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The article states that he defied the Party (Conservative) whip to vote against Britain's accession to the EEC. However, I'm pretty sure that it was a free vote. Such strange bedfellows as Enoch Powell and Barbara Castle were equally opposed to entry. 80.222.132.98 ( talk) 20:15, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
The main Commons vote on EEC entry took place on Thursday 28 October 1971. The government declared a "three line whip" on its MPs to support entry and Labour MPs were instructed to vote against. In the event about 20 Conservative rebels (including Mitchell) voted against and about 60 Labour rebels voted in favour. The final vote was 356 in favour and 244 against - giving a government majority of 112. There was some sort of free vote in regard to the 1975 referendum and I wonder if that is what you are thinking about?. Izzy ( talk) 09:23, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
It is indeed. I apologise and thank you for the speedy reply Jatrius ( talk) 16:08, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
In fact, the exact figure for Conservative rebels voting against joining the EEC in 1971 was 39. See :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7948612.stm
Izzy ( talk) 17:13, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
My statement that the 1967 population of the Crater district of Aden was 700,000 is clearly wrong. Witness one recent article in which it states :
Thankyou to anonymous contributor at BL for the correction. Izzy 08:37, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to nominate Mad Mitch here for GA/Good article status. It's very informative, detailed, referenced and well written. In fact I think the writing quality is noticeably above average for Wiki. I'm not sure why it's rated as "Stub Class" in the biography portal and "B class" in the overall article category, but I think it's clearly a "Good Article." jackbrown 19:35, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
1. Prose- Article's introduction needs expansion. See Wikipedia:Lead section. Titles need to be in accordance to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (titles). Quotes in the text could look more fancy. Look at other articles like Bill Clinton for quote ideas. Also, there is some Wikipedia:Words_to_avoid.
2. Verifiable-All facts need to be referenced with footnotes instead of the what is currently the first few lines of the reference section.
3. Coverage- Pass 4. Neutral- Pass 5. Stable- Pass 6. Image- Pass Good luck. User:calbear22 ( talk) 00:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi all. I've seen Pete's comments above, and agree with them, and I think they should be fixed. However, what with the huge GAN backlog and the fact that this article passes every other GA criterion, I'm going to pass it now. Please try and address Pete's issues above regardless, as ultimately we all want a better article! Oh, and I personally have nothing against cquote, having used it many times in my GAs/FAs. dihydrogen monoxide ( H20) 08:34, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
User:Sfan00 IMG. Wikipedia:Copyright includes :
"Since most recently-created works are copyrighted, almost any Wikipedia article which cites its sources will link to copyrighted material. It is not necessary to obtain the permission of a copyright holder before linking to copyrighted material ..."
So far, so good.
"However, if you know that an external Web site is carrying a work in violation of the creator's copyright, do not link to that copy of the work ..."
Do we know that the Web site is carrying copyvio material?. If you insert an image then you have to establish that it is copyright compliant. But the onus of proof on links is the other way round. If you do not know the status of a link then that is good enough. Izzy ( talk) 19:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
David.
I believe that the videos are the cut down version of a BBC documentary broadcast in 2007 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the pull out from Aden. I don't know whether or not they amount to a breach of BBC copyright. Their YouTube form is a reduced version of the original in both size and definition. It amounts to a series of screen shots and does not impact on the marketability of the original. If the BBC doesn't like it then they will ask YouTube to pull the videos - and this has not happened.
As regards the Benoit video, you have got to admit that he can play the fiddle. This contrasts with 90% of the garbage that people put on YouTube. Witness The Barren Rocks of Aden Izzy ( talk) 14:10, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
David. I guess it is possible that Mad Mitch video 1, Mad Mitch video 2 and Mad Mitch video 3 are in breach of copyright. Izzy ( talk) 15:00, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
The article has recently been modified by the addition of a more detailed account of the allegations of brutality made against the Argylls during their 1967 service in Aden. Those allegations were made at the time and later, but it should be noted that they were just allegations. I don't believe that anyone was ever charged or convicted for the kind of acts that are mentioned. The only source cited for the allegations is a 2010 article from 'the Socialist Worker', which cannot be viewed as being wholly neutral. Izzy ( talk) 18:16, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=19947. Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:55, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Did his mother have a first name? It seems a little odd to only say she was a "Glaswegian woman (née Gilmour)". Green Giant ( talk) 13:44, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
If he is already the primary meaning of Colin Mitchell, do we need his middle name in the title? PatGallacher ( talk) 19:07, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
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The article states that he defied the Party (Conservative) whip to vote against Britain's accession to the EEC. However, I'm pretty sure that it was a free vote. Such strange bedfellows as Enoch Powell and Barbara Castle were equally opposed to entry. 80.222.132.98 ( talk) 20:15, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
The main Commons vote on EEC entry took place on Thursday 28 October 1971. The government declared a "three line whip" on its MPs to support entry and Labour MPs were instructed to vote against. In the event about 20 Conservative rebels (including Mitchell) voted against and about 60 Labour rebels voted in favour. The final vote was 356 in favour and 244 against - giving a government majority of 112. There was some sort of free vote in regard to the 1975 referendum and I wonder if that is what you are thinking about?. Izzy ( talk) 09:23, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
It is indeed. I apologise and thank you for the speedy reply Jatrius ( talk) 16:08, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
In fact, the exact figure for Conservative rebels voting against joining the EEC in 1971 was 39. See :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7948612.stm
Izzy ( talk) 17:13, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
My statement that the 1967 population of the Crater district of Aden was 700,000 is clearly wrong. Witness one recent article in which it states :
Thankyou to anonymous contributor at BL for the correction. Izzy 08:37, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to nominate Mad Mitch here for GA/Good article status. It's very informative, detailed, referenced and well written. In fact I think the writing quality is noticeably above average for Wiki. I'm not sure why it's rated as "Stub Class" in the biography portal and "B class" in the overall article category, but I think it's clearly a "Good Article." jackbrown 19:35, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
1. Prose- Article's introduction needs expansion. See Wikipedia:Lead section. Titles need to be in accordance to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (titles). Quotes in the text could look more fancy. Look at other articles like Bill Clinton for quote ideas. Also, there is some Wikipedia:Words_to_avoid.
2. Verifiable-All facts need to be referenced with footnotes instead of the what is currently the first few lines of the reference section.
3. Coverage- Pass 4. Neutral- Pass 5. Stable- Pass 6. Image- Pass Good luck. User:calbear22 ( talk) 00:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi all. I've seen Pete's comments above, and agree with them, and I think they should be fixed. However, what with the huge GAN backlog and the fact that this article passes every other GA criterion, I'm going to pass it now. Please try and address Pete's issues above regardless, as ultimately we all want a better article! Oh, and I personally have nothing against cquote, having used it many times in my GAs/FAs. dihydrogen monoxide ( H20) 08:34, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
User:Sfan00 IMG. Wikipedia:Copyright includes :
"Since most recently-created works are copyrighted, almost any Wikipedia article which cites its sources will link to copyrighted material. It is not necessary to obtain the permission of a copyright holder before linking to copyrighted material ..."
So far, so good.
"However, if you know that an external Web site is carrying a work in violation of the creator's copyright, do not link to that copy of the work ..."
Do we know that the Web site is carrying copyvio material?. If you insert an image then you have to establish that it is copyright compliant. But the onus of proof on links is the other way round. If you do not know the status of a link then that is good enough. Izzy ( talk) 19:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
David.
I believe that the videos are the cut down version of a BBC documentary broadcast in 2007 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the pull out from Aden. I don't know whether or not they amount to a breach of BBC copyright. Their YouTube form is a reduced version of the original in both size and definition. It amounts to a series of screen shots and does not impact on the marketability of the original. If the BBC doesn't like it then they will ask YouTube to pull the videos - and this has not happened.
As regards the Benoit video, you have got to admit that he can play the fiddle. This contrasts with 90% of the garbage that people put on YouTube. Witness The Barren Rocks of Aden Izzy ( talk) 14:10, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
David. I guess it is possible that Mad Mitch video 1, Mad Mitch video 2 and Mad Mitch video 3 are in breach of copyright. Izzy ( talk) 15:00, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
The article has recently been modified by the addition of a more detailed account of the allegations of brutality made against the Argylls during their 1967 service in Aden. Those allegations were made at the time and later, but it should be noted that they were just allegations. I don't believe that anyone was ever charged or convicted for the kind of acts that are mentioned. The only source cited for the allegations is a 2010 article from 'the Socialist Worker', which cannot be viewed as being wholly neutral. Izzy ( talk) 18:16, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=19947. Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:55, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Did his mother have a first name? It seems a little odd to only say she was a "Glaswegian woman (née Gilmour)". Green Giant ( talk) 13:44, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
If he is already the primary meaning of Colin Mitchell, do we need his middle name in the title? PatGallacher ( talk) 19:07, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
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