Talk:Godfrey Timmins

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Snappy/To whom it may concern,

1) Ultimately, who is responsible for the editing/maintenance of Wikipedia articles? I understand that editing can be carried out "by anyone" but is it not the case that there are certain members with greater powers that others?

2) What criteria, if any, are followed for the editing/maintenance of Wikipedia articles, over and beyond copyright/verification?

3) There are a number of items in the article with no verification, what is proposed to be done with these?

4) "more than thirty years in Dáil Eireann" in the first sentence is incorrect.

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Test.account.16.04.2013 (talk • contribs) 08:35, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Welcome, To answer your questions, 1) Yes anyone can edit Wikipedia. Registered editors have more permissions than anonymous editors, Administrators have more "powers" again. I am not an admin. 2) See Neutral point of view, Verifiability and No original research for Wikipedia's core content policies. See also Notability (people). 3) It is proposed to get references for these items. 4) I have amended the first sentence to reflect the dates of his service. Now, a few questions for you, what, if any, is your connection to Godfrey Timmins or his family? In a recent edit, you said you were removing the material at the behest of the Timmins family? The material in that section seems standard enough and not controversial, also now its mostly referenced. Is there anything specifically that bothers you? and if so, why? I have removed the Bruton quote as it was a "oh, you're great, so you are" type of fluff. Also, since the subject is deceased over a decade, certain Wikipedia policies don't apply, namely WP:BLP. Rgds, Snappy (talk) 16:48, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your prompt and comprehensive reply. There is nothing bothersome in the material currently on the page. It was more to do with the "potential" that literally anything (inaccurate, or even false) could be placed on it (particularly when there is an area entitled "private life", which is an oddity give that there seems to be no such section for the majority of the other representatives from the constituency). However, at the time of the initial edit it was not appreciated that pages were monitored so regularly, which goes a good way to allaying previous concerns (and full credit to your good self in that regard). If it can be taken that pages are monitored regularly and kept to a high standard, in terms of verifiability and common decency, then there is really no need for concern at all and I am happy to relay that back to anybody who might be under any other impressions. In terms of finding references for items which currently lack verification, I'm not aware of any publications or websites which would be of assistance to you (perhaps "Baltinglass Chronicles" by Paul Gorry, but I do not have it) but I will be sure to get back to you if I come across any. Many thanks for your consistent assistance in this matter. Test.account.16.04.2013 (talk) 10:53, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Glad to hear that your concerns have been allayed. I have changed the "private life" to "personal life", but it is really a section of his biography for non-political stuff. I will try and find a copy of the book you mentioned. If you have any other queries then leave a message here or on my talk page. Snappy (talk) 16:09, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Many thanks SnappyTest.account.16.04.2013 (talk) 12:14, 19 April 2013 (UTC)