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Dubious

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Should this be People of Northern Ireland or People from Northern Ireland

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Its a small change but probably needs to be discussed.--Vintagekits (talk) 16:01, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think the current iteration was selected because of its use in high standing publications, such as the GFA. --Jza84 |  Talk  16:32, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Who am I to argue with the GFA.--Vintagekits (talk) 16:47, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
By GFA I mean the Belfast Agreement of course! There are a couple of other examples in the discussion above. --Jza84 |  Talk  16:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I wasnt being flippant and I knew what you mean. You are probably right. You've probably seen it but you will probably be interested in this discussion as well - its similar to the one above. regards--Vintagekits (talk) 17:03, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

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This page should not be speedily deleted because... dubious reasons given by Domer48, who i feel is seeking to have any article that implies that the term "Northern Irish" means nationality deleted even though this article makes it clear what it means and its not that. A speedy deletion would also serve to stiffle any opposition to this deletion request.

In regards to the reason: This article may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion as a page that was previously deleted via a deletion discussion, is substantially identical to the deleted version, and any changes do not address the reasons for which the material was deleted. See the previous discussion.

The following reasons given in the previous discussion are unmerited here:

  1. Article doesn't make the assumption or delcaration that people from Northern Ireland are an ethnic group
  2. Doesn't state that they are indigenous
  3. It's title is appropraite for the content
  4. The administrator Elen of the Roads at a recent AN/I stated that Northern Irish refers simply to someone from Northern Ireland. No-one is pretending that its an ethnic group or nationality, and the article doesn't imply it is so. The article serves as a useful wikilink for the term "Northern Irish" as it makes it clear it is simply on about people from Northern Ireland and nothing else.

This proposed deletion request is thus totally unmerited in my eyes. The surveys may or may not be relevant to the article, but the article still merits existence even if as a stub.

--Mabuska (talk) 11:19, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Travesty

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This article is a travesty. The only content is the age-old crap about religious identity and national identity. And even then, the page is just a list of statistical table. There is not even any real discussion in the article about what religion (or lack thereof) means to the people of Northern Ireland (outside the topic of the Troubles, perhaps), or what upcoming generations think about religion. Nor is there any discussion in the article about the Northern Irish abroad, or the culture of Northern Ireland (sans Troubles and pissing competitions please), famous or notable Northern Irish people, or the history of Northern Ireland and its people. Isn't there already an article about the demography of Northern Ireland? --82.21.97.70 (talk) 23:36, 17 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Statistics percentages don't add up

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Apologies if I have missed something but it appears the percentages on the tables add up to over 100% both vertically and horizontally... so I'm struggling to make sense of that. Maybe I've missed something. 2A00:1028:8387:DA2:F929:6A88:E41E:7499 (talk) 19:05, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Definition of Northern Irish people

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Article states "Northern Irish people is a demonym for all people born in Northern Ireland or people who are entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of residence"

This seems a poor definition as "people who are entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of residence" would include ALL British and Irish citizens, even if they have never stepped foot in NI and have no cultural, historical or any other link to NI other than simply having an unused right to reside there. This surely is not the intended definition. Could be replaced with something like:

"Northern Irish people is a demonym used in different context applying variously to people born in Northern Ireland, people residing non-temporarily in Northern Ireland or people who have a strong personal, family, cultural or other connections to Northern Ireland"

Maybe go on to state that unlike, say French people, it is harder to apply a specific nationality based definition to the term, however, despite the fractious nature of identity within Northern Ireland there is clear evidence that a proportion of the population of NI do identify with the term. Also worth emphasising that the term is required on a practical basis for the discussion of those people who reside within or are otherwise associated with Northern Ireland, though use of the term may be controversial amongst a proportion of Northern Ireland's population. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.27.80.156 (talk) 11:30, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Ulster people" listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Ulster people and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 March 8#Ulster people until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Olchug (talk) 18:28, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]