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280:, you will see that the claims of the group calling itself "the IRA" from at least 1930-something onwards are highly contentious. So it doesn't seem right to ignore that. I also agree that contemporaneous sources in Ireland called it "the IRA" and used the term "Old IRA" for the orginals. I accept that the article shouldn't get bogged down in detail: it reads to me as already a Featured Article Candidate. But the references to "IRA" will generate an edit war if it reaches FA. Can you look at it again, maybe invite comment on the talk page. (I'm not saying that my version is right, you can see that I've reverted myself!) -- 381:
save has started on one before the other has finished the milisecond it takes for the other to save. So in effect both saves merge under name of the person who saved a milisecond later. It happened to be me once before. It also happens where two users revert vandalism using rollback. If someone has already rolled back a half a second earlier, you may end up rolling back to the vandal's edit. So it is possible that either the system didn't have a current version open but said it did (and I had opened the current version), in which it is a technical glitch, or a fluke occurred of two edits, mine and a vandal, at
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apostrphe) and also other material where the lines are closely set, there simply isn't room for an accent on capital letters and it is simply omitted). I believe that by including it, we will avoid controversy. As to your general point, well the same could be said about spelling but we still try to cleanup spelling errors. Writing
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of whom were Peninsular War veterans." What caught my attention first was the grammatical error of "All" being capitalized without beginning a new sentence. However, looking at the previous incarnations of the sentence, I see that your original version ran, "Of these, 24 000 were British with another 6000 from the
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veterans), though all were regular troops." These 7000 PW vets, I have to imagine they are not a component of the 6000 (being the mathematical genius I am), and so I have to assume that they come from the 24,000. However, all in all, I can't quite figure it out, don't have the requisite resources
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I have a rather odd request for you. If you take a look at the linked paragraph, there is a line which you originally wrote (and has subsequently been a bit amalgamated) which runs "Of these, 24,000 were British, with another 6,000 from the King's German Legion All these were regular troops, 7,000
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My screen said it was the current version I was editing. I see what you mean but I never touched that footnote. (I never even saw it.) One thing that does happen, very very rarely, is that if two edits are done at the same split second, even though an edit conflict should show it does not because a
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Mag, I understand that you are a fairly new editor (around 5 months, according to your welcome msg) and I gather that some of the WP Conventions may still be unclear. We do not take edits personally, ever. Nobody calls you a liar if the undo or modify your edits, much less question your good faith.
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I insserted the "weasel" Danish historians as part of an attempt about a year ago to avoid a wholesale edit war with a Dane who was convinced that a) the Danes really won the battle, b) Nelson was a war criminal who lied about Danish casualties and also only got the Danes to agree to a ceasefire by
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Not really Unionist. It says that it is a movement that campaigns for Ireland to recognise all strands of its identity, including those that align themselves with Britain. The website does not appear to be dogmatic or extreme, and seems to use repectable sources, but I have no idea whether it is
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The correct spelling is É, not E, so I believe that this is what Wiki should use. You are equally correct about contemporaneous sources omitting the accent: there were typesetting capability issues then, which no longer exist (largely! You still see material in Italian that writes È as E' (E
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Jtdril and yourself have earned much respect from the other editors on the BI talk page, and do appear to be the more knowledgeable editors. Best think about changes for a bit longer, as quick changes and reverts can look like an edit war. Then we all lose confidence again.
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You provided a non working link for an encyclopedia that not everybody owns and (according to other editors) costs 1500 pounds. I'm sure that other sources will provide the same reference and the only thing I did is to request somebody to post them. I even took the effort to
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only justification for the change in quote style is I didn't like it: large and vulgar, and it also gives too much prominence to the quotes, which are not central to the article. Format is a minor change and this is a wiki. What do you think to the rest of it?
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Esoteric, scholastic language would hardly qualify as standard English usage. The most common definition is "of or relating to GB the UK," it's used to describe UK citizenry - attempts to allude to it encompassing Ireland ot to mention it
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didn't happen until 1949! (or that it continued to exist after 1922, as the latter-day Sinn Féin would have it). Yes, your revised phrasing looks good to me. I'll see if I can get my hands on Girvan's book - sounds interesting.
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because he wasn't in public life. It's a fair point, except he was praised before 1603 for taking part in public dispute with a jesuit - it's mentioned, but not dated, in the article. Or have I got that
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I can use your help on the article 100 days, biggest load of crap I have seen since I don't know when. You are knowledgable on the subject and I am asking the Waterloo crowd to help me out with this.
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Hi. I don't quite follow. Is there more missing? Maybe I'm missing something (literally) but I don't know what. If you know, please feel free to re-include it. If I knew what it was I'd do it myself.
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your edit to avoid exactly this "hurt feelings" sentiment and to comment the edit to make restoration simple. I appreciated the quality of the paragraph but without a working link I considered it
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Hi, why did you revert my edit without any comments on this talk page (or am I missing sth)? Please explain here, will you, otherwise I will revert back and add some comments here
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there, P. North. (Law publications more often than not give initials, not names, or first name and middle initial. Professor John Kelly's books were published, for example, as
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to correct it, and am incessantly bothered by the grammatical error. Would you be willing to take a look and see what you could do? It would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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Your contrib seems reasonable; however, please use spell check (I counted two) and grammar check (I counted one) in both your talk page and article contributions. Thanks:--
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the same time. Well spotted, in any case. If I had known it had happened I would have corrected it instantly. But as I said it certainly was not in anyway deliberate.
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Hello MAG1. I've reverted your last reversion, since the previous anon had added relevant detail and not removed detail as you stated. Hope that was OK. Thanks,
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at the same time, as you modified only an extract from this page ? Thanks. Most of the time-related issue (history) should be in this above-mentionned page.
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anything more than one man and his dog. I was not, of course, saying that its ideas should be incorporated anywhere, just using it as a factual resource.
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Sometimes I see myself as a whippet barking at the threshold of this great debate, and if and when I get things wrong, please ignore. Thanks! -
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lying about their position. It was a rather unsatisfactory compromise but it kept the article going and perhaps you will have better luck.
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talk page. Can you tell me if it's a Unionist website. I see it's registered in Newtonards with Admin in Scotland. Just wondering.
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What wholesale reverts??? I didn't make any. I edited the opening paragraph and nothing else. If reverts happened, they weren't by me.
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describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to
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at The Galileo Project, but don't know if this would be citable within Knowledge (XXG). An odd little collection is
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Entre nous, that meaning is rather obscure this side of the ocean. Any objection to replacing it with shrewdness?
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I think I have added (commonsense) to clarify that (no pun intended) let me know if it needs anything else.
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is a spelling error. But I'll add a further explanatory note regarding the contemporaneous typography. --
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Don't worry too much about being perfect. Very few of us are! Just in case you are not perfect, click
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The Private International Law of Matrimonial Causes in the British Isles and the Republic of Ireland
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for picking up their dead carcasses. A neat source i recently came across is Richard Westfall's
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for U.S. military manuals (not very useful but sometimes fun). Knowledge (XXG) has two lists
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of use. Wikiprojects are used to collaborate on a particular subject. Happy editing.
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Mag1, by what authority or rule do you base your switching of quote format on the
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Not fully referenced: needs at least page numbers and preferably author and title
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on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.
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mean its most common definition are pov. I am satisfied with your re-wording.
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http://www.reform.org/TheReformMovement_files/article_files/articles/cork.htm
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Hi. I've clarified my desire for refs on the BI talk page. Thanks.
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you will definitely stir up a hornets' nest of you suggest that the
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I know it's tiring, but I appreciate your keeping a vigilant eye on
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Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries
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Yes, the usage certainly is sensitive - see third para of article
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page. Could you consider adding your modification to the page
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If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the
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Thanks for links! Besides google books and scholar i use:
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Hi, I was reading over the website which you referred to,
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