User talk:Robindch

EMV

Agree with your comment - Could do with some help in getting the article to an accepatble standard --Davidsteed (talk) 08:18, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jehan Alain

Just a brief note to say what a magnificent job you've done with the Jehan Alain article. Euchiasmus 17:12, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :) it was a much more enjoyable edit than usual! One cannot really imagine what heights and depths Alain would have reached had he lived, given the standard of what he produced in the short time he had. A tragic loss for us all. Robindch 15:01, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Edward Gibbon

Robin, i'll be moving the following to The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, unless i hear an objection in the next few days. i wont be doing anything extravagant, witness:Stevewk 04:30, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ghosh, Peter R. "Gibbon's Dark Ages: Some Remarks on the Genesis of the Decline and Fall", The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 73. (1983), pp. 1–23.
Kelly, Christopher. "A Grand Tour: Reading Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall'", Greece & Rome, 2nd Ser., Vol. 44, No. 1. (Apr., 1997), pp. 39–58.
Trevor-Roper, H.R. "Gibbon and the Publication of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1776-1976," Journal of Law and Economics 19,3(Oct. 1976), 489–505.
Wootton, David. "Narrative, Irony, and Faith in Gibbon's Decline and Fall", History and Theory, Vol. 33, No. 4. (Dec., 1994), pp. 77–105.

Absolutely fine by me, since I think that the FR section is too long anyway. Thanks for the edit. Robindch 22:53, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yanggakdo

Thank you, your version is much better :) Mthibault (talk) 23:05, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ITN: Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Ireland

On 21 March 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Ireland, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

-- tariqabjotu 18:29, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Iona Institute

The use of "religous segregation" seemed too pejorative, so it was replaced with the more usual term "denominational education" (which appears along with the related "denominational school" in several government documents[1],[2], [3], [4] as well as those of Educate Together [5], [6])Autarch (talk) 17:35, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This edit reintroduced language that could be considered WP:EDITORIAL, perhaps even WP:POV or WP:OR - see also WP:NOTBLOG. The page Denominational education has examples of cited sources that criticise the system, though I did edit one phrase to be less WP:POV. I also wikified it a bit - there are pages on the HAI and AI.Autarch (talk) 17:22, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The phrase 'denominational education' does not accurately describe the reality of segregated education. I reinserted it becuase Wikipedia is an international repository and the phrase is not really understood outside of Ireland in my experience.

The wikipedia page on Denominational education and the link to it should clear up any problems with the phrase not being understood by those outside Ireland. However the use of "segregation" is still loaded. Perhaps it would be better to say something like: In 2008, the Institute organised a conference in support of denominational education, which has come under criticism - using the same references as on the Denominational education page. That way, it avoids WP:EDITORIAL and gives context instead.Autarch (talk) 18:05, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]