User talk:Mhaille21

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Hello Mhaille21! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 21:41, 2 February 2007 (UTC) Getting started Wikipedia tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting help Frequently asked questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Fair use • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolving disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Hi Craig, One question: IIRC, WhiteOak defines themselves as both Reconstructionist and Neo-druidic. I'm just trying to decide which category the group best fits into, for WP purposes. This may not be easy to answer, as they seem to straddle categories. But we may have to actually pick one. Thoughts? ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 21:41, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Kathryn, thanks for the welcome. As you've already pointed out, selecting one category is going to be a problem. I think there are good arguments for placing WhiteOak in either camp so to speak, my feeling is that WhiteOak currently sits more within the Celtic Reconstructionist camp, as WhiteOak has more in common with say IMBAS than say OBOD.

I appreciate that there are fast becoming so many seperate subgroups within the broader umberella terminology and the difficulty a project such as WP will face long term in dealing with catergorising groups. Not sure I answered your question there.... :) -- Mhaille21 02:14, 3 February 2007 (UTC)