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Just my opinion, but is the following paragraph not idle speculation, are there any facts to back it up, who are the commentators who think this? Could we re-write it in anyway to make it more wiki-worthy?
"In the May 2010 general election, Naomi Long of Alliance had defeated Peter Robinson of the DUP to win the East Belfast seat. This was the first time that a non-unionist party had won the seat. It is thought that many unionists voted for Alliance as a protest at Robinson's financial misdealings.[6] Some commentators believed that the DUP had been waiting for a chance to weaken the Alliance Party and win back their former voters in East Belfast." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quarkstorm ( talk • contribs) 15:58, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
This should be merged into the already existing article Belfast City Hall Union Jack protests. The other article is more appropriately named because these aren't Northern Ireland protests, they are Belfast protests and nothing to do with Northern Ireland as a country or government but solely Belfast City Hall and Council.
Additionally the info box used here seems inappropriate to put it in terms of a civil conflict akin to a civil war, and 7,200 police officers are not involved. Canterbury Tail talk 02:48, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Whatever happens, "Union Jack" is incorrect - it should be "Union Flag" as per my recent corrections. Nick Cooper ( talk) 12:59, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. GrooveDog FOREVER 17:00, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
2012–2013 Northern Ireland protests →
Belfast City Hall flag protests – The current name is vague and slightly misleading. Other (unrelated) protests were held in Northern Ireland in 2012, and I'm sure more will be held in 2013. My proposed name is more descriptive and accurate: these are protests, mostly being held in Belfast, about the flag being taken down from Belfast City Hall. A search on Google News also shows that "flag protests" is the most common name being used by the media.
~Asarlaí
15:30, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Per WP:LEAD the lead has to reflct what is in the article, there is nothing in the article about the reasons. Hence, the orgnisation pattern (per WP and not on content) needs to reflect this Lihaas ( talk) 23:22, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
Per this, the latest quote i just added from UDA involved the high-ranking member saying that while there was UDA involvement it ought not to be. In other words, the high-ranking comdemnation of sorts. Lihaas ( talk) 02:39, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
Im a little tired now, but i found 2 sourced on the Unionist Forum . Perhaps we could move the info to the reactions bit and remove the tag. [1] [2] Lihaas ( talk) 02:57, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
This article is in my humble opinion lacking something very essential:
why did the council decide to change the flag days? why and by who was it proposed in the first place? how and why was the compromise reached?
You should be able to find that in the minutes of the meeting. 109.144.187.107 ( talk) 00:04, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
I added a timeline of events but this was reverted by user Asarlai — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mountainyman ( talk • contribs) 11:47, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
Are these protests ongoing? I haven't heard anything about them in a long time. Charles Essie ( talk) 21:08, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
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Just my opinion, but is the following paragraph not idle speculation, are there any facts to back it up, who are the commentators who think this? Could we re-write it in anyway to make it more wiki-worthy?
"In the May 2010 general election, Naomi Long of Alliance had defeated Peter Robinson of the DUP to win the East Belfast seat. This was the first time that a non-unionist party had won the seat. It is thought that many unionists voted for Alliance as a protest at Robinson's financial misdealings.[6] Some commentators believed that the DUP had been waiting for a chance to weaken the Alliance Party and win back their former voters in East Belfast." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quarkstorm ( talk • contribs) 15:58, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
This should be merged into the already existing article Belfast City Hall Union Jack protests. The other article is more appropriately named because these aren't Northern Ireland protests, they are Belfast protests and nothing to do with Northern Ireland as a country or government but solely Belfast City Hall and Council.
Additionally the info box used here seems inappropriate to put it in terms of a civil conflict akin to a civil war, and 7,200 police officers are not involved. Canterbury Tail talk 02:48, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Whatever happens, "Union Jack" is incorrect - it should be "Union Flag" as per my recent corrections. Nick Cooper ( talk) 12:59, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. GrooveDog FOREVER 17:00, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
2012–2013 Northern Ireland protests →
Belfast City Hall flag protests – The current name is vague and slightly misleading. Other (unrelated) protests were held in Northern Ireland in 2012, and I'm sure more will be held in 2013. My proposed name is more descriptive and accurate: these are protests, mostly being held in Belfast, about the flag being taken down from Belfast City Hall. A search on Google News also shows that "flag protests" is the most common name being used by the media.
~Asarlaí
15:30, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Per WP:LEAD the lead has to reflct what is in the article, there is nothing in the article about the reasons. Hence, the orgnisation pattern (per WP and not on content) needs to reflect this Lihaas ( talk) 23:22, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
Per this, the latest quote i just added from UDA involved the high-ranking member saying that while there was UDA involvement it ought not to be. In other words, the high-ranking comdemnation of sorts. Lihaas ( talk) 02:39, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
Im a little tired now, but i found 2 sourced on the Unionist Forum . Perhaps we could move the info to the reactions bit and remove the tag. [1] [2] Lihaas ( talk) 02:57, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
This article is in my humble opinion lacking something very essential:
why did the council decide to change the flag days? why and by who was it proposed in the first place? how and why was the compromise reached?
You should be able to find that in the minutes of the meeting. 109.144.187.107 ( talk) 00:04, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
I added a timeline of events but this was reverted by user Asarlai — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mountainyman ( talk • contribs) 11:47, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
Are these protests ongoing? I haven't heard anything about them in a long time. Charles Essie ( talk) 21:08, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
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