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A Wales portal? Great. Was anyone thinking of announcing it anywhere? At all? :) I found it by accident. Is it also time for a Wales discussion board on the lines of the Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians' notice board one which already exists for the UK as a whole? There must be (almost) enough people editing in the general area now to make it worth thinking about. Telsa 22:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I just found the portal by accident - great! I would agree with Telsa's suggestion of a Wales discussion board, though I've no idea how to go about setting one up. Rhion 12:53, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Following Telsa's suggestion and Mais oui!'s instructions above, I've set up something simple to see what sort of response we get. Please sign up, let as many users as you can know about it and feel free to make any changes. Shortcut WP:WWNB. Rhion 19:25, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Does anybody else think we should also have the Flag of Saint David (left) on the portal aswell? - Aled D 22:09, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
For the articles Politics in Wales, National Assembly for Wales, Welsh Assembly Government etc.. we will need a "Politics and Government of Wales" table for each, possibly the same table for each. Similar tables like this are featured on the Scottish and United Kingdom political articles.
Amlder20 22:09, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Is there a list of Welsh movies? Meaning movies with Welsh content from language, subject matter, and maybe other movies shot in Wales? If not, this would be a great list to place on the main page possibly. I love this portal! Drachenfyre 09:41, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I have created a new Politics of Wales Template on my Userpage that I would think needs approval of Welsh Wikipedians. Please leave me a message of approval on my user talk page. Amlder20 14:41, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Nobody wants (or is able) to better this article in order to make a featured article...
There is a lack of photos in Wikipedia Commons... So if you're a welsh contributor or if you see some Wales national rugby union team's match, please take some photos and the rights to put them in Commons to better Welsh footballer articles and Wales national rugby union team's article... thanks a lot and good work... Many pleasure... Specially for the period 1920-1990 Ddfree 09:45, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I have recently been looking around WP (in vain) for significant coverage of the history of the period after the fall of the Principality of Wales. I have recently done a major edit on Whittington Castle (part of Wales c.1150-1536) and created the Baron FitzWarin, concerning its lords. I have also taken in hand Baron Mortimer. However there are another 30 (odd) Marcher lordships, each of which deserve a serious article. Castles have received slightly better coverage, but some of these articles are still weak. I have not done a comprehensive search, but there appears to be a severe weakness. Could I suggest that this ougth to be the subject of a major improvement effort? Or have I missed something? Peterkingiron ( talk) 10:02, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
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Greetings Wales community! We need your Voice! We need mediation and impute from the wider community who regularily contribute to articals of Wales interest. At issue is the use of a distinctive border around the country info box, as well title bar. The issue seems to have become a crusade against Wales by certin editors, who have almost never contributed to and practically never visit (by their own admission) the Wales page. I do not tust the motives of the editor, who seems to be stalking my edits and reverting them purposefully. This editor even dismisses the colors of Wales red and green saying that Wales does not have any official colors! (quote: "I imagine that this use of "national colours" (of which Wales has none by custom or tradition)...", Unfortunatly, I must deal with these cyber bullying tactics if I am to contribute here. However, I implore the Wales commmunity to weigh in on the topic of allowing info box borders and title headers. Please submit views on Template talk:Infobox Country and talk:Wales. If the wider Wales community decides not to support a border and title header color in the colors of Wales then I will withdrawal from this position. However, I and other editors do feel it makes the Wales page far more distinctive. Sincerly, David Llewellyn ♦Drachenfyre♦· Talk 02:10, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello! I am an editor contributing to Wikipedia, however I seem to have entered into an edit conflict with another editor who hawks over my edits and reverts them. Above some of the disagreements are documented when he orchastrated a campaign against styalized country info boxes, now he has followed me to the Kingdom of Gwynedd page and is editing out an into image there. I seek others opinions because I feel that these are targeted against any edits that I do. Thank you very much! ♦Drachenfyre♦· Talk 10:49, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Wales has remained distinct from the rest of the United Kingdom due to the strength of Welsh history, culture and especially the Welsh language.
Well I don't think it's really that distinct, certainly not as distinct as Scotland (I guess because Scotland was a country of the union). The border lands are pretty vague, Newport could be any English city really. North Wales has remainded disctinctively inaccessible and has a traditional reputation for being inhospitable. South Wales, Pembrokeshire say, has a distinct beauty of being a British national park, but apart from the road signs, revisionism and bizarre resurrection of the language it just seems like the annex of England that it is. Welsh history: well their were a few years in about 13C before the annexisation when Wales was almost a country in it's own right. Culture: that's where the revisionist creation of all this druidic bard stuff comes in. Language: nearly dead and then imposed due to people not being able to get over the name of the language in common use, if English was called "International Language", then Welsh would have remainded the preserve of linguists and historians. I guess then, in my opinion it's no more distinct from the rest of England than say Yorkshire or Wessex. Can't see this opinion being popular, mind you. Pbhj ( talk) 22:16, 7 May 2008 (UTC)#
As an Englishman, it is clear to me that Wales is a distinctive country. This is primarily because it has its own native language. England has been a unified kingdom, with a single language (though with dialects) for 1000 years. The distinctions between Wessex, the Danelaw, etc are relatively minor. The imposition of English law on Wales took place nearly 500 years ago, but the existence of its own language kept it separate, and this was reinforced by the resurgence of a Welsh culture in the 19th and 20th centuries, followed by political changes in the late 20th century. On WP:CFD discussions the issue of the split of the UK into the four home countries requently comes up, and I normally defend the existence of the split. Many of us have ancestors from all over the UK. This often makes determining ethnicity (apart from "British") difficult, but we have to live with the world as it is: WP cannot impose order where there is none. Peterkingiron ( talk) 16:05, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Julia Gillard - first female Aussie PM, from Wales originally apparently.-- MacRusgail ( talk) 13:32, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
Someone's very kindly created a new Year in Wales template. Do we want to use it? Deb ( talk) 12:00, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
I am considering moving St David's to St Davids because the spelling without the apostrophe is that used by the city council: http://www.stdavids.gov.uk/. But I will not do so if it is going to cause upset. Are there any thoughts on this? (Perhaps better to put them on the talk page Talk:St David's if there are.) -- Doric Loon ( talk) 20:34, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
The National Library of Wales is looking to appoint the UK's first Wikipedia Visiting Scholar. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to improve content relating to Wales on Wikipedia (in English or Welsh). Successful applicants will be given access to Library collections, online resources and staff expertise. This is a voluntary position. Visiting scholars can work remotely and at their own pace. Jason.nlw ( talk) 09:44, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
A Wales portal? Great. Was anyone thinking of announcing it anywhere? At all? :) I found it by accident. Is it also time for a Wales discussion board on the lines of the Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians' notice board one which already exists for the UK as a whole? There must be (almost) enough people editing in the general area now to make it worth thinking about. Telsa 22:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I just found the portal by accident - great! I would agree with Telsa's suggestion of a Wales discussion board, though I've no idea how to go about setting one up. Rhion 12:53, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Following Telsa's suggestion and Mais oui!'s instructions above, I've set up something simple to see what sort of response we get. Please sign up, let as many users as you can know about it and feel free to make any changes. Shortcut WP:WWNB. Rhion 19:25, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Does anybody else think we should also have the Flag of Saint David (left) on the portal aswell? - Aled D 22:09, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
For the articles Politics in Wales, National Assembly for Wales, Welsh Assembly Government etc.. we will need a "Politics and Government of Wales" table for each, possibly the same table for each. Similar tables like this are featured on the Scottish and United Kingdom political articles.
Amlder20 22:09, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Is there a list of Welsh movies? Meaning movies with Welsh content from language, subject matter, and maybe other movies shot in Wales? If not, this would be a great list to place on the main page possibly. I love this portal! Drachenfyre 09:41, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I have created a new Politics of Wales Template on my Userpage that I would think needs approval of Welsh Wikipedians. Please leave me a message of approval on my user talk page. Amlder20 14:41, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Nobody wants (or is able) to better this article in order to make a featured article...
There is a lack of photos in Wikipedia Commons... So if you're a welsh contributor or if you see some Wales national rugby union team's match, please take some photos and the rights to put them in Commons to better Welsh footballer articles and Wales national rugby union team's article... thanks a lot and good work... Many pleasure... Specially for the period 1920-1990 Ddfree 09:45, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I have recently been looking around WP (in vain) for significant coverage of the history of the period after the fall of the Principality of Wales. I have recently done a major edit on Whittington Castle (part of Wales c.1150-1536) and created the Baron FitzWarin, concerning its lords. I have also taken in hand Baron Mortimer. However there are another 30 (odd) Marcher lordships, each of which deserve a serious article. Castles have received slightly better coverage, but some of these articles are still weak. I have not done a comprehensive search, but there appears to be a severe weakness. Could I suggest that this ougth to be the subject of a major improvement effort? Or have I missed something? Peterkingiron ( talk) 10:02, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Wales | |
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Greetings Wales community! We need your Voice! We need mediation and impute from the wider community who regularily contribute to articals of Wales interest. At issue is the use of a distinctive border around the country info box, as well title bar. The issue seems to have become a crusade against Wales by certin editors, who have almost never contributed to and practically never visit (by their own admission) the Wales page. I do not tust the motives of the editor, who seems to be stalking my edits and reverting them purposefully. This editor even dismisses the colors of Wales red and green saying that Wales does not have any official colors! (quote: "I imagine that this use of "national colours" (of which Wales has none by custom or tradition)...", Unfortunatly, I must deal with these cyber bullying tactics if I am to contribute here. However, I implore the Wales commmunity to weigh in on the topic of allowing info box borders and title headers. Please submit views on Template talk:Infobox Country and talk:Wales. If the wider Wales community decides not to support a border and title header color in the colors of Wales then I will withdrawal from this position. However, I and other editors do feel it makes the Wales page far more distinctive. Sincerly, David Llewellyn ♦Drachenfyre♦· Talk 02:10, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello! I am an editor contributing to Wikipedia, however I seem to have entered into an edit conflict with another editor who hawks over my edits and reverts them. Above some of the disagreements are documented when he orchastrated a campaign against styalized country info boxes, now he has followed me to the Kingdom of Gwynedd page and is editing out an into image there. I seek others opinions because I feel that these are targeted against any edits that I do. Thank you very much! ♦Drachenfyre♦· Talk 10:49, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Wales has remained distinct from the rest of the United Kingdom due to the strength of Welsh history, culture and especially the Welsh language.
Well I don't think it's really that distinct, certainly not as distinct as Scotland (I guess because Scotland was a country of the union). The border lands are pretty vague, Newport could be any English city really. North Wales has remainded disctinctively inaccessible and has a traditional reputation for being inhospitable. South Wales, Pembrokeshire say, has a distinct beauty of being a British national park, but apart from the road signs, revisionism and bizarre resurrection of the language it just seems like the annex of England that it is. Welsh history: well their were a few years in about 13C before the annexisation when Wales was almost a country in it's own right. Culture: that's where the revisionist creation of all this druidic bard stuff comes in. Language: nearly dead and then imposed due to people not being able to get over the name of the language in common use, if English was called "International Language", then Welsh would have remainded the preserve of linguists and historians. I guess then, in my opinion it's no more distinct from the rest of England than say Yorkshire or Wessex. Can't see this opinion being popular, mind you. Pbhj ( talk) 22:16, 7 May 2008 (UTC)#
As an Englishman, it is clear to me that Wales is a distinctive country. This is primarily because it has its own native language. England has been a unified kingdom, with a single language (though with dialects) for 1000 years. The distinctions between Wessex, the Danelaw, etc are relatively minor. The imposition of English law on Wales took place nearly 500 years ago, but the existence of its own language kept it separate, and this was reinforced by the resurgence of a Welsh culture in the 19th and 20th centuries, followed by political changes in the late 20th century. On WP:CFD discussions the issue of the split of the UK into the four home countries requently comes up, and I normally defend the existence of the split. Many of us have ancestors from all over the UK. This often makes determining ethnicity (apart from "British") difficult, but we have to live with the world as it is: WP cannot impose order where there is none. Peterkingiron ( talk) 16:05, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Julia Gillard - first female Aussie PM, from Wales originally apparently.-- MacRusgail ( talk) 13:32, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
Someone's very kindly created a new Year in Wales template. Do we want to use it? Deb ( talk) 12:00, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
I am considering moving St David's to St Davids because the spelling without the apostrophe is that used by the city council: http://www.stdavids.gov.uk/. But I will not do so if it is going to cause upset. Are there any thoughts on this? (Perhaps better to put them on the talk page Talk:St David's if there are.) -- Doric Loon ( talk) 20:34, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
The National Library of Wales is looking to appoint the UK's first Wikipedia Visiting Scholar. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to improve content relating to Wales on Wikipedia (in English or Welsh). Successful applicants will be given access to Library collections, online resources and staff expertise. This is a voluntary position. Visiting scholars can work remotely and at their own pace. Jason.nlw ( talk) 09:44, 1 April 2016 (UTC)