User talk:Mabuska/Archive 42012/July

Fact
"The idea of exclusive national homelands is a modern fantasy... Yet once they were settled, all the peoples were keen to invent a unique pedigree for themselves. All have suffered too, from the attentions of nationalist historians in our own day, who think nothing of projecting modern identities backwards into prehistory." - Norman Davies, Europe; A History

Mabuska (talk) 14:25, 1 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Just to state that applies to all sides. Mabuska (talk) 14:36, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

C.S Lewis.
Sorry, I wasn't trying to use the talk page as a forum - I was talking about the article, but in a rather loose way. Er, yeah. I'm also pretty sure it's bad practise to just remove my comment like that when it wasn't a clear violation ^_^ but then I don't think it would of made a good discussion anyway. BLP doesn't apply to Lewis...being dead and all. --Τασουλα (talk) 23:02, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I never mentioned WP:BLP. I don't think it was that bad practice as it was a clear violation of several parts of point 4 of WP:FORUM. Mabuska (talk) 12:36, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Derry/Londonderry
Hi, Mabuska. I'm replying to your post here, rather than the IMOS talk page, because I have been saying for some days that any discusion around whether the current convention on Derry/Londonderry is a Good Thing or a Bad Thing should take place at IECOLL, not IMOS, so I have resolved not to post any more at IMOS myself. You say that you believe that "most editors are simply backing keeping the status quo to avoid mass edit-warring around Wikipedia or debates as long and drawn-out as that over Ireland/Republic of Ireland." If that is so then "most editors" are very wise! Mass edit-warring is to be avoided at all costs, and I don't ever want to go through anything like the Ireland/ROI debate again. Scolaire (talk) 19:40, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * To paraphrase what someone already stated in that discussion - if something that is part of the IMOS is being discussed then why should it be discussed anywhere other than at the IMOS discussion page. Mabuska (talk) 21:55, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * That's not a statement. It's a question. Scolaire (talk) 22:41, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh stop being so pedantic. Mabuska (talk) 23:34, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

User talk:173.174.159
Our mutual friend is still up to his old tricks- adding flag icons to Carl Frampton etc. His articles are all on my watchlist and it's not a big chore to revert him, but he seems to have a case of WP:IDHT. What are your thought on the next step?  Tigerboy1966  22:38, 27 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Seeing as i have already issued him a final warning which he ignored i shall report him to AN/I for disruptive editing. Mabuska (talk) 13:09, 30 July 2012 (UTC)