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Streedagh photo

I see you've posted one of the wreck photos to two articles - excellent job! Your user name in the photo caption is different to this user-page name.--Shtove 17:38, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

So it wasn't verifiable as Armada. Oh. Thanks for the effort.--Shtove 01:04, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Commons Picture of the year 2006

I am the same user as commons:User:The.Q --The.Q | Talk 15:15, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Michael Corcoran

Yer man keeps insiting that Corcoran was from Donegal. Keep an eye on that page. Windyjarhead 04:03, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Please stop deleting where Gen. Michael Corcoran was born. [the preceeding unsigned comment was left by IP user 69.248.239.218]

I think I've solved the Sligo/Donegal riddle is regards to Corcoran. Look here when you get a chance. Windyjarhead 21:35, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I've conatcted the library at the University of Pennsylvania - they have no portraait and no birth cert for Gen Corcoran. All they have is sheet music to a military march that was witten in his honor and a lithograph picture of him on the front of the sheet music. Windyjarhead 21:01, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Oustanding research and happy St Patrick's Day to you. Windyjarhead 15:41, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Photo

Did you like the aerial photo of "the Hill" and the Northside that I took?--Vintagekits 16:46, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Corcoran Ireland/R of I

I happen to disagree with that particular part of the manual of style. Unionist POV if you ask me. I had a similar situation on the Chaim Herzog article. Someone wanted to say that Herzog was born in "Belfast, Northern Ireland" instead of "Belfast, Ireland." But, as he was born before the partition, he could not have been born in Northern Ireland, because it simply did not exist. Again, this is Unionist propaganda trying to create a public impression that would further legitimize the partition of Ireland, to which I am, needless to say, entirely opposed. Windyjarhead 23:29, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

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Sorry meant to reply to your earlier message as well, but got tied up in writing various articles. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 13:07, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Well there's articles to be written, and nobody else seems in any particular rush to do them so I figured I'd make the best use of the never-ending ArbCom. Pat McGeown and Joseph Fenton are my latest ones.... One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 22:33, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Derry, County Sligo

Hi. :) Another administrator felt that the article deserved a wider hearing than WP:PROD, so I have procedurally nominated it for a deletion discussion. The conversation will be at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derry, County Sligo. As the nominator of the speedy and the prod, you may wish to contribute to that conversation. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:04, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Benbulbin

Alright Q, hows things?! I see you moved the Ben Bulben article to "Benbulbin" - whats the rationale behind that? For what its worth my my favour option for the article title is neither of these.
On another note - did you see that I got the 4 Lights up for AfD! Input from another Sligonian would be helpful.--Vintagekits 19:45, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in replying to you, VK. I probably moved it too quickly, without checking with others first. I was going through the Gazetteer of Ireland for Irish names of places in Sligo, and came across Benbulbin as the correct spelling. I moved Ben Bulben to this, given that I've seen all three names spelled in different places (Benbulben being the third), and as they are all pronounced the same way, I felt it was better to give the article the corrected spelling. A bit hasty?

P.S. Good catch on the lights, sorry I didn't see the AfD till too late.--The.Q^(t)(c) 16:21, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Have your say on the talk page. As you know I would go for the latter!--Vintagekits 22:26, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Sligo Jail

Plenty of my "rellies" spent a few nights here. What you reckon to it? GOt anymore sources for it?--Vintagekits 22:25, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Good article, VK. I'm fixing a few typos (as I know they're not your thing!), and I may see about a photo or two of the jail as it now stands. I couldn't have much more sources than you've used, could I? Well done. --The.Q^(t)(c) 16:11, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

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Your ER

Hey, sorry you've been waiting so long for a review! I was about to do it, but I saw you replaced your talk and user pages with this box, and haven't contributed in a couple weeks. So I wanted to ask before I go to the trouble - are you still involved in the project and interested in getting reviewed? Peace, delldot talk 12:03, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi Delldot, thanks for the response. I've been away from my computer for a few weeks following the birth of my third child, but I'm getting back into things now. If you're still interested in an editor review, I'd be very interested in what you have to say. --The.Q^(t)(c) 12:50, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Sure thing, coming up! I'll probalby do it within a day or two. Congratulations on the little one! delldot talk 16:04, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, apprreciate it (and thanks for the congrats, plenty of sleepless nights beckon, again!). --The.Q^(t)(c) 16:06, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Done, sorry for the delay. :-) delldot talk 17:04, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Tom MacSharry

Hi, I have reverted your addition of Tom MacSharry to the article Families in the Oireachtas.

Nothing against the MacSharry family, but the article says

"This article lists families where two or more members of that family have been members (TD or Senator) of either of the houses of the Oireachtas (Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann) or of the European Parliament

… and that doesn't include local councils. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:40, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't see that. Thanks. --The.Q^(t)(c) 12:45, 11 January 2008 (UTC) P.S. I hope you don't mind me using your colour scheme on my talk page, I just thought it looked good! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and all that!

No prob, just thought I'd explain why I reverted your edit, and I have added a note to clarify the article's purpose.

And you're quite welcome to the colour scheme. As an academic friend says, it's recycling! :) --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Ray Foley

Please speak with the deleting admin. Cheers. --MZMcBride (talk) 17:05, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Whats happening buck.--Vintagekits (talk) 21:37, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey, there VK, plenty happening, just all off-wiki, which is why I haven't been here for such a long time. As you can see I mentioned above, had an extra addition to the family just over a year ago, plus work is amazingly busy, and I also got a bit disillusioned with WP for a while, so decided to take a back-seat. Plus, I only had dial-up at home until Christmas 08, so I really only had a net presence at work, which constrains me a bit. I may take up WP again, if I can manage to find the time, in between real-life!!

Hope all goes well with you. BTW, as a Sligonian, have you seen/read Fióna Gallagher's book The Streets of Sligo. My other half got it for me for Christmas, and it was undoubtedly one of the best xmas presents I've ever gotten, well worth it if you get a chance. Anyway, thanks for asking, and you may see more of me hereabout in the near future. --The.Q^(t)(c) 13:23, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, seen it and have it. It's an expensive little puppy, but forgive me if I am underhelmed at her rehash of other secondary sources - most of whom I have already.--Vintagekits (talk) 17:54, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

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paul mcgee page

hi i was wondering if you could correct the paul mcgee wikipedia entry? the title is has his DOB as 1954 and it should be 1959. many thanks - he is a good friend of mine Pat boyle — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patcvb (talk • contribs) 10:03, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi Pat, Are you sure? According to the rest of the text on the page, he started with Sligo Rovers at the age of 15 (or 16 according to Sligo Rovers website), which by your reckoning would be 1974, which would mean he was only 18 when he scored the winning goal in the 1977 league victory. That seems unlikely, given that he spent at least one season with Kidderminster (and possible Hereford too?), 2 seasons with Finn Harps, before returning in 1975 or 76. Again, by your reckoning he joined QPR at the age of 18 in 1977? 23 seems a more reasonable age to me.

However, if you can show some proof that he was born in 1959, I'll see how to go about changing the title of the page. In the meantime, I'm going to change the details on the page itself to 1954, as that is the title of the page.

--The.Q^(t)(c) 15:48, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks, Anomalocaris. Changed now. The.Q^(t)(c) 10:34, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

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