Simon Levchenko

RCIRA was never the official name of the grouping, recently the splinter group has adopted the CIRA-GHQ name to differentiate it's self from the CIRA.

This would requiring adequate source(s). Sincerely, Simon Levchenko (talk) 03:35, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Do you have any sources that this socalled "RCIRA" name officially existed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.233.62 (talk) 18:24, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

With all due respect sir; the burden of proof is not on me as you first challenged the information. It was there placed by another user, perhaps sourced by an IMC report. Sincerely Simon Levchenko (talk) 02:18, 21 February 2018 (UTC) Continuity IRA is not on ceasefire. https://www.irishnews.com/news/2018/01/26/news/republican-groups-have-no-plans-o-nh-ceasefire-style-ceasefire-1242024/

With that article in mind; I placed a question mark which linked to the CIRA timeline. They have not committed attacks for several years, and of 50 members, 25 have been arrested, this coupled with major weapons seizures, the mass arrest of top leaders in Newry, and 4 splits within the already small group demonstrate to me a highly diminshed capacity.

Sincerely. Simon Levchenko (talk) 02:12, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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Alright, thank you.

Simon Levchenko (talk) 17:46, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Stanley Graham

I suggest you listen again to the 1977 radio documentary you cite as the source of your claim that a third (unnamed) home-guardsman was wounded during the gunfight at Graham's house on the night of 9 October 1941. No such claim was made by that documentary. As far as I know, nobody has ever claimed a third guardsman was wounded that night. I must tell you that I am H.A. Willis. I wrote the book Manhunt (1979) and I produced a television documentary about the manhunt in 1974, which was screened by the NZBC a few years later. Many of the men interviewed by Jack Perkins were interviewed and filmed by me in October/November 1974. I spoke to Colin Howat and Amuri King, at that time the only surviving guardsmen from the gunfight of 9 Oct. Neither told me of a third guardsman (counting Hutchison & Coulson as 1 & 2) being shot. In writing my account, I also had access to the Police file -- Perkins relied upon the published account of the Coroner's Inquest, conducted in Hokitika in late December 1941. The Police file, which contains more detail than the statements of the Inquest, makes no mention of a third guardsman being wounded on 9 Oct. I have restored the page to what I claim is the correct account. Should you disagree I suggest you ask a independent Wiki editor to review the material before reinstating your claim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.176.160 (talk) 01:46, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

I apologize; I must have misinterpreted when they said in the radio documentary one guardsman was injured; but later died. This paper newspaper clipping spoke of s "C R Ridley" who was wounded. It was in fact George Ridley who died a year later.

Sincerely Simon Levchenko (talk) 02:24, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

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Your edits on Falkland Islands

Your edits clearly did not improve the article, imposing POV laden terms such as Crown Colony that were clearly obsolete in 1982 and do not reflect a NPOV. Even the UN did not describe the Falklands as such in 1982, in doing so you are promoting one narrow nationalist narrative over NPOV. I suggest you read WP:BRD and WP:NPOV before editing again. WCM_email 18:46, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

I in no way intended to alter the neutrality of the article; the page on Wikipedia that represented the Islands before Argentine occupation listed them as a Crown Colony. Could the version be kept but revised, assuming "Falkland Islands Colony" be changed to "Falkland Islands Dependencies"? Simon Levchenko (talk) 00:59, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Today

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

For this edit[1] and this edit[2] which resulted in me and others being pinged. Two times in my case!

I hope you have seen this...

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You have now two reverts... The Banner talk 23:59, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

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Number of FIDF soldiers mobilized during Operation Rosario

According to Sergeant Gerald Cheek of the FIDF:

"I held the rank of Sergeant in the FIDF and, with some thirty-four other soldiers, presented myself for duty as instructed. Following a briefing from the CO, we were assigned our area of responsibility, and collected our weapons and 100 rounds of ammunition." (Memories of the Falklands, Iain Dale, Biteback Publishing, 2012)

I recall reading that another half a dozen late arrivals presented themselves for duty and were also sent to man various positions in and around Port Stanley and that the Royal Marines took all the best weapons with them, leaving the FIDF only armed with WW2 era rifles and limited ammunition, but I am going to need more time in tracking down the relevant book and pages to prove this.--Vanberkel (talk) 22:24, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

I appreciate your due diligence. Simon Levchenko (talk) 15:00, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you for informing me. There is indeed such an article on the Italian language Wikipedia. The infobox on the article here seems to have malfunctioned. Simon Levchenko (talk) 02:18, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

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