Talk:List of Sinn Féin MPs

Untitled
Sorry about the edit I meant to put in August 1981 not 1982.--BigDunc 19:04, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Detail important
If it was not important why have a reference at all. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Phoblacht (talk • contribs) 13:09, 16 April 2007 (UTC).
 * We should keep footnotes to an absolute minimum. It is highly significant that Carron didn't become an MP in 1982, but merely began using a different description of his affiliation.  Biographical details which have little or no impact on his affiliation while an MP are not very relevant and best left out. Warofdreams talk 16:46, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Carron never made a secret of his support for Sinn Féin, and by 1982 he was regarded as a Sinn Féin MP.--Domer48 17:26, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'm quite happy with clarifying that he always openly supported SF. I actually wrote much of the article you cite! Warofdreams talk 18:02, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Name of this article
Shouldnt the article clarify that this is to British parliments and new articles for Shinners to the Free State parliments.--Vintagekits 21:22, 26 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm thinking we could change it to include all elected representatives, to get rid of the listy overkill from here? One Night In Hackney 303 23:35, 26 April 2007 (UTC)


 * That'd be my preferred option, although the resulting list might be overlong. Warofdreams talk 01:12, 27 April 2007 (UTC)


 * How do other political parties handle this? I know you're quite active on them, and it'll save me looking through several articles before finding out. One Night In Hackney 303 01:18, 27 April 2007 (UTC)


 * At present, all the lists only cover MPs elected to the British Parliament. Warofdreams talk 01:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No seperate articles for MEPs or anything then? One Night In Hackney 303 01:46, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * None that I know of. Warofdreams talk 01:50, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Bearing in mind the use of UnitedKingdomMPs, is it really a good idea? One Night In Hackney 303 01:54, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The template shouldn't be an issue; we can always add additional templates if they become desirable. I'm more interested in the best way to organise the information. Warofdreams talk 02:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well I'm thinking that this article should contain the same information as the others in the template, there's no reason to make this one different to solve a list problem in the main SF article which can be solved another way hopefully. One Night In Hackney 303 02:28, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Are they technically MPs?
I had heard that the people elected on the Sinn Féin ticket are not technically Members of Parliament. If that is the case then this should be spelt out.

What I heard was that when you win an election you become an elected representative and that you only actually become a Member of Parliament when you swear the oath of allegiance (to the crown). As most people who are elected go on to take the oath and become MPs the difference is not normally worth making and so they are referred to as MPs from the moment they win their election

As members of Sinn Féin won't take such an oath they would not technically be MPs.

In most cases it would not be helpful to call the Sinn Féin representatives anything other than MPs. However if what I have suggested is true then on this page it probably makes sense to include it.

FerdinandFrog (talk) 16:20, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Blanking
I've reverted the blanking of this article without any discussion. If anyone would like to propose a page move or deletion, they should do so. Warofdreams talk 09:54, 1 February 2011 (UTC)