Talk:Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
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"Apparently"?
Nobody disputes that Bernadette was nearly assassinated by loyalists, or more accurately that loyalist hitmen pulled the trigger. The "apparently" qualifier is unnecessary. As for the irony of her life being saved by the British Army, what's more ironic is that these soldiers-- apparently assigned to watch the McAliskey household-- were nowhere to be found when the loyalists were battering the family's door down with a sledgehammer.
British soldiers and the assassination attempt
There's a 'citation needed' tag on the article referring to McAliskey's house being staked out by British troops during the loyalist assassination attempt. I don't have a copy handy, so I can't put page references in, but 'The Dirty War' by Martin Dillon should do... --Aim Here 14:23, 2 March 2007 (UTC) Bold text
- "a soldier ran to a neighbour's house, commandeered a car, and drove to the home of a councillor to telephone for help" Surely at least one of them had access to a field radio ???? 213.40.119.11 (talk) 20:55, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
- Obviously not. While they "failed" to stop the UFF terrorists going to the house, it is a safe bet that if they had stopped and searched every visitor to the house someone would have complained of harassment.86.42.193.17 (talk) 12:50, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 05:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
UDA or UFF
Weren't the UFF responsible for the shooting not the UDA ?jeanne (talk) 07:56, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Just in relation to that. The article says she was shot by the UFF and later that Ray Smallwoods was jailed for this attack, however Ray Smallwoods was involved with the UDA. There is nothing on his article to suggest a link to the UFF.
Which was it?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.152.107.201 (talk) 17:51, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
'Injured in shooting' section
Sorry, 213.1.216.74 - what you've included is against policy, specifically those on verifiability and neutral point of view. Such material would need to be properly sourced before it could be included. BastunBaStun not BaTsun 10:54, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Picture
Can we really not find a better picture than this? It would be better to have none at all. Richard75 (talk) 01:29, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
British?
In the Swedish wikipedia I changed the initial sentence "Bernadette Devlin McAliskey is a British politician..." to "Bernadette Devlin McAliskey is a Northern Ireland politician..." but this was promptly changed back to British... on the grounds that she indeed was a member of the British Parliament, and had sworn allegiance to the queen in order to be an MP. Leaving aside that she may no longer be a politician, could the British politician statement be said to be correct? I pointed out that if that is the case then saying that Dalai lama is a Chinese is also correct... /MC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.226.88.197 (talk) 21:44, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Barred from entering/deported from US
This edit recently changed a heading in the article from "Barred from entering from USA" to "Deported from USA". Given that McAliskey doesn't seem to have been living in the US but rather was refused entry and then returned to Ireland, I would have thought that the former was more appropriate, although it should be "the USA" rather than "from USA". Cordless Larry (talk) 12:06, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
- The edit was a restore to prior to edits that removed references to her deportation. She was not refused entry until she was in the US and then deported. Thus it would seem more descriptive to use deported given that she travelled to the USA and was then kicked out. Kernel Saunters (talk) 12:18, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
- No real sourcing on this. I apologize for the edit comments 'Catholic communist' - no true Catholic would drag themselves down to the level of the 'New Times' jokers. Where's the meat? Where's the reliable sources? 118.92.203.57 (talk) 20:35, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
- The edit was a restore to prior to edits that removed references to her deportation. She was not refused entry until she was in the US and then deported. Thus it would seem more descriptive to use deported given that she travelled to the USA and was then kicked out. Kernel Saunters (talk) 12:18, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
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