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Talk:Carbisdale Castle

message: The BBC, in an article published online on 25th August 2023, says that the new owner now goes by the names "Lady Carbisdale" and "Lady Samantha Kane." Is that due to the Established Titles scam that any purchaser of Scottish land thereby becomes a "Laird?" If she was the daughter of a Duke, Marquis or Earl, and thereby entitled to put "Lady" in front of her first name, I think we would have been told that. Becoming "lady of the house" is not the same thing. NRPanikker (talk) 13:39, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title of Owner
Talk:Carnasserie Castle

message: The passages, added anonymously, about a descendant's claim seem dubious. The first passage is redundant and not supported by the source given (Historic Environment Scotland). The added section seems doubtful. There is no reference, and Nova Scotia is not usually called New Scotland. The last sentence seems confused.
Chi And H (talk) 13:18, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious 2015 claim
Talk:Castle Tioram

message: See new Lex Brown article. --Mais oui! (talk) 00:53, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Times article 27 June 2011: "Tycoon is king of the castle after winning battle to restore ancient clan stronghold" 

message: The article title and the content are about the castle, but we have an infobox relating to the island on which it stands. There's little point in having separate articles, as there's nothing else on the island. What's the best way to reconcile that? Jellyman (talk) 15:24, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Castle or island? 
Talk:Castle of Mey

message: I think the sentence starting a paragraph under History > Royal Residence doesn’t make sense? 
“In July 1996, the Queen Mother made the property, the policies and the farm over to the Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust, which has opened the castle and garden to the public regularly since her death.” Raphanum (talk) 01:06, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible mistake
Talk:Air Post

message: See: https://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/482535
The company register shows that Air Post was wound up 30 Sep 2013. So I have updated this article to reflect the change, all postal flights are now operated by Airwork Ltd aircraft and crews.
: perhaps!- the ref and the associated documents simply states that the company Airpost ltd was merged back 'read the attached certificate of amalgamation' into NZ Post in 2013 - this may or may not mean that the airline and the joint venture with Airwork ceased to exist at this time.  Do the planes still have airpost written on them? what call signs do they use? etc etc.  Existence is much more than ownership.  All that being said with the move from the old aircraft and the upcoming sharing of freightways aircraft the whole thing probably about to change again anyway and will need rewritten when a sensible and reliable reference turns up. Andrewgprout (talk) 00:33, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Aircraft are all white with no name on them except for the 737 with a blue tail. Only the old 737-200QC since been sold had Courier post titles on it. I got an email from NZ Post that Air Post was wound up. I have heard that Air Freight will also be amalgamated with Airwork to form one company.
Here is an extract from the email, names removed for privacy:
Thank you for your enquiry regarding Airpost.
I would like to apologise for the delay in responding to you.
The "AirPost" Joint Venture between NZ Post Ltd and Airwork Ltd was disbanded in 2007.
The airfreight requirements of NZ Post Ltd are met through a range of supply and lease agreements that are held with a number of suppliers, including Airwork Ltd.
The air fleet and network schedule is currently the same as that shown in the Wikipedia page; however we are transitioning to a new 737-400 based network over coming months.
I hope this has gone some way to answering your question today.CHCBOY (talk) 00:55, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ceased to exist
Talk:Cawdor Castle

message: This article is currently in :Category:Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland, but as far as I can see it makes no reference to any ghosts or other paranormal activity associated with Cawdor Castle , so I think it should be taken out of the category unless someone can add material from reliable sources that show there have been claims of hauntings associated with the Castle. Dunarc (talk) 20:48, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I have now removed it from the category for the reasons stated above. If anyone does come across anything about hauntings or paranormal activity at the Castle and add t into the article in the future, then they are welcome to put it back in the category. Dunarc (talk) 22:35, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Haunted category
Talk:Craigmillar Castle

message: I have photographs of Craigmillar Castle here - you pick 'em and I'll upload 'em.  Put any requests on my talk page.  Karora 10:26, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photographs... 

message: I changed the link on Simon Preston as it pointed to the wrong wiki page Family locator (talk) 09:52, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, I've removed all the Preston links for now, as none of them have articles at present. Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 10:18, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Origins
Talk:Craignethan Castle

message: Craignethan Castle near Lanark, where she sought refuge after her escape from Loch Leven, is said to be another favourite haunt of Mary's. She stayed there only briefly before the Battle of Langside, but nevertheless it is said her headless ghost began appearing there after her execution http://news.scotsman.com/spookystories/Haunted-trail-of-Mary-Queen.2684937.jp  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.208.26.179 (talk) 16:05, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Haunted by Mary queen of scots 

message: This article is in :Category:Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland, but (and not withstanding the comment posted here about a decade ago concern Mary Queen of Scots) the article itself makes no mention of ghost stories or paranormal activity associated with the Castle. Unless there is evidence of there being notable claims relating to haunting that can be added to the article, I would suggest that it should be removed from this category. However, I would note that the castle is listed at Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland, so there may be something that should be added. Dunarc (talk) 20:45, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Haunted category
Talk:Crawford Castle

message: My parents visited Crawford Castle in 2002 (I think), when the Earl of Crawford Lord Lindsay invited the entire world's Lindsay's and Crawford's in for tea.  I wish I had attended; I had some good reasons not to at the time, which in retrospect now strike me as rather stupid.
The castle is surrounded by a fence, with signs advising that it is unsafe.
According to my father, an "irate tenant farmer" dynamited it.
I don't have a citation.  My father had a well-developed sense of humour so I would be unsurprised to learn that he had been pulling my leg.  But if it's true that it was dynamited by a farmer, that ought to be mentioned in the article. 73.164.159.232 (talk) 14:09, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Destruction 

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for
—2604:2D80:4023:8729:344A:4A96:BFC6:A3A0 (talk) 06:33, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: You haven't explained in what way the coordinates are erroneous. I've adjusted them; but if you still think that there is an error, you'll need to supply a clear explanation of what it is. Deor (talk) 15:29, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinate error
Talk:Culzean Castle

message: I am sceptical of the claimed spelling in Scots "Cullain", Culzean is already a Scots name (i.e. English borrowed the name from Scots). I can find "Cullain" in the reference (C, page 86) however that old online dictionary cites no sources - it may be a more recent phonetic simplification removing the letter z/ȝ (yogh). 
The only alternative Scots spelling that I can find is "Colean" in the 1785 Burns poem Halloween (https://poets.org/poem/halloween). If there are no objections I will edit the Scots name to Culzean, alternatively Colean with the Burns poem as reference.
Gealstrix (talk) 18:31, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Scots name

message: I'm a new user - there's a possible page link with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenside_railway_station if anyone fancies adding the info. ElenaTrimarchi (talk) 13:31, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Glenside Station

message: How the hell do they get palm trees to grow in Scotland? Jmcmahan 02:19, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you not heard of the Gulf stream? They are grown much further north than Culzean – see Inverewe Garden. DFH (talk) 13:03, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Palm trees?

message: Pronounced "Cullane". Wetman (talk) 01:47, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronounced
Talk:Duart Castle

message: Not worthy of comment in the main article, but passing researchers might wish to know of an auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, on 1 December 1897, “The Cellar of Wines of Arbuthnot Charles Guthrie, Esq. Deceased, late of Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Consisting of upwards of 800 Dozens, the whole lying in London, part having been removed from Duart Castle”. (My picture  #20127.) JDAWiseman (talk) 10:26, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wine auction 
Talk:Dunans Castle

message: Seems like self promotion to me.  Already in the Info Box.  Also promoting own dubious web site selling hereditary titles?2A00:23C6:CE0F:6D01:B822:45EF:F13E:14A1 (talk) 16:23, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Owners in lede?
Talk:Dunrobin Castle

message: This article is currently in :Category:Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland, but as far as I can see there is no reference to any ghosts or other paranormal activity associated with Dunrobin Castle in this article. Therefore I think it should be taken out of the category unless someone can add material from reliable sources that show there have been claims of hauntings associated with the Castle. Dunarc (talk) 20:52, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: For the above reasons, I have now removed the article from this category. It can always be put back in if anything relevant is added to the article.Dunarc (talk) 19:24, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion in Haunted Category 

message: Punch Magazine dated June 1908 runs a short item stating, "A certain American plutocrat who has amassed his wealth in a very questionable way, is about to retire from business, and it is said that, attracted by the name, he has made the Duke of Sutherland a tempting offer for Dunrobin Castle". (Sounds a bit like D. Trump, but generations earlier!) FiSt71 (talk) 18:58, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should I include or refer to?
Talk:Edinample Castle

message: This article is in :Category:Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland, but  the article itself currently includes no mention of  ghost stories or supposed paranormal activity associated that is with the Castle. Unless there is evidence of there being notable claims (which are mentioned in a source that can be cited) relating to haunting that can be added to the article, I would suggest that it might be considered that the article be removed from this category. Dunarc (talk) 21:11, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed it from the category for now. If anyone can find notable claims of paranormal activity associated with the castle and them into the article, it can always go back in it. Dunarc (talk) 16:23, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion in Category:Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland
Talk:Hermitage Castle

message: Hermitage Castle in the Borders is also said to be haunted by Mary – extraordinary given she never even visited. The link is provided by her husband Bothwell who stayed there shortly before they were married. http://news.scotsman.com/spookystories/Haunted-trail-of-Mary-Queen.2684937.jp  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.208.26.179 (talk) 16:10, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Haunted by Mary QoS  
Talk:Inveraray Castle

message: Inveraray played the role of Duneagle Castle in the Downton Abbey Christmas special 2012. Somebody added it and someone else removed it from the article. Once one knows what to search for it is actually easy to find a source confirming this: . Not sure if it is too trivial to add to the article at this point, so I'll leave it here. --Hegvald (talk) 12:07, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Downton Abbey

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Inveraray Castle, Argyll and Bute, Scotland-31May2010.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on April 23, 2016. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2016-04-23. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:49, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Inveraray Castle, Argyll and Bute, Scotland-31May2010.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon
Talk:Inverness Castle

message: Best not to forget that this was one of many settings in Macbeth. --D-Day I'm all ears How can I improve? 21:02, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Macbeth 

message: According to the Scottish Prison Service website it included a prison until 1902. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.219.203.252 (talk) 12:34, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be good information to add to the article. ICE77 (talk) 00:48, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prison 

message: 1. "A succession of castles has stood on this site since 1057".
It would be nice to add a little more information.
2. "The castle was occupied during the Raid on Ross in 1491".
It would be good to expand at least a little bit of it. A singled sentence lets everything suspended.
3. "In 1548 another castle with tower was completed by George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly (1514–1562)".
The castle is referred to as "another castle" so does it mean it was not Inverness Castle? If it was Inverness Castle then was the castle destroyed since the 1836 structure is currently there?
4. "George Buchanan states, that when the unfortunate princess went to Inverness in 1562 and found the gates of the castle shut against her".
Mary became queen in 1543 so why does the text say princess? It does not sound correct.
5. "There were later sieges of Inverness in 1562, 1649, 1650, 1689, 1715 and 1746".
It would be nice to elaborate a little bit on this and tell a little more.
ICE77 (talk) 01:00, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of clarity/information 

message: As of the 30th March 2020 Inverness Castle is no longer being used by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals service. The Inverness Justice Centre has taken over in this capacityhttps://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/see-inside-the-inverness-justice-centre-which-opened-today-195214/https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/IJC so I'm going to edit the article to that effect. I'm new to editing so hopefully it will appear correctly! Rusty Taco (talk) 17:08, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage as Inverness Sheriff Court
Talk:Kisimul Castle

message: Hmm, is that both a whisky bottle and one pound each year, or an onetime payment of the bottle of whisky, and following that, an pound payment each year? Curious minds want to know. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 03:06, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The price of the lease.
Talk:List of countries by number of billionaires

message: It currently says there are 177 billionaires and 7.719 per million people in India. This is clearly wrong as there were 1.38 billion people in India in 2020https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/india-population/. The correct number should be 0.128.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.71.157.189 (talk) 23:36, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: . This has been updated. MBihun (talk) 19:38, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 10 April 2021 

message: I think an indicator that gives some measure of a country's relative standard of living is important. Not perfect, but the GDP is a rough indicator.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.167.119.100 (talk) 09:55, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal to add national GDP to sortable wikitable 

message: Iceland now has 2 billionaires, so their "no of billionaires per million" should be doubled nowLostCitrationHunter (talk) 15:18, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Iceland 

message: Sweden Not calculated properly. 45 divided by 10 is 4.5... Chesucram (talk) 10:48, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sweden Not calculated properly. 45 divided by 10 is 4.5... 

message: Today a submarine went missing. On board the submarine is British billionaire Michael Harding and other rich people.I hope for the best. Hope they survive, but all I'm seeing in the news is grim news. 
Should the article be changed? The number of billionaires in the UK should be lowered. 49.184.180.11 (talk) 10:31, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death of UK billionaire 

message: here is the new list from Hungary by Forbes. There are 5 billionaire live in Hungary:
https://forbes.hu/uzlet/forbes-milliardoslista-2023-osszefoglalo/ 46.139.55.226 (talk) 07:38, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hungary
Talk:Lews Castle

message: I may be missing it, but as there is no article on Stornoway Castle Grounds at present, should it be a separate article or included within this one?MRM (talk) 18:59, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Castle Grounds 

message: I was at Lews Castle three weeks ago and I noticed that it's not possible to go upstairs unless you book a room for the night. This article does not say anything in regard. Also, the official website for the castle was missing so I added it.
ICE77 (talk) 01:27, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for adding the link to the castle's official website, . As for access to the upstairs, you're right. It's not stated explicitly, though one might take it as implied in 'In 2016, the ground floor of the castle opened to the public'. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 04:03, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accommodation and website
Talk:Portencross Castle

message: This article is out of date, as the castle has now been restored.Lord Spring Onion (talk) 22:30, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent news, it took them long enough! Sorry I won't be able to look at this (or WK for that matter) for a while, but feel free to add info to the article. Best. --NSH001 (talk) 23:47, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Out of date info
Talk:Smailholm Tower

message: I wonder what a barmkin wall is? Perhaps the author would like to create an article to this effect since we do not have one and I am frankly mystified, absent as I am from the UK and my reference books Sjc 05:52, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: NM I have found a reference and I will create a stub. Sjc 05:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments
Talk:St Andrews Castle

message: 1. There is inconsistency with the way the word "Saint" is written throughout the article. My understanding is that in the U.K. "St" is preferred and in the U.S.A. "St." is preferred. My inclination is that "St." is better because it's an abbreviation and the lack of the period means that "St" is a word and this is not the case. Please standardise/starndardize the word "Saint", including in the title of this entry.
2. The article says "A long siege was ordered by the Scottish Regent, James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran" and then it says "Arran heard that an English army was on its way to relieve the Castle".
Is the "Arran" in the second sentence referring to James Hamilton? If it is, I think it should be replaced by "Hamilton" or "the 2nd Earl of Arran" and not simply "Arran".
ICE77 (talk) 02:53, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency and lack of clarity
Talk:Castle Stalker

message: What does this mean, "The name 'Stalker' comes from the Gaelic Stalcaire, meaning 'hunter' or 'falconer', and should therefore be pronounced 'stal-ker', with the 'l' sounded, not as in the pronunciation of the English word 'stalker'. "
In the English word, the 'l' is sounded. Stalker. The 'l' is pronounced. So how is that different from the name of this castle?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.104.174 (talk) 01:20, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the idea is that in estuary English "stalker" is pronounced staw-kah, whereas a true Scotsman would pronounce it stall-kah. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 17:14, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The two pronounciations given for "Stalker" in the BBC Pronouncing Dictionary are /ˈstælkər/ and /ˈstɔkər/, but I've only heard the latter. Zacwill (talk) 00:00, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronounciation 

message: So why on earth do we need to spoil the twist conclusion of Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail when tying the castle in with the movie?  I don't think it adds to the article at all, and frankly it seems to derail the article flow.
I suggest deleting all after "conclusion", specifically:
The police officers who were investigating the death of the historian earlier in the film arrive and arrest Arthur and the other knights for killing the historian. One of them then turns to the camera and says, "All right, sonny, that's enough, just take off", forcibly ending the movie.
then ending the sentence there.  Seems to leave the ties to the castle unaffected.--24.118.49.238 (talk) 04:47, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Trimmed in this edit. Not because of the plot spoiler, but because it was excessive detail with WP:TOPIC problems.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 14:58, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pointless Spoiler Alert 

message: Does anyone know why the castle was built?  Does it protect the shore?  Was it ever inhabited?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.73.140.230 (talk) 14:49, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  History / Purpose 
Talk:Urquhart Castle

message: It says in the opening paragraph that most Nessie sightings are "near" the castle.  ??? There is nothing cited to support this.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.151.76.254 (talk) 14:07, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Loch Ness Monster? 

message: Several websites claim Urquhart Castle is owned by the National Trust for Scotland (but managed by Historic Environment Scotland). Some say it was gifted by "Mrs Eila Chewett of Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire" in 2003. So is this true? Any reliable sources? Or is it just a made up story, that has been copied between websites? The Hungarian Wikipedia article mentions it. https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urquhart_v%C3%A1ra 
--Craobh àrd (talk) 00:30, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ownership - National Trust? 

message: My mothers family is of the Urquhart descent. My grandma has just passed away a week ago. Her name is Anna Urquhart. My grandma's father is of Carbaugh descent. I would live to learn more. My grandma was always studying it, had papers on the castle, and always saved articles and pictures. Would there possibly be another way I could learn more about it? Thank you. Tabb88 (talk) 17:56, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Urquhart Castle
Talk:Wedderburn Castle

message: The phrasing and content in the second sentence of this article's lede comes across as promotional rather than educational. Recommend replacing the rental data with a summary of the historic content. (The rental data, if deemed necessary, may then be moved to the body of the article.) Also recommend that more citations be added (different from/in addition to those currently present). Otherwise, nicely done! 47thPennVols (talk) 22:30, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Improvement needed to lede