User talk:Denis Cavanagh

Tasks: start a new article • add basic, wanted or requested articles • add definitions • add metadata • edit new pages

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Fast at work!

Hi Denis, good to see you working hard! Before you get too many articles started, let me introduce you to CZ:The Article Checklist. This needs to be added to the talk page of each of your articles so that it does not get deleted. Let me know if you have any questions. --Matt Innis (Talk) 10:02, 20 July 2007 (CDT) Constable

Welcome

Another Irish author! Welcome, and best of luck. Regards, Anton Sweeney 08:35, 24 July 2007 (CDT)

Write-a-thon

Hi Denis. I don't know if you're aware of Citizendium's first CZ:Monthly_Write-a-Thon, which takes place today, but your new articles entitle you to sign up to the party :-) Anton Sweeney 10:36, 1 August 2007 (CDT)

Image help

For the complete run-down on images, see Help:Images. For most of it in brief, see Special:Upload. Let me know if you need further help or if this help is insufficient and I will walk you though it step-by-step.  —Stephen Ewen (Talk) 03:34, 2 August 2007 (CDT)

Irish-related articles

Hi Denis. As you may have noticed, Citizendium does not generally use categories in the same way as other wikis. Where they are used, it is generally for admin - e.g., CZ live articles, disambiguation and workgroups. Unfortunately, at the moment, that means there's no really easy way to spot related articles, e.g., Irish-related articles. This should hopefully change in the future, when Area Studies workgroups should be created, including on a country level. In the meantime, you might want to add appropriate articles to the 'See Also' section of Ireland. I've taken the liberty of adding Kingdom of Oriel there. Regards, Anton Sweeney 09:29, 8 August 2007 (CDT)

Actually, I've just changed the category on the Checklist of the article from 'Developed' to 'External' - it does require three substantial changes from the external version before it can be marked as being in category 0 to 3. Feel free to change it back to Developed when you've had some time to edit it. Regards, Anton Sweeney 09:54, 8 August 2007 (CDT)

Article of the Week

Hey Denis, I'm glad to see someone else has signed up to be an Admin for the Article of the Week program! I'm not sure how much there is for us to do yet, but I hope we can help this program grow. One thing that I just started is CZ:New Article of the Week based on some talk on the AotW talk page and the forums. I was looking for some initial articles to nominate, and one I was considering was actually your Kingdom of Oriel article. As soon as it's changed a little more from the Wikipedia article I plan on nominating it. Carl Jantzen 09:41, 8 August 2007 (CDT)

Edward I looks excellent; I added it to the nomination list. Carl Jantzen 09:50, 8 August 2007 (CDT)

That's what makes it New Article of the Week material. Otherwise we'd have to nominate it for (Old) Article of the Week. :) Carl Jantzen 09:55, 8 August 2007 (CDT)

Hi Denis,

Saw you had linked the Battle of Evesham. Ta. Let me know what on-line sources you have for future references. I will continue to work on related articles. --Thomas Simmons 05:43, 9 August 2007 (CDT)

And by the way, could you link your user page to articles you write. I can keep tabs on what you are doing in the history workgroup and look for more material to support your efforts. --Thomas Simmons 05:45, 9 August 2007 (CDT)

Éamon de Valera

Hey. Not going to get anything done on this tonight... :-( What I'll try to do is get some background stuff together and aim to kick it off, work allowing, on Wednesday morning, during the new CZ:Weekly Wiki. Hopefully that will attract some other editors in. By the way - that's a lot of new articles you've started - good job! Regards, Anton Sweeney 13:08, 12 August 2007 (CDT)

Cool, I'll add my two cents at some stage! I usually spend a lot of time online here at work (I'm working in the Civil Service for the Summer) And as you may have assumed, the Department of Agriculture doesn;t provide much work for me to do! Denis Cavanagh 14:45, 12 August 2007 (CDT)

Michael Collins

Kicked off a page on "the Big Fella" - feel free to rip asunder, rearrange expand and generally kick into shape!

Oh, just to note - when you're adding a checklist to articles, the "abc" field is done surname first - so it'd be "abc= Collins, Michael" not "abc= Michael Collins". Regards, Anton Sweeney 06:14, 16 August 2007 (CDT)

He's looking okay for a stub. Good to see him up and going though! Denis Cavanagh 06:21, 16 August 2007 (CDT)

Eamon de Valera

I put up a picture there. The library of Congress says it's "E. de Valera", can you verify whether it really look like Eamon de Valera or another E. de Valera? Thanks! Yi Zhe Wu 14:19, 16 August 2007 (CDT)

It looks like a very young Éamon, but I'm pretty sure its him. Denis Cavanagh 14:21, 16 August 2007 (CDT)

Edward I

Edward I was approved this morning - congrats :-) Anton Sweeney 04:53, 19 August 2007 (CDT)

Ahh, very good :-) Denis Cavanagh 10:16, 19 August 2007 (CDT)

Main page

I agree with your point about the main page. As it stood, it read like a Bushism i.e. trying to connect to regular folk but failing abysmally. I went ahead and changed it. Feel free to change it to something more appropriate. Chris Day (talk) 09:57, 21 August 2007 (CDT)

Thanks Chris. I don't really know what to put there, but 'everyone is welcome' seems ok. Denis Cavanagh 10:00, 21 August 2007 (CDT)

Trip to Ireland

Hi Denis, we may disagree about how that line on the main page came across, but we no doubt share a love of Ireland, and so it wasn't hard to persuade me to come and talk in Dublin--I'll be there at the end of September to speak to the Institute of European Affairs. --Larry Sanger 08:52, 23 August 2007 (CDT)

Counties

Yep, you and I both know it was a joke - but other authors, either now or in the future, either may not get the joke - or worse, may take offence at it. No offense intended, and feel free to replace the template wording with a replacement text, or just remove it altogether. :-) Anton Sweeney 09:40, 23 August 2007 (CDT)

I suppose I got a little carried away! Nah, its fine Denis Cavanagh 09:45, 23 August 2007 (CDT)

Congrats!

Hi Denis Cavanagh,
Congrats for your beautiful user page! I'm still studying HTML every day to improve my contributons in this great project, and, one day, make pages like that. Can I use a part of your wikicode to improve my own page? --Roberto Cruz 19:04, 31 August 2007 (CDT)

• Heh, Denis stole it from me, I stole it from Steve Ewen, Steve stole it from someone else... so I guess by all means, feel free - technically its available anyway under whatever licence we eventually settle on. :-) Anton Sweeney 04:09, 1 September 2007 (CDT)

• I only wish I could have designed that Roberto, but my knowledge of any sort of computer/math related subject is deeply flawed, hence why I stole the code from someone else! By all means take it :-) Denis Cavanagh 08:09, 1 September 2007 (CDT)

• I guess there's a lot of sister user pages on Citizendium ;-) Thanks Denis for your permission and thanks Anton for you explanation! --Roberto Cruz 08:53, 3 September 2007 (CDT)

Food?

Anything you can add to Catalog of Irish cuisine, for future articles? Anton Sweeney 04:09, 1 September 2007 (CDT)

Hmm, soda bread is giving me the munchies... I might do something on that :-) Denis Cavanagh 08:10, 1 September 2007 (CDT)

Irish Stew Anton? I might get my ma to do that article Denis Cavanagh 08:11, 1 September 2007 (CDT)

How could I forget Irsh stew?! Anton Sweeney 08:25, 1 September 2007 (CDT)

Ideas and organisations

Hey. Just to note, I've written to all the Irish political parties with Dáil seats, requesting images and logos and/or permission to use images/logos from their websites on CZ. One and a half replies in so far, after a week. The immediacy of email, me arse :P Anyway - when/if I get proper replies, I'll upload them all to a single gallery and give you a shout with its location. Cheers, Anton Sweeney 10:17, 3 September 2007 (CDT)

A Half a reply? must have come straight from the mouth of Enda Kenny then :-) Denis Cavanagh 11:39, 3 September 2007 (CDT)

Well - his party, anyway - good guess :P (They mailed me back a logo, without including "You may use this" message as I'd requested, and asked what other images I wanted. No response as yet to my reply. Anton Sweeney 14:33, 3 September 2007 (CDT)

Gone?

Sorry to see you go, Denis. Any particular reason? If its just hading back to college and resulting lack of time, that needn't be an impediment to occasional edits. Anton Sweeney 07:13, 15 September 2007 (CDT)

I'll still be popping by every so often ;-) Denis Cavanagh 08:08, 15 September 2007 (CDT)

And welcome back! Anton Sweeney 08:18, 10 October 2007 (CDT)

Public domain

I'd like to see a reply to this [1] when you have time. If there is no good reason to think the image is in the public domain, I'm afraid we'll either have to get permission, or else remove it. It's a nice map of course... --Larry Sanger 10:22, 18 September 2007 (CDT)

I'm neighbours with one of the head honcho's in the Slieve Beagh centre. I can get an answer to you in the next few days if you'd like. (Although I'm 10000% positive he couldn't care less) Denis Cavanagh 03:16, 19 September 2007 (CDT)

Probably true, but we do need that declaration (or if it is copyright, an email giving permission for its use). Of course, while you're talking to him, you could also request the same for all the images on the site ;-) Some might call that being cheeky - others might describe it as "being bold"... The image permissions info would of course carry a link back to knocktallon.com. Anton Sweeney 03:41, 19 September 2007 (CDT)

You're back

Denis, I just wanted to say I'm glad you're back and your return did not go unnoticed. --Larry Sanger 12:42, 11 December 2007 (CST)

Cheers! Though my activity will be scattered, with phases of writing large entries and then days of doing nothing at all. Denis Cavanagh 12:58, 11 December 2007 (CST)

Roman historical fiction

If you like mysteries I would recomend Steven Saylor and David Wishart. Robert Mack 13:51, 21 December 2007 (CST)

Happy New Year

Story, bud! Happy New Year to you too! Hope you'd a good Christmas. Won't be up too much later (work tomorrow, boo :-( ) but intend on having a couple of Guinness tomorrow night while working on a draft article. Any thoughts yet on doing the 1913 Lockout or Irish Civil War? Anton Sweeney 17:59, 30 December 2007 (CST)

I wouldn't mind a crack at the Lockout Article. I had a Grand Uncle as a member of the Citizens Army who knew Connolly. Pity he's dead twenty years though! Denis Cavanagh 18:03, 30 December 2007 (CST)

Happy New Year! I'd like to take a history course if they offer it. I'm doing well in history & arts currently & I'm interested in science/tech but my current grade in physics is really bad... So probably I'll have to major in history. I see that you're taking history in college right now. Do you have any recommendations? (Chunbum Park 00:00, 2 January 2008 (CST))

My College is in Ireland, I wouldn't know much about various history degrees in America. Ask Richard Jensen :-) Denis Cavanagh 10:11, 2 January 2008 (CST)

"Irish"????

Shouldn't that be "Gaelic"???

[ducking]

Aleta Curry 16:48, 2 January 2008 (CST)

Thought everyone would know it better as that :-P Denis Cavanagh 11:08, 3 January 2008 (CST)

I thought it was "Celtic" ? --Robert W King 11:14, 3 January 2008 (CST)

Celtic covers a whole range of European peoples, from the Irish, Scots, Welsh, Brittany people etc. etc. Most of Europe has some Celtic ancestry. Celtic languages are very similar, but there are big differences between Irish Gaelic and Welsh, though Scots Gaelic and Irish Gaelic are very similar. :-) Denis Cavanagh 11:15, 3 January 2008 (CST)

"Irish" is what the Irish usually call their language (in English). Now you know! --Larry Sanger 11:26, 3 January 2008 (CST)

Yup. "Gaelic" is what we watch on Sunday afternoons, and is played with a football. A round one ;-) Anton Sweeney 13:36, 3 January 2008 (CST)

('cept when it's played with a little ball and a stick....) Aleta Curry 14:41, 3 January 2008 (CST)

There's also "Gaelic" and "Garlic" which can be easily confused with a single keystroke. --Robert W King 15:07, 3 January 2008 (CST)

Yep. I think I'd rather be confused with an Iris than with Garlic. --Joe Quick 15:32, 3 January 2008 (CST)

Party! You're invited!

What, Den isn't at the CZ:Monthly Write-a-Thon? Whyever not? Aleta Curry 18:56, 9 January 2008 (CST)

Russian Revolution of 1905

New Draft of the Week! Congrats! It's a fine read! Aleta Curry 15:12, 13 January 2008 (CST)

Congrats! Anton Sweeney 17:10, 13 January 2008 (CST)

Thanks! Denis Cavanagh 06:29, 14 January 2008 (CST)

Troublesome punctuation

Thanks for your note. Now you just concentrate on the important stuff... Ro Thorpe 10:29, 21 January 2008 (CST)

No Foul

No harm done, Denis! --Robert W King 05:23, 28 January 2008 (CST)

Timelines/Unused subpages

Denis- If you go to the talk page of any subpage cluster, you'll see a heading that says "unused subpages"; click on the "More" keyword on the right hand side and it'll display a field which has available subpage titles. Then simply click on the one you wish to start. --Robert W King 07:31, 28 January 2008 (CST)

Thanks! Denis Cavanagh 08:10, 28 January 2008 (CST)

Football proposal

Hey Denis, I posted a proposal for solving the football article naming conventions on the talk page. Since you were involved in the debate, I'd like to hear what you have to say about it. --Todd Coles 17:45, 28 January 2008 (CST)

We're partying! Don't forget!

Hi, Den--don't forget it's all happening at CZ:Monthly write-a-thon Aleta Curry 21:56, 5 February 2008 (CST)

hey, thanks! Richard Jensen 12:13, 6 February 2008 (CST)

For What?? Denis Cavanagh 08:51, 7 February 2008 (CST)

Proposal talk

See proposal talk, tell all your friends! Neeeed input! --Robert W King 11:50, 8 February 2008 (CST)

Can you go into the queue page and format your proposal according to the proposal template? I'd like to use yours and the bottom one as examples for how the system might be setup. --Robert W King 14:37, 9 February 2008 (CST)

Done! Denis Cavanagh 15:47, 9 February 2008 (CST)

Hi Denis, your proposal is still driverless...without a driver (see the template for a link to what this means), it can't move forward to a decision. So, you could help look for a driver. --Larry Sanger 16:16, 13 February 2008 (CST)