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This is a splendid article! Congratulations on getting it on the Main Page!
I have just one comment: the picture of the three men at work in the quarry didn't scan well. If you try again and check your scanner adjustments, you may find the software can remove the Moire fringes. User: BlairRMartin
Added picture of waste truck into the 'Decline' section - assuming Rhion is happy with this, it may be worth reformatting the pictures below so that they are stepped left - right - left? Vanoord - Done, 29/09/06 Vanoord
Gwilym ap Griffith records that several of his tenants were paid 10p each for working 5,000 slates. - so did he pay ten pence (10d) or two shillings? (2/-, 24d -- 10p in modern currency) -- Arwel ( talk) 23:36, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Why was the use of slate banned? This should be explained here.
By the way, what a cool esoteric article to be a feature article. Congrats. Tempshill 01:24, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
the featured article should be protected somebody adds some meaningless things to it.. with the advant of an... se...
We've visited one of the quaries which is now part of a Hydro-Electric Scheme - Maybe someone has more info to be added? or a link?
Regards,
Pieter
From my understanding:
A mine is where you extact precious stone or ore; it can be an open pit or a shaft/tunnel into the earth. A quarry is where you extract rock or building minerals; it too can be an open pit or a shaft.
I originally learned this on a Discovery show episode discussing the mineral extract industry, where they had a shaft quarry to extract aggregate for concrete. Since then I have seen it correctly referenced elsewhere. I doubled checked merriam webster: it has quarry as an open pit for stone, and mine as excavating minerals. It seems the sentence at the top of the article "...where the slate was mined rather than quarried." should be changed. Davandron | Talk 15:24, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Super to see an article about Welsh industry on the main page - a really interesting read. Thanks very much to everyone who's worked on it! -- YFB ¿ 20:07, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Surely the quarry should be referred to as Dinorwic? It was known by this name for virtually all its life, and the slate is still referred to in the industry as Dinorwic. Certainly historic references should use this name.-- 86.31.225.198 21:32, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
I couldn't help noticing, that the map highlighting the major areas of slate mining in the "Beginnings" section is a little sloppy. I'd be willing to produce a neater geological map if anyone thought it was helpful/necessary AuldReekie 12:34, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Jeepday 13:43, 4 November 2006 (UTC) Ok, this one got my attention, and there is not a Wikipedia entry and well I want to know more. I am just beginning my research and not sure where it will go. A couple questions
I'm pretty sure this ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Porno.jpg ) is not a drumhouse, but that's the picture up there... Can someone who knows more about this fix this? - Kevingarcia 05:00, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
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Oakeley quarry or Oakeley Quarry ?
Would these not count as proper names, as the complete phrase, thus should be capitalised? Andy Dingley ( talk) 00:39, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
All are equally valid names (as far as WP:COMMONNAME is concerned), apart from the capitalisation, as explained above. WT79 ( speak to me | editing patterns | what I been doing) 17:19, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
A brief introduction:
After a move discussion in early January (2020) on Talk:Bryn Eglwys, a mass-move of all slate quarries in Wales was performed, by The Mirror Cracked, who was a major editor of these pages but has unfortunately recently gone missing. This move retitled the pages from assorted '...Quarry's, '...Slate Quarry's, and '...quarry's, to a standard '...quarry'.
However, this is controversial, given that most sources give the titles as '...Quarry'. The purpose of this RfC is to attempt to gain a consencus on what title capitalisation should be used for quarries.
For further details please see above. WT79 ( speak to me | editing patterns | what I been doing) 20:45, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
The nominator of this Featured article has not edited in over a decade, and it appears that the Welsh slate today has not been maintained. Could anyone update this article so that a Featured article review is not needed? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 19:33, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
@ SandyGeorgia:I did, but it slipped my mind. I don't know of a source for it. Is it a deal breaker between FA/non-FA? If so, it may be better to remove it completely. — Voice of Clam 01:25, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
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This is a splendid article! Congratulations on getting it on the Main Page!
I have just one comment: the picture of the three men at work in the quarry didn't scan well. If you try again and check your scanner adjustments, you may find the software can remove the Moire fringes. User: BlairRMartin
Added picture of waste truck into the 'Decline' section - assuming Rhion is happy with this, it may be worth reformatting the pictures below so that they are stepped left - right - left? Vanoord - Done, 29/09/06 Vanoord
Gwilym ap Griffith records that several of his tenants were paid 10p each for working 5,000 slates. - so did he pay ten pence (10d) or two shillings? (2/-, 24d -- 10p in modern currency) -- Arwel ( talk) 23:36, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Why was the use of slate banned? This should be explained here.
By the way, what a cool esoteric article to be a feature article. Congrats. Tempshill 01:24, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
the featured article should be protected somebody adds some meaningless things to it.. with the advant of an... se...
We've visited one of the quaries which is now part of a Hydro-Electric Scheme - Maybe someone has more info to be added? or a link?
Regards,
Pieter
From my understanding:
A mine is where you extact precious stone or ore; it can be an open pit or a shaft/tunnel into the earth. A quarry is where you extract rock or building minerals; it too can be an open pit or a shaft.
I originally learned this on a Discovery show episode discussing the mineral extract industry, where they had a shaft quarry to extract aggregate for concrete. Since then I have seen it correctly referenced elsewhere. I doubled checked merriam webster: it has quarry as an open pit for stone, and mine as excavating minerals. It seems the sentence at the top of the article "...where the slate was mined rather than quarried." should be changed. Davandron | Talk 15:24, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Super to see an article about Welsh industry on the main page - a really interesting read. Thanks very much to everyone who's worked on it! -- YFB ¿ 20:07, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Surely the quarry should be referred to as Dinorwic? It was known by this name for virtually all its life, and the slate is still referred to in the industry as Dinorwic. Certainly historic references should use this name.-- 86.31.225.198 21:32, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
I couldn't help noticing, that the map highlighting the major areas of slate mining in the "Beginnings" section is a little sloppy. I'd be willing to produce a neater geological map if anyone thought it was helpful/necessary AuldReekie 12:34, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Jeepday 13:43, 4 November 2006 (UTC) Ok, this one got my attention, and there is not a Wikipedia entry and well I want to know more. I am just beginning my research and not sure where it will go. A couple questions
I'm pretty sure this ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Porno.jpg ) is not a drumhouse, but that's the picture up there... Can someone who knows more about this fix this? - Kevingarcia 05:00, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
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Oakeley quarry or Oakeley Quarry ?
Would these not count as proper names, as the complete phrase, thus should be capitalised? Andy Dingley ( talk) 00:39, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
All are equally valid names (as far as WP:COMMONNAME is concerned), apart from the capitalisation, as explained above. WT79 ( speak to me | editing patterns | what I been doing) 17:19, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
A brief introduction:
After a move discussion in early January (2020) on Talk:Bryn Eglwys, a mass-move of all slate quarries in Wales was performed, by The Mirror Cracked, who was a major editor of these pages but has unfortunately recently gone missing. This move retitled the pages from assorted '...Quarry's, '...Slate Quarry's, and '...quarry's, to a standard '...quarry'.
However, this is controversial, given that most sources give the titles as '...Quarry'. The purpose of this RfC is to attempt to gain a consencus on what title capitalisation should be used for quarries.
For further details please see above. WT79 ( speak to me | editing patterns | what I been doing) 20:45, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
The nominator of this Featured article has not edited in over a decade, and it appears that the Welsh slate today has not been maintained. Could anyone update this article so that a Featured article review is not needed? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 19:33, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
@ SandyGeorgia:I did, but it slipped my mind. I don't know of a source for it. Is it a deal breaker between FA/non-FA? If so, it may be better to remove it completely. — Voice of Clam 01:25, 28 January 2023 (UTC)