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I'm not quite clear why this article is at this title. Its "bold title" is different (and probably more logical). "Subdivisions" is neither the formal nor the common term for the subject, nor does it describe only these, and no other such. Currently I'd favour a move to council areas of Scotland, or perhaps even merging to local government in Scotland. Alai 01:18, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Subdivisions of Scotland and Local government in Scotland do seem to be different angles on essentially the same subject, and I would tend to support merger of the content of the former into the latter. Perhaps the former could then become an article descibing in summary all the various systems by which Scotland is or has been subdivided, not forgetting Westminster constituencies and Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions. Laurel Bush 14:18, 19 December 2005 (UTC).
The map shows most of Scotland, except the Shetlands, which are not even depicted in an inset map, as is often done with remote territorial fragments such as islands and exclaves in order to save "empty map space". The same goes for maps of the United Kingdom and England, which sometimes fail to take into account that the Isles of Scilly and of Wight are in England, and not a foreign country like the Man. Perhaps these maps should be altered to reflect this? // Big Adamsky 20:49, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
The map has presumably been "fixed" since this comment, but it's still unacceptable. Why is Orkney boxed and offset by a small amount to the west? The map is clearly big enough to fit it in. Moreover, Shetland is not so far away as to warrant its being boxed and moved like this, especially when the map only shows Scotland. This map should be replaced with a proper one as soon as possible. Thorf ( talk) 08:55, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
I am seeng nothing about registration districts and I am wondering what electoral and valuation mean in the context of the artlicle. Laurel Bush 13:43, 27 January 2006 (UTC).
Cheers. I wonder who pays the agencies. The local council(s)? Laurel Bush 18:27, 27 January 2006 (UTC).
Glasgow is listed twice in the health table - under Greater Glasgow and Lanarkshire. Perhaps it is split? Or perhaps just erronerous. Morwen - Talk 13:37, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
A newbie ( User talk:62.49.29.104) edited this page (and one or two others) yesterday, making the claim that ""Unitary Authority" is not a Scottish designation". I have asked them exactly what they meant by that. But I think I understand what they mean: have a look at these pages:
... here "Hartlepool Unitary Authority" etc is being used as a proper noun: it is actually the official title of the body. This type of usage just does not occur in Scotland, or at least not since the time around the upheaval of 1996. Since then we have settled down to just calling them "Councils", thus:
-- Mais oui! 14:25, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Are council areas counties? Simply south 12:24, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
No. Scottish local government counties were abolished in 1975. In some contexts, however, eg OS mapping, Scottish council areas have the same status as English counties
Laurel Bush (
talk)
10:57, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
The borders of the local council areas seem to have been formed by splitting the earlier regions into smaller sections (apart from the areas that stayed the same.) Is this official, or are there councils that incorporate territory from two of the old regions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.241.41.99 ( talk) 17:07, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
I think you have it right. Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 might help to confirm. Laurel Bush ( talk) 12:02, 28 January 2008 (UTC).
I read in the article that council areas have been in existence since 1 April 1996, under the provisions of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. I believe the date is actually that of abolition of regions and districts, which were replaced by 29 of the 32 council areas. I believe the first councils for the new areas were elected in 1995, to co-exist with regional and district councils during a change-over period which ended in 1996. The other three areas were created earlier, as islands council areas, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which abolished counties and burghs in 1975. Laurel Bush ( talk) 11:37, 10 November 2008 (UTC).
Does a superior map exist for this article?
With the font used in this map, I had to use the highest resolution and then magnify it to be able to read the names of the regions. I was looking all over WP articles concerning
Scotland to find a map of its regions and I was hoping for a clearer version.
I'll try to find a free image on the Commons but I'm not familiar with this geographic area and if someone more familiar with Scotland knows where an image exists, I would welcome your help!
Liz
Read!
Talk!
17:50, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
This article is written in Scottish English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, realise, travelled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus. |
This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A summary of this article appears in Scotland. |
I'm not quite clear why this article is at this title. Its "bold title" is different (and probably more logical). "Subdivisions" is neither the formal nor the common term for the subject, nor does it describe only these, and no other such. Currently I'd favour a move to council areas of Scotland, or perhaps even merging to local government in Scotland. Alai 01:18, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Subdivisions of Scotland and Local government in Scotland do seem to be different angles on essentially the same subject, and I would tend to support merger of the content of the former into the latter. Perhaps the former could then become an article descibing in summary all the various systems by which Scotland is or has been subdivided, not forgetting Westminster constituencies and Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions. Laurel Bush 14:18, 19 December 2005 (UTC).
The map shows most of Scotland, except the Shetlands, which are not even depicted in an inset map, as is often done with remote territorial fragments such as islands and exclaves in order to save "empty map space". The same goes for maps of the United Kingdom and England, which sometimes fail to take into account that the Isles of Scilly and of Wight are in England, and not a foreign country like the Man. Perhaps these maps should be altered to reflect this? // Big Adamsky 20:49, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
The map has presumably been "fixed" since this comment, but it's still unacceptable. Why is Orkney boxed and offset by a small amount to the west? The map is clearly big enough to fit it in. Moreover, Shetland is not so far away as to warrant its being boxed and moved like this, especially when the map only shows Scotland. This map should be replaced with a proper one as soon as possible. Thorf ( talk) 08:55, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
I am seeng nothing about registration districts and I am wondering what electoral and valuation mean in the context of the artlicle. Laurel Bush 13:43, 27 January 2006 (UTC).
Cheers. I wonder who pays the agencies. The local council(s)? Laurel Bush 18:27, 27 January 2006 (UTC).
Glasgow is listed twice in the health table - under Greater Glasgow and Lanarkshire. Perhaps it is split? Or perhaps just erronerous. Morwen - Talk 13:37, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
A newbie ( User talk:62.49.29.104) edited this page (and one or two others) yesterday, making the claim that ""Unitary Authority" is not a Scottish designation". I have asked them exactly what they meant by that. But I think I understand what they mean: have a look at these pages:
... here "Hartlepool Unitary Authority" etc is being used as a proper noun: it is actually the official title of the body. This type of usage just does not occur in Scotland, or at least not since the time around the upheaval of 1996. Since then we have settled down to just calling them "Councils", thus:
-- Mais oui! 14:25, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Are council areas counties? Simply south 12:24, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
No. Scottish local government counties were abolished in 1975. In some contexts, however, eg OS mapping, Scottish council areas have the same status as English counties
Laurel Bush (
talk)
10:57, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
The borders of the local council areas seem to have been formed by splitting the earlier regions into smaller sections (apart from the areas that stayed the same.) Is this official, or are there councils that incorporate territory from two of the old regions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.241.41.99 ( talk) 17:07, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
I think you have it right. Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 might help to confirm. Laurel Bush ( talk) 12:02, 28 January 2008 (UTC).
I read in the article that council areas have been in existence since 1 April 1996, under the provisions of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. I believe the date is actually that of abolition of regions and districts, which were replaced by 29 of the 32 council areas. I believe the first councils for the new areas were elected in 1995, to co-exist with regional and district councils during a change-over period which ended in 1996. The other three areas were created earlier, as islands council areas, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which abolished counties and burghs in 1975. Laurel Bush ( talk) 11:37, 10 November 2008 (UTC).
Does a superior map exist for this article?
With the font used in this map, I had to use the highest resolution and then magnify it to be able to read the names of the regions. I was looking all over WP articles concerning
Scotland to find a map of its regions and I was hoping for a clearer version.
I'll try to find a free image on the Commons but I'm not familiar with this geographic area and if someone more familiar with Scotland knows where an image exists, I would welcome your help!
Liz
Read!
Talk!
17:50, 19 September 2013 (UTC)