Wikipedia talk:Northern Irish Wikipedians' notice board/Archive 1

message: I need to know how to add the Northern Irish Wikipedians' notice board to the list of RWNBs on the table.  Or, if some kind soul would do it for us, it'd be much appreciated. :) --Mal 03:51, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. The "New" tag will need to be removed after 48 hours or so. Rhion 21:43, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  RWNBs 

message: I believe that, considering there exist portals for the other component parts of the United Kingdom, a portal be created for Northern Ireland. --Mal 03:56, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portal proposal 

message: I've added a template, see  
Is there a decent map of Northern Ireland, rather than using a flag? Stu 11:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Working on a Northern Ireland shape now with Photoshop.  Cheers Stu. --Mal 20:08, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template 

message: There has been a concerted effort recently to remove references to Northern Ireland from all Olympics articles. One example from a very large number of articles:
*Talk:Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2006 Winter Olympics
--Mais oui! 20:03, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I see no evidence of this at that talk page - only a discussion on what the article should be called.  Has the article itself been edited to remove references to Northern Ireland? --Mal 22:26, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. Look at the History: today for example. But this is only a fraction of the issue. Look at a cross section of the vast number of Olympics articles and you will find that it is GB, GB, GB. NI gets mentioned as a constituent of the team about once every hundred times, at a guesstimate. If you look for a mention of NI at the official "Team GB" site, you will also look in vain: it does genuinely seem that NI is definitely not officially a part of the UK Olympic team any longer, meaning of course that it no longer is a "UK" team. But in a true lack of consistency you will find many references at Wikipedia articles to the GB team being the UK team. (Minor note: please always remember to sign your comments!)--Mais oui! 22:06, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

text: Well I had a look at the Talk page of that article anyway, and I left a couple of comments.  I said that the team had been called "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" by the BBC in its Olympics coverage.  I looked at the GB Olympic team website about a month ago, and I remember noting that they stated the team included Northern Ireland.  I'm not sure there are too many competitors from Northern Ireland in the Winter Olympics though.. so in that sense it wouldn't surprise me that it barely gets a mention.  I would assume that, come the 'Summer' Olympics, it should be different. (btw - oops!  Fixed the signature now, thanks :) ) --Mal 22:26, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

text: It is my understanding that Northern Ireland isn't officially part of Team GB. Northern Irish athletes have the choice of who to compete for, Ireland or Team GB. Since residents and past citizens of Northern Ireland can compete for either team freely, and they choose both sides, the team cannot be said to be called GB and NI as the team doesn't specifically represent NI as the RoI team can also represent it. It is my understanding that is the reason it is Team GB and not Team UK. If it was Team GB and NI then you could also have the confusing team of RoI and NI. Ben W Bell talk 18:41, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Olympics 

message: As a move to standardise the article - to bring it in line with the vast majority of categories on countrys' football clubs I decided to propose a renaming of the Northern Irish clubs.
Examples are: European, English, Scottish, Georgian, Greek, Welsh.
As opposed to: Europe, England, Scotland, Georgia, Greece, Wales.
(see: :Category:Football (soccer) clubs)
"Northern Irish" is more correct usage.
So far, there have been 2 or 3 votes in opposition to the change.
An editor from New Zealand suggests that "we frequently have complaints here", how the term "Northern Irish" is "the non-standard adjectival form" which is apparnetly "not overly-liked" in IRC!
A Canadian editor deems "Northern Ireland" is "the less controversial adjective".
I would like to hear some Northern Irish opinions please.
I am going to put the request in again soon. --Mal 03:59, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Northern Ireland ---> Northern Irish football clubs 

message: I dont know if anyone here would be intrested, but i just started a project up for the Gaelic Games. Any help would be welcomed, feel free to vist the project at, Wikipedia:WikiProject Gaelic Games. --Boothy443 |  trácht ar 00:59, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Boothy, please add it as an announcement on the main page of the notice board (don't put in the "I don't know if anyone would be interested" part though! If you've not done it in the next couple of days, I'll maybe stick it in myself. Cheers and good luck and have fun with the project. --Mal 04:18, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well i put it under the news section, feel free to move it to a place more sutiable. --Boothy443 |  trácht ar 08:01, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Gaelic Games 

message: Is Northern Ireland part of the Olympic team or not?
*Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 March 20#Category:Great Britain at the Olympics to Category:United Kingdom at the Olympics
--Mais oui! 22:49, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, who are you talking to? Stu ’Bout ye! 16:35, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes - please specify Soundtech. --Mal 08:16, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK Olympic team? 

message: i just nominated a renaming for this to :Category:People of Northern Ireland but the debate is open to any suggested renaming or a keep. vote at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion Mayumashu 08:45, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[:Category:Northern Ireland people]] and its renaming (or not)

message: I stubles accross this article, will someone, who knows what it's supposed to be about, check this article - remove POV etc. It may be a bit like the Political landscaping and urban design in Ireland article. theKeith  22:03, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems a fairly pointless article to me, better it just redirects to Irish Republican Socialist Party. Stu ’Bout ye! 07:54, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Republican Socialist Movement]] 

message: I've created an infobox for NI towns:
I've added towns with a population of over 10k. How does it look? I won't add it to any articles until it's agreed. Stu ’Bout ye! 14:07, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I went ahead and added the infobox. No patience! Stu ’Bout ye! 15:49, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm also thinking of doing one for Historic buildings in Northern Ireland. Stu ’Bout ye! 14:20, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

text: Looks good though i would bold the heading. --Boothy443 |  trácht ar 04:44, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Info box only covers 16 out of 40 officially designated (by NISRA) towns in NI, fully listed (with cities) in the List of towns in Northern Ireland. Why list only those over 10k population? I'm not sure I really see the point. If you really must have an Infobox for towns over 10k then it needs to say so, otherwise it would give a misleading impression when there are 40 towns. Pardon my scepticism, but I am somewhat unconvinced that Infoboxes add anything, particularly in this case where every article has a See also section directing readers to the List of towns and the List of villages. Ardfern 21:17, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

text: I have bolded the title and changed it to "major". Listing all 40 would look very messy. I think infoboxes do add value. A list is fine, but an infobox is more user friendly. I think someone is more likely to click on it than to click on the list and scroll through it. Stu ’Bout ye! 09:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: NI towns infobox

message: Couldn't we just use a map of NI with the relevant county highlighted? Or are we looking for something a wee bit bolder (a coat of arms or some-such)? Martin 00:55, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know.. I thought the use of an orchard or some apples was a good idea for Armagh for example. That's what the image used to be for that county.. dunno if it still is. Pictures that depict what the county is most notable for would maybe be a Good Thing, and also possibly non-controversial too! Any pics of some Tyrone Crystal floating about the 'pedia..? :) --Mal 01:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I uploaded a selection of pictures that, I think, best depict the counties. I have overlaid them with their county colours, which might be a little controversial, but it is how they were coloured from the start. BUT as you can see when it came to County Tyrone I had no idea, I couldn't find a free picture of Tyrone Crystal anywhere, if anyone does have I could make a new picture. I also wasn’t too sure about the Fermanagh one, if anyone has any better ideas give me a shout.  theKeith  Talk to me  19:55, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

text:  P.S. you can find all the county user-boxes here.  theKeith  Talk to me  19:56, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images for county user-boxes 

message: I have proposed a renaming of two County Londonderry categories here. Stu ’Bout ye! 10:03, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: CFD

message: Gary Lightbody's article is up for deletion. Stu ’Bout ye! 09:59, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: AFD

message: I started this article today. I'm a bit concerned with the accuracy of the history. Can anyone help out? Stu ’Bout ye! 11:21, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't help personally, but I'll ask around. I moved The Northern Whig and the Ulster Way articles across to the improve section of the Todo list. --Mal 10:46, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[The Northern Whig]]

message: A new template was created yesterday, Template:Counties and cities of Northern Ireland. Whilst I think it is a good template, I'm wondering whether the use of GAA county flags is appropriate, as they have never had any legal or official status and aren't used by the community as a whole. Thoughts?
:You're right, the flags are not appropriate and I have removed them. I also don't really see the need for the template, as both cities and counties are covered in other templates. Stu ’Bout ye! 09:44, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Counties and cities of Northern Ireland 

message: Is there anywhere on the NI categories/portals to post recently updated NI articles? (like proper updates, not grammar, etc)
I recently added a whole bunch to Divis and I guess I would just like to showcase my contribution.
Also: Am I able to add to the notice board myself? I see that the article on Old Bushmills Distillery is hugely lacking for such a famous whiskey. I'll be going there this summer, so I'll get pics for it for sure, but I think it really needs an intense...wikifying.
Dom0803 23:54, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Dom, yes you can add to the noticeboard, anyone can. Feel free to add a "Recently improved" heading. You're right, the Bushmills page really does need some more content. Stu ’Bout ye! 18:47, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Good job Dom. I see you took the picture yourself, I hope it wasn't you drinking it too! But I suppose underage drinking is a small price to pay for an improved article. Stu ’Bout ye! 07:49, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improved articles 

message: Hi all, I have started to expand the PCI articles on Wikipedia. For more information see here if you think you could help, thanks.  theKeith  Talk to me  12:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Presbyterian Church in Ireland 

message: I was just browsing on Google Earth, and I came across a placemark that linked to a wikipedia page. The idea then came to me, what if we, the NI Wikipedians could create individual placemarks for all the Northern Irish things? (knowledge providing) It would certainly add an edge on a lot of articles, and there could also be one large rar/zip with all the placemarks in it. There could be different types of placemarks, such as that for the likes of NI villages, towns, cities, people, foods, drinks, etc etc. In my humble opinion it would add a nice touch and as far as I know it would be a first!
If we were to do enough of them, and perhaps make a project out of it (therefore, project page) we could certainly raise awareness to it and make it a more common thing, so instead of just the regular NI Wikichaps doing all the work, everyone could pitch in. I think it would add a certain edge to NI articles. Category: Northern Ireland Placemarks, or something to that effect.
Some input would be nice. :)
Dom0803 20:08, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Idea proposal 

message: I created this article today, cutting and pasting most of the text from the mural page and adding more images. Too many images? Not enough? Any other input? Stu ’Bout ye! 10:14, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I added four pictures I took last month. I think a couple of them are particularly notable, if anyone is thinking there are too many. Perhaps, if more are added, we could split them into political and non-political galleries on the page. --Mal 10:18, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Northern Irish murals]] 

message: Please see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Regional notice boards#A uniform naming scheme. Zocky | picture popups 00:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Standard naming scheme 

message: Please keep an eye out on the Murphy page? There is very non-encyclopaedic and POV language being used for political reasons. I understand he evokes a lot of hatred and resentment, but POV is POV, except for some for whom it is only POV when you don't agree. I am only asking because I am very busy at work and cannot monitor as I would like to do.
ArgyllRover 12:19, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Lenny Murphy]] PAGE 

message: I created the Northern Ireland Fire Brigade article, but to be quite frank it's a load of crap. Due to their poor quality website my article lacks everything it should, history being the main one.
I added it to articles needing improvment list on the project page. --Dom0803 12:08, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Northern Ireland Fire Brigade]]