Talk:Michael Davitt

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I just completed a biography of Michael Davitt, and the prison years in Dartmoor seem extremely brutal. Reminded me a good deal of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. 
But this seems very subjective and I don't know whether it can be added to the article itself. 
Can anyone provide an opinion on this? Bernfarr (talk) 09:49, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see a problem. Go for it. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 12:42, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: How did Davit get a ticket of leave, If he was already in england, does this mean he was deported? 58.105.8.145 (talk) 14:04, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Commenting on books?

message: I read somewhere that Michael Davitt was sympathetic towards the Highlanders demand for land reform and that he actually visited the Highlands as well.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elitejcx (talk • contribs) 22:56, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Davitt and Scottish Highlanders

message: Parnell's death is discussed in Portrait of the Artist by James Joyce, but the book deals with the period of time 1882-1902, and Davitt did not die till 1906, which is after Ulysses took place.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.131.65 (talk) 15:32, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Davitt's Death

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message: When I checked Davitt's Hansard record, it seemed like many of his contributions were directed towards prison reform. He had an unusually humane attitude towards the issue. I think he lays down his position best in this speech but I'm not sure how to incorporate this aspect in the article, especially given WP:PRIMARY. Thanks Catrìona (talk) 18:14, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prison reform 

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message: Please see WP:QUOTEFARM. Overuse of quotes is against Wikipedia policy. Catrìona (talk) 12:18, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I have requested protection and now the IP accuses me of edit warring and claims I should find consensus here. Is it a strange idea to expect that the IP should explain why he is editing in breach of WP:QUOTEFARM? The Banner talk 13:24, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Excessive quotes are used in this article 

message: While it is claimed on several websites that Gandhi was influenced by Davitt, that seems to be apocryphal. If it were true that Davitt had a noteworthy effect on Gandhi, you would expect to be mentioned in biographies of Gandhi and books about his nonviolent philosophy. I checked—neither Gandhi's Truth: on the Origins of Militant Nonviolence and Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi mention Davitt. The fact that this article was written by a guest columnist in a local newspaper which evidently didn't vet all of her claims makes it a poor source for evaluating Davitt's legacy in general. (News stories are often poor sources for history unless written by a historian with an established reputation.) That's why I removed the paragraph. Fiamh (talk, contribs) 12:40, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Michael Davitt and Gandhi