Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish Catholic Rebels

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was speedy delete as per consensus. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 04:11, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Irish Catholic Rebels

This page is patent nonsense. If I had to guess, I'd say it was joke written by someone from Scotland. Please delete. If it needs to be said, there was no, "Earl Patrick Flanagan" or "Irish Catholic Rebels" or even a Belfast quay in 1641. Complete garbage. Jdorney 14:22, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, vanity/not verifiable Demiurge 18:12, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• this article is not complete rubbish. i liv ein the west of scotland and have witnessed first hand the atrocities carried out by the ICR. It is an insult to the memories of the victims of these atrocities. J Dorney disgusts me. D McFadden —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.64.219.135 (talk • contribs) 16:50, 11 December 2005 (UTC). (copied from talk page. it's this IP's first edit. --Perfecto)
  • Wait! If the ICR did the atrocities (the ICR harmed people), then how can the ICR article (or it being valid or its deletion) be an insult to the memories of these victims? That makes no sense! -- Perfecto 19:55, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• I have warned User:Picr to provide sources two days ago. Picr paid no attention. Delete this vandalism. -- Perfecto 18:38, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• An IRA splinter in 1642? Damn prescient of them. Delete unless someone surprises me with sources. Shimgray | talk | 19:37, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• An apparent comment by an anon on the nomination's talk page (I did not write this): this article is not complete rubbish. i liv ein the west of scotland and have witnessed first hand the atrocities carried out by the ICR. It is an insult to the memories of the victims of these atrocities. J Dorney disgusts me. D McFadden
  
  Again, I did not write that, it was an anon's comment on the talk page of the nomination. --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:44, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Well, for what its worth I can vouch that there is indeed a gang going by the name of the Irish Catholic Rebels in Glasgow at the moment. I watched a news report on the subject last week. Can't back up the historical claims though :S, because I know them to exist, I believe they should be included in Wiki and so have put links to them in other articles-- before you play down the article you should come down to Glasgow and see the ICR graffiti all over the place!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.43.193.204 (talk • contribs).
• Speedy delete - obvious nonsense, references to a 17th Century IRA a dead give-away. If there is a gang called the Irish Catholic Rebels in Glasgow, this article doesn't have much to say about them. --Ryano 21:45, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete without question - This is just a vandalism page.SCVirus 22:49, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy delete - Looking on google, I found only one mention of the original ICR - here. This section could be included in an Irish history article. As for the so-called "new" ICR, an encyclopedia is no place for highlighting every idiot gang that comes along - this only serves as a magnet for the type of brain-donor who made the first post on the article's talk page. Incidentally, I live in the east end of Glasgow, and I haven't seen any ICR grafitti. Camillus^{talk|contribs} 22:52, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete reads like a uncyclopedia entry. Djegan 23:30, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy delete made-up pile of POV crap. This is the sort of makey-up rubbish that damages Wikipedia's credibility as an encyclopædia. FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 23:54, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy delete on the basis that its completely fake. --Kiand 00:40, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

This is obviously just a wind up by someone in Scotland, who's too into the whole celtic-rangers thing. But for the record, once again, the1641 rebellion is a very important event in Irish history, there were indeed massacres of protestants by catholics, and vice versa. However, there was no Earl Patrick Flanagan, no battle at Belfast and no group called "Irish Catholic rebels". The fact that it is supposed to linked to a street gang in modern glasgow led by a 17 year old is just hilarious. Thanks for trying anyway mate! Can we just delete this and forget about it now? Banning this IP adress wouldn't be a bad idea either

• Speedy delete It is pure rubbish and seems to be someone having a windup.--Padraig3uk 02:37, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Jdorney

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.