Talk:Murals in Northern Ireland

Opening paragraph
In opening paragraph: "Although the murals more often than not represent one side's political point of view, they are renowned for their professional nature and the notable level of skill of the artists creating them."

Why should the fact that they represent 'one side's political point of view' suggest that they wouldn't be 'renowned for their professional nature...skill'? I could see that their political support for violent acts would mean that they might not be 'renowned...', but representing 'one side's political view' in no way decreases their renown.

Suggest change to: The murals more often than not represent one side's political point of view. They are renowned for their professional nature and the notable level of skill of the artists creating them."

NPOV
A fair bit of this article only seemed to tell one side of the story. I also noticed the majority of the murals seem to be loyalist victimist murals. I'm going to assume good faith here, maybe it's just chance that it's like that, but I guess this article could use a bit of a clean up.
 * I don't see a problem with the text, but there are more loyalist murals than republican yes. I originally added 8, split between the two. 4 more loyalist ones have been added since. I'll see if I can even it up. Stu   ’Bout ye!  08:13, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I added four more murals, but only one of them was particularly "victimist". Two others were political statements. All three of these were loyalist. The last one was non-political. I don't think its POV to display what already exists necessarily, though I for one certainly wouldn't object if there were more republican murals (of whatever type) added if there is somehow a feeling of 'unbalance'.. --Mal 17:51, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:07, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

The status of Murals in Northern Ireland.
Simply question really: But what is the status of these murals? Are they protected from being removed under a certain law? Are there organisations which contribute to the upkeep of the Murals? I think this could be pretty relevant info if we can find out. --Τασουλα (talk) 18:26, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Photo captions
This is basically a question of style. Given the article's title, is it really necessary to caption every photo with "A mural in...." or whatever. It seems like simply presenting the location and topic should be sufficient and would read better. Thoughts? jxm (talk) 21:15, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Derry/Londonderry murals
I do not see any of the Derry/Londonderry murals. There is at least a dozen in the west of the city that I would label Republican murals and almost the same amount in the east for what I would label Unionist murals. I do not see why those murals are not included in this article - I would expect to see all the famous Bogside Artists murals here.

Also, on the east side of the city there is a mural of a skeleton wearing a red coat with a Union Jack in his left hand and a bloody sword in his right hand in the foreground and a decapitated body in a green uniform in the background. Iron Maiden released an album called The Trooper in 1983 and used virtually the same image. I assume the mural preexisted the album. If that is the case, when was the mural made? The character in the mural and the album is Eddie, the mascot of the Iron Maiden which first appeared in 1980. I am trying to understand if the mural was made between 1980 and 1983 or before 1980.

ICE77 (talk) 08:40, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

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Possible copyright violartion / copy-paste in History section?
From having a read of https://belfast-murals.co.uk/, a major source of information for murals of Belfast, it appears that much of it has been copy-and-pasted from its main page into the History section, with phrasing being marginally changed.

A few examples include "Not all murals in Northern Ireland are directly political or sectarian in nature, with some commemorating events such as the Great Irish Famine, and other moments in Irish history." being found exactly in both, along with "Murals embodying peace and tolerance are becoming increasingly popular among school groups, with children either designing or painting murals around their schools.".

I cannot tell however if this is a true copy-paste, or if this is a backwards copy-paste and has just been edited over; mainly because the source website does not have an actual publish date. This isn't a recent thing either as having a look through most revisions indicates that these sentences have been in for a fair few years now, hence why I there's a chance this is a BACKWARDSCOPY. HalfLeftish (talk) 19:50, 14 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Nevermind - a COPYVIOS report (https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=Murals_in_Northern_Ireland&url=https://belfast-murals.co.uk) indicates that the vast majority of this section is shared with the site, but a quick look on Wayback machine (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419194805/https://belfast-murals.co.uk/) indicates that the domain changed hands between 2021 and 2023, whereas there are revisions that contain this content from 2019. Will stick a BACKWARDSCOPY on this talk to stop anyone else getting caught out ;) HalfLeftish (talk) 20:05, 14 January 2024 (UTC)