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Content is good, but article would need at least a few more reference citations, preferably at least one per section, for a B rating. John Carter ( talk) 21:12, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Following British usage I think he should be called 'Ian Paisley, Jr', not 'Jr.', i.e. without a full point. In British English abbreviations formed by curtailing the word (there's a technical term but I can't remember it) do traditionally have a full point whereas contractions don't. The first category includes 'Hon.' and 'Rev.' and the second 'Dr' and 'Revd'. 'Jr' is obviously 'J[unio]r' just like 'R[everen]d' so the full point is not wanted. If he were American then the full point would be appropriate as the Americans do, as I understand it, write 'Mr.', 'Dr.', etc. In more trendy British usage (which also looks more elegant) full points are being dropped altogether ('PhD' rather than 'Ph.D.', 'Rt Hon' rather than 'Rt Hon.')-- Oxonian2006 ( talk) 17:38, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
lol this cannot be true = Catchphrase host Roy Walker described him on a 2005 NI Celebrity Christmas Special of the show as "the poster boy for legalised abortion". A ruccous ensued where Paisley got the living daylights beaten out of him by "Clonous Cyclone" Barry McGuigan and D:ream's lead singer who feared he might be next if he didn't back McGuigan up. Shabba3001 ( talk) 02:00, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
I do not think the title 'Hon' is correct? Can anyone verify this? Gavin Lisburn ( talk) 00:22, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I think the first paragraph of the political scandal section was poorly sourced. In order to follow WP:BLP policy, I deleted it.
My change can be easily undone by clicking on the link in the history list and then selecting "undo".
I predict two sources can be found: A record of parliament for Daithí McKay's comment. A transcript or YouTube copy of Spotlight (NI). But I am not a resident of Northern Ireland, and cannot judge the reliability of such sources, and the policy emphasizes "removed immediately", I'll let someone else reinsert the material (: this time properly sourced :).
-- Kevinkor2 ( talk) 17:24, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
I really don't see the need for the sentence on expenses, especially not as a whole section, and I have removed it. As it stood, it had a whole section alongside "Education" and "Political career". Someone would have had the highest expenses of any MPs - I don't suppose the other MPs of previous years have it mentioned on their pages, so why single out Paisley? In other words, the significance of the fact hasn't been demonstrated. St Anselm ( talk) 22:57, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved — Amakuru ( talk) 22:32, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
Ian Paisley Jr. →
Ian Paisley Jr – I'm proposing this page be moved to Ian Paisley Jr for the sake of consistency among similar-titled articles. Per
WP:TITLEVAR, this article is written in British English and so the title should conform to British English (which is to drop the dot after Jr). I previously moved the title to the proposed target, but another editor reverted the move, so I'm here to seek some consensus.
st
170
e 14:10, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
plethora of sources that provide the omission of the dot, it is more helpful to name (and preferably link) some of those sources.
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Content is good, but article would need at least a few more reference citations, preferably at least one per section, for a B rating. John Carter ( talk) 21:12, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Following British usage I think he should be called 'Ian Paisley, Jr', not 'Jr.', i.e. without a full point. In British English abbreviations formed by curtailing the word (there's a technical term but I can't remember it) do traditionally have a full point whereas contractions don't. The first category includes 'Hon.' and 'Rev.' and the second 'Dr' and 'Revd'. 'Jr' is obviously 'J[unio]r' just like 'R[everen]d' so the full point is not wanted. If he were American then the full point would be appropriate as the Americans do, as I understand it, write 'Mr.', 'Dr.', etc. In more trendy British usage (which also looks more elegant) full points are being dropped altogether ('PhD' rather than 'Ph.D.', 'Rt Hon' rather than 'Rt Hon.')-- Oxonian2006 ( talk) 17:38, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
lol this cannot be true = Catchphrase host Roy Walker described him on a 2005 NI Celebrity Christmas Special of the show as "the poster boy for legalised abortion". A ruccous ensued where Paisley got the living daylights beaten out of him by "Clonous Cyclone" Barry McGuigan and D:ream's lead singer who feared he might be next if he didn't back McGuigan up. Shabba3001 ( talk) 02:00, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
I do not think the title 'Hon' is correct? Can anyone verify this? Gavin Lisburn ( talk) 00:22, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I think the first paragraph of the political scandal section was poorly sourced. In order to follow WP:BLP policy, I deleted it.
My change can be easily undone by clicking on the link in the history list and then selecting "undo".
I predict two sources can be found: A record of parliament for Daithí McKay's comment. A transcript or YouTube copy of Spotlight (NI). But I am not a resident of Northern Ireland, and cannot judge the reliability of such sources, and the policy emphasizes "removed immediately", I'll let someone else reinsert the material (: this time properly sourced :).
-- Kevinkor2 ( talk) 17:24, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
I really don't see the need for the sentence on expenses, especially not as a whole section, and I have removed it. As it stood, it had a whole section alongside "Education" and "Political career". Someone would have had the highest expenses of any MPs - I don't suppose the other MPs of previous years have it mentioned on their pages, so why single out Paisley? In other words, the significance of the fact hasn't been demonstrated. St Anselm ( talk) 22:57, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Moved — Amakuru ( talk) 22:32, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
Ian Paisley Jr. →
Ian Paisley Jr – I'm proposing this page be moved to Ian Paisley Jr for the sake of consistency among similar-titled articles. Per
WP:TITLEVAR, this article is written in British English and so the title should conform to British English (which is to drop the dot after Jr). I previously moved the title to the proposed target, but another editor reverted the move, so I'm here to seek some consensus.
st
170
e 14:10, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
plethora of sources that provide the omission of the dot, it is more helpful to name (and preferably link) some of those sources.