Good work on Fili! I see you've actually done significant work on Wikipedia already, so it's a belated welcome. -- Kathryn NicDhàna 19:58, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Go raibh maith agat. You're very gracious. I've only been wiking for ten days however, so I'd say I'm still wearing the newbie mantle and will be for some time.
Unfortunately, I know I'll never be up to snuff when it comes to citation. I wik almost entirely from memory. Despite the fact that there's no shortage of published sources that propigate rubbish, I understand why Wikipedia standards call for them and know that I should start making an effort in this regard. Thanks again for your note. Wik well. House of Scandal 15:18, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi HouseOfScandal - can I point out the Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English - when writing topics concerning a locatable topic, the page should use the spelling appropriate to that area, e.g. Irish English (very similar to British English) for the Dún Aengus article, Commonwealth English for Asian trees, etc.; so 'metre', 'neighbouring', and so on - thanks, MPF 01:33, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind words regarding my edit of the Bodhrán article. I am sorry for screwing up the footnotes. They may have been broken when I cut-and-pasted between Wikipedia and WordPerfect in order to spellcheck. I will be very mindful of that in the future. Or better yet, I should take a few minutes and see if there is an easier way to spellcheck. Wik On! House of Scandal 18:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Excellent job on the Seanachie merge. Nollag shona duit! Flowerpotman 20:15, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
I hate to correct you, but I can assure you Taig is definitely used in Ireland; I'd go so far to suggest even more than Scotland, who, I believe, prefer "Tim". Also, I don't think derogatory strongly enough describes its usage; round here it ranks as offensive as nigger. BertieBasset 22:37, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
(laugh) I think I am going to borrow your "apologies if I'm tutoring the knowledged" phrase...it's a very polite (and in this case, applicable, as I do understand Donegal's status as "northern Ireland" but not "Northern Ireland"). If it turns out that " taig" is almost entirely heard in R.O.I. in relation to the Troubles, and you were mistaken, as I implied above there's no shame in that. In fact if you read Talk:Mission Hill, Boston, Massachusetts you'll find a recent example of me charging into editorial battle on my high horse and getting knocked off it. All that matters is that we all learn. Thanks for the link to that piece in An Phoblacht. There's probably something there I can refernce to improve the taig article. House of Scandal 02:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm not commited either way to the image of Vincent Pompe van Meerdervoort on the Bodhran page, but I'm not sure I know why we can't have his name underneath? Attribution is fair ... unless we have an emotional need to make a dramatic stand over this one free use image against the subject. =:o
Actually, sounds to me that if the guy has a problem with image and how it's used, it's not our problem, nor is it WikiPedia/Commons's problem, but a problem for the photog. That is, the subject doesn't like his likeness being distributed. That's why I took it out, not to edit-war over it. Granted, Harmony Glen's page is no more (deleted for being bio-fanzine-like), so self-promo can't be a reason for the name being present.
Now,... the subject was performing publicly, and the photog probably was in his rights to take the photo and post it. But without sifting deeply through the Wikicommons standards for free use images (it is Saturday after all, I want to go outside), I'd say we needn't put the humble li'l Bodhran page in the middle. I'm SURE I can find another fair use or free use pic of a bodhran player. S***, I'll go play at a session and ask someone to take MY picture with MY camera. :D Whoops, would that be self-promotion? Maybe not, if I crop my face out.... Wik on.... David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍) 15:22, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
BTW, the Robbie Harris page, apparently created by Robbie himself, needs help. I've tagged it CsD, but it seems he IS notable ... it's just a conflict of interest issue, with the added distraction of a sock puppet account created to defend it. Article needs third parties who know of Robbie to add some references, tone down the "fan-zine" review-like tone. Can you help? David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍) 15:46, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Good work on Fili! I see you've actually done significant work on Wikipedia already, so it's a belated welcome. -- Kathryn NicDhàna 19:58, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Go raibh maith agat. You're very gracious. I've only been wiking for ten days however, so I'd say I'm still wearing the newbie mantle and will be for some time.
Unfortunately, I know I'll never be up to snuff when it comes to citation. I wik almost entirely from memory. Despite the fact that there's no shortage of published sources that propigate rubbish, I understand why Wikipedia standards call for them and know that I should start making an effort in this regard. Thanks again for your note. Wik well. House of Scandal 15:18, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi HouseOfScandal - can I point out the Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English - when writing topics concerning a locatable topic, the page should use the spelling appropriate to that area, e.g. Irish English (very similar to British English) for the Dún Aengus article, Commonwealth English for Asian trees, etc.; so 'metre', 'neighbouring', and so on - thanks, MPF 01:33, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind words regarding my edit of the Bodhrán article. I am sorry for screwing up the footnotes. They may have been broken when I cut-and-pasted between Wikipedia and WordPerfect in order to spellcheck. I will be very mindful of that in the future. Or better yet, I should take a few minutes and see if there is an easier way to spellcheck. Wik On! House of Scandal 18:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Excellent job on the Seanachie merge. Nollag shona duit! Flowerpotman 20:15, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
I hate to correct you, but I can assure you Taig is definitely used in Ireland; I'd go so far to suggest even more than Scotland, who, I believe, prefer "Tim". Also, I don't think derogatory strongly enough describes its usage; round here it ranks as offensive as nigger. BertieBasset 22:37, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
(laugh) I think I am going to borrow your "apologies if I'm tutoring the knowledged" phrase...it's a very polite (and in this case, applicable, as I do understand Donegal's status as "northern Ireland" but not "Northern Ireland"). If it turns out that " taig" is almost entirely heard in R.O.I. in relation to the Troubles, and you were mistaken, as I implied above there's no shame in that. In fact if you read Talk:Mission Hill, Boston, Massachusetts you'll find a recent example of me charging into editorial battle on my high horse and getting knocked off it. All that matters is that we all learn. Thanks for the link to that piece in An Phoblacht. There's probably something there I can refernce to improve the taig article. House of Scandal 02:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm not commited either way to the image of Vincent Pompe van Meerdervoort on the Bodhran page, but I'm not sure I know why we can't have his name underneath? Attribution is fair ... unless we have an emotional need to make a dramatic stand over this one free use image against the subject. =:o
Actually, sounds to me that if the guy has a problem with image and how it's used, it's not our problem, nor is it WikiPedia/Commons's problem, but a problem for the photog. That is, the subject doesn't like his likeness being distributed. That's why I took it out, not to edit-war over it. Granted, Harmony Glen's page is no more (deleted for being bio-fanzine-like), so self-promo can't be a reason for the name being present.
Now,... the subject was performing publicly, and the photog probably was in his rights to take the photo and post it. But without sifting deeply through the Wikicommons standards for free use images (it is Saturday after all, I want to go outside), I'd say we needn't put the humble li'l Bodhran page in the middle. I'm SURE I can find another fair use or free use pic of a bodhran player. S***, I'll go play at a session and ask someone to take MY picture with MY camera. :D Whoops, would that be self-promotion? Maybe not, if I crop my face out.... Wik on.... David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍) 15:22, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
BTW, the Robbie Harris page, apparently created by Robbie himself, needs help. I've tagged it CsD, but it seems he IS notable ... it's just a conflict of interest issue, with the added distraction of a sock puppet account created to defend it. Article needs third parties who know of Robbie to add some references, tone down the "fan-zine" review-like tone. Can you help? David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍) 15:46, 6 January 2007 (UTC)