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Can anyone comfirm that the IFCO never rated games? I recall seeing IFCO 18 rating stickers stuck over the BBFC ratings on a certain game (probably one of the Grand Theft Auto games), but I suppose it is possible that they were just stuck on them by the retailers or distributors to make them look like legally-binding ratings.
Also, how long have IFCO ratings been around on home video formats? I seem to not recall seeing them on any tapes until the mid-90s - before that I just remember BBFC ratings. This does raise the question of how local productions (such as RTÉ videos) were rated... -- Zilog Jones 01:38, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The result of the debate was move. — Nightst a llion (?) 09:43, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Since when you head to ifco.ie you are presented with the title "Irish Film Censor's Office", and the logo reads "IFCO", coupled with the facts that government agencies in Ireland have English as well as Irish names and that this is en:, I propose moving this article to an English title that reflects its official name in English, either Film Censor's Office or Irish Film Censor's Office. This is per WP:UE and WP:IMOS. 22:58, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Would I be correct in assuming that shops do actually have the right to enforce PEGI ratings when selling? The article currently makes it sound like they're not even allowed to if they want. But are they? I think they are. Someone know forsure? - Red Hot 08:39, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Replying to your PEGI isn't legally binding comment higher up the page, Kiand.
PEGI ratings don't have statute law enforcement backing in Southern Ireland, that's true, but one of the men in IFCO, Ger Connolly, I think, is the representative from the State on the PEGI board, so the PEGI system does have some sort of "Official approval" from the State.
Not all systems need to have the threat of statutory enforcement to be legitimate or just to work as intended. Arguably, the unofficial system of using the BBFC video certificates which was what rental & retail shops used all the way through the 80's until the 1st of September 1993 was more illegitimate than the PEGI system which has been designed on a pan-european basis to include Southern Ireland.
There is a debate now in the UK about either giving the BBFC purview over games or of giving the PEGI ratings statutory backing. Perhaps the government in the South will give the PEGI ratings statutory backing at some point. Given that the censor has banned Manhunt 2, a ban which has been overturned in the UK, I'd prefer PEGI to have control than Kelleher.
Respect due for refusing to prove your age, Kiand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.202.152.174 ( talk) 17:13, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Is there any way to redo the linking so that one searching for another IFCO isn't automatically sent here without having the option of going to a disambiguation page? Even just a link at the top of the article like other ones. It's kind of annoying to actually have to search and find it through obscure means. 216.191.40.149 19:15, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
so is this "no longer used", or is it "not to be confused with an obsolete certificate, as it is still issued."? There is an inconsistency in the article Farannan 05:39, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Well, the argument should be solved now. The office of Official Censor of Films, trading as the Irish Film Censor's Office, has been renamed legally to the Irish Film Classification Office under the newly commenced Civil Law (Miscellanious Provisions) Act 2008. So the trading name and the legal name are now the same. -- Rdd ( talk) 18:58, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
I am striking out the section entitled "Relationship with the BBFC" as the section does not describe the relationship (if any) between the BBFC and the IFCO, and instead amounts to little more then an observation that the packaging of English language Region 2 videos sometimes has the UK and Irish certificates alongside each other, while at other times the Irish certificate will be a sticker placed over the BBFC rating logo. The only referenced point in the section is a memo from the BBFC's website regarding the labeling of videos available for sale in the UK which points out that videos on sale in the UK should not carry an Irish certificate alongside a British one where the Irish rating permits supply to those of a lower age then the British one. This point is not relevant to Ireland or the IFCO, and consequently the section belongs on the BBFC wiki page (but it is such a minor point I doubt it warrants inclusion there either). Rubensni ( talk) 16:35, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
What is the Ireland rating for the Nicole Kidman movie The Others? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:0:8500:472:8511:1939:4FB5:500 ( talk) 20:30, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
15 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.3.43.15 ( talk) 22:28, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
I have a recollection of reading, years ago in this article, about the reason for the introduction of the 16 certificate and the re branding of 12PG and 15PG to 12A and 15A. Apparently the film Bad Santa received complaints from parents, unaware of the film's adult content, who brought their children to see the film which was rated 15PG in cinemas. When I recently rented the film on Blu-ray I found the Irish 18 logo on the disc. I still feel this information is relevant to the article if it caused IFCO to review the cinema certificates. A similar discussion has appeared on the talk page to the Bad Santa article but the (currently) sole contributor is having problems finding reliable sources to this. Tk420 ( talk) 20:31, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
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Can anyone comfirm that the IFCO never rated games? I recall seeing IFCO 18 rating stickers stuck over the BBFC ratings on a certain game (probably one of the Grand Theft Auto games), but I suppose it is possible that they were just stuck on them by the retailers or distributors to make them look like legally-binding ratings.
Also, how long have IFCO ratings been around on home video formats? I seem to not recall seeing them on any tapes until the mid-90s - before that I just remember BBFC ratings. This does raise the question of how local productions (such as RTÉ videos) were rated... -- Zilog Jones 01:38, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The result of the debate was move. — Nightst a llion (?) 09:43, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Since when you head to ifco.ie you are presented with the title "Irish Film Censor's Office", and the logo reads "IFCO", coupled with the facts that government agencies in Ireland have English as well as Irish names and that this is en:, I propose moving this article to an English title that reflects its official name in English, either Film Censor's Office or Irish Film Censor's Office. This is per WP:UE and WP:IMOS. 22:58, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Would I be correct in assuming that shops do actually have the right to enforce PEGI ratings when selling? The article currently makes it sound like they're not even allowed to if they want. But are they? I think they are. Someone know forsure? - Red Hot 08:39, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Replying to your PEGI isn't legally binding comment higher up the page, Kiand.
PEGI ratings don't have statute law enforcement backing in Southern Ireland, that's true, but one of the men in IFCO, Ger Connolly, I think, is the representative from the State on the PEGI board, so the PEGI system does have some sort of "Official approval" from the State.
Not all systems need to have the threat of statutory enforcement to be legitimate or just to work as intended. Arguably, the unofficial system of using the BBFC video certificates which was what rental & retail shops used all the way through the 80's until the 1st of September 1993 was more illegitimate than the PEGI system which has been designed on a pan-european basis to include Southern Ireland.
There is a debate now in the UK about either giving the BBFC purview over games or of giving the PEGI ratings statutory backing. Perhaps the government in the South will give the PEGI ratings statutory backing at some point. Given that the censor has banned Manhunt 2, a ban which has been overturned in the UK, I'd prefer PEGI to have control than Kelleher.
Respect due for refusing to prove your age, Kiand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.202.152.174 ( talk) 17:13, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Is there any way to redo the linking so that one searching for another IFCO isn't automatically sent here without having the option of going to a disambiguation page? Even just a link at the top of the article like other ones. It's kind of annoying to actually have to search and find it through obscure means. 216.191.40.149 19:15, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
so is this "no longer used", or is it "not to be confused with an obsolete certificate, as it is still issued."? There is an inconsistency in the article Farannan 05:39, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Well, the argument should be solved now. The office of Official Censor of Films, trading as the Irish Film Censor's Office, has been renamed legally to the Irish Film Classification Office under the newly commenced Civil Law (Miscellanious Provisions) Act 2008. So the trading name and the legal name are now the same. -- Rdd ( talk) 18:58, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
I am striking out the section entitled "Relationship with the BBFC" as the section does not describe the relationship (if any) between the BBFC and the IFCO, and instead amounts to little more then an observation that the packaging of English language Region 2 videos sometimes has the UK and Irish certificates alongside each other, while at other times the Irish certificate will be a sticker placed over the BBFC rating logo. The only referenced point in the section is a memo from the BBFC's website regarding the labeling of videos available for sale in the UK which points out that videos on sale in the UK should not carry an Irish certificate alongside a British one where the Irish rating permits supply to those of a lower age then the British one. This point is not relevant to Ireland or the IFCO, and consequently the section belongs on the BBFC wiki page (but it is such a minor point I doubt it warrants inclusion there either). Rubensni ( talk) 16:35, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
What is the Ireland rating for the Nicole Kidman movie The Others? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:0:8500:472:8511:1939:4FB5:500 ( talk) 20:30, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
15 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.3.43.15 ( talk) 22:28, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
I have a recollection of reading, years ago in this article, about the reason for the introduction of the 16 certificate and the re branding of 12PG and 15PG to 12A and 15A. Apparently the film Bad Santa received complaints from parents, unaware of the film's adult content, who brought their children to see the film which was rated 15PG in cinemas. When I recently rented the film on Blu-ray I found the Irish 18 logo on the disc. I still feel this information is relevant to the article if it caused IFCO to review the cinema certificates. A similar discussion has appeared on the talk page to the Bad Santa article but the (currently) sole contributor is having problems finding reliable sources to this. Tk420 ( talk) 20:31, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
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