Gatoclass ( talk) 16:13, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, MacDui
First of all I'd like to tell you how I liked your article on St Kilda - I recently translated it to German as a whole. Now we have somebody on the German talk page doubting St Kilda's (let alone Rockall's) being part of the Outer Hebrides as you state it in the article. Maybe you could tell him
here where you took that information from? English should be fine. Thanks a lot--
Zenit (
talk)
15:40, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Okay, I already got the first questions:
Thanks and Cheers-- Zenit ( talk) 14:01, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Plus:
As you have probably the most experience of getting articles up to Featured list status, can I ask you to cast your eyes over Scottish inventions and discoveries? Once it survives its most recent AFD, it is imperative that it is totally rewritten from scratch. It is clear that this topic will come under constant attack until it is of such a high quality that attacks will be like water off a duck's back.
It is a tremendous shame that the notability/citation criteria for Scotland-related articles is set a a different (higher) level than normal. But this is both a curse and an opportunity. There are tons and tons of excellent ext refs for Scottish inventions and Scottish discoveries. We need to use them.
I would be grateful if you could help identify a good table template (nicked from another Featured list?) for us to copy, where ext refs are "baked in" to the table, eg. as in:
Yours, -- Mais oui! ( talk) 09:28, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
endulge my trespassing on your time. I'm a university student at Seoul National University, and I'm currently working on a research project on Wikipedia. My focus is on dispute resolution and the Wikipedian culture- subjects that needs real understanding rather than statistics or observation of explicit things. Therefore, I'm eagerly searching for live voices, for accounts of active users.
I see you are an administrator who has been active in Wikipedia for many years, so I thought your experience and opinions would add a lot to my research. Would you by any chance care for an email interview? If you have the time, please send a reply and I'll mail you the questions. Again, your help would mean more than a lot to me.
Thanks for reading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.126.178.124 ( talk) 15:49, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
|
Four Award | |
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work all through on Renewable energy in Scotland. |
Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 13:18, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Many thanks. Ben Mac Dui 19:58, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
A proposal has been posted for a contest between all 200 country WikiProjects. We need to know how this contest should be run, and what problems to look out for. And we're looking for judges, coordinators, ideas, and feedback.
(And we have some really cool awards for the contest).
The Transhumanist 19:01, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
I think this article may be merged, some day. It'd be merged, I think, into a list type article, in the manner of User:Deacon_of_Pndapetzim/List_of_Kings_and_Lords_of_the_Isles, which I will one day complete. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk) 06:26, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
Fair enough. Ben Mac Dui 19:59, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
Hiya, could you have a shufty at that page? Someone moved it and while his grammatical point may be correct in most circumstances in modern Gaelic, I think most of these page names currently are set to reflect the OS names. See also my point on the talk page. Akerbeltz ( talk) 08:50, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Glad to see you showing up in my watchlist again, hope the break was refreshing and welcome back, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:09, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
You are most kind. Not so much a "break" as a very busy period offline, but I'm hoping to re-start slowly and catch up on my watchlists. Happy to be of assistance if needed. Ben Mac Dui 07:50, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi Ben! I hadn't spotted the earlier edits on the Hoy page you had reverted by 194.159.125.240, when I corrected the captalisation and placed the {{fact}} tag after the statement. However I just took a look at the users talkpage and noted I have previously given him/her a final warning for vandalising the article after you reverted his edits on 17 March 2009. I have also reverted his/her other two edits today on the Orkney article. Richard Harvey ( talk) 20:34, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
Any chance you could move the above page to Sìol nan Gàidheal? I've checked with their website, they just can't do graves. A redirect page with the graves exists, given it's a purely Gaelic name, it should really have the graves but it needs an admin to do that apparently. Cheers Akerbeltz ( talk) 15:16, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Hello MacDui, just to pass this along, the map you mentioned on the talk page of SRB, this file, appears to be exactly the same as this History Files map once you click on the "2" button on the right of the page. There is a source attribution for the Commons file as own work, uploaded in 2008. The History Files web page is copyright 2007 by P L Kessler. It is far from the only questionable situation regarding the origin of maps and text in articles, merely the one mentioned at the talk page. Regards, Notuncurious ( talk) 18:01, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your suggestions and offer of help. I don't have anything specific in mind at present although, for example, there are numerous of the larger Scottish islands that don't have maps. They don't need anything too elaborate - Ruhrfisch was kind enough to make a Skye map a while ago, which is just about right. It seems an odd outcome that we have a full complement of 17th century Scottish maps but fewer modern ones. Perhaps it will be quicker to wait for OS copyrights to expire than for a user-friendly system of creating new ones to emerge! Ben Mac Dui 09:04, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
Northern Britain was very likely a Celtic dialect continuum in the period before the English or Dalriada. Speculating on a potential "Brythonic" alternative, in an unreferenced way especially, would be akin to speculating on 10th century Polish words for Cherven or more poignantly since continued divergence didn't occur, Mercian names for Lindisfarne. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk) 20:05, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Edit conflict: I just commented at Talk:Iona. I see what you mean now. I will have another look. Ben Mac Dui 20:10, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Ben, Consider the Orkney geology page as a partial attempt to make up for not having had a go at the Geology of Scotland as I promised some time ago. BTW, I noticed when doing the Orkney article that there was almost nothing about the rocks of the Moine Supergroup on the Scotland page, despite them being the bedrock for a large part of the country. I will try to do something about that, even if I do nothing else on the article. I'm away a lot this summer, so don't expect anything soon; feel free to prod me if nothing turns up by October. Mikenorton ( talk) 09:43, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. Just want to say:
Well said, I love the quote!
. Regards
So
Why
11:48, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Why thank-you SoWhy. It's more of a football expression, and I doubt that anyone every said it at the time about Pitt, but the sentiments must have been similar. Ben Mac Dui 16:46, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello, MacDui. I have done as you have suggested and mucked about with the template in a sandbox. I reckon I've got it right, though there is one problem I have. I don't seem to be able to get the full stop in the right place between the theatre names, I keep coming up with this {{.}}. If you would be kind enough to tell me how to do it right (after you've stopped laughing) I would be grateful. Coll Mac ( talk) 15:44, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Sometimes the obvious just hits you in the face. In my case it's usually after someone has explained it to me. Thanks, MacDui. Coll Mac ( talk) 16:38, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I don't think I can do any better than you on this i.e. "proving from first principles". If I can think of a source though, I'll let you know. SP-KP ( talk) 16:49, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Spotted you conversation on the Crossbill. I had a wee look at google books and came up with this. It may or may not help. I hope it does. PS, to save you time it's at the bottom of page 30. Coll Mac ( talk) 17:11, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi MacDui, just wondering if you assist in my understanding, please excuse my ignorance as an "Aussie" with Scottish ancestory. Can you advise why in some records they use Mhór "the great" and Mór "the elder" but relate to the same person. e.g. Alasdair Mòr & Aonghas Mór. Regards -- Newm30 ( talk) 00:38, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks to both MacDui and Akerbeltz. Kind Regards -- Newm30 ( talk) 07:04, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I'm looking for an administrator to help me fix a page rename gone wrong. I tried to rename an article, but the old talk page for some reason doesn't automatically redirect to the new talk page. Could you help me fix this? Thank you in advance. Soupforone ( talk) 10:07, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
While this did need to go (and I was in the process of prodding), did you realize I had declined the speedy before you deleted the article? This is a real Yahoo meme, just not a notable one.-- Fabrictramp | talk to me 20:06, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi there - well if I had noticed I would not have deleted it - you must have done so after I checked the history and was looking at logs/ links etc. I also checked Google and I can see that there is chatter about the subject, and perhaps it could be the subject of an encyclopedia article (although I doubt it). Candidly, I thought the initial attempt was sheer drivel and unacceptable as a schoolchild's essay never mind anything else. If you want to restore it and try to tidy it up, be my guest. Ben Mac Dui 20:15, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
BorgQueen ( talk) 12:07, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. Your reversion of part of the comment made by a user at the Scotland talk page makes a part of my reply seem kind of, well, pointless. No harm done though, I'll just delete the part were I responded to the nationalist jibe. Jack forbes ( talk) 14:01, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
You're right and I perhaps I should have suggested you do that - WP:CIV precludes anyone else doing it on your behalf. Best to try and ignore the trolls anyway. Ben Mac Dui 14:07, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
You are welcome to comment here. -- BorgQueen ( talk) 14:46, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
BorgQueen ( talk) 00:07, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Wizardman 07:29, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
So Why 08:14, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
thanks for the speedy GA, I was expecting to be queued for ages. As for the LOL edit summary, my last FA was Ruff I've had two consecutive bad pun articles (: Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:57, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi MacDui, I agree with your view of the (now banned) User:Catterick. I have been on the receiving end recently here and here, but completely ignored him on the principal of WP:DNFTT. As an inveterate sock, he is almost certain to return in another guise, only we won't be sure that it's him at first. Assuming that there is no real effective way to defeat a determined sock, is there a case for letting him keep his username, just so we know it's him? Daicaregos ( talk) 15:26, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
The main reason, I think, is to make it easy for the people cleaning up links to dab pages. Such links are usually wrong, but if such a link goes via a "xxx (disambiguation)" page, then you know it's intentional and you don't have to worry about it. Another bonus is that it doesn't show up on the "what links here" special page.
Nice to see you around, BTW. Which reminds me, I must get round to climbing your namesake sometime ...
-- NSH001 ( talk) 16:37, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Glad to help - I don't normally check your edits (I do on St Kilda for IPs and users I don't know), but when I saw the edit summary about the lonely island again, I read it and noticed the missing word. It has been a busy summer for me in real life and I have mostly been doing peer review work here. Hopefully I can get some more substantive contributions soon, take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:03, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your copy edits to the article, I eventually intend to take it to FLC so it certainly helps. As you've been heavily involved in the specifically Scottish list, I was wondering if you had any preference about the lead image (or images as I think with a sufficiently developed lead we could fit two in)? Happy editing, Nev1 ( talk) 20:37, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi - as you have probably seen I was up to no good there when you left this message. Thanks for asking. I will hunt around for something good from Edinburgh and post it there if I can find something that cuts the mustard. Ben Mac Dui 20:53, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
The continuing discoveries of ancient archaeological sites in Scotland over the past few decades really puts paid to the old idea that the picts,Gaels etc could not work gold and where rather primitive. I remember in Primary school (a good few years ago) being given a little book with the front cover showing a Roman soldier and a Pict, with the Pict being shown as an extremely hairy cave man type figure. I don't think they believed it even then but that was Scottish education for you, in my experience anyway. Jack forbes ( talk) 12:29, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
Orosay at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath
your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
hamiltonstone (
talk)
02:06, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I don't understand why you thought the ISBN and author name that I put in was incorrect. See http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/258340794&referer=brief_results -- Alarics ( talk) 20:46, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
Wikiproject: Did you know? 17:01, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Wikiproject: Did you know? 23:01, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Howdy. Could I ask you to put your admin hat on and have a look at the the page for Chooky Cumberland? I had noticed that the page was mysteriously bereft of any mention whatsoever of the events in the Highlands which earned him his nickname, or any indication that his campaign there had been anything other than a minor round up of a few Jacobean stragglers. Accordingly, I put in a very moderately phrased sentence about it, and supplied wikipedia's favourite type of reference - an online one. An anonymous contributer removed this sentence. I have reinstated it, and supplied a second reference, but I suspect the contributer is likely just to remove that too. I am keen to not have an edit war brew up over this. Cumberlands actions are well known to those of us from the Highlands, and the steatment is in any event referenced. Even if the mysterious contributer disagrees with the wording, there is no way anybody could resonably claim that the conduct of the Prince in the Highlands should be completely white-washed from the article. What say you on the matter? Lianachan ( talk) 12:22, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi MacDui, I've responded to your queries at Talk:Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick. Regards, Cavila ( talk) 08:29, 30 August 2009 (UTC).
Another possible edit war - somebody, whose bias is clearly apparent from their user page, keeps removing the information that the term "Butcher's Apron" is used in Scotland to describe the Union Flag. This claim is cleary evidenced by a reference showing a bruhaha which ensued when a Member of the Scottish Parliament used the term. Lianachan ( talk) 09:29, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I looked at the discussion and while I think it might be appropriate to add "and occasionally in Scotland" or similar, (rather than just "and in Scotland") I couldn't see many sources other than blogs on google. If you could find one or more that confirms it originated in the Highlands that would definitely be worth adding. Good luck. Ben Mac Dui 19:08, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia is no place for anybody who genuinely knows and loves any subject. I've had enough, I've retired. Apart from maybe sometimes removing abuse from BritNats, if I happen to spot it, I'm done here. Lianachan ( talk) 12:23, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello! I may need your assistance/opinion. This picture:
Was removed from Orkney#economy by an editor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Orkney&diff=311031244&oldid=310829669
Now, I've made several key points, most importantly that this picture was not added as "a picture of tankers", rather to show two integral parts of the Orkney economy: traditional agriculture and industry of more modern times. Yet the editor is judging it solely as a picture of three tankers (as if this were an article about tankers). The picture as a whole brings an overall statement of where Orkney is today.
I believe having this image adds value to the article than not having it all. If someone in upcoming years has a better image, the option is always there for it to be replaced then.
Regardless, I feel deletion should have been a colloborative decision for this article, not an arbitrary, subjective decision. Could this not have been put out for discussion first before deletion? Regards, Gregory J Kingsley ( talk) 15:28, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Gatoclass ( talk) 16:13, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, MacDui
First of all I'd like to tell you how I liked your article on St Kilda - I recently translated it to German as a whole. Now we have somebody on the German talk page doubting St Kilda's (let alone Rockall's) being part of the Outer Hebrides as you state it in the article. Maybe you could tell him
here where you took that information from? English should be fine. Thanks a lot--
Zenit (
talk)
15:40, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Okay, I already got the first questions:
Thanks and Cheers-- Zenit ( talk) 14:01, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Plus:
As you have probably the most experience of getting articles up to Featured list status, can I ask you to cast your eyes over Scottish inventions and discoveries? Once it survives its most recent AFD, it is imperative that it is totally rewritten from scratch. It is clear that this topic will come under constant attack until it is of such a high quality that attacks will be like water off a duck's back.
It is a tremendous shame that the notability/citation criteria for Scotland-related articles is set a a different (higher) level than normal. But this is both a curse and an opportunity. There are tons and tons of excellent ext refs for Scottish inventions and Scottish discoveries. We need to use them.
I would be grateful if you could help identify a good table template (nicked from another Featured list?) for us to copy, where ext refs are "baked in" to the table, eg. as in:
Yours, -- Mais oui! ( talk) 09:28, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
endulge my trespassing on your time. I'm a university student at Seoul National University, and I'm currently working on a research project on Wikipedia. My focus is on dispute resolution and the Wikipedian culture- subjects that needs real understanding rather than statistics or observation of explicit things. Therefore, I'm eagerly searching for live voices, for accounts of active users.
I see you are an administrator who has been active in Wikipedia for many years, so I thought your experience and opinions would add a lot to my research. Would you by any chance care for an email interview? If you have the time, please send a reply and I'll mail you the questions. Again, your help would mean more than a lot to me.
Thanks for reading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.126.178.124 ( talk) 15:49, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
|
Four Award | |
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work all through on Renewable energy in Scotland. |
Cheers, Ian Rose ( talk) 13:18, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Many thanks. Ben Mac Dui 19:58, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
A proposal has been posted for a contest between all 200 country WikiProjects. We need to know how this contest should be run, and what problems to look out for. And we're looking for judges, coordinators, ideas, and feedback.
(And we have some really cool awards for the contest).
The Transhumanist 19:01, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
I think this article may be merged, some day. It'd be merged, I think, into a list type article, in the manner of User:Deacon_of_Pndapetzim/List_of_Kings_and_Lords_of_the_Isles, which I will one day complete. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk) 06:26, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
Fair enough. Ben Mac Dui 19:59, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
Hiya, could you have a shufty at that page? Someone moved it and while his grammatical point may be correct in most circumstances in modern Gaelic, I think most of these page names currently are set to reflect the OS names. See also my point on the talk page. Akerbeltz ( talk) 08:50, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Glad to see you showing up in my watchlist again, hope the break was refreshing and welcome back, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:09, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
You are most kind. Not so much a "break" as a very busy period offline, but I'm hoping to re-start slowly and catch up on my watchlists. Happy to be of assistance if needed. Ben Mac Dui 07:50, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi Ben! I hadn't spotted the earlier edits on the Hoy page you had reverted by 194.159.125.240, when I corrected the captalisation and placed the {{fact}} tag after the statement. However I just took a look at the users talkpage and noted I have previously given him/her a final warning for vandalising the article after you reverted his edits on 17 March 2009. I have also reverted his/her other two edits today on the Orkney article. Richard Harvey ( talk) 20:34, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
Any chance you could move the above page to Sìol nan Gàidheal? I've checked with their website, they just can't do graves. A redirect page with the graves exists, given it's a purely Gaelic name, it should really have the graves but it needs an admin to do that apparently. Cheers Akerbeltz ( talk) 15:16, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Hello MacDui, just to pass this along, the map you mentioned on the talk page of SRB, this file, appears to be exactly the same as this History Files map once you click on the "2" button on the right of the page. There is a source attribution for the Commons file as own work, uploaded in 2008. The History Files web page is copyright 2007 by P L Kessler. It is far from the only questionable situation regarding the origin of maps and text in articles, merely the one mentioned at the talk page. Regards, Notuncurious ( talk) 18:01, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your suggestions and offer of help. I don't have anything specific in mind at present although, for example, there are numerous of the larger Scottish islands that don't have maps. They don't need anything too elaborate - Ruhrfisch was kind enough to make a Skye map a while ago, which is just about right. It seems an odd outcome that we have a full complement of 17th century Scottish maps but fewer modern ones. Perhaps it will be quicker to wait for OS copyrights to expire than for a user-friendly system of creating new ones to emerge! Ben Mac Dui 09:04, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
Northern Britain was very likely a Celtic dialect continuum in the period before the English or Dalriada. Speculating on a potential "Brythonic" alternative, in an unreferenced way especially, would be akin to speculating on 10th century Polish words for Cherven or more poignantly since continued divergence didn't occur, Mercian names for Lindisfarne. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk) 20:05, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Edit conflict: I just commented at Talk:Iona. I see what you mean now. I will have another look. Ben Mac Dui 20:10, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Ben, Consider the Orkney geology page as a partial attempt to make up for not having had a go at the Geology of Scotland as I promised some time ago. BTW, I noticed when doing the Orkney article that there was almost nothing about the rocks of the Moine Supergroup on the Scotland page, despite them being the bedrock for a large part of the country. I will try to do something about that, even if I do nothing else on the article. I'm away a lot this summer, so don't expect anything soon; feel free to prod me if nothing turns up by October. Mikenorton ( talk) 09:43, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. Just want to say:
Well said, I love the quote!
. Regards
So
Why
11:48, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Why thank-you SoWhy. It's more of a football expression, and I doubt that anyone every said it at the time about Pitt, but the sentiments must have been similar. Ben Mac Dui 16:46, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello, MacDui. I have done as you have suggested and mucked about with the template in a sandbox. I reckon I've got it right, though there is one problem I have. I don't seem to be able to get the full stop in the right place between the theatre names, I keep coming up with this {{.}}. If you would be kind enough to tell me how to do it right (after you've stopped laughing) I would be grateful. Coll Mac ( talk) 15:44, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Sometimes the obvious just hits you in the face. In my case it's usually after someone has explained it to me. Thanks, MacDui. Coll Mac ( talk) 16:38, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I don't think I can do any better than you on this i.e. "proving from first principles". If I can think of a source though, I'll let you know. SP-KP ( talk) 16:49, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Spotted you conversation on the Crossbill. I had a wee look at google books and came up with this. It may or may not help. I hope it does. PS, to save you time it's at the bottom of page 30. Coll Mac ( talk) 17:11, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi MacDui, just wondering if you assist in my understanding, please excuse my ignorance as an "Aussie" with Scottish ancestory. Can you advise why in some records they use Mhór "the great" and Mór "the elder" but relate to the same person. e.g. Alasdair Mòr & Aonghas Mór. Regards -- Newm30 ( talk) 00:38, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks to both MacDui and Akerbeltz. Kind Regards -- Newm30 ( talk) 07:04, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I'm looking for an administrator to help me fix a page rename gone wrong. I tried to rename an article, but the old talk page for some reason doesn't automatically redirect to the new talk page. Could you help me fix this? Thank you in advance. Soupforone ( talk) 10:07, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
While this did need to go (and I was in the process of prodding), did you realize I had declined the speedy before you deleted the article? This is a real Yahoo meme, just not a notable one.-- Fabrictramp | talk to me 20:06, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi there - well if I had noticed I would not have deleted it - you must have done so after I checked the history and was looking at logs/ links etc. I also checked Google and I can see that there is chatter about the subject, and perhaps it could be the subject of an encyclopedia article (although I doubt it). Candidly, I thought the initial attempt was sheer drivel and unacceptable as a schoolchild's essay never mind anything else. If you want to restore it and try to tidy it up, be my guest. Ben Mac Dui 20:15, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
BorgQueen ( talk) 12:07, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. Your reversion of part of the comment made by a user at the Scotland talk page makes a part of my reply seem kind of, well, pointless. No harm done though, I'll just delete the part were I responded to the nationalist jibe. Jack forbes ( talk) 14:01, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
You're right and I perhaps I should have suggested you do that - WP:CIV precludes anyone else doing it on your behalf. Best to try and ignore the trolls anyway. Ben Mac Dui 14:07, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
You are welcome to comment here. -- BorgQueen ( talk) 14:46, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
BorgQueen ( talk) 00:07, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Wizardman 07:29, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
So Why 08:14, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
thanks for the speedy GA, I was expecting to be queued for ages. As for the LOL edit summary, my last FA was Ruff I've had two consecutive bad pun articles (: Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:57, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi MacDui, I agree with your view of the (now banned) User:Catterick. I have been on the receiving end recently here and here, but completely ignored him on the principal of WP:DNFTT. As an inveterate sock, he is almost certain to return in another guise, only we won't be sure that it's him at first. Assuming that there is no real effective way to defeat a determined sock, is there a case for letting him keep his username, just so we know it's him? Daicaregos ( talk) 15:26, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
The main reason, I think, is to make it easy for the people cleaning up links to dab pages. Such links are usually wrong, but if such a link goes via a "xxx (disambiguation)" page, then you know it's intentional and you don't have to worry about it. Another bonus is that it doesn't show up on the "what links here" special page.
Nice to see you around, BTW. Which reminds me, I must get round to climbing your namesake sometime ...
-- NSH001 ( talk) 16:37, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Glad to help - I don't normally check your edits (I do on St Kilda for IPs and users I don't know), but when I saw the edit summary about the lonely island again, I read it and noticed the missing word. It has been a busy summer for me in real life and I have mostly been doing peer review work here. Hopefully I can get some more substantive contributions soon, take care, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:03, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your copy edits to the article, I eventually intend to take it to FLC so it certainly helps. As you've been heavily involved in the specifically Scottish list, I was wondering if you had any preference about the lead image (or images as I think with a sufficiently developed lead we could fit two in)? Happy editing, Nev1 ( talk) 20:37, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi - as you have probably seen I was up to no good there when you left this message. Thanks for asking. I will hunt around for something good from Edinburgh and post it there if I can find something that cuts the mustard. Ben Mac Dui 20:53, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
The continuing discoveries of ancient archaeological sites in Scotland over the past few decades really puts paid to the old idea that the picts,Gaels etc could not work gold and where rather primitive. I remember in Primary school (a good few years ago) being given a little book with the front cover showing a Roman soldier and a Pict, with the Pict being shown as an extremely hairy cave man type figure. I don't think they believed it even then but that was Scottish education for you, in my experience anyway. Jack forbes ( talk) 12:29, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
Orosay at the
Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath
your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!
hamiltonstone (
talk)
02:06, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I don't understand why you thought the ISBN and author name that I put in was incorrect. See http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/258340794&referer=brief_results -- Alarics ( talk) 20:46, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
Wikiproject: Did you know? 17:01, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Wikiproject: Did you know? 23:01, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Howdy. Could I ask you to put your admin hat on and have a look at the the page for Chooky Cumberland? I had noticed that the page was mysteriously bereft of any mention whatsoever of the events in the Highlands which earned him his nickname, or any indication that his campaign there had been anything other than a minor round up of a few Jacobean stragglers. Accordingly, I put in a very moderately phrased sentence about it, and supplied wikipedia's favourite type of reference - an online one. An anonymous contributer removed this sentence. I have reinstated it, and supplied a second reference, but I suspect the contributer is likely just to remove that too. I am keen to not have an edit war brew up over this. Cumberlands actions are well known to those of us from the Highlands, and the steatment is in any event referenced. Even if the mysterious contributer disagrees with the wording, there is no way anybody could resonably claim that the conduct of the Prince in the Highlands should be completely white-washed from the article. What say you on the matter? Lianachan ( talk) 12:22, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi MacDui, I've responded to your queries at Talk:Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick. Regards, Cavila ( talk) 08:29, 30 August 2009 (UTC).
Another possible edit war - somebody, whose bias is clearly apparent from their user page, keeps removing the information that the term "Butcher's Apron" is used in Scotland to describe the Union Flag. This claim is cleary evidenced by a reference showing a bruhaha which ensued when a Member of the Scottish Parliament used the term. Lianachan ( talk) 09:29, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
I looked at the discussion and while I think it might be appropriate to add "and occasionally in Scotland" or similar, (rather than just "and in Scotland") I couldn't see many sources other than blogs on google. If you could find one or more that confirms it originated in the Highlands that would definitely be worth adding. Good luck. Ben Mac Dui 19:08, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia is no place for anybody who genuinely knows and loves any subject. I've had enough, I've retired. Apart from maybe sometimes removing abuse from BritNats, if I happen to spot it, I'm done here. Lianachan ( talk) 12:23, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello! I may need your assistance/opinion. This picture:
Was removed from Orkney#economy by an editor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Orkney&diff=311031244&oldid=310829669
Now, I've made several key points, most importantly that this picture was not added as "a picture of tankers", rather to show two integral parts of the Orkney economy: traditional agriculture and industry of more modern times. Yet the editor is judging it solely as a picture of three tankers (as if this were an article about tankers). The picture as a whole brings an overall statement of where Orkney is today.
I believe having this image adds value to the article than not having it all. If someone in upcoming years has a better image, the option is always there for it to be replaced then.
Regardless, I feel deletion should have been a colloborative decision for this article, not an arbitrary, subjective decision. Could this not have been put out for discussion first before deletion? Regards, Gregory J Kingsley ( talk) 15:28, 7 September 2009 (UTC)