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Mabuska, your wording is unclear. You might as well say that the French Resistance launched attacks "against France". My wording is clearer. Gob Lofa (talk) 22:46, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
Recent edits
There is a contradiction between this edit summary and this one. Both the Red Hand Commando and the Official IRA were deadly, and both played a relatively small part over the thirty years of the Troubles. If the article is going to list only the main two loyalist groups, it should do the same for republican groups. Also, there is no point in removing "such as", only to later add in "the most predominant of which were". The second edit also says that the Official IRA was "supplanted" by the Provisionals. This is inaccurate. Two IRAs were formed in the 1970 split. One, which called itself the "Official" IRA – there was nothing official about it – ceased military activity in 1972, and the other did not. I am reverting to something like the status quo ante. Scolaire (talk) 12:20, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
Related AFD (2nd nomination) pending
Hard to believe only two editors (including nominator) had anything to say, during 1st nomination, which resulted in non admin closure due to lack of consensus, which is an intolerable and inexplicable outcome. See here. Quis separabit?15:25, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
Questions about recent edits
Did nationalists argue that the state was neither legitimate nor democratic, or that partition was neither legitimate nor democratic? They're not the same thing. One was changed to the other here but the citation was not changed. Which did Peter Taylor say? I'm inclined to think it was the former.
Did civil rights campaigners call for reform of the Ulster Special Constabulary (B-Specials)? It says so here, but I'm pretty sure they called for it's disbandment, considering it incapable of reform. Again, a good citation would be useful.
Also, re this edit/edit summary: home rule meant an Irish parliament subordinate to Wesminster; repeal of the union meant an Irish parliament independent of Westminster answering only to the king/queen. It's nonsense to say that the larger measure of repeal would have led to the smaller measure of home rule. I will not revert because there have been a lot of threats bandied about over 1RR lately, but I believe it should be changed. Scolaire (talk) 15:06, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
None of these questions has been answered. Instead there has been more "rewording etc." which change the meaning of sentences while purporting to cite the same source. So, "alienated and radicalised" is not the same thing as " upsurge in violence". The CAIN source for internment figures uses "Catholic / Republican", not "nationalist". And I see no reason not to mention that the Provos arose from the IRA split. There is also this edit suggesting that Protestants did not see the higher birth rate among Catholics as a threat because they knew that it was balanced by a higher emigration rate. I am reverting all recent edits until the editors engage. Scolaire (talk) 13:38, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
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