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::Interesting! So if this is not a simple and clear-cut matter we probably shouldn't be presenting it as such in the lead. --[[User:Deskford|Deskford]] ([[User talk:Deskford|talk]]) 13:50, 4 April 2016 (UTC) |
::Interesting! So if this is not a simple and clear-cut matter we probably shouldn't be presenting it as such in the lead. --[[User:Deskford|Deskford]] ([[User talk:Deskford|talk]]) 13:50, 4 April 2016 (UTC) |
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:::Don't get me wrong, even if the dukedom reduces the importance of the "county town" there may well be good sources that say Dornoch is the clear-cut county town - it's just that I'd want an absolutely blue-chip reference rather than something based on "common knowledge". [[User:Le Deluge|Le Deluge]] ([[User talk:Le Deluge|talk]]) 14:07, 4 April 2016 (UTC) |
:::Don't get me wrong, even if the dukedom reduces the importance of the "county town" there may well be good sources that say Dornoch is the clear-cut county town - it's just that I'd want an absolutely blue-chip reference rather than something based on "common knowledge". [[User:Le Deluge|Le Deluge]] ([[User talk:Le Deluge|talk]]) 14:07, 4 April 2016 (UTC) |
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== Nomination of [[:Jenna Fife]] for deletion == |
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<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">[[File:Ambox warning orange.svg|48px|alt=|link=]]</div>A discussion is taking place as to whether the article '''[[:Jenna Fife]]''' is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to [[Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines|Wikipedia's policies and guidelines]] or whether it should be [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deleted]]. |
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The article will be discussed at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jenna Fife]] until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. |
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Two RfCs are ongoing at WikiProject Boxing. The first concerns use of Flag icons in professional boxing record tables here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Boxing#RfC: Flag icons in professional boxing record tables. The second concerns a proposed MOS for boxing articles Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Boxing#MoS:Boxing Final call, in particular whether UK should be added to locations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Editors are invited to comment. Daicaregos (talk) 14:11, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
Scots language wikipedia
I hereby invite anyone willing to take part in the Scots language wikipedia. Munci (talk) 18:42, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
GA Review of Scottish independence referendum, 2014
I am reviewing the good article nomination of the article Scottish independence referendum, 2014. The nominator is busy with other things at the moment and so I am looking for other editors to help improve the article to good article quality in the next few days. If you would like to help, please address some of the issues I raised in the review. Wugapodes (talk) 21:07, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
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Listed buildings in Scotland
I was up in Glasgow this weekend and took some photos of some interesting Victorian architecture...I'm sure many of these buildings are listed and was planning to upload some photos to Commons after identifying them. What I would do for English buildings would be to get the geo-tag from the photo and find the listing using the map search function on Historic England. However, I'm looking at Scotland's designations portal and it doesn't seem to have any type of geo search. Would anyone here know of any other resources to use? Kelly hi! 14:09, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
- Try using PastMap http://pastmap.org.uk/ It will show a map of all listed buildings (or other designations). Very useful for finding and identifying historic buildings. Fuaran buidhe (talk) 00:31, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Human rights in the United Kingdom
Hello. I recently read a rather lengthy complaint from a Wikipedia reader (not a regular editor) that our article on Human rights in the United Kingdom deals almost exclusively with England, English history, and English law and ignores Scotland. I tagged the article for limited geographic scope, cleared up some links, and checked for lack of sources.
Could a member of WikiProject Scotland check the article and provide some input on the Scottish perspective of the subject? Dimadick (talk) 18:01, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
Awaken the Dragon Edit-a-thon/Contest
Hi, can I interest anybody in contributing to a national edit-a-thon/contest for Wales in April, Wikipedia:WikiProject Wales/Awaken the Dragon. You can win up to £200 worth of Amazon vouchers and books of your choice for entering the contest. The idea is that Amazon vouchers and books can then be used by people to buy/have discount off more books and produce more articles for wikipedia. The scoreboard will be kept here. However, if contests and prize aren't your cup of tea you're very welcome to participate in the edit-athon throughout the month. Everything will count and be added to a list at the bottom. We have a number of missing listed buildings identified and a core list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Wales/Awaken the Dragon/Core articles. Already we have about 30 people interested but it would be great to see more get involved and producing content and really show what can be achieved in a month.The point of it is getting some of the core articles up to decent status and an overall improvement in quality. So if you generally work on military history or trains or whatever and you spot something which might interest you please consider working on it within the next six weeks! There is also a physical edit-athon at the National Library of Wales on April 22, see this for details. If it's a success there's no reason why a similar thing couldn't be run by somebody here for Scotland or a county of Scotland.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:47, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
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Sutherland
There seems to be a bit of an edit war brewing at Sutherland, with the county town being switched back and forth between Dornoch and Bonar Bridge in the lead. In the body of the article there is a passing mention of Dornoch as county town, but also the statement that the county offices were in Golspie. None of this seems to be sourced. I'm not sure that the concept of a "county town" has much meaning today, but presumably it did prior to 1975. Can anyone help resolve this, preferably with a reliable source? --Deskford (talk) 19:30, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for highlighting this. Most recently I had reverted an unexplained, unsourced change after I saw the same editor had caused an error on different page. I now see the string of edits that preceded it (with no edit summaries to explain what they were up to). Searches throw up a number of historic sources to suggest Dornoch was the royal burgh and county town of Sutherland. An example of a recent source to corroborate this is in The Herald 1971. Drchriswilliams (talk) 19:52, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
- I must admit that even without looking at the article, my gut feel was that "it's complicated" - for two reasons. One is that royal burghs were often enclaves of "foreigners", as much separated from the surrounding county as part of it. And Sutherland is a bit of a funny one in that the "county" is so closely associated with the dukedom, it's akin to a county palatine like Cheshire. In that situation, the ducal seat is more important than the "county town" inasmuch as the latter is a local connection to central government. One could draw a comparison with the Dutch situation of a separate "capital" versus seat of government, with Dunrobin/Golspie being equivalent to the Hague. So that would have been my immediate reaction before looking at the article or any references, and so I have some sympathy with the editor who is trying to downplay Dornoch (although involving Bonar is just odd, unless one is trying to claim some role for Carbisdale?). Certainly in that kind of grey area I would be wary of references outside official documents, I can well imagine Dornoch being referred to as the county town in the mass media even though it technically wasn't.Le Deluge (talk) 01:22, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- Interesting! So if this is not a simple and clear-cut matter we probably shouldn't be presenting it as such in the lead. --Deskford (talk) 13:50, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- Don't get me wrong, even if the dukedom reduces the importance of the "county town" there may well be good sources that say Dornoch is the clear-cut county town - it's just that I'd want an absolutely blue-chip reference rather than something based on "common knowledge". Le Deluge (talk) 14:07, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
- Interesting! So if this is not a simple and clear-cut matter we probably shouldn't be presenting it as such in the lead. --Deskford (talk) 13:50, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Asking for people to get involved in producing for this. See the article list at the bottom. If it's a success I'll consider running a similar one for Scotland. If you want to see a similar thing happen to Scotland and mass improvement to your content contribute to Wales for a few weeks!♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:57, 7 April 2016 (UTC)