Talk:Andy Irvine (musician)

message: Does Andy really have Huntingdon's or is the para just badly written? Is it really referring to Guthrie's diagnosis?
:I screwed that one up pretty bad. Reading his autobiography on his official site I read "He was diagnosed" as "I was diagnosed". Glad you caught that. -R. fiend 16:05, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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message: This should be done with a page move, not a cut and paste. Should probably be done at requested moves as well. -R. fiend 15:52, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Why? If anything the rugby player is more notable than the musician.--Mais oui! 15:56, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Andy Irvine is a musical god,rugby players just huff and puff over inflated pigskin and muddy grass.! Should mention be made of his often singing falsetto?--— ⦿⨦⨀Tumadoireacht Talk/Stalk 05:48, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
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message: The article in its present form should be deleted, as it is entirely unsourced. Dlabtot (talk) 17:07, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: If you think so, why don't you go ahead and nominate it for deletion? Hohenloh  +   03:02, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Because deletion arguments are a pain in the ass, and I wanted  to give the author or authors of the article a chance to improve it. Are you always this confrontational and rude? Dlabtot (talk) 04:10, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
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message: I am always surprised to hear his surname pronounced rhyming with "line" instead of "Lynn", since it is clearly of Scottish origin, after the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, which is pronounced:  ; ,List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic – NewsNetScotland .Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba ~ Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland The fact that his father was a Scot reinforces the case for pronouncing it the Scots way, as is done by some of Andy's closest collaborators (Lunny, Brady). I therefore propose adding a 'Pronounced' ref tag, as shown above, alongside his surname in the lead part of the article.
Having said that, I suppose we should make allowance for both pronunciations, since many English speakers make it rhyme with 'line', including Americans/Canadians who share that surname and also have several towns called 'Irvine', in California, Florida, Kentucky and Alberta.
Any suggestions? Of course, we could decide to do nothing, i.e. refrain from adding a pronunciation ref tag alongside his surname in the lead.
With kind regards; Patrick. Pdebee (talk) 15:17, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation of 'Irvine' 

message: [Copied from Alison's Talk page.]
Dear Alison, 
First of all: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2014. 
For the last few months (since 22 July 2013), I have been updating the article on Andy Irvine and I am pleased to say that this helped the article being upgraded from 'Start class' to 'C' yesterday. 
Today, I came across the photo you uploaded into Commons, of Andy Irvine on stage with Dónal Lunny, Liam O'Flynn and Paddy Glackin (a.k.a. 'LAPD'); I was very pleased to be able to add this photo into the 'LAPD' section of the article; thank you for making this possible.
If/when you have the time and inclination, Alison, please would you be kind enough to have a look at this article? There are only two photos in it and I am sure you will conclude that it could do with a few more, about Andy's various projects over the decades. 
However, one task I am not good at is uploading images into Commons, because I am bewildered by the licensing rules and I therefore find the uploading process confusing and somewhat frustrating. 
Therefore, the purpose of this message (a desperate plea, really...) is simply to seek your assistance, since your Wikimedia page is clear about your motivation to upload photos; if you were willing to add more photos of Andy into Commons, then I would be able to retrieve them and include them into the article.
I am sure you have tons of urgent or more worthy things to do with your precious time and you might not be interested in helping me with this; however, if I hadn't asked, I would never have known that you might have said 'Yes!'. 
So, I look forward to receiving your reply, whenever convenient, and I will respect your decision as final, one way or the other. However, I am hopeful that you might also be one of Andy's fans and therefore willing to help me make his article even better than it already is. So, Alison: thank you for your consideration to the present request.
With kindest regards for now; 
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.  (talk) 22:18, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Talk memo to Alison ["Photos of Andy Irvine (musician)"]. 

message: Someone, or more likely more than one person, has been putting a lot of hard work into this page, and it's much appreciated, but I do think we have to be careful to make sure that the article maintains the neutral, encyclopedic tone that is expected in Wikipedia. Below are a couple of examples that might need to be rethought:
Listening to this album, one would think it was recorded in any of the world's best studios, not in disused buildings using a laptop and some Pro Tools.[112] Most of the time, there are only two instruments playing–three when Irvine also plays harmonica–and the resulting sound is bright and pristine, enabling the listener to identify each part played by these two outstanding musicians, and to marvel at the harmonious music they are able to achieve together.
Shell's plans for the Corrib gas project have caused serious division and hurt in County Mayo.
The first is a bit gushy, the second probably not neutral enough. Some very slight changes could probably resolve the issues. For instance, in the second, something like "Shell's plans for the Corrib gas project have been the subject of controversy in County Mayo." 850 C (talk)
: Hello '850 C', 
:Thank you for your comment. As I am sure you can tell from looking at the stats and also at the sections above, I have applied many changes to this article since 22 July 2013 and I am pleased it was upgraded to 'B-class' quality as a result. 
:I fully agree with you about your two suggestions and have now changed the text accordingly. The first piece of text was something I wrote not long ago, so that was easy to change. Like you, I was never comfortable with the sentence a previous editor had contributed about the 'Corrib gas project' and I am glad you suggested a better form of wording. Thank you.
:With kind regards;
:Patrick. ツ Pdebee.  (talk) 20:37, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality and tone 

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