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This user is an anti-Irish Wikipedian.

Hey,

I'm a Dublin-based 30-something writer, columnist and academic. My politics are left of centre. Since joining Wikipedia in November 2003 I have written on a broad range of topics, including Irish government and politics, religion, globalisation, folklore, republicanism, constitutions, governmental systems, state ceremonial to god knows what else.

By the way, some people have asked about my usernic. Fear Éireann means Man of Ireland in Irish. (Caint by the way is the Irish for talk) The colours used in my sig are two of those of the Irish flag, green (for Irish nationalism) and orange (for Irish unionism). The Irish tricolour, green, white and orange symbolises peace and reconciliation between unionism and nationalism.

Though I change it regularly you'll see my usernic on talk pages in the form FearÉIREANN\(caint)

Some of the things I have written about are listed below.

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1877 papal tiara of Pope Pius IX

A number of articles I have written have become Wikipedia:Featured articles. One example was Papal Tiara.

BTW I am a little tense, as is shown above, because I have a bad flu. Apologies if in that state I sound a little bit moody in the next couple of days. Man, but I hate being sick!!!

Pages started or fundamentally re-written:

Ireland

Irish Constitutions

Irish States and Structures

The chandelier in the Irish House of Lords.
Image taken by me.

Irish History, Culture & Current Affairs

Grattan's Parliament
now the Bank of Ireland, College Green. Photograph by me.
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The Dáil chamber
Ireland's lower house in parliament.

Past and Present Institutions of State

People I admire:
W.T. Cosgrave, President of the Executive Council, 1922-1932. Set up Irish democracy amid a civil war. A brave courageous and decent man.

Biographies

Irish Governors-General

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People I admire:
Michael Collins - while others talked he acted to deliver an independent Ireland.

Irish Presidents

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If even Sky News says it, it must be true.
from Adam Carr's page. Nice one, Adam. And soooo true.

Presidents of the Executive Council (1922-1937) & Irish Taoisigh (1937- ) (prime ministers)


People I admire:
Mary Robinson, seventh President of Ireland. An inspiration to the new Ireland.

Public Figures

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People I admire:
The Liberator, Daniel O'Connell. Non-violent leadership at its best.
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People I admire:
Senator David Norris, Ireland's leading gay rights campaigner. Honest, open and a role model.

Irish Political Parties

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People I dislike:
Pope Benedict XVI - homophobe. Embodies the worst in Catholicism. Strong on opinions and short on facts.

International & Other

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People I dislike:
Future generations will have to clean up the environmental mess left by these assholes, all to line the pockets of their business friends. Politics at its worst.


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The Blue Hussars
at the inauguration of the first President of Ireland, in 1938.
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Dublin Castle
Photograph taken by me.

  • The correct titles of English/Great British and United Kingdom monarchs

Among the templates I have created, and which link to articles I have written, are

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My favourite 'jokes' from wiki pages:

  • RAM disk is NOT an installation instruction!
  • What is a Canadian but an unarmed American with healthcare?
  • Joke doing the rounds c. 1990:

God visits President George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Ian Paisley to announce the impending end of the world. They report the news to their colleagues.

George Bush announces to his cabinet: "Friends, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I have definite proof that God exists, because He has spoken with me, and the bad news is that the world's going to end tomorrow."

Mikhail Gorbachev announces to the CPSU Presidium: "Comrades, I have bad news and worse news. The bad news is that the God, who we have been denying for the last 70 years, exists, for He has spoken with me, and the worse news is that the world's going to end tomorrow."

Ian Paisley announces to the UUP leadership: "Friends, I have good news and better news. The good news is that I have proof that the Lord our God exists, because I have spoken with Him, and the better news is that He has told me that there will NEVER be a united Ireland!".

Arwel

Question: If we have to go back a while in terms of content, does this mean -

  • 1. That out deletions are undeleted?
  • 2. That our undeletions are deleted?
  • 3. Will that make GrahamN happy or unhappy?
  • 4. Does this mean we have to rename pages - Votes for Deletion becomes Votes for Redeleting Undeletions (VfRU) and Votes for Undeletion becomes Votes for Undeleting Redeleted Undeletions (VfURU). And if so, as User:MyRedDice any suggestions for how we can keep the contents, maybe even the titles of the pages, under 32K?
  • 5. Does that mean our hardbanned people now become only squiggely banned?
  • 6. Does that mean we might lose the records of some of Michael 2417 identities?
  • 7. Does that mean that DW might become a wiki version of the Undead, the 'Unbanned'?
  • 8 Does that mean we might have lost 172's reversion of Fred Bauder's additions to Communist State, Fred Bauder's reversions of 172's reversions, 172's reversions of Fred Bauder's reversions of 172's reversion, Fred bauder's reversions of 172's reversions of Fred Bauder's reversions of 172's reversion, my reversion of Fred Bauder's reversion of 172's reversion of Fred Bauder's reverson of 172's reversions of Fred Bauder's reversions of 172's reversion of Communist State?
  • 9. When Wiki re-opens, will we find that it was all secretly a lockout by Pizza Puzzle so he could rewrite New Imperialism without anyone stopping him?
  • 10. Will Liza Minnelli have found a new husband by the time wiki reopens for business?
  • 11. Will David Gest have found a new husband by the time wiki reopens for business?

FearÉIREANN

Hey, there's always Fred Bauder's Internet-Encyclopedia. http://www.internet-encyclopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Main_Page Anyone want to join me and get user accounts? 172 13:40 Jul 28, 2003 (CEST)

It looks so . . . so . . . wikipedian. What is it? Wikipedia for Reaganites? You know, it desparately needs an article on Communist state. What say you? Oh and as it likes opinion as opposed to NPOV, wouldn't a nice gentle article saying how Stalin was one of the greatest intellectual leaders in Russian history suit its acceptance of POV oh so well? Or an article on the People's Republic of China, liberation theology, Marxism for beginners, How Communist Intellectualism Benefits Humanity, Nixon was a Socialist, The Sandinista Revolution: An inspiration for America, Fidel Castro's collected speeches, Daughters of the Russian revolution. Maybe even New Imperialism/Temp and New Imperialism could find mutually accepting homes there. Yes, Fred's POV creation could prove such fun! And there we were all wondering where had be gone to? We missed him so terribly. FearÉIREANN 13:10 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Long time no hear, me old mucker. Deb 17:39, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Sorry to butt in but i noticed a conversation you had on the British isles discussion page where you referred to the Book "The Isles" by Norman Davis. Can i recommend to you two books on Cornish history.

Mark Stoyle "West Britons, Cornish identities in the early modern British state"

Philip Payton "Cornwall a history"

Both excellent and place the Cornish in their rightful context as a distinct peoples of the Atlantic Archipelago. Bretagne 44 6/02/05

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