Talk:Michael Davitt

Edits on 18 July 2005
_ _ The general inchoate state of this article can be seen by its having gotten the lk Irish [sic] only in the last 1% of its history, and in that typo being fixed by someone reading it only bcz Davitt's LoPbN entry had no useful info beyond his name, dates, & a (misplaced) lk to Land League. _ _ In particular, the relevant substance of the "Notes" section should be retained as at most a lk somewhere in this article to Land War or Land war or Irish land war, which should in turn have a lk to Boycott, which in turn needs a lk to Land War and may or not need the contents of "Notes" folded in or pilfered from. I assume material not directly relevant to him may be moved to make Land War more than a bare stub, but someone with more background (and interest) than i should do that job. (I'm afraid i would leave a mess if i did much beyond pulling the fire alarm on that, and i hope someone will obviate my returning to probably do just a dump job with its contents.) _ _ As is almost always the case (and here surely so, outside as well as within, the section that i just went over once with a stiff brush), the elimination of passive voice will be a valuable step, probably serving as occasion of some research on the Who (beyond Davitt) of this article. _ _ It hurt me to say some of the vague things i did in Michael Davitt, but i comfort myself that my edit is nevertheless an improvement on the article: it left all non-specialists as uncertain as i was, but with a better sense of the chronology, and less of their remaining ignorance concealed from them by the confusion the defective timeline imposed on the reader who fails to consciously attempt a reconstruction of that chronology. Jerzy (talk) 19:02, 2005 July 18 (UTC)

Commenting on books?
Where does Wikipedia stand with regard to offering opinions about books referred to in the main article?

I just completed a biography of Michael Davitt, and the prison years in Dartmoor seem extremely brutal. Reminded me a good deal of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

But this seems very subjective and I don't know whether it can be added to the article itself.

Can anyone provide an opinion on this? Bernfarr (talk) 09:49, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't see a problem. Go for it. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 12:42, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


 * How did Davit get a ticket of leave, If he was already in england, does this mean he was deported? 58.105.8.145 (talk) 14:04, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Davitt and Scottish Highlanders
I read somewhere that Michael Davitt was sympathetic towards the Highlanders demand for land reform and that he actually visited the Highlands as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elitejcx (talk • contribs) 22:56, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Davitt's Death
Parnell's death is discussed in Portrait of the Artist by James Joyce, but the book deals with the period of time 1882-1902, and Davitt did not die till 1906, which is after Ulysses took place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.131.65 (talk) 15:32, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

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Prison reform
When I checked Davitt's Hansard record, it seemed like many of his contributions were directed towards prison reform. He had an unusually humane attitude towards the issue. I think he lays down his position best in this speech but I'm not sure how to incorporate this aspect in the article, especially given WP:PRIMARY. Thanks Catrìona (talk) 18:14, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

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Excessive quotes are used in this article
Please see WP:QUOTEFARM. Overuse of quotes is against Wikipedia policy. Catrìona (talk) 12:18, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I have requested protection and now the IP accuses me of edit warring and claims I should find consensus here. Is it a strange idea to expect that the IP should explain why he is editing in breach of WP:QUOTEFARM? The Banner talk 13:24, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Michael Davitt and Gandhi
While it is claimed on several websites that Gandhi was influenced by Davitt, that seems to be apocryphal. If it were true that Davitt had a noteworthy effect on Gandhi, you would expect to be mentioned in biographies of Gandhi and books about his nonviolent philosophy. I checked—neither Gandhi's Truth: on the Origins of Militant Nonviolence and Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi mention Davitt. The fact that this article was written by a guest columnist in a local newspaper which evidently didn't vet all of her claims makes it a poor source for evaluating Davitt's legacy in general. (News stories are often poor sources for history unless written by a historian with an established reputation.) That's why I removed the paragraph. Fiamh (talk, contribs) 12:40, 17 October 2019 (UTC)