User talk:Oldconnaught

January 2016[edit]

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January 2016[edit]

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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Old Connaught House, you may be blocked from editing. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:33, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Discussing Old Connaught House[edit]

To discuss the Old Connaught House, you should talk with other contributors at it's discussion page, Talk:Old Connaught House. I've moved your misplaced comment from the article to there. -- Finlay McWalterᚠTalk 22:49, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I think I have done what you suggested. Micheál. 30 North Wing. Old Connaught House.

Yes, you've got the correct place. Can I suggest that it's perhaps not entirely the wisest idea to post the specifics of your home address - this is a very public website, and edits here essentially are visible to everyone forever. -- Finlay McWalterᚠTalk 23:33, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Micheál. Really interested to hear about the information that you have to add to this article. The issues that you have encountered are not unusual, as making those first few edits can be quite a challenge! I am part of Wikimedia Community Ireland, a group that promotes and educates people on getting started editing Wikipedia. So I think I'm right in saying you have two issues, integrating the information you want to improve the article, and then adding photographs? The information you refer to, is this published material? Wikipedia requires all facts added to articles to be from reliable sources, so published sources such as books, periodicals, and the websites you see at the bottom of the article right now. Unfortunately you can not use primary research that you may have collected yourself, the reason for this is to ensure that everything on Wikipedia can be verified. Uploading photos is usually quite straight forward, you may have just missed out on some of the details around stating the photos are your own work and therefore you have the right to upload them. If you are really struggling to get editing, we occasionally hold editing events, and we would be happy to help you at one of these. We don't have any planned in Dublin in the near future so perhaps meet up to get you started editing in your own time. Let me know if I can help at all! Smirkybec (talk) 15:31, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Smirkybec and thank you for contacting me with your offer of help. I will appreciate it, as will many others into the future I hope. The bulk of the text I had hoped to contribute was the history of the House and of those who lived here. The text was copy/pasted from the History page of Festine Lente Foundation, our neighbours. I have permission to do so from their CEO. That information can be cross referenced with the same information on a prestigious list of websites. The first person of note is Lord William Conyngham Plunket. There then follows seven heirs and seven Barons. This text is backed up by Burke's Peerage. Into the mix is a member of the family who was executed just after Easter 1916 - Joseph Mary Plunket - I still have to confirm this 100% though it is stated by one Irish family tree website. As for photographs - for the moment I had intended only posting photograph I have taken myself. I'm a News Cameraman by profession so my photography is considered rather good! I brought in a Drone from which I photographed the Old House and North Wing. Some of my photographs have been published on Estate Agent websites. I have the original files in all cases. There are photographs on Festine Lente's website which I would like to use but I won't because I don't know that they have copyright. I hope you will be able to help me get this information, this story, published. It is true and honest and genuine. A 2016 project for me! Thank you. Micheál

Hi again! Well that's a tough one to get around as although you have the permission it's not best practice on Wikipedia, the easiest thing would just to take the information, and rather than a straight copy/paste just use it as a reference and rewrite it for the entry. I do this quite a lot with the Dictionary of Irish Biography, using those entries as the main reference, and drawing as others as I go. Perhaps we could use the other websites you mention as additional references, as the more good references the better! If you like you can send me some of the links and I can make a start on expanding the article, so you can get an idea on how it might look? The fact that we can link this article to the Plunkett family is brilliant, I have worked on some of the Plunkett articles myself. As for photos, you can upload them through Wikimedia Commons. You're right about sticking to your own photos, as you need to be the creator, they need to be published under a Creative Commons license, or be old enough to be out of copyright. Let me know how I can help, curious to learn more myself now! Smirkybec (talk) 23:07, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Assistance[edit]

Hi, I'm Comments2010, and I noticed you are a newcomer! I wanted to let you know that you should use an article's talk page to discuss the page and/or add comments! Thank you! Comments2010 (talk) 22:58, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your message. I hope I am replying the correct way. There's no Reply button! I have left a message in the talk page explaining and apologising. It's not as straight forward as I had expected. Naive I guess! Thank you again. Micheál, 30 North Wing, Old Connaught Hose