Talk:Easter Rising

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message: WP:SHEPHERD should be in effect here. For example, the article currently contains no mention at all of the Howth gun-running. All mention of this, including a link to the article in question was removed here stating . You'd hope with all the other references they've added (while ignoring all the standard books covering the Rising.....) they might have come across this incident at some point? Some, or perhaps anyone competent, might consider that people planning an armed uprising imported 1,500 rifles a rather important fact that needs to be in the article.... FDW777 (talk) 10:42, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Sources for the direct connection between the two? It was after all an event that took place about two years earlier. The Banner talk 11:39, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: A very quick search gave me this TCD page. The gunrunning is dealt with in detail in Charles Townshend's Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion (2006, pp. 54–6). I can't imagine anyone familiar with the Rising not knowing that the Howth rifles played a significant part.  Scolaire (talk) 16:07, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I tend to ask for sources instead of believing the obvious. :-) The Banner talk 17:33, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

text: I am also alarmed with the way this article is being edited by , deleting large chunks at a time while adding multiple minor anecdotes (with citations, of course). I initially thought I'd let them finish their edits before commenting or editing myself, but it has just gone on relentlessly. Some SHEPHERDing is definitely called for, I think, but I don't think I'd be up to the task.  Scolaire (talk) 16:21, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I am indeed uneasy with the edits of DMT Biscuit but knowledge is insufficient to judge them. Do you have a proposal which details should be cut? The Banner talk 17:33, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I would have to go back through more than 250 edits, so I'm afraid the answer is no. I spend very little time on Wikipedia nowadays.  Scolaire (talk) 11:18, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: In honesty, my own thoughts are somewhat mirrored by several noted above. That some of the recent edits (such as this removal of cited content which excised the "Frongoch/ollscoil na réabhlóide/War of Independence" connection as "trivia") gave me pause. To the extent that I restored it - only to see it removed again as somehow "redundant". Similarly, I noted that despite inviting other editors to revert content deletions "if disagree" when other editors did revert because they disagreed,  just blanked the same content again. This culling of content seemed more than a little aggressive to me (and the rejection of others intervening edits somewhat concerning) to the extent that, similar to , I'd intended to review the article/changes as a whole - once the bullish editing was finished. But the changes just seemed to keep coming - Weeks becoming months, dozens of edits becoming hundreds. If  is (hopefully) now finished (and genuine in their "take to talk if disagree" or "restore if disagree" invitations), then I'd certainly welcome the space/time for other editors to review what's been done.... Guliolopez (talk) 03:29, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree with the concerns raised by others here. It would be good to see some engagement from  on the Talk page. BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 10:43, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Regarding this edit referred to by , I can see the merits of some of it, since the "ollscoil na réabhlóide" and Michael Collins is mentioned in the paragraph immediately below. And personally, I don't see the need to explain that prisoners were "the future Hollywood actor Arthur Shields" (a plain old "Arthur Shields" would to the job just as well, similarly "sportsman and referee Tom Burke". But of course if things like that are properly explained in edit summaries or by dropping a quick explanation on the talk page, everyone would understand a little better. FDW777 (talk) 15:40, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
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