User talk:Perspicax/Archives/2024/October
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Brush Street Station
Hey, do you happen to know how many platforms Brush Street Station had for passengers? Older Sanborn maps and stuff seem to show two metal canopies between tracks, so I'm guessing at least two island platforms (or four platform faces). But did passengers use platforms along the north or side side of the station? Would just be interesting to have some basic information on the layout of the station and how the platforms were numbered. Criticalthinker (talk) 07:04, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- I don't have nay personal knowledge of this but there is a thread on the topic [1]. Perspicax (talk) 07:15, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah, that's where I got most of the info from. lol Criticalthinker (talk) 14:09, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
Irish politicians
Why are you adding Irish politicians to "activist" categories? They are almost all elected Teachta Dála, and are already in appropriate politician categories/subcategories. Can you please reverse the additions where they hold or have held elected office, please? BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 16:07, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
I am also puzzled by the adding of these categories, particularly in the cases where the person holds or has held public office. I too think you should revert them. CeltBrowne (talk) 17:13, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with CeltBrowne. These activist categories are not for elected politicians. Please revert your changes. Spleodrach (talk) 18:23, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
- They were all already in the tree 'Irish activists'; I have not added any. All I have done is intersect 'people from X' with 'Irish activists'. Eg Joe Higgins (politician) is in other activists categories, as is Leo Varadkar. Eg Category:Irish rebels is a subcategory of Category:Irish activists. It may be that some politicians were already miscategorised as activists - nothing to do with me. Perspicax (talk) 20:56, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
- Wait, what - "rebels" are a sub-category of "activist"? Weird, and probably inappropriate. Also, irrelevant for this discussion. What "activist" categories is Leo Varadkar a member of? Or Roderic O'Gorman? It looks like there's something up with this "Irish activists tree" you mention, because neither of the first two BLPs I looked at are or were members of it. Can you link to it? In any case, elected politicians shouldn't be in an activist category, whether that's a "tree" or "by county". BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 22:15, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
- Somone who was an activist and then became a politician (or vice versa) should be in both. Leo Varadkar is in Category:Irish LGBTQ rights activists; Joe Higgins (politician) is in Category:Irish tax resisters. (Anyone in any subcategory of Category:Irish activists is categorised as an activist; this is simple logic.) Roderic O'Gorman is in Category:Irish environmentalists which includes all Green MPs. (Category:Environmentalists contains Category:Green politicians; seems reasonable to me.) Anyway I see that this is disputed so I have reverted those of my edits which apply to politicians (and Spleodrach has reverted others) and I trust this matter is resolved. Perspicax (talk) 18:32, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
- Wait, what - "rebels" are a sub-category of "activist"? Weird, and probably inappropriate. Also, irrelevant for this discussion. What "activist" categories is Leo Varadkar a member of? Or Roderic O'Gorman? It looks like there's something up with this "Irish activists tree" you mention, because neither of the first two BLPs I looked at are or were members of it. Can you link to it? In any case, elected politicians shouldn't be in an activist category, whether that's a "tree" or "by county". BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 22:15, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
- In fairness, I completely missed that Leo Varadkar was in Category:Irish LGBTQ rights activists, mainly because I was absolutely not expecting to see him included there. As per the article, when already an elected politician,
In a 2010 interview, Varadkar stated that while he did not consider homosexuality morally wrong, he opposed same-sex marriage, although he supported civil partnerships.
He only came out as gay four months before a constitutional referendum on same-sex marriage. I've removed him from the category. Thanks for your reverts. There is clearly a problem with Category:Irish activists, though, if it's that easy for a whole class of people to be mis-categorised. Environmentalists are not necessarily "activists". BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 12:11, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- In fairness, I completely missed that Leo Varadkar was in Category:Irish LGBTQ rights activists, mainly because I was absolutely not expecting to see him included there. As per the article, when already an elected politician,
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