks, --Cameron (T|C) 12:45, 19 June 2008 (UTC) I have gone ahead and posted a new thread on WP:ANI. It asks that an administrator take a look at the case and close it once they have looked at all the discussion and evidence/diffs. Hopfully this should put an end to everything. Regards, --Cameron* 18:31, 22 June 2008 (UTC) Re:My bot Hello, Schcambo. You have new messages at Stepshep's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 12:38, 22 June 2008 (UTC) Constituent country There has been a long centralized discussion at Talk:United Kingdom, in which it was decided with 83.33% consensus that constituent country would be used to describe England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. However, users at Scotland are saying that they will not accept a consensus made on another page, so I would like to inform you that there is now a similar vote on the Scotland talk page. Cheers --fone4me 20:45, 22 June 2008 (UTC) Ireland v. Republic of Ireland Hi, Thanks for your comment earlier regarding the naming issue above. I didn't realise there was an agreed consensus on it. There are huge inconsistencies out there on it though which are very annoying. Maybe have a look at this please which I wrote in response to another person (slow day at work) Thanks... Hello, Recent amendments I have made replacing "Republic of Ireland" with "Ireland" have been refused on the grounds of consituting links to "different topics". This I believe is a misinterpretation and is inconsistent with Wikipedia practice. The official name of the 26-county state in the English language is "Ireland" as recognised by the Constitution of Ireland and every major international treaty and body including the UN, EU and the ECtHR. Article 4 of the Constitution of Ireland states: "The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland." Therefore, when refering to the state in political terms the name "Ireland" should be used. This should however link to the page Ireland about the 26 county state which explains precisely the difference between the geographic, political and descriptive nuances of the name. The geographic name of the island is "Ireland". When describing the geographic location of a place in Ireland, the geographic term "Ireland" should be used. The suitable link is Ireland leading to the page dealing with the island as a whole. This is geographically accurate and is clearly most understandable to users. Otherwise, ludicrous anomalies may arise e.g. "County Louth is on the east coast of Ireland", or "County Louth is on the north east coast of the Republic of Ireland". The question therefore becomes one of what link to use, not what term to use. "Republic of Ireland" is a description of the State, but has no offical status. It is used to describe the 26-county entity when ambiguity arises. This is easily avoided without recourse to constantly using the term "Republic of Ireland". The description should be used sparingly. However, it may sometimes be difficult not to use it and in that situation it may then be justified e.g. "County Donegal is one of three counties in Ulster in the Republic of Ireland". All this is recognised by the main Wikipedia page on "Ireland"; "Ireland (pronunciation /ˈaɾlənd/ or /ˈaɪɾlənd/; Irish: Éire; Ulster Scots: Airlann) is the third largest island in Europe,[1] and the twentieth-largest island in the world.[2] It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain. Politically, the state Ireland (described as the Republic of Ireland in cases of ambiguity) covers five-sixths of the island, with Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, covering the remainder in the north-east." Any deviation from this is inconsistent. Wikipedia pages on EU issues also name the 26 county state as "Ireland", with a link to Ireland. Geographic references throughout Wikipedia refer to Ireland. Also, a lesser, though notable point to bear in mind is that, apart from being inaccurate, some people would take offence to being referred to as living in the "Republic of Ireland". That term is associated with the practice of many foreign people and states, particularly in the past, to refer to the state of Ireland when speaking the English language as the Republic/Southern Ireland/Eire, thereby ignoring the offical name of the state. I realise that these are technical points, but they are highly important and necessary in the interests of uniformity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.77.166.81 (talk) 17:43, 23 June 2008 (UTC) No need to have this discussion in three different places, can I suggest voicing your opinions on my talk page where this message was first posted? Cheers ☯Ferdia O'Brien (T)/(C) 17:46, 23 June 2008 (UTC) Tommy Godwin Have opened discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football regarding vandalism at Tommy Godwin (footballer). Djln--Djln (talk) 17:29, 20 July 2008 (UTC) My Apologies I apologize for contributing in a nonconstructive manner to the project. Please accept my apologies for my behaviours. ITGSEETest (talk) 20:37, 16 August 2008 (UTC) August 2008 Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours to the article Bratislava has an edit summary that appears to be inaccurate or inappropriate. Please use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did, and feel free to use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do. Thank you. [1] Hobartimus (talk) 21:17, 26 August 2008 (UTC) Agree with Hobartimus. Nmate's edit may or may not have been questionable, but it was definitely not vandalism. See WP:VANDAL#NOT. --Elonka 03:49, 27 August 2008 (UTC) Firstly, don't template the regulars. Secondly, I would suggest that Nmate's edits quite clearly come under sneaky vandalism: "adding plausible misinformation to articles, (e.g. minor alteration of facts)" - altering Czechoslovak independence not just once, but twice, to a form which would not be spotted in the long run had it not been reverted; as well "reverting legitimate edits with the intent of hindering the improvement of pages" - Nmate did not respond to my original reversion, but simply changed it again. --Schcamboaon scéal? 17:49, 27 August 2008 (UTC) I see nothing to indicate that Nmate is deliberately adding misinformation. Instead, this looks to be a disagreement on content. For the particular case you're talking about, the source that is cited is non-English, which makes it difficult to verify.[2] I don't see the language listed in your babelboxes... So are you sure it says "Czechoslovak independence"? If so, please provide a quote in the original language in the reference, plus an English translation, per WP:RSUE. Thanks, --Elonka 18:37, 27 August 2008 (UTC) You realize, "occupation" as added is an antonym of "independence" as was there. Then in the context of the surrounding text, why would it be that "Czechs and Slovaks took their places and moved to Bratislava" if they were moving to a newly occupied nation? It would hardly make sense, and you don't really need a reference to tell that Nmate is simply averse to the idea of Bratislava's independence, something which is not in itself vandalism, but whose repeated insertion is. --Schcamboaon scéal? 19:11, 27 August 2008 (UTC) Nope, still not vandalism. Might or might not be stubborness or POV-pushing, but neither of those are vandalism either. Read WP:VANDAL. In any case, it's not about you or Nmate or me deciding what "the truth" is, it's about sticking to what the sources say. I can't read the source for myself, so I have no opinion on that. However, since there is a disagreement between you and Nmate, it boils down to, "Who is accurately representing the source?" Or are you arguing that the source is not reliable? --Elonka 20:25, 27 August 2008 (UTC) (edit conflict) It's best not to do original research based on your own assertion what would "hardly make sense" or not. You talk about "surrounding text" but didn't even bother to read back 2 lines to find, "However, the Czechoslovak Legions occupied the city on 1 January 1919" right there in the article. You can also find a description in this source [3] However this is not a content dispute it's about your edit summaries, I templated you because it might have been an honest mistake and I didn't want to start with listing "Abuse of an automated editing tool Twinkle, False and deceptive edit summary usage, Personal attack on an other editor" in case you simply misclicked. Hobartimus (talk) 21:01, 27 August 2008 (UTC) I don't wish to get into any kind of argument about content, since my interest in the article extends only to preventing vandalism on it, but I would insist that the removal of a term and its replacement with one which is, taking into account Nmates' past actions, POV-laden, is vandalism. It wasn't the first time, but when the action was repeated without a reason, it became so (per sneaky vandalism as mentioned). Don't worry about the template then, that's understandable. --Schcamboaon scéal? 21:22, 27 August 2008 (UTC) Schambo, thanks for the vandal-fighting work that you do, it is definitely appreciated, and I don't mean to dissuade you from that. It is just that in Nmate's case, that the "vandal" term does not apply. Don't get me wrong, I have seen Nmate be disruptive in the past, and I have even blocked him, multiple times. He has strong opinions, and there is a definite language barrier which exacerbates things. But calling his edits vandalism, is incorrect, and tends to just complicate the situation. One of the reasons I am so interested in this, is because I've been trying hard to calm some very complex disputes relating to Hungarian and Slovakian articles. See User talk:Elonka/Hungarian-Slovakian experiment, which you are invited to join. Part of the problem was that editors were engaging in name-calling towards each other, often with the "vandal" term being thrown back and forth. So one of the things that I've been trying to do, as an uninvolved admin, is to get away from incivility, and re-focus on the article (and the sources). Things have been fairly quiet for the last month or two, but calling Nmate a vandal is just stirring things up again, so I'd like to nip that in the bud if possible. In short, if you want to challenge Nmate for violating WP:NPOV or WP:CIVIL or WP:V, you may or may not have grounds to do so. But please don't call him a vandal unless he does something blatant such as blanking a page or something. Does that help? --Elonka 22:01, 27 August 2008 (UTC) WikiProject France newsletter WikiProject France News What's new? The project has recently experienced a complete redesign. The Outreach department has also undergone a major expansion, and this newsletter is the result of that. The review department is currently under development, with several new proposals underway. Internal peer review had begun on the page of the project's Review Department. The department currently provides a centralized platform off all currently open reviews throughout the project (Featured Articles, Peer Reviews, Good Articles, Articles for Deletion, Categories for Discussion, etc.) A new task force has been introduced: the Paris task force. Any users interested in contributing to the taskforce can join on the project page. 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Robert Fleming (talk) 13:11, 29 October 2008 (UTC) Template That's fine , I changed it as I couldn't see any of the northern counties using it at the time but if you've plans that is grandGnevin (talk) 00:43, 25 November 2008 (UTC) Cote d'Azur Schcambo - If you looked at the details of Cote d'Azur you would have seen that the article existed with that name up to a few years ago, when Ted Wilkes effected a redirect to 'French Riviera'. It is also clear from his entries, and possibly those of others, that they believe Cote d'Azur means French Riviera and vice-versa - in fact he actually says that the French for French Riviera is 'Cote d'Azur'. Both their belief in that being the translation, and their belief that the French Riviera extends westwards as far as Toulon are demonstrations of crass ignorance. By your precipitate action today, without consulting me, you are now perpetuating that ignorance. Congratulations. It is even worse than that, because you overlook the fact that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and that concern has been expressed in may quarters that Wikipedia suffers from poor standards an gross inaccuracies. You have now consolidated that position and given educated people more ammunition in their argument that as an encyclopedia Wikipedia is a joke. Why did you not see fit to discuss it? Why did you imagine that you were supporting Wikipedia's position by merely negating something that any thinking individual could see was was a fundamental change and accordingly merited investigation, not a knee-jerk reaction? I have read the pretty little baners on your user page, and your ridiculous section entitled 'Pet Hates', and I am not impressed by the level of your maturity. That view is reinforced by your complete disregard for attempts to improve Wikipedia's standards and accuracy. I am not prepared to simply yield quietly on this issue, because the fundamental principle of Wikipedia's quality standards is at stake - and actions such as yours, without discussion, run contrary to enhancing those standards. I have undone your edits, because you have by your actions supported an erroneous article and prevented improvement. I will do it again if necessary. If you feel it should be referred to a higher level then go ahead - that will be all to the good —Preceding unsigned comment added by JHB (talk • contribs) 00:32, 15 December 2008 (UTC) Replied at JHB's talk page. --Schcamboaon scéal? 15:21, 15 December 2008 (UTC) Image copyright problem with File:We Are the People CD.jpg Thanks for uploading File:We Are the People CD.jpg. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. 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Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:05, 7 March 2009 (UTC) Staidiums / stadia Before you make wholesale changes across a raft of articles, you're obliged to take it to their talk pages first. In the Irish context anyway, it was decided a long time ago to go with "stadia" as the plural form. It's also a bit cheeky of you to change a couple of articles' names, then justify another with "Stadiums now most common usage on wikipedia". Thanks. --Schcamboaon scéal? 20:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC) Firstly, do learn to spell the words in question, it always help and no, I don't have to discuss on talk pages first, there is such thing as being bold. "It was decided a long time ago" - don't me make me laugh! Anyway, consensus can and does change. The way it is at the moment is completely silly, about 70% of articles use the term stadiums and the remainder use stadia. It's time for a bit of consistency! Pick one option and stick with it, no mix and match! 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