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'''Support''' making '''Harris''' a disambiguation, this article should be moved to '''Isle of Harris'''. [[User:Finnrind|Finn Rindahl]] ([[User talk:Finnrind|talk]]) 15:52, 23 November 2008 (UTC) |
'''Support''' making '''Harris''' a disambiguation, this article should be moved to '''Isle of Harris'''. [[User:Finnrind|Finn Rindahl]] ([[User talk:Finnrind|talk]]) 15:52, 23 November 2008 (UTC) |
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'''Support and.... ''' - the principal is reasonable, the solution is flawed. The name of the place is "Harris" and it is not an island (see for example [http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/members/commcoun.htm the local Council] web site). The use of "Isle of Harris" may be a common form of "disambiguation" but I can't see any reason to perpetuate the idea. If the article is to be moved it should be to "Harris, Outer Hebrides" with "Isle of Harris" as a redirect and "Harris" as the dab. [[User:Ben MacDui|<font color="#6495ED">Ben</font>]] [[User talk:Ben MacDui|<font color="#C154C1">Mac</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Ben MacDui|<font color="#228B22">Dui</font>]] 17:15, 23 November 2008 (UTC) |
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Text moved from main article. No conclusive evidence at the External Link about Harris flag. Google throws little up either.
(I would suggest the person who removed the Harris, North Uist and Benbecula flags restore them. These three flags are well established.)
- I check the FOTW website, the below Harris flag is not mentioned and they cited us for having the flag of Lewis. I can try to redraw the images of the flagds, if it is really needed. Zach (Sound Off) 04:55, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
All Hebridean flags were definitely featured on the original Virtual Hebrides site, which I think, pre-dates Flags of the World. Unfortunately that site is now defunct.
External link
Single track roads?
What's so remarkable about Harris having single track roads? They're all over the Highlands and Islands! I, on mainland Scotland, have to drive 40 miles on one before I can get to anything that approximates to civilisation. Lianachan 19:26, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- Agreed. I considered deleting it, but decided to amend it instead. Ben MacDui 15:12, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Map
The map here doesn't look quite right - it seems to show only South Harris, which is the area below Tarbert (where the island narrows), and not North Harris, which is a similar sized area to the north. See [1] for example. See also the map at Lewis. Interplanet Janet 12:09, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
- I suspect you are right (well spotted). However, I'm not sure how to fix it. It probably needs raising at Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography. -- Solipsist 12:09, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I've fixed the images based on [2]. Interplanet Janet 10:55, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Tarbert merge proposal
I've removed this as
- a) after nearly three weeks the discussion at Talk:Tarbert, Outer Hebrides was stuck on "No Consensus".
- b) Harris has been selected as a Wikipedia 0.7 article and this tag needs to be removed (if only temporarily). As there is a current discussion about other Tarberts at Talk:Tarbert I'll raise the issue there. Ben MacDui 15:45, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
Requested move
The Isle of Harris is no more deserving of the being the primary use of Harris than some of the other places, people and things that bear it as their name. Harris, Michigan is of similar size so why is the Isle of Harris being promoted above these other uses of the name? This is a COI issue. In terms of Wikipedia content the Harris (surname) use has by far the most information of any use of Harris (note that there is so much that it has had to be subdivided into pages hanging below the Harris (surname) page, e.g., List of people with surname Harris, Herries, etc. Also outside of the immediate area of the Isle of Harris it is most commonly known by people as "the Isle of Harris", i.e., http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=isle+of+harris&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title. By wikipedia's guidelines the title of its page should also reflect how it most commonly referred to, i.e. "Isle of Harris" or "Harris (Isle of)". I would tend to say that Harris (surname) should be primary topic but in view of the multiple uses of the word think it most pragmatic to set Harris to go to the disambig page as a compromise, as per wiki rules on controversial names with multiple uses. WickerWiki (talk) 10:52, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
Support making the disambig page the primary article. Sam5 (talk) 12:06, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
Support - as above, plus will reduce number of edits of type "XXXX Harris is a YYYY". MRM (talk) 15:47, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
Support making Harris a disambiguation, this article should be moved to Isle of Harris. Finn Rindahl (talk) 15:52, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
Support and.... - the principal is reasonable, the solution is flawed. The name of the place is "Harris" and it is not an island (see for example the local Council web site). The use of "Isle of Harris" may be a common form of "disambiguation" but I can't see any reason to perpetuate the idea. If the article is to be moved it should be to "Harris, Outer Hebrides" with "Isle of Harris" as a redirect and "Harris" as the dab. Ben MacDui 17:15, 23 November 2008 (UTC)