Talk:Thomas McElwee

POV wording
"colleagues of those who had brutalised and tortured him for three-and-a-half years" is blatantly POV as included in this article unless it can be supported by a reputable source. The linked page is of an article "Published in IRIS, Vol. 1, No. 2, November 1981. IRIS was a publication of the Sinn Fein Foreign Affairs Bureau."; definitely not impartial. The wording could be included if it was identified as being the opinion of Sinn Fein but otherwise it's just POV pushing and bad writing. FWIW, I came upon this page through Special:Random. Kellen T 17:45, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * WP:BB -- Pauric ( talk-contributions ) 23:20, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I was bold and then my edit was completely reverted even though I had done useful fixing of the references. So I am talking about it here as it seems the other user does this a lot. Kellen T 09:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I support Kellen's edit. Vague claims by non-neutral sources cannot be presented as fact Weggie 10:08, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Londonderry....really?
The use of the word Londonderry in this article is ridiculous, even during the worst days of the troubles the BBC had a policy of always using "Londonderry" except in circumstances where it was completely ludicrous, a specific example given being "one would not talk of the Londonderry brigade of the IRA" yet this article about a republican martyr wasn't using "Derry" at all! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.7.244.89 (talk) 03:20, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Per WP:IMOS it's Londonderry for the county and Derry for the city. Mabuska (talk) 21:58, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

fair nuff but it says "Where an entity uses a particular name...." the entity being either the IRA or McElwee himself im quite sure either entity would have chosen Derry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.7.244.89 (talk) 16:02, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

I added a POV tag
The lead should summarise the contents, but presents him simply as a hunger striker and currently makes no mention of the fact he firebombed a shop and killed a woman, for which he was convicted. The sourcing is woeful and currently relies heavily on www.bobbysandstrust.com which is clearly not a neutral source. Pontificalibus 13:37, 10 June 2022 (UTC)