Talk:Kingdoms of Ireland

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Fergananim - hope you don't mind, but the "Peoples of Nations of Ancient Ireland" page seemed a bit redundant when this page exists, so I've merged them. --Nicknack009 23:07, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Not at all, was thinking the same myself. Could you make the 'a' in ancient a capital? Also, be careful in distinguishing between peoples and their kingdoms. Lastly, would it be okay if you left those in Connacht to me? Save you the trouble, and let me work in the cociead I know best! Also, please show where you get your information, as some of the stuff you derived from O'Rahilly was off the mark.Fergananim

Sure, knock yourself out on the Connacht stuff. I got caught up on Uí Fiachrach when I found the article on the category page, which I don't think you're supposed to do as it duplicates data and costs Wikipedia money, but ended up duplicating it again.

"Off the mark" is a bit harsh. O'Rahilly may not be as completely accepted as he once was, but he's still fairly well respected and doesn't deserve the complete dismissal you give him. But point taken on the attribution.

As for the capital A, the Wikipedia style guide (Wikipedia:Naming conventions) prefers not to use capitals for second or subsequent words unless they're proper nouns, so the title's fine as it is. --Nicknack009 19:39, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Cool. Fair enough on O'Rahilly. I often felt it got a bit overenthuastic and made his theorys - and they remain theorys - sound like authoritive fact. But in any case whatever my own personal and professional feelings I think his case should be heard, if only to see if everyone else is "off the mark." Fergananim.