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Fassbender connection

Despite the quote by Michael Fassbender, there's nothing publicly available connecting his mother to Michael Collins that I'm aware of. Is Fassbender's claim sufficient to list his relationship as fact? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MichaelCarl (talk • contribs) 02:42, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Collins' initial selection for death sentence

Wanted to get the opinion of editors here before adding, but Collins describes his initial selection by the British "G men" into the line for execution, but having "heard his name being called" he moved across the building to find the caller, only to be included in those who were being parolled. Tim Pat Coogan describes it well in his biography of Collins here: https://books.google.com/books?id=mZgmCwAAQBAJ

I have the written version at home and would include it as the citation. This story would seem to fit the general tone of the article and Collins' life as "hiding in plain site" while not creating a large section of unnecessary text.

If there are no objections, I'll draft up a recommended section and post it here for review.

Squatch347 (talk) 18:16, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Below is my proposed addition:

Rather than: Arrested along with thousands of other participants, Collins was imprisoned at Frongoch internment camp in Wales.

I'd have: Collins was arrested, along with thousands of other participants, following the surrender. Before being transferred to Frongoch internment camp in Wales he was processed through Richmond Barracks. At this location, Collins was identified by a sorting process overseen by British Intelligence "G-Men" as someone who should be selected for harsher punishment, including execution. While waiting, he heard his name called out. In an effort to identify the speaker he moved to the other side of the building, and once there, stayed. This movement placed him in the group selected for lighter punishment and was, as Historian Tim Pat Coogan describes, "one of the luckiest escapes of his life." Coogan Citation

Squatch347 (talk) 17:07, 29 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That seems to be an improvement, though "historian" does not need a capital h. Other than that, go right ahead. Hrodvarsson (talk) 02:27, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, of course you are correct, thanks for the catch! Squatch347 (talk) 14:48, 2 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Irish name

Collins's Irish name Mícheál has been incorrectly spelled as Míceál since December, sourced to a 2010 story in the Irish Times. I corrected it yesterday, with a ref to Meda Ryan's Michael Collins and the Women Who Spied for Ireland. I hope users will agree that WP:RS would rate a book by an acknowledged expert on the subject above an article by a couple of journalists with no known expertise. At the same time, I removed a ref sourcing the fact that Collins's middle name was not James, for the good and simple reason that there is no mention of a middle name anywhere in the article. My edit was reverted by Squatch347 with the edit summary, "User removed description of Collins. Please discuss proposed changes on the Talk Page given this page's inclusion in remediation [sic] protection". So now I'm discussing it here. Please state what "description" was removed, or why my edit was otherwise wrong.
tl;dr addition: The Irish Times story concerned a 1922 document, which was probably signed "Míċeál Ó Coileáin", which is nowadays rendered as Mícheál. The Irish Manual of Style states that the dot should be replaced with a "h". Scolaire (talk) 12:40, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, nothin wrong with what ya did.80.111.164.98 (talk) 12:59, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes agree with changes. Ceoil (talk) 16:27, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reverting. Now I don't have to worry about "remediation protection", even though it's over 24 hours since my previous revert. Scolaire (talk) 16:35, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the spelling in December as there was no h in the source that was present at that time. Your source is superior, thanks. Hrodvarsson (talk) 20:31, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

For a change that fundamental, at least a few sources should have been cross-checked beforehand. This is why competence matters. Ceoil (talk) 20:56, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is such a comment necessary or in any way productive? You are implying I am incompetent because I conformed the spelling to the source present at the time? Incompetence is citing the ch spelling to a source which contradicted it. In any case, you are free to add to the article if you wish; the article would benefit from your competence in these matters. Hrodvarsson (talk) 22:25, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Its a statement of fact. A significant political figure, and you, wading in, obviously lacking in pre knowledge, changed the spelling of his native name based on a single 1922 newspaper source. All I am saying is that "at least a few sources should have been cross-checked beforehand", either you consider that diligence or not. Note all the fuss created here now as a result; please be more careful. Ceoil (talk) 22:58, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think what Hrodvarsson did was absolutely right. The guideline says be bold, not "cross-check a few sources before doing anything as major as correcting an apparent spelling error based on the pre-existing cited source." ~~"All the fuss here" was not created by that edit, but by someone else's knee-jerk revert when I fixed it.~~ I think an apology might be in order. Scolaire (talk) 23:21, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I dont think so. Being bold shouldn't mean dragging up decades old newspaper sources to make fundamental changes to the native names of historically significant figures. You may have different standards, both wrt reliable sources and as to how we treat drive by people under misunderstanding. Your actions here, playing both sides, are most hypocritical. Ceoil (talk) 23:33, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, Hrodvarsson didn't "drag up" anything. The source (less than a decade old) was already there. It was there as a citation for Mícheál Ó Coileáin, but in fact it didn't say Mícheál Ó Coileáin, it said Míceál Ó Coileáin. Secondly, a one-letter edit is not a "fundamental change". If it was so fundamental, why did it take three months for anybody to notice? If it was that fundemental, why didn't you find a proper source for the correct spelling of his name years ago? Finally, I am not "playing both sides" – I was never on your side and I never had any problem with Hrodvarsson. In fact, I commend Hrodvarsson (and I "thanked" him), for bothering to explain his edit, while on the other hand I found your attitude very unpleasant. Just saying "I agree" in answer to my post does not entitle you to take the moral high ground and lecture somebody on how to edit – especially when what you say goes directly against Wikipedia guidelines. Are we to rename WP:BOLD as WP:Drive-by and say it is disruptive? I take back what I said earlier; it is not the person who reverted me, it is you that have created all the fuss. Scolaire (talk) 00:02, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, but fine, I have the measure of you now least there was any doubt before. I earlier took you on the strength of argument, seems I was wrong and an unfocused belligerence was more at play. Water under the bridge man. Ceoil (talk) 00:07, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The belligerence was all on your part. It was a civilised discussion before you went off half-cocked. Scolaire (talk) 00:10, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ha ha, you are were looking for reassurance and validation, having come off badly as you often do on many other articles. So tell the rest to somebody that cant see through such transparent behavior. "half-cocked", yawn, some self reflection please, maybe also read "wp:comptence". Ceoil (talk) 00:13, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Have read through the article and edited; dear god help us all if you and Hrodvarsson are setting the standard of what wiki is capable of. It's frankly, terrible, barely connected to reality, going half cocked in several directions with scant regard to historical record, or in places, achievable human ability; swiftly claiming the British were right all along (with no evidence), or no hang on the Irish are somehow gods c. Scolaire you are giving the impression of - its all under control, I have this, but from a scan of the article, and digging into your claims of authority, could not be less impressed. I am leaving this self reinforcing disaster. Ceoil (talk) 01:38, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mass deletions of sourced information

User:Ceoil has removed a lot of sourced information from the article in what perhaps appears to be a drunken tirade. I do not see any reason not to include this so I have readded it.80.111.164.98 (talk) 09:52, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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 ::Have read through the article and edited; dear god help us all if you and Hrodvarsson are setting the standard of what wiki is capable of. It's frankly,  terrible, barely connected to reality, going half cocked in several directions with scant regard to historical record, or in places, achievable human ability; swiftly claiming the British were right all along (with no evidence), or no hang on the Irish are somehow gods c. Scolaire you are giving the impression of - its all under control, I have this, but from a scan of the article, and digging into your claims of authority, could not be less impressed. I am leaving this self reinforcing disaster. [[User:Ceoil|Ceoil]] ([[User talk:Ceoil|talk]]) 01:38, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
+== Mass deletions of sourced information  ==
+User:Ceoil has removed a lot of sourced information from the article in what perhaps appears to be a drunken tirade. I do not see any reason not to include this so I have readded it.[[Special:Contributions/80.111.164.98|80.111.164.98]] ([[User talk:80.111.164.98|talk]]) 09:52, 25 March 2018 (UTC)