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Which area?[edit]

Was active in a series of bomb attacks on Catholic-owned businesses in the area. Which area did McFarland carry out these attacks?--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 06:21, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The area covered by the brigade - no specific locations are given in the source beyond that. I've edited the article to reflect this. Keresaspa (talk) 16:10, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That looks fine now.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 16:14, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rfc: Unsourced material repeatedly being added by a new editor and an anonymous IP[edit]

This Rfc was closed because the editor User:Burnside77, adding unsourced content to the biography of living person was found a sockpuppet of User:Burnside55 and is now blocked indefinitely as per WP:SOCK. It was agreed that the article should strictly be in accordance with Wikipedia biography of living person guideline. There is no activity on the page since block was made. If found, any similar WP:DUCK activity from a different Wikipedia account, it should go at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Burnside55. And, similar instances of vandalism/edit warring should be reported at Administrator intervention against vandalism noticeboard after level 4 warning or Administrators' noticeboard/edit warring. (non-admin closure) Anupmehra -Let's talk! 04:51, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Summary[edit]

A number of recent additions have been made and reverted by me and another edit due to sourcing issues. I'm keen to avoid a two way edit war and so am looking for other editors input. Keresaspa (talk) 23:56, 17 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've been notified of this RfC randomly by Legobot. But at the moment I'm not going to offer any opinion because it's not clear exactly what this dispute is about. @Keresaspa: could you please provide more information on what you think should or shouldn't be included in the article and why? Right now there is not enough information for me to offer any opinion. A more detailed description may also encourage other non-involved editors to offer their opinions here. -- Shudde ^talk 00:01, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A user came along and added a number of unsourced statements whilst removing sourced material, both anonymously and under the name User:Burnside55. Here's a comparison of the sourced version and after Burnside55's edits. When another user and then me reverted the edits they would promptly be restored as "the truth". I contacted Burnside55 to tell them about WP:V (given that the sources offered included "UDA volunteer Londonderry" and "UWC 1972") and other rules that were being broken but was given no response and the material was restored and the existing sourced material removed once again. I have since, as an assumption of good faith, added some of Burnside55's additions back in where they are at least claimed to be from newspapers and the article has now stabilised but I won't be at all surprised if the user, who as I have stated refuses to communicate, restores their version again.

I should add that I've never sued this process before and didn't particularly want to as it looks rather toothless but equally I didn't want to get bogged down in an edit war with a user who won't communicate and I know WP:ANI is often a waste of time if you haven't jumped through several hoops in advance so I went down this route as a starting point. Keresaspa (talk) 00:13, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I should also note this recent edit by Burnside55 where the user has decided to put my name in the article. I would like that edit redacted if possible. Keresaspa (talk) 00:18, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Obliviously any un-sourced material can be removed from a biographical article as per WP:BLP, and any contentious material should be removed immediately. But if this is done it's probably always a good idea to add a note on the talk-page here. Looking at [1] it doesn't look like much material has been added (and that which has been added is sourced). Looking at edits by Burnside55 here I'm guessing whoever they are supports McFarland and are opposed to his dismissal as a Brigade head in the Ulster Defence Association? If there is further edit warring or disruptive editing consider using an appropriate warning template as per WP:WARN before taking this to any noticeboards. -- Shudde ^talk 02:20, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Keresaspa: - I understand this is your first RfC so you have a pass, but next time please try to describe the exact problem clearly and concisely in your RfC. I haven't looked at this real deeply, but glancing over it User:Burnside55's behavior strikes me as obviously disruptive. I'd just continue reverting him and if it develops into an edit war, report him. Plus, are Burnside77 and 55 the same person. 55 was a sock puppet, so I'm guessing 77 is too. NickCT (talk) 18:57, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Considering it says in bold writing "a brief, neutral [my emphasis] statement of the issue" I felt I did "describe the exact problem clearly and concisely". Had I given any ore detail about the disruption being caused on this page by the Burnsides I would have been beaten with the "assume good faith" and "don't bite the newcomers" sticks. You can't win in this place. Keresaspa (talk) 19:22, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think you could have made it a little clear. But regardless, kudos for you for seeking advise from the community. That at least is always a good thing to do. I think you have an answer on what you should be doing in this situation. NickCT (talk) 21:03, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that I received a late invitation from Legobot to participate into here. User:Burnside77 has been blocked indefinitely as a suspected sockpuppet of User:Burnside55. The Rfc now should be closed. I'll admit that I had to read top to bottom to understand the situation due to lack of a simple, clear and complete summary of the dispute on top. Anupmehra -Let's talk! 04:00, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 3 February 2019[edit]

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Moved as proposed. bd2412 T 13:08, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Billy McFarland → Billy McFarland (loyalist) – No clear primary topic for "Billy McFarland". If you consider pageviews from 01/07/2015 - 01/04/2017 (i.e. before the whole Fyre Festival thing kicked off) both men were getting an equivalent number of views. Even disregarding recent publicity for the entrepreneur/fraudster, it does not seem to be the case that most readers are looking for the loyalist paramilitary. PC78 (talk) 12:44, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

William McFarland In ictu oculi (talk) 20:38, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- @In ictu oculi: Not sure what to do with that comment, would you mind expanding on it a bit? PC78 (talk) 21:10, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

not sure what I think maybe the dab should be with the long form name William In ictu oculi (talk) 22:38, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - yep. No primary anyway. In ictu oculi (talk) 22:40, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support no evidence that its the primary topic --DannyS712 (talk) 08:34, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nomination, In ictu oculi and DannyS712. Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 20:12, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per page views and we're a bit outside 2DABs since there is William McFarland (disambiguation) and "Billy" and "William" are sometimes used interchangeably. Crouch, Swale (talk) 21:49, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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