Talk:Red Hand of Ulster

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[edit] Protected?

Why has the article been protected at the same time as changing 'County Londonderry' (used as per WP:IMOS) to 'County Derry'? « Keith » 19:29, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorted. « Keith » 19:37, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Symbology?

Things to discuss:

1) In some cases I have seen the hand with the thumb on the right side or the left, spaced away from the hand or next to it. 2) In some cases, there has been a small red symbol underneath the hand 3) Any relation to "being caught red handed" or the concept of theft? 4) In the story of the boat race to win Ireland, who were the rowers? What happened to the winner; did he die of loss of blood, live happily ever after? What is the underlying metaphor in the story? How does this metaphor correspond to Ireland's many wars?

[edit] Alter the so called 'original' entry on the history of the Red Hand

Unless you'd like to tell me it's not a copy + paste from the Red Hand Pub's website.

http://www.dorrians.com/nyc/history/index.html

66.176.37.51 (talk) 20:38, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

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I've made some small alterations here, adjusting the prose slightly and adding that there is a red hand on the Tyrone flag.

I've also added information on the nature of the myth.

Is there a better - i.e. slightly deeper - red than the one currenty being used on the top right hand side?

The Wikipedia article is indeed not a copy and paste of that website. In fact if you check the dates you'll find that the website mentioned in fact has copied from Wikipedia, not the other way around, and naughtily slapped a copyright 2007 notice on it when any lawyer in the world can show that Wikipedia had that text before that date. So no rewording is needed, Wikipedia is in the clear on this one. Ben W Bell talk 20:55, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Moved new discussion to the bottomGnevin (talk) 21:17, 16 January 2008 (UTC)