User talk:Kl789

It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from C.S. Lewis. Please be careful not to remove content from Wikipedia without a valid reason, which you should specify in the edit summary or on the article's talk page. Take a look at our welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. FreeKresge 16:44, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello, this seems to be a browser issue, as the last few paragraphs of the page have been cut off, while my only edit was at the top on the second line. Would you be able to restore the change - "Irish " to " Irish-born British "as Lewis was undoubtedly a lifelong UK citizen) for me at the top of the C.S. Lewis entry while keeping the full page's content intact, as I seem unable to with my browser ? Thanks

Kl789 16:49, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

I figured that this was accidental.

It looks like this is an issue that has been debated on the talk page. When editors have discussed an issue and agreed on something, it is not a good idea to unilaterally change the agreement without further discussion on the talk page. This just leads to edit wars. If you want to raise the issue again, you could add to the debate. It would be a good idea to use the Show preview button before saving to ensure that no more content is unintentionally deleted.--FreeKresge 17:09, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi Kl789, as has been pointed out by FreeKresge, this issue has been discussed on the CS Lewis talk page several times. Everyone born in Ireland during the 19th century was from the UK; this does not mean that there was no such thing as an Irish nationality. Lewis was as Irish as Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, etc. Furthermore, he self-identified as being "Irish", not British (he had a certain playful lack of respect for Anglo-Saxon culture). Even today, people born in Northern Ireland can choose to call themselves "Irish", and when someone does, it is generally reflected in their article (e.g. see Seamus Heaney and Liam Neeson). Being from the UK does not preclude someone from being Irish, any more than it precludes them from being English, Scottish or Welsh. Fell free to read over past discussions on the talk page, and add your own comments if you are so inclined. Martin 21:21, 6 January 2007 (UTC)