# Talk:Shetland

Is there any online info about the name Insi Catt, referred to in Etymology? 24.108.18.81 (talk) 15:11, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

@Sigehelmus: Your edit has a number of features:

You have added "[known]" into the text of a direct quote but the quotation does not hint at this caveat. It's true that there may have been some Gaelic spoken in Shetland in the past we don't know about but I don't think this is the best way to explain this.
You added "the popular and traditional claim' to the sentence about hjalt+land. Is this sourced?
You added "Andrew Jennings has suggested a link with the Caledones." and "(also coinciding with Jennings' hypothesis for the early sound shift necessary for descent from *kalid- to *halit-, from Caledones)." I think you are saying this is sourced because you also added a link to Wiktionary.
I am not at all sure that Wiktionary is considered a WP:RS, but even if it is, this is not a satisfactory method of citation - expecially in what is still a GA. Furthermore, although offhand it's hard to be sure I supect this is a fringe theory and more credible as a footnote. There are possible links with the Picts but I am not aware of any clear link between the Caledones and Shetland having been established. (I may be wrong about this - I am not as up-to-speed about Shetlandic prehistory as I'd like to be.) Ben MacDui 13:22, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
Hello, thank you for the thread and please excuse my shy delay. :( To just get it out of the way, I'll delve deeper into finding more sources for these claims. You raise a good point and I was just trying to tidy things consistently. To clarify, as of the past decade it seems that such theories about ancient origin aren't as fringe as they once were considered (although for many there's a bias that prefer the more "interesting" tale). In this case, I think that the traditional story of hilt-land just seems a bit too much like folk etymology. It feels kind of "just-so." By the way, Online Etymology Dictionary unusually doesn't give an origin beyond the Norse name, and I don't have access to the real deal Oxford dictionary. I'll report back some time soon though with more. For now I believe it's worth mentioning the alternative theory and leaving room for possibilities, but reword if you must. ~Sıgehelmus♗(Tøk) 02:01, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

if you replace the E in Shetland with an I, you can see how it can be vandalized. If it isn't already protected, PROTECT IT. 50.201.78.227 (talk) 15:44, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

See WP:CRYSTALBALL and related policies, also WP:SEMI. Protection in cases like this is generally done post hoc when, God forbid, users actually attempt to vandalize. ~Sıgehelmus♗(Tøk) 16:43, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
Oh have a day off Jaybainshetland (talk) 22:15, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

It has been a while since this has been reviewed, so I took another look and noticed lots of uncited statements, including entire paragraphs. Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 03:03, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi Z1720, I watch this this and will take a look. Ceoil (talk) 04:10, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
@Ceoil: Are you still interested in working on this? There are still some uncited statements, and various sections (parishes, churches) need to be updated with the 2022 census figures. Of course, there is no obligation to work on this. Z1720 (talk) 22:53, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello, I've been thinking for a while about adding some new info regarding transportation: there has been a debate about tunnels being considered to be built in the inter isles of Shetland (Unst and Yell), there is a handful of news stories explaining about the pros and cons and the recent local consultations. I think it could be quite informative for this article or would a separate article be of better use? Thanks, SarahTHunter (talk) 17:18, 30 August 2025 (UTC)
@SarahTHunter: I'd say it was a worth a sentence in this article but as it's still speculative at this point I think further details are probably more appropriate at Ornyst and Jala. Ben MacDui 08:11, 31 August 2025 (UTC)


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