User talk:John Carroll
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Meelar (talk) 15:03, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
Hi. Welcome to wikipedia. It is nice to see another Irish face.
Re your move of Des Connell's page. Wikipedia places all pages relating to cardinals on pages marked [[name Cardinal surname]]. That is because
- many cardinals in mediaeval times have had their first names lost, so cardinal can be used in the search-engine;
- many mediaeval cardinals used different cardinalate name to their own personal names. Their own personal names are generally unrecognised, but they are known as Cardinal x.
For both these reasons it was agreed that cardinals would always have their title used, rather than just a personal name, as personal names alone in the case of cardinals were found to be unworkable. In applying this, it was realised that
- all cardinals before 1965 were known by [[name Cardinal surname]], not the more modern (but technically wrong) [[Cardinal name surname]] form. Rather than rename thousands of pre-1965 cardinals to a form only used for 100s after 1965, it was decided to put them all in in the traditional form, which also happens to be the official form still used by the Vatican.
If you have moved any others from the agreed name format, please revert them to the form agreed and used by the rest of the wikipedia community. You'll find general guidelines on the naming rules used on the pages Meelar highlighted above. Slán FearÉIREANN 03:29, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Wikimedia UK/Wikimania 2006
Hi, this is a circular to Wikipedians in Ireland to draw your attention to Wikimedia UK, where the establishment of a local Wikimedia chapter for the United Kingdom (and possibly for the Republic of Ireland) is being discussed. See the talk page, as well as the mailing list; a meetup will take place to discuss matters in London in September, for anyone who can get there. On another topic, plans are being drawn up for a UK bid for Wikimania 2006, which would be conveniently close to Ireland. On the other hand, Dublin's bid was one of the final three last year - might we bid again? --Kwekubo 03:46, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
