User talk:McCIrishman

Hello. In a recent edit, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

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Thank you for the lesson! i am newer to editing so I appreciate the advice and politeness. I will learn from this and avoid similar mistakes going forward. McCIrishman (talk) 15:33, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi. I can't find mention of a fan forum (or the attributed statement from Usher about a ticket price reduction being "[un]sustainable for the club[']s finances") in the sources which accompanied this change. The Irish Examiner source dates from Feb 2025 (8 months before the TP protest at the St Pats game) and doesn't appear to contain a statement from Usher or mention a fan forum. The Irish Independent source also pre-dates the 3 Oct protest (by a few days). And, while it appears to contain an attributed quote ("Usher told fans in June [2025] that he will have invested more than €2m of his own money into Cork City by year's end") it doesn't seem to support the proposed text fully. When was the "fan forum" held? And which reference (whether the two added or others elsewhere) refers to a fan forum? Or club finances? Thanks... Guliolopez (talk) 21:56, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

@Guliolopez My sincere apologies, within the independent article there was a link to a second article that discussed the forum here: https://m.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/daniel-mcdonnell-dermot-usher-has-an-ambitious-vision-for-cork-city-falling-crowds-and-poor-form-are-not-part-of-it/a1477665914.html

a second source is this: https://leagueofirelandtalk.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/money-is-not-an-issue-cork-city-owner-dermot-usher-pledges-backing-amid-fan-backlash/

I probably should have properly sourced both independent articles. I will work to ensure I do not make a similar mistake in the future. McCIrishman (talk) 22:05, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. I'll review those sources and see whether/how best to reflect in the article. Guliolopez (talk) 11:41, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

Please be selective in photos you add to Wikipedia. Please see MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE for more detail. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 17:15, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

@Magnolia677 Thank you for sharing this information with me. I will read up, and I appreciate the advice. McCIrishman (talk) 17:48, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Friend, a picture of a sign at the entrance of a golf course is not relevant to a city article. Wikipedia is not a host for your travel photos. Thank you for your understanding. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:32, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

@Magnolia677 My apologies, I am from the area, these are not travel photos, please do not make assumptions. The Detroit Lakes country club and its iconic sign are historical. the winner of the Pine to Palm takes their picture there, and multiple pine to palm competitors have gone on to win professional events including former world number 1 ranked golfer Tom Lehman. I would kindly encourage you to read the history and understand its importance before you make major revisions and determine a photo of a historical site is a "travel photo" - https://pine2palmgolf.com/history . I will say the photo is low quality and next summer I will ensure I take a better picture to meet Wikipedia standards. I do want to also thank you for your work editing Wikipedia. McCIrishman (talk) 23:04, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

The Detroit Lakes Country Club is located two miles outside the city, and it isn't even mentioned in the article. And the website you sent me for the country club doesn't even have a picture of their "iconic sign". Magnolia677 (talk) 23:10, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

@Magnolia677 I appreciate you educating me that the golf course is technically outside the city. that is new information to me and I apologize for being wrong, I acknowledge that I should have done more proper research about the official location. However, the website very clearly does have the picture of the sign several times including every picture on its list of champions, please stick to the facts in our talk conversation. The fact that there are several golf courses in and around the town is definitely mentioned in the article, which is why I was trying to improve that section. Since you have identified that these courses are not in Detroit Lakes proper, you should go to work on editing and improving that since you are clearly more informed than I am on the city and its golf history. Thank you again for taking the time to educate me, I will use your lessons going forward my friend. McCIrishman (talk) 23:28, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi! I reverted your edit on June 18 as any changes or additions to days of the year pages now require citations and any that aren't are being reverted, please see WP:DOYCITE. The guidelines were changed due to the high number of errors and the number of links to articles with no or little reliable sources. Any names or events added before these guidelines were implemented are currently in the process of being referenced or removed. If you'd like to find out more, please see WP:DAYS, if you need any help with referencing see WP:REFB. Suonii180 (talk) 00:07, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the time to educate me on this! I apologize for not being aware of that rule change and I appreciate the lesson. I will have citations going forward. McCIrishman (talk) 14:24, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did at July 30, you may be blocked from editing. Toddst1 (talk) 13:37, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know. I apologize for the mistake as I was not aware of the rule change. Please see User talk:McCIrishman#June 18. This user took the time to educate me on the rule change and help me become a more productive contributor. This is a more constructive way for us to collaborate than threatening to block users. Please see Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers. I do appreciate you taking the time to let me know about my mistake and I will ensure I do not let it happen again. McCIrishman (talk) 14:32, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by DoubleGrazing was:

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

• in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
• reliable
• secondary
• strictly independent of the subject
  

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DoubleGrazing (talk) 18:59, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello, McCIrishman! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! DoubleGrazing (talk) 18:59, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the review and advice! the issues seem straight forward and I will work to make the required improvements McCIrishman (talk) 19:26, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

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@Zackmann08 thank you Zack! that is really good advise and I will use that trick going forward! thank you for being kind and educating me. McCIrishman (talk) 00:57, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for accepting advice. You would be SHOCKED at how many people ignore it or take offense at it. Keep up the otherwise great work. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 00:58, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

@Zackmann08 if there are any projects having to do with Lakes or small towns in Minnesota you know of I would be happy to help make improvements! Keep up giving the kind and respectful advice 😊. McCIrishman (talk) 01:09, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

As you continue your work, please make sure you are using {{convert}} as shown in this edit. Please also use citation templates and <ref>...</ref> as in this edit. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 02:50, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

@Zackmann08 thank you again Zack! much appreciated again and mu apologies for the error. McCIrishman (talk) 03:57, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

All good. we live and we learn! Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 04:01, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Lake Darling (Minnesota), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Bullhead.

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Hi McCIrishman. Thank you for your work on Breezy Bend Country Club. Another editor, 11WB, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

This article reads fine, however it needs some WP:SECONDARY sources that aren't from the club itself.

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Hi there, Thank you for helping me in the past on the Steinbach article. That same guy who reverted all your work there based on false assertions is doing it to me now for the article on Elliott Engen, can you please join the talk page and see if I am correct on this matter or not? Is there a way to stop this guy from making dishonest edits that remove my hard work? MinnesotaNiceGuy (talk) 19:13, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Seems like your sources were good and the article is fixed. Sorry that happened to you. Don't let mean people get you down, there is a mute button you can use if their comments are bad for your mental health. Keep working hard to contribute to Wikipedia in an appropriate manner. McCIrishman (talk) 21:07, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

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