Talk:Killarney

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[edit] Famous people list.

I'm not much into sport, so I can't be sure, but I am a bit suspicious of the list of Killarney famous people that seems to be growing rapidly. Can anyone confirm if these people are worthy of inclusion. Also the writer and musician??--Dmol 14:08, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I included the names of the three rowers who all hail from Killarney and as recently as last weekend, all three were competing for Ireland in the third World Cup Regatta in Lucernce, Switzerland. Paul Griffin, who rowed for Ireland in the 2004 Olympic Games and finished 6th (as part of the Mens Lightweight Four) is certainly worthy of inclusion. I would also believe that as a World Championship rower for Ireland, Sean Casey is too worthy of inclusion. Cathal Moynihan is a rising star in Irish rowing and is almost certain to be selected for this year's World Rowing Championships. At least two of them, bar any injuries, will represent Ireland at the Beijing Olympic Games next year. I have included their achievements in the Sports section of the Killarney page. I'm new to wikipedia so I'm still learning how to provide references etc. but if anyone wants to verify the three rower's international standing, they should check the results of recent World Cup regattas (2005, 2006, 2007) on www.worldrowing.com. I too would query the writer and the musician, neither of whom I have ever heard of. Toshea1 10:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Can someone confirm that the Patrick O' Connor, Musician is famous enough to be listed on the people from Killarney list. Someone has added him again.--Dmol 22:13, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

There seems little point in persistently adding people to this list, when they are apparently not "famous" enough to merit a WP page of their own. Maintaining the accuracy of unlinked list entries quickly becomes a nightmare, since they presumably will become unfamous at some point, or maybe even die!! See WP:LIST for some guidance on lists. JXM 22:14, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I have trimmed the list right down, removing the 2 lesser known rowers. The olympiian should qualify in his own right, but the others will have to be more famous before they should be included. Removed the musician once again, as no-one has indicated exactly who he is and why he is supposed to be famous. Poet not famous and thus removed. I've left Seamus de Faoite as he is a published author, if anyone still feels he does not belong then feel free to removed him again.--Dmol 15:53, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I have (for the third time) removed Patrick OConnor from the list. If he is famous then add details of his fame. I have been asking for the last few months, and will consider all replacements of this name as vandalism unless fame is indicated.--Dmol 12:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)