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== City article names ==

There's a scary lack of standardisation of article titles for Irish cities. Below is a table of what exists. Scheme:
* > is a redirect.
* # is the current location of the city article.
* O for a non-existing page
* X - unusable/disambiguation

D - Dublin, C - Cork, L - Limerick, G - Galway, W - Waterford, K - Kilkenny

{| align=center border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
|Page:
| D
| C
| L
| G
| W
| K
|-
|''Cityname''
| #
| #
| #
| #
| #
| #
|-
|''Cityname City''
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
|-
|''Cityname (city)''
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
|-
|''Cityname, Ireland''
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
|-
|''Cityname city''
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
|}

As you can see, 3 out of the 4 formats are used for the main locations! A whole bunch of "Cityname (city)" and "Cityname, Ireland" are missing (or the others should be removed).

As immediate steps, I suggest we get [[Cork (city)]] moved to [[Cork City]], and move [[Waterford City]] to [[Waterford]].

Also, as Cork and Limerick articles will then be at "Cityname City", I suggest redirects at "Cityname city" for all articles...

[[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] '''&#09619;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#09618;''' [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 23:18, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:It would be ideal (but perhaps too controversal) if [[Cork]] and [[Limerick]] were used for the cities, Limerick redirects to [[Limerick City]] currently. A google search quickly shows that the cities are by far the most common terms returned. This mightbe a better option to creating "XXX city" compromise. [[User:Djegan|Djegan]] 17:07, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

::If it's not contentious [[Limerick]] redirecting to [[Limerick City]], then we should move Limerick City to Limerick - it's no more disruptive to other searches than the current situation.
::[[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] '''&#09619;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#09618;''' [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 17:45, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

::I've placed the question at [[Talk:Cork]] and asked IRC users... I suspect we will have to content ourselves with Cork City (or Cork city). Also, I'm not sure we won't get in trouble over the Limerick redirect... [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] '''&#09619;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#09618;''' [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 20:53, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I wouldn't recommend naming the articles "Cork City" or "Limerick City". I mean. The places are called ''Cork'' and ''Limerick''. I would have the main article link to the cities and name the Counties "County Cork" etc. But saying "Cork City" strikes me as American, not necessarily Irish (with apologies to "only" 40m Irish Americans. ;-) [[User:Ropers|Ropers]] 02:14, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:'''UPDATE'''. [[User:Mikkalai]] has moved [[Cork (city)]] to [[Cork, Ireland]]. [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] '''&#09619;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#09618;''' [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 23:35, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)
:: Sorry about that. I didn't know about this discussion. No big harm done, anyway. 
BTW, FUI, here is some google hit stats:
*Cork: -- 2,500,000
*Cork + Ireland -- 1,630,000
*"Cork, Ireland" -- 452,000
*Cork + wine   --  417,000
*Cork + bottle -- 279,000
*"Cork City" -- 190,000
[[User:Mikkalai|Mikkalai]] 23:51, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

'''Movings:'''

*Waterford (the city) is now at [[Waterford]], with [[Waterford City]], [[Waterford city]], [[Waterford (city)]] and [[Waterford, Ireland]] as redirects. [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 12:25, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

*Cork (the city) is now at [[Cork]], with [[Cork City]], [[Cork city]], [[Cork (city)]] and [[Cork, Ireland]] as redirects. [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 12:40, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

*Limerick (the city) is now at [[Limerick]], with [[Limerick City]], [[Limerick city]], [[Limerick (city)]] and [[Limerick, Ireland]] as redirects. [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 13:03, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

: Agreed, important links to the cities should be amended to the new articles. I have edited [[Cities in Ireland]], [[Template:IrishCities]] [[List of Ireland-related topics]]. [[User:Djegan|Djegan]] 20:29, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I created the rest of the redirects for completeness.[[User:Rparle| ]]&#8212;[[User:Rparle|Rory]] [[User_talk:rparle|&#9786;]] 19:31, Sep 28, 2004 (UTC)

== List of towns in the Republic of Ireland ==

:''Discussion moved/archived to [[Talk:List of towns in the Republic of Ireland]]''

==Abbey Theatre photo request==

Has anybody got a photo of the bouilding that could be used for the article? [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 09:29, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
:By the way, from the initial voting, it looks like the Abbey will not make it through to a second week on [[WP:COTW]], so I have started my own rewrite [[User:Filiocht/Abbey theatre|here]]. Please feel free to chip in! [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 09:51, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

==Useful link for anyone writing about Dublin area subjects==

[http://indigo.ie/~kfinlay/ Best history of Dublin source on the Web] [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 11:33, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

== Fortycoats and the flying trick shop ==

I'm not even too sure of the grammar for the above title, but it's one children's programme I'd almost completely forgotten about. It was also quite bizarre... Does anyone remember anything beyond the fact that it had a "flying trick shop" and an old man who wore forty coats? [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 23:16, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I can't remember much of it (before my time), but didn't two teenage girls follow him, one called Slightly Bonkers? [[User:Kiand|Kiand]] 07:31, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

IIRR it was called "Fortycoats and Co.", and it was a flying ''tuck'' shop.  The character came from [[Wanderly Wagon]] originally.  Fran Dempsey played him in the eponymous show, but I think someone else did on WW.  His catchphrase was "Be me 40 coats and 50 pockets".  His sidekicks were Slightly Bonkers, a Dyub skewlgurl played by ...pause for research... Virginia Cole, and Sofar Sogood, a junior Kevin Myers type.  His enemy was The Whirligig Witch and her occasional superior the Svedish Vitch.  I think the witch had a talking cat for keeping the whole puppet vibe.  Personally I dunno how anyone can talk about this mediocre show while [[Wanderly Wagon]] remains red.  Ugh! there it is again.  [[User:Joestynes|Joestynes]] 09:25, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC). As a tangent, there's a rather decent Wanderly Wagon site with a number of pictures at [http://www.irish-tv.com/wander.htm]. [[User:cmdrjameson|cmdrjameson]] 00:23, 29 Sep 2004.

According to the mother, who can remember the 1970's and before, Fortycoats was also the name of a real Dublin character, some old weirdo who hung around the place. She also told me I had an RTE book on Fortycoats when I was younger, something I really don't remember. [[User:Kiand|Kiand]] 17:37, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

==Irish featured article candidates==

<strike>There are now two Irish-interest articles on [[WP:FAC]], [[Samuel Beckett]] and [[Abbey Theatre]]. To date, SB has ony one vote (a  support). The Abbey just added now. Please read the articles and consider if you want to support or improve them. Thanks. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 09:01, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)</strike>
[[Abbey Theatre]] is now a featured article. [[Samuel Beckett]] <strike>with only two votes looks likely to be culled shortly. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 07:42, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)</strike> Beckett is now a featured article. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 07:26, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

== Categories - Irish reorganization ==

Their is currently a discussion at [[WP:CFD#Irish_reorganization]] for anyone thats interested, it is regarding the reorganisation of Irish related categories. [[User:Djegan|Djegan]] 21:56, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:I've registered strong opposition, and left a note on the proposer's talk page. Although warranted for some issues, I think a blanket partition of categories into RoI and NI is wrong, and needlessly politicising non-political topics. [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 13:23, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

::I agree and also registered my opposition. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 14:03, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

== A modest proposal ==

Hi. I'd like to suggest that we take on [[Culture of Ireland]] a a kind of Irish collaboration of the week. Between us, I think we could produce a great article. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 08:35, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:Good idea. I'm in, though I'm just back to college so my participation might be a little limited for a while. If it's successful we might consider doing some more collaborations.[[User:Rparle| ]]&#8212;[[User:Rparle|Rory]] [[User_talk:rparle|&#9786;]] 12:10, Sep 20, 2004 (UTC)

:I'm in too! Hope the pub culture bit is NPOV. I don't want to say "we're a nation of drunkards" (though the evidence is compelling), but I felt it's one of the more important topics to cover nonetheless. [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 14:24, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I've sort of made this a bit less of a modest proposal, creating an Irish COTW template and adding a notice at the top of this page. What do people think? I think it would be a helpful routine to begin. Apparently other Wikipedians are considering copying what we do here, e.g. for Australia. If copied, this approach could expand Wikipedia greatly! [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 14:36, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:Go for it. And I like the pub culture bit. Thanks for the spelling catches. I'm doing this at wokr in a very bitty fashion. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 14:40, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
::Just thinking, someone's going to say the Irish COTW message should go on the talk page (not saying I agree, but we amy need a response). How do you know about the Australian interest? [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 14:48, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:::Yeah, I know, we'll see if someone objects first though, it's a good way to grab attention and follows the procedure for [[WP:COTW]]. Do you think it's a good idea?
:::The Australian interest may or may not have been serious, it was a suggestion I made on [[IRC]] chat (#wikipedia channel) that someone agreed was a good idea (I forget who!)
:::[[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 15:04, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
::::I think it's a great idea and personally I never understood why cotw and fa messages are hidden on the talk pages. If we think an article is good or we want help to make it better, we should shout it out. After all, we stick stub messages in the article. Also, I hope other gruops do take up this idea. COWT as it is has such a limited impact and seems to put more energy into the voting than anything else. Only 3 successes with facs says it all. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 15:14, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

==Selecting next week's Irish COTW==

''moved to [[Wikipedia:Irish wikipedians' notice board/ICOTW]]''

==The article "Ireland"==

And back to opening cans of worms again... We may need to focus on the sub-articles first (such as [[Culture of Ireland]], [[Geography of Ireland]], but the simple article '''[[Ireland]]''', is pretty awful. It's a random smattering of Irish-related material. Some good thinking/planning is needed on what should be there, what is at [[Republic of Ireland]] and what is at [[Northern Ireland]], and how sub-sections are organised, and which article is the sub-sections parent (or parents). It's a bit of a disaster in my opinion. [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 15:36, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 :Could we make this the COTW for the week after next? [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 09:40, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

: In the Ireland article that map of Ireland in Europe should show a single coloured Ireland, or a geographical map with the minimum of political boundaries, all in all though the article is fine but might need some review.
:Ultimately I believe that we must avoid the tempatation with differentiating between Republic/Northern topics – at the instance of strict categorisation - their should only be such differentiation were their is distinct political ''and'' functional need to prevent confusion, thus for instance the “Constitution of Ireland” would be correct, whilst “Culture of the Republic of Ireland” would not. Their are many valid articles that use the political term "Ireland" quite validly refer to the Republic, were it is the lawful term.

::Agree. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 09:40, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:Moreover having said this articles that contain the political term Ireland - for instance "List of Ireland-related topics" - whilst they ''are'' biased towards the Republic links to Northern articles should not be subordinate, nonexistant or discouraged. Any reorgaisation should not distract from creating quality, informative articles on the modern Ireland. Caution and patient are due... [[User:Djegan|Djegan]] 21:15, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

::Agree. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 09:40, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

== Removing items from the requests for review ==

The list of articles that "would appreciate review" is growing and we have no consensus on when to remove articles from it. Do people think that the person who made the request should be the person to remove it? Or should a person who has thouroughly reviewed it be able to remove it from the list? I like the idea of noting when you review an article in the list, particularly whether you checked prose or fact (or both). I propose that people make such notes and, when the original requester sees them and decides its been seen by enough eyes (or heard by enough ears for those using screen-readers) he/she should remove his/her listing.
:I'd say that the requester removes, and ask that they do so regularly. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 12:18, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:: Agreed their is a problem - the whole to do list has grown out of control somewhat (even some of my own entries should be removed in retrospect, and have not been even edited). Whoever wants should remove the articles but perhaps taking the date into account, e.g. one-weeks entry maximum. Also keep annotations (just rationale of inclusion in list) to a minimum or place on articles talk. Obviously if no one follows up a article within a few days then its "fine" or not interesting enough - no insult intended but interest is relative! [[User:Djegan|Djegan]] 21:30, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

::Agree. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 09:40, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

== Yellow Pack ==

Who invented it?

There was a comment here on the main [[Yellow Pack]] page (e.g. the wrong place) stating that a UK supermarket somehow connected to Quinnsworth called "Fine Fare" invented the term Yellow Pack. I've never heard of them in all the time I've lived in Ireland or the UK. Also, I'm almost certain that I've read Maurice Pratt confirming the Yellow Pack as a Quinnsworth invention.

The first Google hit for Yellow Pack is a rip of the page from here onto another site, so thats not much help... Google UK'ing Fine Fare or Yellow Pack doesn't bring up much either, and Googling the whole web for "Fine Fare" brings up a New York supermarket chain.

Safe to say it was Ireland that invented this terminology?

: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Yellow_Pack&diff=6051050&oldid=5624519 is the posting that I removed. Amazing how a "larger sister" could vanish so well in just a few years, when Quinnsworths domain is even still around.

[[User:Kiand|Kiand]] 22:32, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:Do you remember also KVI? (Keenest Value in Ireland was it?) Also Five Star. St. Bernards of course continues to this day (a copy of St. Michaels, the Marks+Sparks own brand). We now have "Tesco value" and "Tesco finest". Perhaps all should be covered together in an [[Irish supermarket own brands]] article, with [[Yellow Pack]] etc. redirring rather than being a series of stubs. [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 23:35, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)


:: I do remember KVI, and the amazingly shortlived Five Star. Does anyone else remember Homestead and ShopLocal, the ownbrands/almost attempts at franchises in the early 1990's? [[User:Kiand|Kiand]] 23:39, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

::: Do you remember Yellow Pack lager? Yurcch![[User:Palmiro|Palmiro]] 00:43, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
::::Sadly, I remember all these. And now we have Superquinn's Euroshopper . [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 09:40, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

::::Ah, but [[Euroshopper]] isn't just Superquinn, its paneuropean - one chain per country. Hence the German/French/etc on the packages.

==[[Irish theatre]] is the featured article on the Main page today==

Just felt I wanted to tell someone: I started this article under my previous username. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 10:39, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

==Stub for Ireland?==

I have no idea how to do this, but wouldn't a stub message for Ireland related articles be useful? <nowiki> {{ire-stub}} </nowiki> or something? [[User:Seabhcan|Seabhcan]] 15:51, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:Well we don't want to go overboard with this irish community idea and form a [[clique]]... :-) [[User:Ludraman|J<small>OHN</small> C<small>OLLISON</small>]] | [[User talk:Ludraman|(Ludraman)]] 19:02, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:I think most Irish-related topics will be within a particular stub group, e.g. geo-stub. Simply adding an Irish-related category should be enough. I agree with Ludraman, we don't want to go too far! [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 19:25, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
::I agree. Using categories seems fine. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 07:40, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:::The fact that the Irish users can almost single handedly get a Featured Article voted in suggests we may have already formed our own clique, Ludraman.

::::There would be advantages to having a <nowiki> {{ire-stub}} </nowiki> as a sub-category to <nowiki> {{geo-stub}} </nowiki> (if such a thing is possible). <nowiki> {{geo-stub}} </nowiki> has hundreds of articles in it, so many that its impossible to browse it for articles you might contribute to. But I accept that we should avoid forming a clique. [[User:Seabhcan|Seabhcan]] 14:29, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)

== National Monuments ==
[[Image:Irish national monument notice.jpg|right|frame|This photo needs a home. Where? [[Irish national monuments]]? [[National monument (Ireland)]]? [[National monuments of Ireland]]?]]
Until recently [[National Monument]] hosted an article about US National Monuments (since moved to [[National monument (U.S.)]]). Now as we all know from the [[M50]] débacle, National Monuments exist in Ireland too. An article [[National monument (Ireland)]], [[Irish national monuments]] or [[National monuments of Ireland]]. I have no idea what '''are''' some of the main National Monuments, what status they have (evidently one can build motorways over them no bother), or how many there are. Any input? [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 20:04, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:Wasn't that "débacle" about a [[heritage site]]? Also related are [[listed building]]s (which is currently about UK listed buildings).[[User:Rparle| ]]&#8212;[[User:Rparle|Rory]] [[User_talk:rparle|&#9786;]] 16:03, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)

::[[Office of Public Works]] for the photo?

:::Doesn't the OPW/Duchas/WhateverTheHellItsCalledThisWeek have a listing of all its public sites? Any site it has public is definately a "national monument" - its important enough for the state to own, maintain and make public. Then again, some would called Lissadell a national monument, or Trinity, etc. A boundary has to be set somewhere, so chosing the state-owned sites might be a good idea. 

:::I could always ask Ewan (Zoney knows what I'm talking about here :-) ) for his interpretation. Probably not the best idea though...

:::[[User:Kiand|Kiand]] 17:30, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:Here is a place to start [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=%22National+Monument%22+site%3Airishstatutebook.ie&btnG=Search Google Search: &quot;National Monument&quot; site:irishstatutebook.ie], but you will have to do some sorting and twalling, its not very extensive. This page at the [http://www.environ.ie/DOEI/DOEIPol.nsf/wvNavView/National+Monuments+Service?OpenDocument&Lang= Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government > National Monuments Service] also might be useful (methinks their is a government conspiracy to be vague). Also a database is included at [http://www.heritagedata.ie/en/NationalMonuments/ GIS Heritage Data for Ireland > National Monuments] website. [[User:Djegan|Djegan]] 18:18, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

==PdPhoto==
[[Image:Slieve League-cliffs.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Slieve Liege]]]]
PD Photo has an [http://pdphoto.org/PictureHome.php?cid=23&mat=pdef&md=cid Irish category] that is quite large. I've been trying to find use for some of the photos there; perhaps someone can help me, and perhaps it will inspire to write more articles about Irish geography. [[User:Sverdrup|&#9999; Sverdrup]] 20:43, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

==Moving to-do list==
I propose we move the to-do list to this page's talk page. This would allow it to be a longer list of all Irish pages needing attention. People OK with this? [[User:Ludraman|J<small>OHN</small> C<small>OLLISON</small>]] | [[User talk:Ludraman|(Ludraman)]] 15:51, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:I propose something different. We move THIS (discussion) page, to the talk page, and leave the todo list on the main page. Would that be better? It'd be best done as an actual move, not just cut and paste, so as we preserve the page history. [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 16:50, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

::Still, isn't a todo list meant to be a "behind-the-scenes" thing on the talk page? Personally I think this page is more important. The to-do list could be a huge list of Irish pages needing attention and extra special pages like ICOTWs etc could be ''discussed'' here. [[User:Ludraman|J<small>OHN</small> C<small>OLLISON</small>]] | [[User talk:Ludraman|(Ludraman)]] 17:01, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
:::Maybe a vote? [[User:Ludraman|J<small>OHN</small> C<small>OLLISON</small>]] | [[User talk:Ludraman|(Ludraman)]] 17:41, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Perhaps we could simply remove the todo list from this page and leave it as it is on its own subpage?[[User:Rparle| ]]&#8212;[[User:Rparle|Rory]] [[User_talk:rparle|&#9786;]] 19:00, Sep 28, 2004 (UTC)

:Thats fine with me, but I think the talk page would be easier and it isn't ever used anyway (obviously). Plus its the norm to put todo lists on talk pages. [[User:Ludraman|J<small>OHN</small> C<small>OLLISON</small>]] | [[User talk:Ludraman|(Ludraman)]] 19:10, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
::I'd be happy with a move to the Talk page. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 11:28, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:::Folks, I hate to say this, but the way things are now (with discussion sections here and the to-do-list on the talk page) really does strike me as the "wrong way around". [[User:Ropers|Ropers]] 04:09, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
::::On reflection, I am inclined to agree. I think it would make sense to land on this page and see the work that needs doing and then discuss it on the Talk page. I'd also keep the link to the ICOTW discussion here. What does anyone else think? Do you want to move it round? [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 07:31, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC) Just noticed that the Aussie notice board does ith the way Ropers suggests. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 08:12, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

::::If people are in agreement to move this page to the Talk page, and put the to-do list here, I shall do the appropriate page juggling (the current talk page needs deleted first, to allow a ''move'' of this page to there). Just give a shout on [[User talk:Zoney|my talk page]]. [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 11:09, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

==Umbrella category==
Is there any umbrella "Irish stuff" category of which all other Irish categories (like [[:Category:Irish cuisine]], [[:Category:Irish Newspapers]]) would be subcategories. I think this would be very useful. [[User:Ludraman|J<small>OHN</small> C<small>OLLISON</small>]] | [[User talk:Ludraman|(Ludraman)]] 17:41, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
:[[:Category:Culture of Ireland]]?[[User:Rparle| ]]&#8212;[[User:Rparle|Rory]] [[User_talk:rparle|&#9786;]] 18:55, Sep 28, 2004 (UTC)
::[[:Category:Ireland]]? [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 11:28, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
:Obviously, yes, for an overall umbrella. But I think the specific categories mentioned should go in [[:Category:Culture of Ireland]] which itself should be under [[:Category:Ireland]].[[User:Rparle| ]]&#8212;[[User:Rparle|Rory]] [[User_talk:rparle|&#9786;]] 11:37, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)

[[:Category:Irish culture]] exists. By the way, I'm undoing the fact that [[:Category:Ireland]] was made a disambig category. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 12:12, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:I've added those cats to [[:Category:Irish culture]] and done a bit of trying to rationalise the cats in [[:Category:Ireland]]. A lot more could be done. [[User:Filiocht|Filiocht]] 13:25, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

== Cabinet reshuffle ==

What needs changing for the cabinet reshuffle? [[User:Ludraman|J<small>OHN</small> C<small>OLLISON</small>]] | [[User talk:Ludraman|(Ludraman)]] 16:14, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

: Any effected ministers that lead from [[Template:GovernmentofIreland]], also recent ministers may need their articles changed - anything else ? [[User:Djegan|Djegan]] 20:09, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

==Subcats of Cat:Ire==
Would subcategories of Cat:Ireland such as Geography of Ireland, History of Ireland, Politics of Ireland etc. be useful? I haven't seen any so far. [[User:Ludraman|J<small>OHN</small> C<small>OLLISON</small>]] | [[User talk:Ludraman|(Ludraman)]] 17:01, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

: This might be useful to consider: [[WP:CFD#Irish_reorganization]]. [[User:Djegan|Djegan]] 20:12, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

== Notice board a success ==

It seems our (Ludraman's) notice board idea is catching on! See [[Wikipedia:List of Wikipedian notice boards]] :-) [[User:Zoney|'''zoney''']] <span style="font-size:large; color:green;">&#09827;</span> [[User talk:Zoney|'''talk''']] 17:12, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
:Well, you know imitation is the most sincere form of flattery! [[User:Ludraman|J<small>OHN</small> C<small>OLLISON</small>]] | [[User talk:Ludraman|(Ludraman)]] 18:35, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)