PatWhelehan

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This user is no longer active on Wikipedia as of August 4, 2020, bullying and constant accusations..

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Speedy deletion nomination of Gaulstown, County Westmeath

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A tag has been placed on Gaulstown, County Westmeath requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://staniforthfamily.com/GaulstownHouse.html. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge

Hi, Your articles would be welcome here!† Encyclopædius 22:04, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for this, I have just joined. PatWhelehan (talk) 18:22, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Goldenisland moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Goldenisland, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. NASCARfan0548 ↗ 18:56, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Flags in infoboxes

I see some of your Irish parish stub where you have added flag icons. Such article do not add the flag icons. I remove a few that I happened to come across but maybe there are more that you can remove: see WP:INFOBOXFLAG. Good luck. ww2censor (talk) 11:19, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Logo of the Finnish Refugee Council from the organisation's website.png

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Template:Cite EB1911

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{{Cite EB1911|ref=none |wstitle=Westmeath |volume=28 |page=548

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-- PBS (talk) 08:52, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Northern Ireland

Hi there. I've come across some of the articles you've created, generally very good job. One item to be aware of though. You keep creating and editing articles in Northern Ireland and saying they're in Ireland and putting them in categories for the (Republic of) Ireland. These need to be in Northern Ireland which as you're aware is a separate country. We use countries not landmasses for Wikipedia articles. So Belfast, Northern Ireland and Paris, France, not Belfast, Ireland or Paris, Europe. Thanks. Canterbury Tail talk 17:38, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the constructive criticism, I will admit I'm never what to put, with a lot of people not agreeing with the term 'Northern Ireland' I've just been putting the general 'Ireland', but if the overall consensus is to use Northern Ireland, I will go ahead and do so from now on. Thanks again. PatWhelehan (talk) 18:05, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Yeah we use countries, and while some people may not like the word Northern Ireland or the fact it's in the UK, it is a worldwide accepted thing. Even by the (Republic of) Ireland. Some of the stubs you were using were specifically linking to the Republic of Ireland which is clearly incorrect. One thing you may wish to look at, not that you have any issues, is the Ireland Manual of Style. And yes confusingly this one covers the island of Ireland, not just the country of Ireland. It's the main guideline document for specifically Ireland related topics. If you need any assistance or advice I spend a lot of my time in Northern Ireland related articles and try my best to be neutral between opposing sides that crop up from time to time. So just drop a note on my talk page if you want to know anything, or just run something past someone else. Take care. Canterbury Tail talk 18:36, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Westmeath V not Westmeath

Hiya. I happened upon a few articles of late which, upon a quick check, it seems you were kind enough to take the time to create. Maith a'fear. While I appreciate that these things sort themselves out over time (and it is the nature of collaborative editing that improvements and corrections are made in due course), I might (with tongue very firmly in cheek) recommend that you take a few secs to check one thing before committing/creating future articles :) Namely that perhaps you might take a quick sconce at a Westmeath version of this map, before saving changes to articles on places that aren't in Westmeath :) (Sorry. Couldn't help myself :) ) Welcome. And happy editing! [1][2][3][4]. Guliolopez (talk) 00:17, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Separately, if you need to confirm an entry in the Irish grid reference system, go to gridreference.ie. As a rule of thumb, while places in the midlands and Meath(ish) start with an "N", if you are anywhere else, and you're adding a grid ref that starts with an "N", then it's probably not correct. (Waterford/Wexford are generally "S", Kerry references are "V"s and "Q"s). Otherwise perhaps consider just avoiding grid refs at all. Just to be safe. Its probably better to have no infobox entry than to have a demonstrably incorrect and misleading one. Otherwise perhaps consider using a "blank" infobox as your starting point. As it seems that "reusing" ones from Westmeath is causing some issues.... Cheers. Guliolopez (talk) 00:42, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum for deletion

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Proposed deletion of Galway Technology Park

The article Galway Technology Park has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable business park. Zero indication that the subject meets WP:GNG, WP:NBUILDING or any other applicable query. A search of the main newspapers of record in Ireland (including the Irish Times for example), returns only trivial passing mentions. The refs here barely support the text. Not to mind establishing notability.

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Proposed deletion of Athlone Business and Technology Park

The article Athlone Business and Technology Park has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable business park. No indication that the subject meets WP:GNG, WP:NBUSINESS, WP:NBUILDING or any other applicable criteria. A WP:BEFORE search of news sources, including for example a search of the Irish Times returns only a small number of trivial passing mentions. There is nothing in the body or the sources to establish why or how this business park (a collection of 9 or 10 generic/cookie-cutter office blocks) is in any way notable. Wikipedia is not a directory of business parks. Or a directory of anything else for that matter.

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Proposed deletion of Brottonstown Little

The article Brottonstown Little has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:GEOLAND. The subject of this article is a small rural field in the middle of Westmeath. Barely 240 metres square. With no buildings and no inhabitants. It fails GEOLAND by some measure. It is just another example of pointless noise from this series of socking editors.

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Nomination of IRA Memorial, Killarney for deletion

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Guliolopez (talk) 15:55, 26 May 2023 (UTC)