User talk:Darren J. Prior

February 2008
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Gael-Taca
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Copyvios
Please stop uploading copyright images. You did not even try to find free use images - category:bilingual road signs in Ireland contained ten before I did my upload. If these are still insufficient and you are not prepared or not able to go out and take photos yourself, then take time to find free use images for example on Geograph. But here is one which: you are free to use, is quadri-lingual and is "self-referential" since it is about bilingualism. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 11:28, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

I don't think this image has any special merit except possibly to show that the official sign on the right is bilingual but the unofficial ones on the left all in English. But if you would like me to upload it, just say. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 12:15, 31 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks, and sorry about that. Could you add this image instead: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Geill_Sli-2.jpg ? Darren J. Prior — Preceding unsigned comment added by Darren J. Prior (talk • contribs)

Please learn to sign talk page comments with &#x7E;&#x7e;. "Add this image instead". You don't tell me where you want it added and in any case why should I have to do it for you? You already know perfectly well how to use images in articles.

In passing, please explain this edit. What was so wrong with the old, properly licensed image that you felt it necessary to replace it with a copyvio? &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 09:58, 1 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi I added which I think is a better image to replace that sign under "Daily Life". I took the new photo today. The other one used the old Irish font that is not in use in new official bilingual signage in Ireland. I will add the Géill Slí myself one now. When I am in the Gaeltacht next (which may not be until Summer) I will take my own photo(s). Darren J. Prior Darren J. Prior (talk) 17:35, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Thumbnail
If you want me to believe that File:BilingualsignGraftonStreetDublinIreland.jpg is actually your work, you will upload the original image from your phone. I will then crop it for you without resizing and with the EXIF metadata preserved. Also, if you upload any more geographical images, please make sure that you provide exact coordinates.

Incidentally do you know why Ireland uses this non-standard "no entry" sign? I was interest to see (I think it was at Muckross House and possibly at other places) unofficial no entry signs using the European standard style. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 14:48, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

"Don't know of any of those &hellip;" Well, you do now! My photo was taken in John O'Connell Street, Cobh near the junction with Park View and West View (map sources).
 * Here is the original image. I am having problems with the internet on my phone. I don't know of any of those "no entry" signs in Ireland. &mdash; Darren J. Prior Darren J. Prior (talk) 18:15, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

No mate, I am sure that is not the original image: the size of 480&times;266 px is far too small and the fragmentary EXIF metadata says "Picasa". Now Picasa is not the name of your phone! It is the name of the software, probably in its web version, which you used to get the image to your computer and it cannot be trusted to preserve images exactly as sent to it. Surely there is a way of getting images from you phone to your computer without using Picasa? &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 16:51, 3 April 2015 (UTC)


 * I will hopefully have the internet sorted on my phone by Monday- I have to call upto the Three shop over the next couple of days. Give me until Monday and I will hopefully have the orginal image uploaded. &mdash; D Darren J. Prior Darren J. Prior (talk) 17:29, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

I spent a pleasant few minutes on a virtual walk in Dublin thanks to Google Streetview hoping to prove you wrong but only finding instances of the Euro standard no entry sign. Even as I was doing the walk an edit war was going on at comparison of European road signs over this morning's addition of the Euro version for Ireland. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 18:16, 3 April 2015 (UTC)


 * OK. Tomorrow is a bank holiday tomorrow so the Three shop is closed. I should have the original image uploaded from my phone no later than Tuesday evening. If there are any problems I will let you know then. Darren J. Prior (talk) 16:43, 4 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi I found a USB for my phone and uploaded the original on the page. Sorry I do not know how to put in the whole laltidude etc. thing. D Darren J. Prior (talk) 16:51, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

Regarding the edit war, was saying the opposite of you, claiming never to have seen the Euro version. I think I have now convinced them that they do exist. Your new version of the Grafton Street is credible because it tells me the model of your phone. Have the higher resolution version of the cropped state with my compliments.

Regarding coordinates, I have a camera with a GPS receiver that adds lat/long to the metadata automatically but, failing that, I know how to use Google maps to get coordinates. However I recognise that it is a skill that not everybody possesses. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 22:39, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

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Hi I messed up references 33-35 on the Status of the Irish language page and I am not sure how to correct them. Could a mod please do so? Darren J. Prior (talk) 00:27, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Raidió na Life
I don't think this page has any issues. Can the notices from 2009 at the top of the page be taken down? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raidi%C3%B3_Na_Life Darren J. Prior (talk) 01:18, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

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Gaelscoil
I have got information for this page from this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland.

I don't know whether the figure listed on that page of 358,000 students attending primary schools in Ireland is the current number. So I may not be right and 11% of primary schoool children in the Rep. of Ireland may not be enrolled in gaelscoileanna and the figure may be as previously stated 6%. I don't know. Does anyone else?

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It's ok. I got the 2014/2015 figures from the Dept. of Education website! :)

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Nomination of List of organisations in Irish Language Movement for deletion
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Irish language education
I guess it will not surprise you when I say that I still object against the long lists of organisations you have added to many articles. To my feeling, they can be better put in a navigation template.

So I have now two questions:
 * 1) Is there an article about Irish language education?
 * 2) What do you think about my draft of a navigation template here: User:The Banner/Workpage6.

If you like the draft, I invite you to add items to it.

I hope that you have not melted in the heat... The Banner talk 12:39, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, good idea and I have updated the box. Darren J. Prior (talk) 13:00, 26 June 2018 (UTC)Darren J. PriorDarren J. Prior (talk) 13:00, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

I don't know of an article on Irish language education on Wikipedia. Darren J. Prior (talk) 13:05, 26 June 2018 (UTC)Darren J. PriorDarren J. Prior (talk) 13:05, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Btw. I think that this navigation box would only be relevant on the pages/most of the pages tagged in it. Darren J. Prior (talk) 13:08, 26 June 2018 (UTC)Darren J. PriorDarren J. Prior (talk) 13:08, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I will take care of that. The Banner talk 17:56, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Ok thanks! :) Darren J. Prior (talk) 18:34, 26 June 2018 (UTC)Darren J. PriorDarren J. Prior (talk) 18:34, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Bailte Seirbhíse Gaeltachta
Could a moderator please change the word "Seirbhísí" to "Seirbhíse" in the heading of this page please?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailte_Seirbh%C3%ADs%C3%AD_Gaeltachta

Darren J. Prior (talk) 17:37, 7 August 2018 (UTC)Darren J. PriorDarren J. Prior (talk) 17:37, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

Cabra/An Chabrath
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Thanks Richard- I figured it out eventually after asking the question a few hours ago! :) Regards, D Darren J. Prior (talk) 00:40, 17 January 2019 (UTC)Darren J. PriorDarren J. Prior (talk) 00:40, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Shall I close the request as "answered" and completed, then? Richard3120 (talk) 00:44, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Yes, thanks! :) Darren J. Prior (talk) 12:08, 17 January 2019 (UTC)Darren J. PriorDarren J. Prior (talk) 12:08, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

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