Talk:Reform Movement (Ireland)
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[edit] Is it a real organisation?
Is there anything to prove that 'The Reform Movement' is a real organisation, such as a published list of members? I get the strong impression that its merely a single nutcase who is an obcessive troll in internet discussions, using multiple online identities.
It is a real organisation. It has a website, mailing list, a committee (several of whom occasionally appear on televised discussion programmes) and members (including me !). So whatever about being nutcases there is definitely more than one of us !
[edit] Irish Unionist Alliance.
The Irish Unionist Alliance has similar goals as the Reform Movement of Ireland.Here's a link to their website; [[1]]. - (Aidan Work 04:58, 16 December 2005 (UTC))
- There may be come common features in the short term, but that note that the Reform Movement would not support the first objective of the Irish Unionist Alliance "To work for the creation of a new, dynamic and prosperous Ireland within a Federal United Kingdom" or another "To support the retention of the Pound Sterling as the currency of the United Kingdom". --Henrygb 03:28, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
To an extent this is true although on the currency issue Reform would say it was a matter for the People/Government of the United Kingdom to decide. As for supporting Irish membership of a federal UK while one can speculate on whether members of Reform would support such an arrangment the official line says that as such an aim is not practicable in the forseeable future it simply isint on the agenda. Thus Reform doesnt support Irish reentry into the UK and doesnt oppose it either. 87.112.24.52 19:11, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Irish Parliamentary Party
I don't see the point in having a link to the IPP here.The reform movement doesn't claim itself to be the successors to the IPP and it's not calling for Ireland to go back to Home Rule.Dermo69
On its website Reform states it is a Redmondite organisation so I guess thats why there is a link ! 87.112.24.52 19:02, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Language Freedom Movement
I can see why the article on the Language Freedom Movement might merit a link to the Reform Movement page, but is one in the other direction neccessary? It might be taken to imply that there is a connection which is tenuous at best. Autarch 17:56, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
There is no connection. The Language freedom movement had (unfortunately IMNSHO) went out of existance many years before Reform was established but there is enough of a similarity in the aims of the two organisations to justify a link surely 87.112.24.52 19:01, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
I don't think a vague similarity is enough to justify that - were there members of the Language Freedom Movement who later became members of the Reform Movement? Autarch 21:46, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Cant really answer that question but I suspect most Reform members werent born (or were very young) when the LFM was wound up. But since both organisations campaign(ed) for the ending of compulsion in relation to the study of Gaelic in Irish Schools I reckon the similarity is more than vauge although I accept that While just about all Reform members would have supported the aims of the LFM (had the two organisations been around at the same time) not all LFM members would have supported all the aims of Reform. 87.112.80.80 19:08, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Why the dispute and citation tags ?
I see no reason for the continued existance of the dispute tags. The tone of the article niiether condones or criticises the organisation but is simply a factual description of the organisation and its aims. Any of the statments marked "citation needed" van be verified with a quick glance at the Reform's own website. Can anyone come up with a reasonable justification for keeping the tags or shall I remove them ? 87.112.24.52 19:35, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
