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There seems to be as much information about the Douglas family as about the castle in the article. Personally I'd like to see more about how the sieges went, and it seems there would be room for more about the architecture, and while a date of construction is implied it isn't stated right out. Not to be a pain in the neck or anything, I just thought I'd mention it in case someone gets inspired. Candle-ends 01:01, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm creating and adding to loads on on East Lothian, and specifically the North Berwick area at the moment, as you can see from my extremely vain contributions page. I've done lots on Seacliff, Auldhame and Scoughall today so I'll probably get around to editing this at some point. But don't let that stop anyone else from getting stuck in... Deizio 01:15, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I've uploaded a few high resolution images to Commons:Category:Tantallon Castle and there are more photos here - leave a note on my talk page if you see any more that you think I should upload. Ka ro ra 09:37, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
I'd just like to point out that, a few years ago, there was a pretty major restoration on the gatehouse, that might be worth a mention. As you can see in some of the photos, the grey stone gatehouse front (made of softer stone to make it more resistent to artillery) had worn badly away; all this stone has now been replaced, as you can see in more recent photos of the castle. Fionnlaoch ( talk) 16:34, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
I removed the following sections, as, despite extensive research. I have been unable to locate references for them:
The answers may lie in the following books, listed in the reference section but which I am unable to access:
Anyone with access to the above please check and re-add the information if possible. Thanks, Jonathan Oldenbuck ( talk) 13:30, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Not in HMC, Wedderburn Castle, the mentions of Tantallon indexed are of charters signed there. These sound like references collected in "The Grange of St. Giles (1898), a book focusing on the Dick-Lauder family. Unoquha ( talk) 10:00, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
Commencing review Ben Mac Dui 17:28, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
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Whilst I don't believe it is necessary for this GA candidature I recommend using {{ Convert}} for metric/imperial translations. For example {{convert|60|by|120|m|ft}} produces "60 by 120 metres (200 by 390 ft)" without the need to add brackets etc., etc. Ben Mac Dui 19:23, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Passed - good work. Ben Mac Dui 18:40, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
Will Wikipedia accept the following references: Mystery of 'haunted photo' of ancient castle that still completely baffles experts and Ghost captured in haunting photo at East Lothian castle? תיל"ם ( talk) 03:32, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
Tantallon Castle has been listed as one of the Warfare good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. | ||||||||||
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There seems to be as much information about the Douglas family as about the castle in the article. Personally I'd like to see more about how the sieges went, and it seems there would be room for more about the architecture, and while a date of construction is implied it isn't stated right out. Not to be a pain in the neck or anything, I just thought I'd mention it in case someone gets inspired. Candle-ends 01:01, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm creating and adding to loads on on East Lothian, and specifically the North Berwick area at the moment, as you can see from my extremely vain contributions page. I've done lots on Seacliff, Auldhame and Scoughall today so I'll probably get around to editing this at some point. But don't let that stop anyone else from getting stuck in... Deizio 01:15, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I've uploaded a few high resolution images to Commons:Category:Tantallon Castle and there are more photos here - leave a note on my talk page if you see any more that you think I should upload. Ka ro ra 09:37, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
I'd just like to point out that, a few years ago, there was a pretty major restoration on the gatehouse, that might be worth a mention. As you can see in some of the photos, the grey stone gatehouse front (made of softer stone to make it more resistent to artillery) had worn badly away; all this stone has now been replaced, as you can see in more recent photos of the castle. Fionnlaoch ( talk) 16:34, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
I removed the following sections, as, despite extensive research. I have been unable to locate references for them:
The answers may lie in the following books, listed in the reference section but which I am unable to access:
Anyone with access to the above please check and re-add the information if possible. Thanks, Jonathan Oldenbuck ( talk) 13:30, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Not in HMC, Wedderburn Castle, the mentions of Tantallon indexed are of charters signed there. These sound like references collected in "The Grange of St. Giles (1898), a book focusing on the Dick-Lauder family. Unoquha ( talk) 10:00, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
Commencing review Ben Mac Dui 17:28, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Prose quality:
MoS compliance:
Factual accuracy:
References to sources:
Bibliography
Image copyright:
Whilst I don't believe it is necessary for this GA candidature I recommend using {{ Convert}} for metric/imperial translations. For example {{convert|60|by|120|m|ft}} produces "60 by 120 metres (200 by 390 ft)" without the need to add brackets etc., etc. Ben Mac Dui 19:23, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Passed - good work. Ben Mac Dui 18:40, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
Will Wikipedia accept the following references: Mystery of 'haunted photo' of ancient castle that still completely baffles experts and Ghost captured in haunting photo at East Lothian castle? תיל"ם ( talk) 03:32, 15 December 2023 (UTC)