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[edit] ANI case opened

I am tired of trying to explain policy to you so I have asked other admins to attempt to get through to you. IrishGuy talk 18:49, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks, as ever. Grand. Millbanks 22:23, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Clearly you just aren't getting it. Once more you are using article talk pages as a venue to spread your personal POV which has nothing at all to do with improving the article. Should you do it again, you will be blocked for disruption. IrishGuy talk 17:24, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

No, I am NOT getting it. I am SICK of you jumping down my throat when I make valid comments which make you feel uncomfortable, while semi-literate, obscene, sectarian and racist comments are allowed to remain. To give you but two examples, it is perfectly valid to note that almost no Boston Irish turned up to support their team at football (soccer), a point cited by the Irish Times. It is also perfectly valid to point out that whereas only one Irish American President has been Roman Catholic (cf the substantial majority of the population), at least four have belonged to a church which hardly exists here. I object most strongly to your attitude, as you will see in the Complaint I have made to you, most parts of which you have ignored. Millbanks 21:08, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

No, it isn't valid to note that the Boston Irish don't support the Irish soccer team. It has exactly nothing to do with the article. Stop treating article talk pages as chat rooms. IrishGuy talk 17:45, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

You might be interested to hear that the explanation put forward by the Irish Times is that "the Irish in Boston are now by and large elderly and live in far flung suburbs". I think that comment illustates the different worlds of Dublin and Boston. Anyhow, please leave me to my garden, the bridge club, the select vestry, talking soccer to my neighbours and making occasional entries here. I'm entirely happy for you to go down to the Irish pub, enjoy a Kilkenny Red and sing Danny Boy. There should be no hostility between our two worlds, different though they are. Le dea-mhéin. Millbanks 09:03, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Another Plastic Paddy joke? Last time, read WP:CIV and stop trolling. IrishGuy talk 00:08, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

I see that IrishGuy is infact American afterall then? ..I do sometimes find Americans strange, no disrespect IG.


Yes, of course IrishGuy is American.

[edit] Why I reverted your edit

I reverted your edit because it isn't very notable in the grand scheme of things. I have added Bertie Ahern to Category:Manchester United F.C. fans, but I don't think a list of United fans is worth a place in the article itself. - PeeJay 15:47, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, that's fine, thanks! Millbanks 22:02, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2007 Spanish Title

Most leagues use goal differential (goals scored - goals against) as a tie-breaker. Italy uses head-to-head between three or more clubs to rank tied clubs and then a play-off match between the two higher rank clubs to break the tie (Team A won 2 games, tied 2, and lost 0 games against Team B & Team C while Team B was 2-1-1 and Team C was 0-1-3; Team A & Team B will play play-off game). In Spain, only the head-to-head ranks the clubs. I think Madrid tied Barcelona 3-3 and won 5-3 thus winning the La Liga title. Raul17 19:13, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks Millbanks 22:19, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peter O'Toole

Can you explain this edit?. regards--Vintagekits 18:57, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Ar ndóigh. Since, as the article states, Mr O'Toole's birthplace is disputed, it is unencyclopedic simply to record it in the summary as Connemara, when it might equally well have been Leeds. Ceart go leor? Le gach beannacht. Millbanks 20:28, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Joseph Lapira

I have amended your edit to Joseph Lapira with reference to him being the first Irish international to play for Rangers. Apart from several Rangers players who played for Ireland national football team (IFA), Alex Stevenson also played for both Rangers and Ireland national football team (FAI) during the 1930s. Djln--Djln 21:11, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, OK. I read it over a coffee in the Irish Sun! Incidentally, they also mentioned that Alan Maybury, a Dublin Protestant, had trials for Rangers in the nineties, but decided it wasn't worth the hassle. Millbanks 22:36, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Stevenson and the others were Protestants, as it says in his Wiki article, but his religion is not relevant as your initial edit implied Lapira was the first ever Irish international to play for Rangers and not just the first Catholic Irish international. Has the Irish Sun never heard of Wikipedia ?


I don't normally read the Irish Sun, but the coffee was good and the newspaper had five pages of English soccer. I live in a small town in south east Ireland, and you see all sorts of English soccer shirts and a lot of Celtic ones, too. But you'd have big problems if you wore a Rangers shirt, and being a Protestant would be no excuse. Lapira, being American, is unlikely to have any problems in his home town. I can't imagine that the average American, or Irish American, has ever heard of Rangers. Millbanks 08:11, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anglican

Isn't the Anglican church considered "Catholic-lite"? Isn't the UK/Africa Anglican Commnuion also coming closer and closer to reuniting with Rome? I ask this as a personal question and not related to the Irish-American page. 75.32.38.191 14:51, 28 August 2007 (UTC)


Many thanks. I liked the phrase "Catholic-lite" and it's fairly accurate too. A Presbyterian friend once described Anglicans as "watered down Catholics"!

No, it doesn't seem likely that the Anglican church will reunite with Rome. Even when you put aside the substantial doctrinal differences, and the issue of women priests must be close to insuperable. But here in Ireland (well, the Republic at any rate) the relationship is one of "love thy neighbour". Millbanks 09:20, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Did you convert or did your family at some point convert? Because in America, being Irish is directly connected with being Catholic, it's the culture. 75.32.38.191 21:09, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

No, I didn't convert. Neither did my family. Millbanks 12:09, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

I know the answer to the above question, even though I am an American. I heard that Orange day marches began in America and were only later exported back to Ireland. Weird if true!
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[edit] Talk pages

I've no problem with you as a person. I'm sure you're a fine and lovely man...but please stop using the article talk pages as a discussion forum. In this particular case the anonymous editor is clearly a POV pusher and it is best if you don't indulge him/her. I will keep an eye on his/her edits. IrishGuy talk 10:15, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliment, which is indeed returned! Are you referring to the above correspondence, the "Catholic-lite" one? The guy seems quite harmless. Millbanks 10:19, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Some of his POV pushing edits are borderline vandalism e.g. this edit. IrishGuy talk 20:12, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

OK, fair enough. I'll ignore him from now on. But since we haven't been in touch for some time, can I mention one thing please? If you look at the "Discussion" on Carrickfergus, you'll see that Vintagekit's mask has slipped. Millbanks 21:18, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Vintagekits is currently indefinitely blocked. There is a discussion about him here. IrishGuy talk 22:28, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

ThanksMillbanks 10:56, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

He's back and he's attacking me for making points he's uncomfortable with. Millbanks 21:47, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

You mean that you are back spamming talk pages and usings them like an internet forum - I suggest you try boards.ie.--Vintagekits 10:44, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid that your mask slipped in the Carrickfergus Discussion page. Millbanks 10:35, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

What mask? I what I was saying on that talk page was that you need things to be sourced and referenced rather than you just typing out your opinions on wiki - this isnt the place for that.--Vintagekits 10:37, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Giving statistical information about towns in the north does not constitute giving opinions. Your sarcastic rejoinder does. Millbanks 10:44, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sinn Fein Article

The great thing about Wikipedia is that if someone doesn't like what you say, they can usually find excuses to delete what you've written. I've seen what you were trying to post and I can see what reasons One Night In Hackney has used to removed it. Essentially what you have put is commentary from a political commentator.

"They increased their vote, but only because they fielded more candidates than at the previous election. (see below) The reasons for this disappointing (to who?) performance have been put down (by who) to the fact that the other parliamentary parties ruled out government formation with Sinn Féin; a "squeeze" by the two big centre parties; and poor performances in television debates (if you have figs i.e. a survey then perhaps that could go in)."

I have tried to find info about how many seats Sinn Fein stood in, in the 2007 irish general election, and their share of the vote to compare it to the previous election but I can't find this figs anywhere. If you could show that SF got a lower proportion of the vote per constituency, then it should go in the article (and stay there... undeleted!). Hope this helps --81.132.246.132 21:48, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

My Irish Times pull out did have figures which showed quite clearly that SF did get a lower proportion of the vote per constituency, but I no longer have it. The performance was obviously disappointing to Sinn Fein. Labour and the PDs also felt the effect of the "squeeze". As for Gerry Adams's performance on TV, I very much doubt if there was a survey. I just read articles and letters in The Irish Times, The Sunday Independent and on line. I think that this discussion has now gone as far as it can go. Millbanks 11:11, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Carnew

I take you watched that program on BBC this evening about Graham Norton's ancestors! It was very interesting. Wiki01916 22:36, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I did, and yes, it was interesting, not least because we are Church of Ireland and have some connections with the area. Millbanks 08:07, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reverting vandalism

You're welcome. --Orange Mike 21:04, 7 November 2007 (UTC) (a Quaker republican Plastic Paddy, some would say)

Thank you for your help and support (as also to Alison and Irishguy) Millbanks 10:04, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


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