Talk:Jim Duffy (journalist)

It's not exactly NPOV to just delete something. Please move the text to the talk page so it can be cleaned up and reinserted. I've done so for you on this occassion.

Internal evidence shows that Duffy's contribution was prepared with an integrity that might not have been expected by those preparing the committee's remit; they had specifically excluded any contribution from non-republicans, yet the Irish appendix honestly reflected an ambiguous Irish experience of republican practice.

Anyone want to take a look at this? It's all Greek to me... --Dante Alighieri 19:57 31 May 2003 (UTC)

I restored a little bit because I assumed the problem was the way it was phrased. Of course, if it's factually wrong (or disputed) then it must go... Evercat 20:01 31 May 2003 (UTC)

From my talk page:

ambiguous is a POV term -- 172.128.44.13

Yes, I do see your point. That could be rephrased, I'll try in a sec. Evercat 20:30 31 May 2003 (UTC)

author of what?

As the person is presently identified with being an author, may we get to know what is the main opus authored by him? and isbn... Arrigo 21:47, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Protection

Jim T Duffy In Real Life is user:jtdirl. I think it is important that the article mention this, given that he's the author of most of it. Notanerd 11:00, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

I disagree. First of all, since Jtdirl is an anonymous user with a username, there is no way that any Wikipedian can actually know his identity, unless he reveals it. Speculation does not belong in Wikipedia articles. Jtdirl has refused to confirm that he is Jim Duffy. I think we can assume either that he is, and doesn't want us to know, or that he isn't. (The latter seems more likely, in my view, as your speculation was added [1] on 4 April this year by (now) banned user NoPuzzleStranger and it wasn't until 18 August that Jtdirl noticed and reverted [2]. I assure you that if I'm really the Duchess of Cornwall, editing under the username Ann Heneghan to protect my anonymity, the Duchess of Cornwall page will be on my watchlist.) In both cases, it would seem irresponsible to add our own private speculation to a Wikipedia article. If he wishes to edit anonymously (like you, since you also have a username), he has the right to do so. Secondly, there are a few people who are notable enough in their own right to have an article about themselves, and who edit on Wikipedia. In the cases that I've looked at, the articles do not say that they edit on Wikipedia under such-and-such a username. It would actually be a bit unencyclopedic, in my view. Ann Heneghan ^(talk) 11:47, 28 August 2005 (UTC)