User talk:Mabuska/Archive 42012/August

Mid-West Region, Ireland

You might be interested in the debate on Talk:Mid-West Region, Ireland which is about an attempt to rename it to "Shannon Region". Laurel Lodged (talk) 10:32, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

AN/I

I have taken the 173.174.159.84 Flag icon issue to AN/I and mentioned your attempts to advise/warn the user. He/she doesn't seem to have learned anything from the previous block.  Tigerboy1966  22:22, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

No problems, i'll have a peek. Mabuska ^(talk) 09:41, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

GOCE news and September drive invitation

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Made a list...

... of every article I can remember adding an Ulster-Scots name to. I never would have got this nerdily far if it wasn't for your barnstar! — Jon C.^ॐ 21:35, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Glad to know I inspired someone lol :-) It's great to see a parity of esteem where possible in having translations in Ireland's three languages where applicable. Obviously there will always be detractors from some in the pro-Gaelic camp, yet Ireland is not a mono-cultural entity - never has and never will be. Those that seek recognition and parity of esteem for their culture should act likewise for other cultures. Mabuska ^(talk) 21:26, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Couldn't have said it better myself :) — Jon C.^ॐ 08:08, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

If you ever get the time, you should do the same for places in Scotland. I added lots of Scots and Gaelic names a while ago, from a couple of sources I found, but I havn't kept at it. A lot of articles do hav' the Scots names but no sources for them. ~Asarlaí 02:12, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Would seem like a good job for Jon, maybe get an extra star for it :-) Mabuska ^(talk) 20:33, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Asarlaí, thanks for the tip – I very rarely edit any Scottish articles but if I'm stuck for something to do on here it could be a nice little project. :) And Mabuska, by the by, could you perhaps cool it on all this edit-warring/topic-ban talk? I reverted twice on that article, and not at all since the current discussion started, so I'm not quite sure what I've done to piss you off. — Jon C.^ॐ 18:11, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

You've done nothing to piss me off lol, just Scolaire didn't make it exactly clear who he was referring to and i thought he was insinuating me and you over your proposal to which i queried and made a point over the edits. Mabuska ^(talk) 12:57, 28 August 2012 (UTC)