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The source clearly states "Neeson is entitled to both Irish and British citizenship" The claiming of a passport does not equal citizenship. The United States for example has between 75% and 90% depending on the source, of its citizens not holding a passport, yet there is no claim that they are not US citizens. Neeson being born pre-2005 on the island of Ireland is entitled to hold an Irish passport, how he personally identifies, and if he claims the book which allows him in and out of international border check points does not negate the fact he is an Irish citizen. If the Irish citizenship requires a source, then equally the British citizenship needs sourcing in the same way.
There appears to be a lack of understanding of how Northern Ireland works in terms of citizenship. People born on the island of Ireland pre-Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland and changes to Irish statutes coming in to force on 1 January 2005 are entitled to and can choose a British passport, an Irish passport or Both. Simpy not claiming one of the two passports does not means they are not legally a British citizen and an Irish citizen. If Neeson has formally renounced his Irish citizenship then he would not be an Irish citizen. In the same way as if he had renounced his British citizenship he would not be a British citizen. There need be evidence of renunciation of Irish citizenship for Neeson not to be listed as an Irish citizen as at the time of his birth Neeson was automatically an Irish citizen. This is similar to the issues surrounding
2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, simply not claiming a passport or having no knowledge of the entitlement to hold a passport does not negate holding of citizenship.
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The above is now moot due to the addition of a second source confirming the birth place of Neeson's mother. She was born in the Republic of Ireland, and Neeson is automatically an Irish citizen and not merely entitled to being an Irish citizen. Claiming an Irish passport is a non-issue. WTKitty ( talk) 09:24, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
If either of your parents was an Irish citizen who was born in Ireland, then you are automatically an Irish citizen, irrespective of your place of birth. If you are an Irish citizen, you can apply for an Irish passport. You do not need an Irish passport in order to be an Irish citizen but having an Irish passport is evidence that you are an Irish citizen.
This is clear cut Neeson's mother was born in Ireland is an Irish citizen and confers automatic citizenship on Neeson. The wording intentionally states parent not mother or father. The act of parliament also makes no distinction father only it states both Mother and father. See this link the relevant section is as follows
6.—(1) Every person born in Ireland is an Irish citizen from birth.
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The Wikipedia article alone cannot be taken to be reliable, the source it is based is what is reliable, in this case it appears the wikipeida article referred to is flat-out wrong as it currently stands. WTKitty ( talk) 13:18, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Whatever happened to being bold and having a discussion when that bold editing is disputed. Honestly. This is exactly what WP:BRD states should be happening. Be bold, get reverted or disputed and discuss. Not sure there is any deviation from that one iota. I would also like to point out the original tag was placed without a discussion being initiated which is unhelpful and unconstructive. I have begun this discussion not the person who placed the disputed tag. The system works with edit first not discuss first. No editing would ever get done under that system as some articles have little to no editing over the course of years from more than one editor. WTKitty ( talk) 14:16, 16 April 2018 (UTC)adding the citizenship without allowing the discussion to fully take place certainly isn't the way to go about it
I'm not seeing any sources that state that he has not renounced his Irish citizenship. To avoid WP:OR, it should be omitted until we have a definite source saying what his citizenship is. There's nothing to stop you making constructive editing and constructive additions to the other 99.999% of the article. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 09:02, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
The article makes no sense. A plethora of evidence to suggest that Liam is Irish has been presented here, yet edits that rectify this are instantly reverted. Furthermore, the page's infobox even states his nationality is Irish, yet edits to state the very same information in the opening line of the article are reverted. Why is this so? Mr Serious Guy ( talk) 20:24, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
"the page's infobox even states his nationality is Irish"Where is that? Thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 14:49, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Liam Neeson is an Irish and American citizen. He is not a British citizen. People in Northern Ireland get to choose Irish or British passports. He has an Irish passport. 78.16.34.13 ( talk) 02:58, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
To be accurate it would have to be British-Irish-American if it is based on current citizenship. Eckerslike ( talk) 20:12, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
I believe that his Irish citizenship should be stated before his British or American citizenship. "Liam" is Gaelic for "William" and he has always identified as being from the Irish community of Northern Ireland. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.77.238.190 ( talk) 21:24, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
Here is Liam Neeson stating he is Irish and not British. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5OKskTIEU8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.76.220.46 ( talk) 16:49, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
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Can we please remove the "Irish" and "American" from citizenship? Because there is no proof that he is Irish or American. 86.152.99.88 ( talk) 19:10, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
Should the article be written in Irish English (due to use ancestry) or American English (due to being Irish-American and living most of his life in the US)? I would assume the latter and I propose making the change. 95.49.59.34 ( talk) 22:10, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
Include Darkman 1990 film in the beginning — Preceding unsigned comment added by 42.110.197.164 ( talk) 12:40, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
it should read 'died' 2009, NOT just 'd.' which could also mean 'divorced' -- Anne8Ko ( talk) 16:12, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Is there any source for his birth name? The current CBS News source (presumably for date and place of birth?) no longer seems to work (for me in UK at least: [1]. Thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 11:17, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
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Controversies section. End of second paragraph about February 2019.
ADD A FURTHER DEFENDANT OF NEESON'S COMMENTS -
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Reference - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze66N6XK88M&t=196s 86.129.191.199 ( talk) 19:33, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
In the section for his Early Career Neeson's early films are mentioned along with the famous cast members he starred beside in those films. But it completely ignores the 1987 filming 1988 release film High Spirits where he played the part of an amorous but murderous ghost. Were cast members like Peter O'Toole, Beverly D'Angelo, Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenberg, Jennifer Tilly, and Peter Gallagher, (among others) not famous enough to count alongside those other big names? In terms of casting the film had a huge collection of famous actors and actresses who either previously were or later went on to become famous. You could throw a dart at a list of cast members and almost inevitably 'pick' a person you recognize from other films.
I will grant that it was more of a campy horror comedy than what we expect from supernatural or horror movies. This film was less Day of the Dead and more Inter-National Haunted Vacation. Sadly this resulted in a lot of very unhappy critics... which as a result kept the general public from ever showing up at the box office and causing it to be a financial flop. But the film still has a huge following from after the fact viewers. Even to this day modern viewers are coming across it on YouTube and enjoying it. People who watch this movie seem to either love it or hate it with far more votes of 5 star among the population who watched it just for fun than the people who give it a 1 star on a 5 star scale. When critics all give the film 1 stars resulting in a 27% rotten tomato score that's usually a bad sign... but if you stopped and look at the peer reviews of people who actually watched it without being paid to do so then you would see a 92% approval rating.
For every ugly moment that flopped there were moments of true gem quality.
Flops like the "evil nuns" would have made me agree with the critics, but only up until you look at the gems of this film.
Gems like how the film displayed Hannah running or walking down the original halls and seeing Guttenberg ahead and then cut to his viewpoint as we saw walled in doorways. And then as Hannah reaches through the wall as the past meets the present... magic.
Flops like the talking horse may have been less funny than intended but..
Even just looking at the acting by Neeson himself in this film should have resulted in praise. Very few actors have the moxy and skill to act out a tragic death scene and mid scene break off to flirt with a woman, then return to the tragic murder in character without a break not once but several times back and forth. If not for anything else, this film should be recognized just for this bit of acting masterpiece lessons. I will never understand how critics could see any of these gem moments and not consider it film genius to outweigh the bad.
So which is it? The awful mess that almost every film critic of the day labelled it, or the hidden gem that practically every person who has watched it over the last 30 years on vhs, cable, or the internet adores it as? Honestly I feel like the critics deliberately crushed a good film (not best film in a career worthy obviously, but also not the trash heap they tried to reject the film into) and the public sheeple were too used to following along to give it a good chance. Having watched it multiple times myself, it is really hard to understand how critics of the time could ask for the film to be lining their dumpsters.
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Neeson is not Irish and any commnets towards his Irishness should be removed. He is British with American citizenship also.
Here is Neeson stating that he is Irish after being asked if he is British. Neeson's nationality is whatever he says it is. Play video at 14 seconds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5OKskTIEU8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.77.138.183 ( talk • contribs) 21:29, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
Liam is not a nickname for William. It is Irish Gaelic for William. Calling Liam a nickname for William is an insult to the Irish language. A Gaelic first name in Northern Ireland implies Irish identity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.77.138.183 ( talk) 21:30, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
I'm Irish and the article states that a translation into my native language is a nickname, which is technically offensive. Most Irish people will recognise Liam as Irish for William and will not be aware of Uilliam which I would guess to be a long out of use term. If a name evolves over time to a shortened version, it does not mean it is a nickname. The term nickname is potentially offensive to the majority of Irish people reading. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.77.138.183 ( talk) 20:40, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
Maybe refer this to an Irish editor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.77.138.183 ( talk) 20:42, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
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Liam Neeson is from Northern Ireland and identifies as Irish, not British. 2A02:8084:601D:E280:CD8B:CA02:81BC:3114 ( talk) 20:49, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
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“Change ‘A British actor’ to ‘An Irish actor’ from Northern Ireland” - Liam is a Catholic from Ballymena he has stated this on numerous television shows such as the RTE talk show ‘The late late show’ 2A00:23C7:9003:3B01:1433:D725:4694:AA43 ( talk) 10:50, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
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Please change his name, it is Liam, not William! 2600:1015:B111:427C:E473:A7C8:DA58:91F4 ( talk) 08:40, 7 February 2022 (UTC)