Talk:Wexford

message: Does anyone else think that the section on the opera festival is substantially lacking in NPOV? colm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colmlinehan (talk • contribs) 23:01, 4 April 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Initial text

message: Coat of arms is wrong, county arms displayed, should be borough.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.141.204.45 (talk) 15:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Coat of Arms

message: I think its time to semi protect this artical to stop this recuring UFO vandalism guys.--Ferdia O'Brien 18:21, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not that excessive at the moment so I think this can be left as it is. A problem with one of the semi-protection notices is that it is unnecessarily prominent and slaps people in the face when they look at the article.--A bit iffy 11:57, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Semi Protection

message: The trivia section seems a little pointless, the first fact is about a fictional character, and doesnt seem to do much for an artical on a town, it should really be moved to the Father Ted article, and in accoundance with the Towns & Villages decision recheached above, the Saving Private Ryan fact should be moved, since it has nothing to do with the town what-so-ever, since Curracloe isnt even flanking the town. --Ferdia O'Brien 18:21, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: I removed this:
:==Flora and Fauna==
Asparagopsis armata Harv., Crouania attenuata (C.Ag) J.Ag, Gastroclonium reflexum (Menegh. ex Zanard.) Kutz., Rhodymenia pseudoplamata var. ellisae (Duby) Guiry in Guiry et Hollenberg and Shottera nicaeensis (Lamour. ex Duby) Guiry et Hollenberg  are species which, previous to 1979, had not been reported from Wexford. Guiry, M.D., Cullinane, J.P. and Whelan, P.M. 1979. Notes on Irish marine algae - 3. New records of Rhodophyta from the Wexford coast. Ir. Nat. J. 19(9): 304 - 307
It's badly written, completely meaningless to the average user, and doesn't indicate its notability.  Its mere factual presence in the town does not make it encyclopaedic.  Joe D (t) 00:12, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed section 

message: I've mentioned St Iberius (I'm a Protestant) but could somebody please put something in about Roe Street Church and its distinctive spire, and the impressive St Peter's College, not least the chapel designed by Augustus Welby Pugin. Millbanks 21:38, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Churches and Colleges

message: I wonder why Sarah777 removed the external link as follows:
* Hidden Wexford Genealogy, A website devoted to those researching Wexford institutions
It seems curious on the face of it that there are no external links in the article, and the one I added seems relevant to anyone researching various aspects of the city's social history. Yumegusa (talk) 14:50, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  As for 2 I'd remove it. If it was cited in the article that would be different but it just seems to be a link.--Albert.white (talk) 22:28, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree that those links should be removed from this article, where they are inappropriate. They shouldn't be used as justification for yet further inappropriate external links. William Avery (talk) 06:57, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: External Links

message: Re 1798, the text reads: "Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists..." I believe the most appropriate wikilink for "loyalists" here is to Loyalist where we read a historical section on "18th century Ireland", rather than to Ulster loyalism, which deals with the 20th century phenomenon. That's why I've reverted that part of the last edit. Is there an argument for the contrary position, that I'm unaware of?--Yumegusa (talk) 11:03, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  History: Loyalists or Ulster loyalism 

message: Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the "Modern Wexford" section seem inappropriately detailed, with blow-by-blow listings of companies and building projects. Phrasing such as "Modern building developments in Wexford have not shirked from the architectural cutting edge" are more suited to a tourist brochure than a NPOV encyclopaedia article. The stream of time-sensitive info is also unfortunate. Any arguments for not cutting through this with a rapier?--Yumegusa (talk) 23:02, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beware: cutting edge 

message: I have just done some work on the quality and peacock issues within the article, but much remains to be done. Significant tracts of the article are composed in a colloquial style, not suitable for WP.  Both these issues need continued work, i will certainly do some, but i also invite other people to join in. Darigan (talk) 14:50, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Quality and peacock

message: As per article edit, I have placed the removed content here, and invite any of the anon IPs (or anybody else for that matter) to offer some indication of the notability of former amateur boxer, Patrick Redmond:
" * Patrick (Paddy) Redmond, an amateur boxer, nicknamed 'Whacker' was born and lived in Wexford for much of his life. "
Cheers Darigan (talk) 10:29, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not notable. I found this on the UK site boxrec.com, but it says of its subject, "nationality 	 United Kingdom" and makes no mention of Wexford, nor Ireland at all. Can find nothing else online. --candyworm (talk) 16:05, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Patrick Redmond 

message: An anon editor here added an entry for the 1980's pop group Cry Before Dawn to the "People" section of this article. I reverted on the basis that the section was intended to list people from Wexford, not rock bands. Subsequently user Jongleur100 reverted my edit here claiming in her edit summary, "They are notable enough to have a Wiki article. If you remove them you will have to delete the entire section." I have no interest in wasting my own and other people's time in a petty edit war, but is it clear to no-one but me that this section "People" is is called "People" because it is meant to contain a list of people (only)? Is the solution to rename the section to "People and rock bands"? I don't think so. If the band is really worthy of inclusion in this article, then mention needs to be placed elsewhere, perhaps in a new section "Wexford in popular culture"; compare the Acton, Greater London article, where mention of The Who is found in its "Acton in popular culture" section. It seems clear that, only if individual members are notable, should a link to their articles be placed in the "People" section. Is there any precedent for taking a different approach? --candyworm (talk) 14:56, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, on the basis that silence is consensus. --candyworm (talk) 22:38, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cry Before Dawn 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

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thread_title:  External links modified (January 2018) 

message: I am opening this thread because, while the extinct Yola language (Forth and Bargy dialect) version of the subject's name is correctly reflected and cited in the body, it was recently added to the lead. (In prominent position - effectively the 4th word in the article). I have removed this because it:
# was incorrectly included in the :Template:Irish place name. Which is for Irish language placenames. As expected by the related TEMPLATE DOCs
# was not adequately or clearly marked as an archaic name. As expected by WP:PLACE#General guidelines.
# is not "frequently used" or (IMO) "important enough to be valuable to readers" for such prominent placement. As expected by WP:PLACE.
# is an example of the issues covered by MOS:LEADCLUTTER
If others feel strongly enough about inclusion (to the extent that they feel each of the above guidelines should be overridden or ignored), then please consider contributing here. So the proposed change can be discussed. And, if there is consensus that a change is needed, it can be agreed where and how to apply that change. Guliolopez (talk) 20:29, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yola name in lead