Talk:Sectarianism in Glasgow

message: Why are they tucked under "Northern Ireland"? 125.239.210.247 23:46, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orange walks 

message: Something that has always bothered me....Loyalist immigration.*
Is it not true that the extreme protestantism/orangism was brought over by Loyalist immigrants?
All the talk seems to be about Catholic migration, yes most immigrants were Catholic but there were a few Protestants who seem to have had such a great influence. 
Essentially is it not true that the North's troubles had been shifted onto Scottish soil?
* = Please note. Loyalist immigrition does not bother me, the fact that it is not mentioned does.
:Not sure when the above comment was added, so for the benefit of others reading this; the majority of immigrants into Scotland from Ireland identified themselves as Protestants, with only around a third identifying themselves as Catholic. --Connelly90[AlbaGuBràth] (talk) 09:35, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: it was actually 3 quarters catholic, 1 quarter protestant, but virtually all immigrants were from northern ireland.Monkeymanman (talk) 15:21, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I've checked my sources and you're right, I misread it; Cheers. --Connelly90[AlbaGuBràth] (talk) 15:31, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Loyalist Immigration 

message: :I would! The article is severely lacking in sources for its claims. A visit to a Glasgow central library should yield several books about Glaswegian sectarianism, which you can then use to source all the claims and remove the citation-needed notices. The alternative is to remove the claim, which I don't think is necessary because (from my understanding) the claims are true. 195.173.23.111 12:40, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation needed

message: Come on. This article hasn't got a single citation out of various different claims, it's laid out terribly and looks half-arsed. Delete it.86.139.116.194 07:31, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Keep?!

message: This article is terrible, and the intro is particularly bad. The reference used, like most research into Scottish sectarianism, shows that it's not a very serious problem. But here it's used to justify the vague claim that "Sectarianism still exists in certain sectors of Glasgow's population". What the reference actually says is that "These findings suggest that sectarianism still exists in Glasgow or at least that it is widely believed to still exist" (my bolding).--Nydas(Talk) 12:32, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. The article also makes a number of assertions such as claiming that Scotland was RC in the 5th century. The RC Church as such did not exist until 1054 and it was the celtic rather than roman form of worship that existed until the 7th century. 194.81.125.225 (talk) 08:12, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: The intro

message: I've deleted the reference to 'demonstrations' against Mo Johnston joining Rangers.  The 'evidence' cited was a journalist profile of the player's career in Toronto.  No firm evidence was provided in that article.  Moreover, the text included in the earlier version gave no indication of the timing or scale of the supposed demonstrations, their origin, the nature of the demonstrators or their broader significance.  In the absence of evidence to the contrary, I remain unconvinced that anything remotely constituting a demonstration ever took place (although that is not to deny that Johnston's signing prompted opposition, manifested in other ways, from fans of both Celtic and Rangers).--Stockton 12:31, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 'Demonstrations' against Mo Johnston

message: Under the heading religion someone has taken to including examples of sectarian violence that in no way mention religion. This material would be best put in a separate heading entitled 'incidents'. I also feel that the tone of that section is clearly biased, both examples are of violence against catholics or celtic supporters. This wikipedia article claims "The article stated that 64% of the 726 cases between 1 January , 2004 and 30 June 2005 were motivated by hatred against Catholics, and the remaining percentage were mainly motivated for hatred toward other minority religions.[5]", whereas the source, The Guardian says, 
"The figures analysed 726 cases between January 1 2004 and June 30 2005 where people were charged with religiously aggravated offences, and found that in 64% of cases the abuse or assaults were motivated by hatred against Catholics, and by hatred against Protestants in most of the remaining cases."
The use of the term "other minority religions" is false when in fact the article refers to protestantism, the dominant religion in Scotland. I will change the article to reflect the truth.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.107.236.19 (talk) 20:07, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religion? 

message: Objections?(Monkeymanman (talk) 16:58, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: So which part of this do edtors not agree with?(Monkeymanman (talk) 01:06, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

text: Could you reformat that so it's readable, and not just one long horizontal paragraph with a huge scroll bar? Maybe it's cos I'm using Firefox, but that's impossible for me to make sense of. Thanks. --hippo43 (talk) 01:28, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

text: Reformatted so it's readable, hope you don't mind. If you want to change it back, go ahead. --hippo43 (talk) 02:24, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

text: This is what I'd do to just the text you quoted. However, there may well be more to add and more sources which could help. --hippo43 (talk) 02:39, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: reworded section leaving intro sentence. (i think it starts it off well) i left out the opinions at the end. Monkeymanman (talk) 13:22, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Changes 

message: Over the years many deaths and serious assaults have been directly related to sectarian tensions within the city. 
Many of these have resulted either before or after Celtic and Rangers football matches. 
The savage murder of Celtic fan Mark Scott in 1996 by Jason Campbell a self confessed member of loyalist Ulster group the Ulster Volunteer Force.http://homepage.ntlworld.com/k.tole/Celtic%20Stats%201995-1996/Mark%20Scott.PDF 
sparked outrage on both sides of the divide within Glasgow and as a result the anti-sectarianism charity Nil By Mouth was formed.
A 2006 article stated that sectarian incidents reported to police (largely verbal abuse) increased by 50% to 440 over an 18-month period. 
The article stated that 64% of the 726 cases between 1 January 2004 and 30 June 2005 were motivated by hatred against Catholics, and by hatred against Protestants in most of the remaining cases (i.e. 31%).
 
Although these figures are not based upon the religion of the perpetrator, Professor Steve Bruce stated that the figures showed that religious intolerance was evenly shared among Catholics and Protestants, as the two-to-one ratio of incidents was roughly the same as the size of those populations in the west of Scotland. 
Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien said the figures indicated that Catholics were much more likely to be the subject of sectarianism than any other group.
It has been reflected that figures provided by Nil by Mouth have been inaccurate regarding ‘sectarian’ incidents but are taken to be factual by serious newspapers. 
Altering certain aspects of incidents to reflect sectarianism has been seen as an attempt by staff at Nil by Mouth to maintain a heightened awareness of sectarianism. 
This heightened awareness allows staff to keep their career interest of finding sectarian violence. Sectarian violence / incidents can be exaggerated and misreported by the media. 
‘There is no mystery about why journalists exaggerate, it sells copies. Newsprintworld is a dreadful place of fear and loathing.’
::So which part of this do edtors not agree with?(Monkeymanman (talk) 01:06, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you reformat that so it's readable, and not just one long horizontal paragraph with a huge scroll bar? Maybe it's cos I'm using Firefox, but that's impossible for me to make sense of. Thanks. --hippo43 (talk) 01:28, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

text: Reformatted so it's readable, hope you don't mind. If you want to change it back, go ahead. --hippo43 (talk) 02:24, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal

message: Numerous deaths and serious assaults have been directly linked to sectarian tensions within the city. Many of these have occurred either before or after Old Firm football matches. The murder in 1996 of Mark Scott, a Celtic fan, by Jason Campbell, a member of loyalist group the Ulster Volunteer Force.[Removed source - deadlink, and probably not a reliable source] caused outrage, and as a result the anti-sectarianism charity Nil By Mouth was formed.
In 2004 and 2005, sectarian incidents reported to police in Scotland increased by 50% to 440 over 18 months. Scottish Government statistics showed that 64% of the 726 cases in the period were motivated by hatred against Catholics, and by hatred against Protestants in most of the remaining cases (31%). 
Professor Steve Bruce of Aberdeen University stated that the figures showed that religious intolerance was evenly shared among Catholics and Protestants, as the two-to-one ratio of incidents was roughly the same as the size of those populations in the west of Scotland. 
Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien, the leader of Scotland's Catholics, said the figures indicated that Catholics were much more likely to be the subject of sectarianism than any other group. He stated that most of the cases did not relate to either football or parades, and that "it is not poverty, alcohol or football which underpins most cases of religiously aggravated crime in Scotland, but blatant anti-Catholicism."
[Removed this as it is unreferenced - It has been reflected that figures provided by Nil by Mouth have been inaccurate regarding ‘sectarian’ incidents but are taken to be factual by serious newspapers. Altering certain aspects of incidents to reflect sectarianism has been seen as an attempt by staff at Nil by Mouth to maintain a heightened awareness of sectarianism. This heightened awareness allows staff to keep their career interest of finding sectarian violence. Sectarian violence / incidents can be exaggerated and misreported by the media. ‘There is no mystery about why journalists exaggerate, it sells copies. Newsprintworld is a dreadful place of fear and loathing.’]
:This is what I'd do to just the text you quoted. However, there may well be more to add and more sources which could help. --hippo43 (talk) 02:39, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: reworded section leaving intro sentence. (i think it starts it off well) i left out the opinions at the end. Monkeymanman (talk) 13:22, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit by Hippo43

message: Just a slight change, pedantic perhaps but not trivial. The sentence read 'a review into Orange parades' and while the article was clearly prejudiced in its comparison between loyalist and republican marches, the tagline of the article itself (and i believe the quote given) was against marches in general, from both sides of the divide. Hachimanchu (talk) 10:15, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slight change 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Remove State  religion comment. - Scotland has no state religion and the covenanters and aftermath of the Restoration made sure that it never would.83.12.33.42 (talk) 17:16, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: State religion

message: This paragraph is using data that is nearly 20 years old and predates both the implementation and revocation of the Offensive behaviour at football act. Is it still relevant today? is there more relevant/recent data available? 2A00:23C8:307:C301:E9CC:DC50:70C3:3920 (talk) 11:34, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  football is unlikely to be the main source of sectarianism in Glasgow