Talk:Ulster Special Constabulary

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The Special Ulster Constabulary The B Specials were set up by the British Government. Mostly Protestants who were ex-members of the UVF. They always carried weapons with them and were badly disciplined. They would beat up Catholic rioters therefore they were feared and hated by Catholics.

This is illiterate POV.

[edit] Reputation

never losing their reputation amongst Republicans for brutality and partisanship,

I've just done some minor cleanups and the above chunk was a little orphaned. It's unsupported as it stands, but rather than sticking a citation tag on it I thought it would probably benefit from being taken out and written up into a full section on the force's activities and reputation. I don't have the knowledge to do it, but some coverage would be useful for the article. Tom Harris 19:43, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Hello, well I dont think it would be hard to cite sources to back it up as a statement of fact. The question is why is what republicans think of the B-Specials or the reputation of the B-specials amongst republicans remarkable in the current version of the article? I dont think it is. Fluffy999 21:53, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't suppose it is, unless as part of the police it's important that they enjoyed a poor reputation amongst part of the population they were serving. The current text is strong on their history, mergers and structure, but perhaps could be a bit stronger on their activities and their place within a broader historical Northern Ireland? As I said, I'm not a specialist; I'm impressed by the work you've done on similar articles, so I'll defer to your judgement :-) Tom Harris 19:05, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

I think it was just a bit of prior POVism that went unnoticed until you came along. Many of the articles in the Northern Ireland sphere are prone to vandalism etc. Considering the service of the USC they deserve more detail as you said. Thanks for your nice comments :) Fluffy999 19:39, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

I will not be responding to messages left on my talkpage or on pages for articles I have worked on. Will no longer be contributing to wikipedia. Thank you. Fluffy999 13:17, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I would dearly love to track down the source of the Anderson quotation: I have trawled through all the books referenced, and even a few others not referenced (such as Anderson's biography and various histories of Ulster). Is it from Government correspondence, and if so, where can it be found? JustinLA 10:37, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tweaking

I've tweaked the article slightly to make just a couple of sentences read better and I've also included a link to the Hunt Report. I'll try to look in again soon to add more of the much needed citations.

GDD1000 (talk) 22:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)