Talk:Maze Prison escape

message: Removed as they made no sense. Saying both 15 feet and 18 feet are 5 metres in the same sentence shows how flawed that particular system is. One Night In Hackney303 16:27, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Metric conversions

message: Is maximum security the right term? The Maze article says high security. Stu ’Bout ye! 10:35, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It might have been surpassed by Belmarsh in UK terms now but the Hennessy Report into the escape says "We described in Chapter 2 how the Maze grew from a small temporary internment centre at Long Kesh in 1971 into the huge modern maximum security prison it is today". One Night In Hackney303 10:40, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Security rating

message: Shirley this should be called the Maze escape and not the Maze Prison escape? Fiiiiight!!!--Vintagekits 19:16, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really. It needs to be made clear it was an escape from a prison. One Night In Hackney303 22:38, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article makes it perfectly clear girlyman! Common name and all that you havent got a Heather McCartney.--Vintagekits 22:44, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article name has to make it clear to. One Night In Hackney303 23:20, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Does it?!?--Vintagekits 11:52, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. "Maze escape" is a meaningless and ambiguous title. Google it and see. One Night In Hackney303 21:17, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Jesus, if ya want it that bad keep it the way it is!--Vintagekits 02:10, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually I think it should be renamed Irish republican prisoner escapes as it focuses on escape attempts by members of the IRA from all prisons rather than actual escape attempts from this particular prison. Read previous escape attempts section to see the point. Captainbeecher (talk) 20:17, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Name of article

message: An unnamed source told me that an officer manning one of the gates was shot in the eye and killed by one of the escaping prisoners.In the article it says that one officer died of a heart attack and two others were shot;one in the head and he survived.jeanne (talk) 12:48, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is correct, several officers were wounded in the escape, two critically. The officer about whom you refer did die some years later, having never fully recovered from his injuries. While doctors agreed that death was partly as a result of the injuries suffered in the breakout it was felt that a criminal case against the escapees would prove futile. On the 20th anniversary of the escape paint and excrement were thrown over the officer's grave. Captainbeecher (talk) 20:27, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Prison Officer killed?

message: Should "Subsequent escape attempts" only contain other attempts from the Maze? I don see why it mentions other prisons, that should be left for there articles. Murry1975 (talk) 05:50, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: there is no obvious reason to have other prisons included, especially those outside NI. In addition, the text refers to "including an armed robber, Danny McNamee" but the connected page about Danny McNamee makes no mention of robbery. Ardmacha (talk) 23:25, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't say Dannny McNamee was an armed robber, especially when the sentence is quoted in full . Six prisoners in total, four of them IRA members, plus an armed robber and McNamee. FDW777 (talk) 07:10, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subsequent escape attempts 

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message: I added the words 'after being stabbed' in the sentence "One prison officer died of a heart attack during the escape."
This was removed by a user who claimed "no definite connection between the events". 
I feel it is relevant, particularly since the intro includes reference to two prison officers who were shot, and did not die.
WarrenWilliam (talk) 23:17, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't claim anything of the kind. A judge and pathologist did. FDW777 (talk) 23:24, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

text: Excessive detail for the lead, see WP:LEAD also WP:ONUS. I note your addition neglected to mention the pathologist who said the stabbing would not have killed a healthy man, not that I'm suggesting that needs to be added to the lead since it would still be excessive. FDW777 (talk) 08:13, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mention in intro that prison officer who died of heart attack had been stabbed.