Hey Jt - I noticed that you blanked your page... :( I'm also embarrassed to say that I only now just read what your user page said before it was blanked - even though you wrote that back in November. Truth is, that over the last couple years I've transitioned from wikiholism to workaholism and devote minimal time to Wikipedia and since the middle of last year, the foundation. As with you, I don't have time to do much vandal fighting - The only articles I watch are the ones I helped to get featured and my major contributions of late are in trying to improve those articles to current FA standards when they come up for FAR. But, I don't much worry about most of the other articles I've contributed to since my experience over five years (wow - it really has been that long) is that articles of mediocre and lessor quality either stay about the same or improve slowly. Rarely do they significantly degrade for long.

However, as you rightly state, above average and great articles must be watched closely to prevent degradation to mediocrity. That is why I have great hope that the long-sought stable version feature will help us keep quality edits by periodically recognizing good versions; any new edits would have to be compared to the previous stable version before a new stable version is marked. I truly hope that that will give us the edge we need to much more easily defend great content from being edited into mediocrity . When that day comes I hope you can find the time to come back and help us in this most noble of endeavors. Until then, your edits and your presence will be greatly missed by me and I'm sure by many others. Hopefully, those damn annoying bots will be fixed by then as well. :)

Your friend,

-- mav 00:18, 24 May 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi. Just dropped in to say hello in case you are listening. I've got plenty of "issues" with wikipedia at the moment, and often wish you were still here so I could share them with you. Deb (talk) 12:16, 19 January 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks Mav, Deb and the others who have been in contact.

I must admit that I miss posting enormously. I loved Wikipedia. But towards the end the bot madness just drove me to frustration. I was a prolific poster and as such added in thousands of articles and hundreds of images. It was the images issue that bugged me. I'd upload images using the rules that existed, only to find that one set of templates had been abandoned and a new set, and a new set of rules, introduced. So I'd go through the images again, and then find six months later they'd changed again.

It was one thing when users were contracting people to point out problems with images. But it was quite another when the bot madness started and longstanding posters found their pages absolutely jammed with messages accusing them of using the wrong categorisation when they had used the correct one at the time. I just got fed up, especially when bots were informing me that images that were 100% with the right categorisation were still wrong simply because the technical command used for a graphic had now been changed by it, not by me. If people insist on continually changing rules then it should be THEIR responsibility to fix the problems THEIR decisions cause, rather than having bots blaming people who were innocent of anything.

Most of us posting in my group and my area just got completely fed up and left. Often I would only be back occasionally to check an article, only to find more ludicrous bot messages all over. Sometimes I lost the head completely - I suppose the posts just reminded me of all the frustration I had felt when I ended up leaving. I posted some rather strong comments *blush*. Apologies to anyone who was offended. (I noticed how one person who complained about by use of the f-word to reply to one particularly pointless bot message saying that I should have uploaded something to Commons even though Commons did not take those sort of images at the time the picture was uploaded, a few months later posted back to say that now HE had been hit by the bot madness over a rule change that meant his images were now all wrong and he was accused of putting in wrong templates, and now he realised just how frustrated I felt. He, as I and countless others did, just left the project.)

Anyway, as I said, thank you to everyone for posting supportive comments. I really do miss posting, but I just cannot be bothered dealing with the bot madness any more. I just felt like rolling my eyes when I got a bot message saying that a picture I took of a 100 year old newspaper that ceased to be published before anyone here was born, had copyright problems, when the only problem was that, yet again, the correct tag to use when in 2005 I uploaded the image is now incorrect because a new one has been created, throwing the thousands of images uploaded under the old tag into limbo. I was tempted in frustration to go and delete all the hundreds of images I created, but didn't. lol. But I am not fixing anything. So don't bother posting for me to do it. If images go into limbo because of someone else's decision on changing tags and templates, that is their problem. And if perfectly valid images are deleted and articles turned into a mess, that is their responsibility. I pointed out that problem repeatedly while I was here. I was the one constantly urging that Wikipedia set out rigid rules on images from day 1. That didn't happen, and the result has been a complete mess which I and the others now being blamed for are not going to fix. If Wikipedia had done what we urged years ago, there would not be a problem now.

Enough said. Take care everyone. Thanks for the support. FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 06:27, 17 February 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

PS: I'll quote the last line of my previous message again.

As to the bots, they can f*** off.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtdirl (talk • contribs)

Amen..Wish you wouldn't have left. Come back? --Veritas (talk) 05:58, 17 February 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Mind if i steal this ? It's how just about exactly how i feel about wiki's image policy, Have you considered putting nobot ((bots)) tags on your talk page? Gnevin (talk) 09:13, 12 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yet another rubbish message about pictures deleted . . . *sigh* FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 23:33, 18 February 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have nominated Girlband (American band), an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Girlband (American band). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. --Bongwarrior (talk) 07:10, 25 February 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

As one old hand here to another, I wanted to let you know I'm glad to see you editing again. Raul654 (talk) 09:23, 27 February 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi. That editor was blocked by you in 2006 over a legal threat that seems to have been retracted by now, or at least the threatened editor now supports the user's unblock. Could you take a look at the talk page and consider whether or not he's fit to be unblocked, possibly with conditions? Sandstein (talk) 18:58, 29 February 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Never mind, it turns out he's a checkuser-confirmed sockpuppeteer. Sandstein (talk) 19:24, 29 February 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Another editor has added the ((prod)) template to the article Irish Unionist Alliance, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the ((prod)) template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 17:01, 1 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A tag has been placed on Joseph Ratzinger, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

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An editor has nominated Irish Unionist Alliance, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

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No wonder this website is now a joke. An article about a political party, with references, is not acceptable. But articles about non-existent countries and cartoon characters are.

This once was a credible website. Now it is a dumbed down laughing stock. FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 22:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, there. I don't want to worsen your already bad relations with Wikipedia, but the guideline on signatures does not allow the use of images. I have notified several editors with images in their signatures, and I always feel bad doing this, given that many of them are actually quite interesting, but there are valid arguments against such practices. For the record, I am not just blindly following the guideline for the sake of enforcing guidelines; I genuinely agree with the reason why this guideline was put in place. (Therefore, don't shoot the messenger—especially when the messenger possesses no bulletproof clothing, and the chances of you hitting his prized pocket watch are very small indeed.)

So that you should know, I have just read your goodbye message and you have my deepest sympathies as far as the image onslaught is concerned. Personally, I am in favour of limited bot activity in Wikipedia and only for cases where no significant harm can be done. The image area is one more or less foreign to me, I admit, but the few images I have uploaded (unrelated to articles) I have done so in the Commons, not here. In any case, if you feel like, you can come over for a chat (I am a good listener on-line, even though I talk a lot in real life). I am always interested in hearing other people's viewpoints about things, especially Wikipedia. (If you are not thrilled at the prospect, we could always discuss naming disputes, which seem to be in vogue nowadays.) Waltham, The Duke of 13:52, 11 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

As above images are not allowed Gnevin (talk) 09:00, 12 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Fear, welcome back. Hope you still have the admin-45 in your pocket ;) Mel, I've left. 78.19.41.167 (talk) 02:01, 12 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I should appreciate even the shortest of answers, Jtdirl. :-) Waltham, The Duke of 20:14, 19 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Glad to see you're editing again, If you have any problems, drop a note on my talk page. Raul654 (talk) 02:38, 12 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Just popped in to say hello. Nice to see you back on here, too. Hope you'll stay with us awhile. You were missed :) - Alison ^❤ 03:56, 12 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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When did you get back? And are you here to stay? I hope so - there have been some awful things going on round the royal naming conventions! Deb (talk) 12:47, 12 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there. Just wondering why you reverted one of my edits. It was a valid edit as the article is already in a sub-category of that category. Canterbury Tail talk 16:24, 18 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No probs, it happens. Done it myself often enough as well. Canterbury Tail talk 21:59, 18 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi. I see you started Template:Infobox cardinalbiog - I've added some documentation to it as without instructions noone will use it, but I got a bit bored filling in what all the fields did and to be honest I wasn't completely sure what you intended for the "reason" field - would you mind editing it to make it clear? I've no particular interest in cardinals per se, I've just been filling in infoboxes for the Italy Project and figured that if I almost didn't bother using the template for want of a doc, then there must be others in the same boat.... FlagSteward (talk) 17:35, 19 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for creating Template:Behave all those months ago. I use it from time to time because it really hits the nail on the head sometimes. Cheers, Kingturtle (talk) 13:21, 21 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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As original uploader on the EN project, would you have any thoughts on (or anything to add to) this discussion? Guliolopez (talk) 21:11, 25 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi.
I see from the article-history that you are the creator of Advice (constitutional), and the person who originally stated that the term is frequently capitalised. There's now a wee dispute about that usage, at the article. An editor has decapitalised in the text, and placed a "fact" tag on the statement that "some constitutional writers, though not all, capitalise the word" (as "frequently capitalised" has become). If you have some input on this, and particularly some references to support that frequent use of capitalisation, please take part in resolving this, at the article. All the best,
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When you sign your prsts with four tidles how do you get your name colorful like that?--RayquazaDialgaWeird2210 (talk) 00:45, 24 May 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello! Based on your work, I withdrew my speedy delete nomination for Politics.ie -- and even added some WikiProject templates to bring more attention to the page. Congratulations on a job well done! Ecoleetage (talk) 20:09, 25 June 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Peter O'Toole is indeed an Irish citizen, with an Irish passport and an Irish father. I gather from you that he feels that being called British is an insult (though his mother was British). What I found odd is your comment that, "simply being born, growing up and working in a place does not make you of that country". Well, that's perhaps plausible. But Mr O'Toole goes further than that. According to the Wikipedia article, his only residence is in London; he speaks with an English accent; is a cricket, rugby and soccer fan (Sunderland); loves Shakespeare's sonnets; and sent his son to Harrow School. Perhaps I move in the wrong circle, but I don't know many Irishmen like that. Do you? Millbanks (talk) 08:46, 22 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

on the criteria for notability of accademic books? If you have time could you comment here Slrubenstein | Talk 09:31, 25 July 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I see your a big fan of stormont (small capital).[1] You don't know what it's like to live in the north with these people - that institution took (stole) the small piece of land and house, my family owned, off us in 1970 - your sitting cosy in the south - we fought them and we will still keep fighting them. - Cúlnacréann-(talk) 15:29, 2 October 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi. You created Template:PofC in 2005, which includes a redlink to Band (crown), which has since never been created. I'd like to remove the link from the template, unless you would like to create this article. Cheers! bd2412 T 03:30, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Seriously do you bother reading what was added before reverting and then having to re-add it again .Garda40 (talk) 19:39, 11 May 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello

I'm delighted to announce that we've started a new Ireland Wikimedian email list, that you can join, at mail:WikimediaIE. For Wikimedians in Ireland and Wikimedians interested in events in Ireland and efforts in Ireland. It's there to to discuss meetups, partnerships with Museums and National Archives, and anything else where Wikipedia and real life intersect. Bastique ^demandez 22:39, 14 May 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I'm glad to see you around! I hope you've been well ... It looks like we're both back from extended breaks on this website ... I'd appreciate your input on the articles on state and "sovereign state." Wikipedia's articles on the state are an absolute mess now. 172 | Talk 19:47, 11 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Translated or not, the surname is the same (and not considered necessarely as a title): "Saxe-Coburg and Braganza" = "Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança" (but in different languages). The article should be moved because this is the WP:EN and the naming conventions for names and titles is use the most common form of the name used in English. Just it, nothing more! Regard this:

Maria Pia of Saxe-Coburg and Braganza (Portuguese: Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança) (Lisbon, March 13 1907 - Verona, May 6 1995) was the name assumed by a lady who claimed to be an bastard daughter of King Carlos I of Portugal. Etc...

It's about her name, not any title. It's imparcial and everyone can understand. Why are you complicating a simple question as a translation? 84.90.92.195 (talk) 19:34, 31 July 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dirl, I complete agree with you about Maria Pia. The user above is a supporter of Maria Pia's monarchist party and tries to promote her cause by every means in Wikipedia. He has been already blocked in some projects (like WP:PT and WP:FR) and really pushes his point of view – using propaganda material as valid reference, trying to change minor aspects in the text to corroborate her supposed titles, etc. I really think that her allegations, and those from Rosario Poidimani (a professional Syracuse liar), are just it: allegations, and must be treated like that. Other users, like DWC and Nunh-nunh, are making efforts to keep Maria Pia's article impartial. Please, help us. Best regards. --Tonyjeff (talk) 13:28, 1 August 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

		The Socratic Barnstar
		For your great arguments in the debate concerning the article move of Prince Henry of Wales. The result is really a shame since there is no "Prince Harry of Wales", which makes the current name even worse than had it been simply "Prince Harry" or even "Harry the nazi" or whatever. I hope you will continue to pursue this. --Law Lord (talk) 15:54, 1 August 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Jtdirl, is Dublin Airport convenient to where you are? If so, would you mind photographing the headquarters of Aer Lingus and Ryanair? Those articles need images of their headquarters. Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 02:28, 4 August 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well, great to see you back - I've often wished you would come back (as you can imagine). I was actually in Dublin in June, first-ever visit. Lovely place, but too many tourists!

I'm not surprised about the researchers. I was talking to Barbara Levick a while back, and she was telling me how thrilled she is to have an article about her in wikipedia. She had no idea that I had created it! Deb (talk) 11:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi; if you can read Spanish, please check this discussion. It is about the real name of the House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (it wouldn't have "Gotha") and the suspect that "Braganza-Wettin" was created by supporters of Maria Pia, being it something completely unreal. It is important, since it could alter a large number of articles. Cheers. --Tonyjeff (talk) 19:53, 15 August 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Growing up and living in a country IS EXACTLY WHAT DETERMINES YOUR NATIONALITY. You can only gain citizenship after living in a country for a set number of years.

Remember, nationality is NOT hereditary. If someone has Irish parents, then they are of Irish DESCENT or ANCESTRY. They are NOT Irish. You cannot be Irish if you have never visited there; if you grew up in a country, live in a country and - most importantly - hold citizenship for that country, then that is your nationality. Your descendency plays literally ZERO part in determining your nationality.

Therefore - Peter O'Toole is BRITISH.

Hey Jt - real glad to see you editing again. :) --mav (talk) 01:19, 18 August 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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An article of yours is in AFD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kieran Kelly. Joe Chill (talk) 02:14, 23 August 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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This is a quick note to compliment you on the fine work you did four years ago on the above. Well done.

I have a question that I have tried to find the answer to in the past but so far with no luck. You might have a look at this article: Irish Free State (Constitution) Act 1922. You will note that that Act (a hard copy of which I have read in the past) required the King to make a Royal Proclamation for the Free State to come into being etc. I know from reports in The Times of 7 January that he made the Proclamation (I suppose we all know he made it beacuse the IFS would not have been born without it). My question is would you know where the text of the Proclamation might be or would there be a text....Does a Proclamation need to be in writing at all? I have searched for it....but to no avail....Interestingly, in your article, Governor-General's Address to the Oireachtas, the GG says "I have the honour to acknowledge the gracious message by which your Majesty has inaugurated the self governing Dominion of the Irish Free State." This suggests that the message from the King "With the final enactment of the Constitution the self-governing Dominion of the Irish Free State comes into being...." was the actual "Royal Proclamation" but it does not sound like what I would have thought was a Royal Proclamation....I would have that an RP would go something like, "I, hereby proclaim etc." Thanks. Regards. Staighre (talk) 19:23, 29 September 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I see you also started an article about the abov back in 2003....but the subject of your article does not correspond with the flag described in this article from The Times in 1901:

"The Commonwealth Flag. The standard of the Commonwealth, which has hitherto been preserved in Chatham Dockyard, has been deposited, by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in the Royal United Service Museum, Whitehall. It is a large flag of red bunting, 20ft. long by lft. wide. A large green wreath of laurel encircles two shields placed side by side in the middle of the flag. These shields are of the same dimensions, each being 5ft. deep and 5ft. across. One of them consists of a white field with the St. George's Cross of England; the other of a blue field with the Irish harp in yellow. It is expected that the fag will be on exhibitIon before the end of the week. Owing to its large size it will not be shown in full, but will be doubled in a case in which will be displayed an illustration of the whole flag. The use of the Commonwealth flag was discontinued after the Restoration. Pepys, in his " Diary," notes the change. Writing under date Mlay 13, 1660, he says:- 'To the quarterdeck, at which the taylors and painters were at work, cutting out some pieces of yellow cloth in the fashion of a crown and C.R., and put it upon a fine sheet, and that Into the flag instead of the State's arms, which after dinner was finished and set up." The Commonwealth standard adds another to the collection of historic flags in the mnseum, the last most interesting addition being the flag of the United States frigate Chesapeake, taken by H.M.S. Shannon on June 1, 1813, and given to the museum by Mr. W. W. Astor."

I wonder do you know what flag the above is referring to? Regards. Staighre (talk) 20:41, 3 October 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Jtdirl: Seek primary source mentioning 1845 lightweight tiara made for Gregory XVI. Do you have it?Elbuckoaqui (talk) 11:47, 17 October 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there! I have moved your image File:George Lee at count.jpg over to Commons for obvious reasons. Your original upload is awaiting deletion. Thanks,  Cargoking  talk  10:33, 24 October 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, I just noticed you'd come back. You might remember we used to work together back when WP was a bit more fun and wasn't so weighted down by pov wars and 'rules'.

Aaanyway. I realise this is getting you involved in an unutterable can of worms but would you mind having a look at this particular mess. Dunmanway killings, and especially the talk page. No need to read the whole thing, just the last section on article re-write. If you don't want to get involved I understand. All the best Jdorney (talk) 21:12, 8 November 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Actually, better not to get involved unless you feel really moved by it. The whole thing has gone legal. Anyway, all the best and (belated) welcome back. Jdorney (talk) 23:23, 8 November 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If you're still interested in the question, would you please see Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (biographies)#Cardinals. Lima (talk) 12:03, 13 November 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article Constitutional autochthony has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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Hello Jtdirl! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 3 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 1,795 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the ((unreferencedBLP)) tag. Here is the list:

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Jtdirl, hiya, just as a courtesy note, I saw that you had concerns about tags on the Sinn Féin article. I'm an admin working to help stabilize the topic area, per Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/The Troubles, and I just wanted to give you a heads-up that the article is under a 1RR restriction (one revert per editor per day). If you have any questions, let me know? Thanks, --Elonka 23:48, 18 January 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If you check your comments you will find that most of them (ignoring the pejorative comments) have been discussed at length and a consensus reached. In those circumstances if you have new reliable sources or some new perspective then you should raise it on the talk page showing some respect for editors who have been involved in the past, and see what response you get before flying by with a couple of tags.--Snowded ^TALK 00:03, 19 January 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Jtdirl, hi, could you please try to participate in a more civil and collegial manner at the Troubles articles? I understand that things there are a bit frustrating, but really, since you are an admin, I would have thought you'd know better than to call someone else an "idiot".[2] Would you please consider refactoring your message? I'm trying to get everyone to communicate in a more civil manner, and it would really help if you could emulate the kind of behavior that I'm hoping everyone will strive towards. Remember, best practices are to focus discussions on content, not the contributors. Thanks, --Elonka 23:55, 19 January 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Regarding your changes at the Sinn Fein article, it does seem a bit odd that you are making major changes to the lead of the article, but then the lead seems to be saying things that are different from the rest of the article. Perhaps a better way to proceed would be to edit the article itself, slowly, perhaps one paragraph at a time? Then once the article is squared away, it's easier to modify the lead to provide a summary of the article itself. See also WP:LEAD for best practices these days. Thanks, --Elonka 00:43, 20 January 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi. I've started a discussion here. (Actually, it's a restart of a prior discussion that went cold; you can just scroll directly down to the first post I made today in that section if you want.) Can you offer your thoughts? I think it's very important. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 01:50, 27 January 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Is there any limit to your dumb nominations? It is people like you that drove most serious contributors from Ireland off this site. You are a reminder of why this site is a failure - with ill-informed posters jumping to conclusions about topics they know nothing about. That is why all so many Irish academics who originally were here all left. Thank you for reminding me that this place isn't worth contributing to. FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 22:20, 7 February 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Come on, get stuck in there! Deb (talk) 08:58, 20 March 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Someone created a page called Jtdirl the other night ... made any enemies recently? —Soap— 01:52, 14 May 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, I hope you're doing fine and I sincerely apologize for this intrusion. I've just read your profile and you seem a very learned person and interested in minorities so maybe I am not bothering you and you will help us... I'm part of an association "Amical de la Viquipèdia" which is trying to get some recognition as a Catalan Chapter but this hasn't been approved up to that moment. We would appreciate your support, visible if you stick this on your first page: Wikimedia CAT. Thanks again, wishing you a great summer, take care! slán agat! Capsot (talk) 07:03, 8 June 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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You uploaded a picture File:MaltonCH.jpg which you say is "One of a famous set of eighteenth century Malton's prints of Dublin". I wonder if the picture is not in fact of the Theatre Royal in Newcastle upon Tyne? Can you say with certainty that it is a Dublin scene and, if so, where in Dublin is it? I know that at a glance it resembles the General Post Office in Dublin but if you look carefully, the columns are too close to the building and the three statues that are on top of the GPO are not visible in your picture. Newcastle's Theatre Royal is very like Dublin's GPO but the differences can be seen by careful examination. To confuse matters further, a monument in Newcastle called Grey's Monument closely resembles the former Nelson's Pillar in Dublin so that viewed from a certain angle, the Theatre Royal and Grey's Monument in Newcastle bear an uncanny resemblance to old views of Nelson's Pillar and the GPO in Dublin. --O'Dea (talk) 09:01, 24 August 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The image is of City Hall, Dublin not the GPO. Snappy (talk) 15:53, 6 September 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ah! So it is. My vision was prejudiced by working with a woman from Newcastle a few years ago who kept an engraving of her home town by her desk. When I asked her why she had a picture of O'Connell Street (showing "the GPO and Nelson's Pillar", I thought) she told me it was Newcastle. The similarity was so strong that it felt uncanny, like finding out Dublin had a doppelganger in the English northeast. It took me a few days to get used to it and I kept going over to look at her picture. Finally I asked her to let me photocopy it and I took it home. --O'Dea (talk) 21:29, 15 September 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi Jtdirl, as you uploaded this photograph of a masthead of Freeman's Journal and as you stated in its description that it was photographed from your own collection of old newspapers I would like to ask you if you could contribute a scan of an entire frontpage. I think that this could be possibly public domain if either no authors are named or they died all more than 70 years ago. This would be quite helpful as I plan to create an article about Freeman's Journal in the German-language Wikipedia. Thanks and kind regards, AFBorchert (talk) 12:36, 10 January 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I noticed your from Eire. In that case could you help me, with someone who falsely raised a vandalism tag, how do I give them a counter warning of "assuming bad faith", when it says you should always assume good faith if it is not profane language or deliberate nonsense. Allegedly adding in a sentence and putting a citation needed tag is what they did not like. Dam masons eh?

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Hello, I just saw your wall and I couldnt help but write on here. Tá mé ar lucht leanúna mór de chultúr na hÉireann, i'm learning some of the language, but it's SO HARD!!.

Are you Anglican? Do you support Celtic fC???

Sorry if I ask Too Much :)

I've never met anyone Irish, so I finally meet- oops! find- you. And iḿ glad. Please leave me a message on my talk if you see this...

PS: I forgot to ask u...are u a U2 fan??? by the way, I'm a Cuban Girl

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Hello, Jtdirl

I just wanted to use a photo you have put in wiki commons of the Queen Victoria. Just tell me if I have to put your name in the doc I'm preparing. It is for a doc about the Match Women strike in London 1888, and the photo of Queen Victoria will be used only for two or three seconds.

Thanks a lot,

Virginia

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Actually, the contributions link shows quite activity in November of this year.

I'm not even sure why he's on my watchlist anymore, but I hate to unwatch pages I've watched in case something interesting happens...

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Greetings Jtdirl. I wonder if you can advise? I have some knowledge of British Constitution, i.e. enough to know that HMQ is given powers partly to prevent others having them. You started this article. Could you have a look at, probably good faith, new I/P edits which I think misinterpret this. I lack the detailed knowledge to argue the case authoritively. Regards JRPG (talk) 18:31, 27 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OK thanks, someone who has better access to references than I have has corrected it. JRPG (talk) 19:32, 28 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I'm hoping you can help me identify the location of the picture you uploaded. It is very important to me. Can you possibly help? Any assistance is greatly appreciated!

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Template:Papacy has been nominated for merging with Template:Holy See. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. PPEMES (talk) 00:20, 15 May 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Some of us over at Wikipedia talk:Template messages/User talk namespace#Question about titles were curious about what the "-im" in warning templates stood for; since you created the first such template, ((test4im)), I thought you might be able to provide the definitive answer. e^πi (talk | contribs) 20:41, 18 May 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Template:Papal elections and conclaves from 1061 has been nominated for merging with Template:Papal conclave, 2005. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. PPEMES (talk) 00:56, 27 November 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Template:Papal elections and conclaves from 1061 has been nominated for merging with Template:2013 papal conclave. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. PPEMES (talk) 00:57, 27 November 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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