User talk:NotMuchToSay

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[edit] Northern Ireland flags issue

Excellent article, well done that man 86.12.245.194 13:21, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

I concur. —Nightstallion (?) 10:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Irish Health Service Executive Regions

I have made a proposal at the above article. Comments welcome. Djegan 22:57, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Logo_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_notext.gif

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Northern_Ireland_Health_Boards.png

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[edit] Image tagging for Image:BBCNews9799.jpg

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[edit] Politics of Northern Ireland

Hi, I had to remove the NI Assembly logo from the template because it is a fair use image, so cannot be used on a template. Thanks.  Keithology  Talk!  13:07, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:BBCNews9799.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Progressive Building Society.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:Progressive Building Society.png. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

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[edit] Re:BBC Two Northern Ireland

You're welcome. enochlau (talk) 23:10, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ulster-Scots place names

I noticed your recent edit to the Irish place infobox, it got me googleing, and I found a couple of websites. [1] and [2], what do you think? « Keith » 14:42, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Good idea. The second link is maybe politically charged, though the first one is a good source. NotMuchToSay 14:49, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Somaliland Map

Hi, it looks like you are a very talnted map maker, I would like you to make a Somaliland map with regions numbered, and then pointed in accordance to where the major cities in Somaliland are. I have seen you Ireland map and I'd like you to make a Somaliland based on that if you dont mind...Thanks

Abdullah Geelah 21:44, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for you message and your kind words. To be honest, I have only edited maps that other people have created. I also know very little about Somaliland, so unfortunately I won't be able to do a map for you.
Sorry I can't be of more help! NotMuchToSay 22:33, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summaries

When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

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The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. ➨ ЯEDVERS 22:02, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I do know that. You can see where I've done this for many of my posts. Maybe I don't do it for all of them, and maybe I should, but there's no need to be patronising about it. Thank you. NotMuchToSay 22:08, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Community-approved standard message; not my wording. See {{summary}}. But, of the +- dozen edits you've made that have appeared on my watchlist in the last 48 hours, exactly 0% have had edit summaries. This is a figure you could improve slightly, as you seem to agree above. And, yes, maybe you should do it for all edits. It wouldn't harm. There's an option in your preferences to make the software ask for a summary if you can't manage it under your own steam. Thanks! ➨ ЯEDVERS 22:51, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ulster-Scots placenames in info boxes

Hi,

I've noticed you've been adding Ulster-Scots place names to several articles, and I was just wondering what the rationale behind it was? The Irish places names are there because that is what the places used to be called before their names were Anglicised, but I'm not sure what significance the Ulster-Scots names have. Surely, if they are to be included, the Chinese and Polish names should be included too, given that more people speak those languages in NI? :) Martin 23:09, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment. It's not something I'm particularly interested in, but it does appear that in some cases, there is an alternative Ulster Scots name. I think this should be reflected, since Ulster Scots does have an agency looking after it and is a dialect native to the north of Ireland. This is not the case for Chinese and Polish. More people speak Chinese and Polish on a regular day-to-day basis than Irish, so you could argue the same about it.
If you travel down the Ards Peninsula, you'll see a number of signs with placenames in Ulster Scots. Some have names similar to the English and/or Irish, some are completely different.
You'll notice that, in a couple of cases I added an Irish version of the name as well, where one didn't exist on Wikipedia previously.
Basically I think that in a few cases Ulster Scots names should be added if there is evidence that they are, or have been used. Making up new ones is not a good idea, though.
EDIT: I originally made the "Ulster Scots" version <small> in the infobox so that it was less prominent than the Irish. This has been changed as it was apparently unreadable in some browsers. If someone wants to find a solution to this, feel free.
NotMuchToSay 16:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. That seems pretty reasonable to me. It's nice to see someone actively contributing to the NI articles - they can remain pretty static sometimes, so any ideas you have for improvements are more than welcome. If you haven't done so already, you might like to drop by the Northern Irish Wikipedians' notice board. Cheers, Martin 20:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
No probs, thanks for your comments. NotMuchToSay 22:15, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding your edit to County Laois

Actually County Westmeath does border a county with a coastline. County Meath has a small coastline - only a couple of miles long - but it includes Laytown and Bettystown. (I spent my summer holidays as a kid there ;O)) Flowerpotman 22:30, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

My apologies - you are, of course, absolutely right! Will amend page accordingly... NotMuchToSay 17:46, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Well, if it's any consolation, I spent ages last night looking for a decent map trying to see what other counties might fall into that category. Just one of these things that once you think about it, you just have to check. :O) Flowerpotman 19:28, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Waterloo Partnership

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Waterloo Partnership, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Hatch68 18:33, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the message. I have removed the {{dated prod}} notice as suggested above and have added some more information. If there is a consensus for deletion then fair enough, but I think this article has a place on Wikipedia.

NotMuchToSay 18:48, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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