User talk:Ryker-Smith

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Thanks for the welcome. It'll take some time to correctly learn all the rules... :-) Rykersmith (talk) 12:46, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Unusual Division of Tipperary

reply left on my page Laurel Lodged (talk) 18:04, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

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Murder of Michaela McAreavey

I'm not sure but in my opinion user Kingroyos is doing biased POV edits on the Murder of Michaela McAreavey article.--BabbaQ (talk) 19:33, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree. Ryker-Smith (talk) 10:01, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

In my opinion something radical is needed to save this article into not becoming a Pro-Mauritius-anti-Ireland article. Like reverting Kingroyos edits and have a consensus discussion about them all at the talk page.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:25, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

There does seem to be a leaning towards this becoming a pro-Mauritius/anti-Ireland article. While I do not consider that to be an acceptable outcome, neither do I consider it right for this to become pro-Ireland/anti-Mauritius; which I suspect is the majority view and undoubtedly your own too.

Multiple reverts based on who made them can be seen as ad hominem - and not justifiable if we take Kingroyos edits as good faith. Also to be considered is the WP prohibition on that level of reversion; there are reasons for that policy and I instead believe that changing errors and inaccuracies as they arise will lead to a better article.

The difficulties seem partly to arise from conflating: (inclusion of references to suggestions of a tourism boycott) with (those suggestions themselves). It is possible to understand how any Mauritian could be angered by those suggestions and how those issues naturally conflate; after all, the average Mauritian is as revolted by the events as anyone else. It is therefore easy to understand any defensiveness that has arisen.

It is also easy to understand how many Irish people are angered by the failure of the Mauritian police to investigate in a manner that would lead to successful prosecution of the guilty party - whoever that may be. Irish people are naturally angry at this failure to find justice.

If wording can be found to clarify the facts while steering between these concerns the issue may naturally resolve without 'radical' action.

I agree that the talk page is the place to build consensus.

Ryker-Smith (talk) 16:01, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Events happening in Dublin

Hi! As you tagged yourself as being in Ireland, I hope you don't mind me reaching out. We know have a recognised Wikimedia Community Ireland User Group and we have been running workshops and other events in Dublin and beyond. In case you are interested our next event will be this Saturday in Collins Barracks, you can find the details here. Smirkybec (talk) 23:07, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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