User talk:BrownHairedGirl

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for assessing the Sermons page. I still need to add a few more resources. After that, I will try to put up some pages for Swift's "Irish tracts" and then one on the other Irish pamphlets. Also, work on Molyneux. That way, there will be a greater resource on early Irish constitutional independence movements for those interested in Irish history. By the way, The Drapier's Letters is up for FA review. There are some complaints by some grammarians to specific parts, but you might be interested in checking out the page and/or commenting on the Feature Article Review. Ottava Rima (talk)

[edit] UK parliament responsibility for foreign affairs

Just created the below template to include on various pages to show the history of responsibility for foreign affairs. Any thoughts or opinions?

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephennt (talk • contribs) 09:05, 19 May 2008

The version that I see now looks better than the one I saw yesterday, because it has a more logical grouping of departments.

However, it is completely wrong to describe these as "Parliamentary Offices": they are government departments run by minsters of the crown, and they are definitely not "Parliamentary Offices".

The template is also rather bulky. It should be restructured to be collapsible. The {{navbox}} template may help. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:14, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks; I've made a couple of changes which I hope address your points. Stephennt (talk) 22:40, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of massacres (2nd nomination)

I used your close of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of massacres (2nd nomination) as an example of good practice when I was talking to Jehochman recently. That was one of your finest moments, if I haven't already said so. I wonder if you'd be interested in looking at this, if you have a moment? Very best wishes to you, --John (talk) 05:59, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi John, sorry I missed this when it was timely, but it looks like things have now moved on wrt that article. Thanks for your kind words about the list of masactes AFD closure, but I'm not sure that it would be an easy trick to repeat. I was lucky enough to spot that there was a solution in that case which might be workable, but it was touch-and-go how it would pan out afterwards.

Best wishes, --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:13, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] reply to you on my talk page

i havn't signed in for a while, hence not able to reply until now. The first point to be made, is that the "no surrender" comment should be viewed in context, it was a direct quotation and not an expression of opinion on my part. Secondly the repeated need for me to revert edits, is BECAUSE those people have decided to reverse MY edits rather than use the article talk pages in the way you suggest to find consensus. There you go. Do not reply. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ulster Vanguard (talk • contribs) 00:03, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comment on User:Matt_Lewis

Can you have a look at Talk:Association_football_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland#Requested_move_.2826th_May.29 and User:Matt_Lewis comment if WP:CANVAS,WP:Point or WP:Vote has been breached ? Gnevin (talk) 18:41, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] City status in the United Kingdom

On the article City status in the United Kingdom(which is currently undergoing a FA status review), user:GSTQ is throwing a fit about information I added regarding Derry. Since I have no intention of talking around in circles with him on the talk page where he left a very long post, could you maybe take a look at the issue in question? He seems to have his heart set on getting into an argument/revert war over an edit that I think was very minor. Thanks. ʄ!•¿talk? 20:43, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Change needed in criteria for List of events named massacre

Hi BHG... Could you pop over to the list's talk page... we seem to have consensus that we need to slightly ammend the inclusion criteria (which is protected) to include only events that involve deaths ... this came about due to the addition of the Saturday night massacre... which involved Richard Nixon firing a lot of his staff after the Watergate scandle became public. Many of us think such events are not within the intent of the list... but they do fit the current criteria. Blueboar (talk) 23:59, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I have offered a suggestion there. Hope it helps. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:34, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

• I dispute that there is consensus. Opening up this can of worms again just before you are about to take a break seems improper. The proposition has not been on the table long enough for a consensus to be established and there was not a clear consensus about the change - some editors wanted a title change and I agree with them. Please revert your change to the inclusion criteria if you will not be around to follow this matter through. And enjoy your break :). Colonel Warden (talk) 07:46, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Please re-read the discussion: it wasn't me who opened up the subject. It would be helpful if you could assume good faith.
    I have reverted the change to allow further discussion. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:13, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

• I did not mean to suggest that it was you that had opened the can. My point was more general - that, given the fraught history of this article, changes to its basis need careful deliberation before action is taken. Thank you for reverting so that we may take more time over this. Colonel Warden (talk) 10:53, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Block evasion

Hey Brown Haired Girl, I hope you're doing alright. Last August you indefinitely blocked a user named Klaksonn for repeated incivility and disruptions, among other things. I believe he is now trying to evade that block via a sockpuppet account; it is currently being discussed here. This new account (both he and I happen to be Muslim) has called me a pusher of "9/11 Wahhabi Islam" on the talk page of another admin, very similar to all the "wahhabi fanatic" comments that originally got Klaksonn in trouble. Since you were the blocking admin, I thought it would be interested to have your comments. MezzoMezzo (talk) 06:14, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Doireann Ni Bhriain

Hi! I'm dropping a note to all the fairly recent editors of the Irish Wikipedians' Noticeboard.

I have just started writing an article on the journalist Doireann Ni Bhriain and I am calling for interested editors who would like to dig for some more sources on her career, her birthdate, and perhaps to find a usable picture for WP. As of yet, there is no section on her lengthy career with RTE, and that's something I would like to rectify soon. However, what I can find seems to be just a vague overview. I'm American so perhaps I don't know where to look for the best sources on this...this is where you come in! Please contact me if you'd like to help. Mike H. Fierce! 07:12, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CFD for Category:British Occupations

Thought you might find this one of interest (especially in light of my remarks vis-a-vis Northern Ireland). Cgingold (talk) 18:59, 8 June 2008 (UTC)