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Sheila Conroy

Another fine article. Have just alerted the Bantry Historical Society to its existence. Aineireland (talk) 22:02, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Alicia Le Fanu

I have removed first external link ( not your work). This is her aunt. I removed citation for burial place- not in ricorso. Apparently there has been much confusion between aunt and niece . I am wondering about Find a Grave. I am not familiar with how they establish things . Could it be based on the confusion between the two? Aineireland (talk)

Very possibly. I have downloaded another paper by that scholar, Anna Fitzer, from 2018 so we'll see if that illuminates us any further. Smirkybec (talk) 19:41, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
No joy, but given she died in England, and all of her family predeceased her, it seems unlikely that she would end up back in Dublin to be buried. But then again, given that it was a notable Hugenot burial ground, I suppose it cannot be ruled out. I'm tempted to remove the sentence about her burial place from the article, but keep the external link, as it does point to the right person even if we don't know if the burial ground is correct. Smirkybec (talk) 20:04, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Geraldine Penrose Fitzgerald

There is a problem with a sentence about her third? novel. Leaving aside any copy problem , why the reference to the second novel? Aineireland (talk) 23:05, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is the sentence about it from the DIB: "In 1875 Fitzgerald published Was she tamed?, which appeared simply as by 'the author of Only three weeks'". I think the point is that sometimes the book is not ascribed to her, as her name wasn't explicit on the book? Smirkybec (talk) 23:09, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Myra Kathleen Hughes

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John Roberts Talk Page

Would you be interested in checking out a discussion on the above Talk page? It arises from an editor EEng reverting an edit I made. I have no intention of making multiple contributions to the discussion, but I feel most normal people would be for inclusion in the quite understated way I did. I wonder is there a gender thing? Do men and women see things differently? I have asked Brownhaired Girl to have a look too.Aineireland (talk) 15:52, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies I should have given you a link. Talk: John Roberts 2001:BB6:9524:A458:D138:4AB2:D326:8C6F (talk) 17:47, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not strong on biographies of living people, has it been resolved, or is it ongoing? Smirkybec (talk) 21:49, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Ongoing Aineireland (talk)
(talk page stalker) I can keep an eye on the talk page and see if there's a consensus (currently I see a split between including the removed paragraph or not). Failing that I can send "the management" round to EEng to "rough him up a bit".[FBDB] Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:00, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
PS: Aineireland If you want to ping people, you need to do something like {{u|Ritchie333}} or {{ping|Ritchie333}}; what you did is link to an article with that name. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:03, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Ritchie333: Thanks Ritchie333, but that was not actually me. Aineireland (talk) 00:02, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Yes it was you [1]. And inviting someone to a discussion while hinting at the position you want the invitee to take is not a good look (see WP:CANVASSING) nor is attempting to open an RfC on a question open only one day that hasn't immediately gone your way [2]. EEng 03:09, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Replying to EEng, I never heard of Ritchie333 until he addressed me on this page. Because Smirkybec is the Project Leader of Wikipedia Community Ireland, I think she may have communication methods unavailable to an ordinary editor with the result that a message she forwarded may have seemed to have come from me????? Aineireland (talk) 16:33, 28 October 2020 (UTC) Aineireland (talk) 20:37, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Aineireland I don't have any special channels! All the editing I do here is very much in my personal capacity as an editor. Ritchie333 was just showing you how you can ping other editors to a talk page (we have been chatting back and forth a bit, so he probably just noticed this when replying to a message from me). No extra communications have been forwarded or circulated beyond what is here. EEng this was just a sincere request for some help, nothing more sinister than that. Smirkybec (talk) 20:49, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Good God, Smirkybec, "sinister" never crossed my mind, just some technical thing I wouldn't understand. It had occurred to me before when something odd seemed to happen in the editing of Louisa Coppin. I'm afraid I'm not very digital. Aineireland (talk) 21:47, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
No one's suggesting anything sinister. Aineireland, this isn't about Ritchie. Your original message here was Would you be interested in checking out a discussion ... I feel most normal people would be for inclusion in the quite understated way I did. Hinting that you want people to take a particular position is canvassing, and it's a no-no, though not the worst thing in the world. But please be more neutral in future when inviting people into discussions. EEng 17:22, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Desmond Fitzgerald (Architect)

In career 2nd par. is it meant to be compromise? Aineireland (talk) 21:44, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed :) Smirkybec (talk) 21:49, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Madeleine O'Rourke

First woman to (land?, fly?) a microlight Aineireland (talk) 23:17, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Both citations just say she was the first woman to fly a microlight in Ireland. Smirkybec (talk) 23:20, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Northern Ireland War Memorial

There is a problem with the mention of Carolyn Mulholland you added to the lead. This article is about a building, not a sculpture. See the section Aims and it is clear(but also in lead).Aineireland (talk) 22:14, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I added her to the article quickly as this was the article that her name previously redirected to. I have no strong feelings about how or if she is mentioned there, but one of the main sources for the article features her quite prominently. Smirkybec (talk) 22:24, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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