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Ireland Meet Up

Hi RA. Spotted some chatter re the above. Have been away from Misplaced Pages for some time but seem to be getting drawn back in again. So whats the story? Best. RashersTierney (talk) 23:19, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I take it you've seen it? Hope you'll be able to make it. --RA (talk) 23:15, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Good work. Very much hope to be there. RashersTierney (talk) 01:59, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 13 September 2010

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cognates

RA, I've reverted your recent edits at British Isles. Please discuss at the Talk page to explain what point you're trying to make. The sentence structure appears artificial and awkward, and is not "plain English". If you want to simply make the point that "Britain" is derived from "Britannia", what not just say so? If I'm missing a subtlety somehow, please discuss first. --HighKing (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

No prob. I'll drop a line. --RA (talk) 07:54, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Irish Times

Hi, I just heard it on the radio, and couldn't find it online myself. I guess it'll show up over the coming days - I don't know if they publish everything online immediately. All the best --Brian Fenton (talk) 13:54, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

No bother. I'll keep my eyes peeled and add it in when it gets published. --RA (talk) 14:28, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

ROI links

Hello RA, tell me, what was the problem with most of the fairly straight forward links? They simply added a little clarity and insight, like 1918 elecs., First Dáil, Westmin. to Commons, etc.. I didn't alter the texting (other than one small add.on, ok), but it's a little odd that Soloheadbeg for example, may not be a sub-link? I'm not trying to roll out a discussion, it's just that refraining to be factual really baffles and makes an odd impression. Another point, its certainly accepted that the B&Ts terrorised, but really tortured, citizens? There's a huge difference, why I feel "allegedly tortured" (correct would be terrorised) is justified again in the interest of credibility. Other articles are clear in using "suspected" in the case of all those informers, which also sounds more credible? Perhaps I should have edited singularly rather than suffer a bulk reversal due to one or the other disfavoured link? Greetings, Osioni (talk) 23:39, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Osioni, I accidentally reverted your edit at 22:46. My finger slipped on my watchlist and I clicked rollback on your edit. For some reason my internet cut out so it took me a few minutes to self revert. I self-reverted at 22:50. This restored all of your edits, including your edit at 22:50.
I'm sorry for any confusion caused. --RA (talk) 08:03, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
ok, thanks RA for the explanation, no harm done, will try again as soon as I have time. Osioni (talk) 09:46, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Meet up

Hello RA, On the meet up, I was wondering while you're all there if you could ask around and if anybody is from or near Limerick, if they could, at their leisure, take a picture of Croom Castle so we could upload it to the page Croom Castle. There's no rush, of course, but getting the word out might just get a picture back to us one of these days. Thanks.Malke 2010 (talk) 22:16, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

I keep my ears open for the right moment :-) --— RA (talk) 22:33, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks a bunch, Malke 2010 (talk) 22:42, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 September 2010

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British Isles: "these islands"

I made a slight correction to the format of the reference you inserted - you put "quoute" rather than "quote" so the words of the quote weren't showing. But there seems to be a typo in the quote itself which you might like to look at - "..recognized by internationally geographers..." ...? Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:14, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Ghmyrtle. I've fixed the tpyo in the quote. --— RA (talk) 07:40, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
While we're talking about "typos" - "recognized"? Should it be "recognised"? I don't want to be WP:BOLD (because I don't want to be bold with BI pages...) and it's a really small thing (and I don't entirely accept the idea that this is a US/non-US English issue...) but as a WP:ENGVAR and WP:RETAIN pedant it doesn't strike me as odd. TFOWR 09:17, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
I think it's a direct quote - which we should leave unamended (sez another pedant)... Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:50, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
...hence the "quote=" in the ref. D'oh! One or other of you may find {{minnow}} useful; I'm going to hide in shame somewhere and hope you're both good enough to avoid mocking me too much... TFOWR 09:54, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
This is a Google Books Reference for the book ... --HighKing (talk) 15:07, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
Parts of the naming explanation in that (US-written) book (pages 8-10) sound suspiciously like they are using Misplaced Pages as a source - a growing habit, even in "academic" sources! Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 15:15, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
I feel churlish pointing out that "C. Carpenter" isn't credited with being one of the writers for this work, but a consultant editor. Has a BA Geography from Oxford though, so on balance .... but then he makes the mistake of continually referring to "Republic of Ireland", and states "However, in popular usage, "Ireland" sometimes refers to the republic. The historic name Eire, which was the official name of what is now the Republic of Ireland from 1937 through 1949, is also used." Like .. what a very British POV... There's lots of ... British naming ... in this book. For example, the chapter "Ireland" starts off correctly, and then on page 54 states that the "Official country name" is "Republic of Ireland". What tosh. Completely discredits this book. --HighKing (talk) 16:10, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 September 2010

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Ireland Meet up

Did you get to the meet up at Dún Laoghaire? If so, were you able to get the word out to anybody in or near Limerick to get a picture of Croom Castle? Hope you all had a good time if you made it there. Be sure and tell me about it.Malke 2010 (talk) 00:57, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately not. I did ask around but there were no Limerick folk there. I am from County Mayo through and living in Cork, so I pass near enough by it on my way up to be able to make a stop some time.
A write-up on the meeting it here. --RA (talk) 07:42, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 October 2010

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No-render

What are the plans for this template, {{No-render}}? It is currently broken, I am wondering if it is worth it to fix it. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ 05:44, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

It's purposely "broken". The point of it is that an editor can put something inside it (e.g. {{no-render|this is my text}}). That text will be visible to an editor but invisible to a reader. It differs from HTML comment tags in that text "hidden" from a reader inside a comment tag is downloaded and viewable on the page source. Text hidden from a reader using the no-render template is not rendered when Mediawiki parses the wikicode. Hence it is not downloaded or viewable via the page source.
One use of it is to leave large (or many) comments for editors in the wikicode of page without affecting download times for readers. --RA (talk) 19:23, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
By broken, I meant that it is transcluding the template {{2}}, due to the fact that there is a typo in the use of the second argument. In other words, why are you using {{{2|}} instead of {{{2|}}}? I still don't really see the point, but I particularly don't know why you need to transclude a deleted template. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ 19:20, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
Doh! Typo. Now fixed. Thanks. --RA (talk) 19:23, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
I added examples in the documentation, and when I type "view source" for this page, they both produce the same result, which is absolutely nothing. So, it looks like the second parameter doesn't really do anything, at least for my browser. Plastikspork ―Œ 19:29, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
LOL! I just noticed that (I hadn't tested it). I just did a sandbox test and it looks like Mediawiki strips out HTML comments before rendering the page anyway. (The sandbox page contains the text <!-- this is a test -->, but that text is not seen if you go into the source.)
The assumption behind the template was that Mediawiki did not do this. If it does then there is no point to the template. Can you delete it? --RA (talk) 19:35, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
Will do. I was thinking the same thing when I happened upon it, but thought I would check with you first, just in case I was missing something. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ 22:32, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 October 2010

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WT:BISE, WP:SPA

Hi RA. Please don't refer to other editors' edit counts at WT:BISE. Focus on making sound arguments, backed by policy and/or precedents. TFOWR 11:27, 13 October 2010 (UTC)