Talk:Wade's Causeway

message: Both the listed derivations sound plausible to me, but I have a vague recollection of being/having read that the name is connected to George Wade, the general and road builder.--Yendor1958 13:16, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, you're looking for [Wade] or Waetla, a Germanic god about whom no one knows much at all anymore. I first heard of him in connection with his son Earendel, who as the name suggests was kind of an inspiration for Tolkien. :) There's a little about him in Tom Shippey's The Road to Middle-Earth, but less than there is in the Wikipedia article... ExOttoyuhr (talk) 06:36, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

text: I think you might be confusing this (Wade's Causeway) with "General Wade's Road", which is somewhere in the southern Scottish Highlands, IIRC  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.19.21 (talk) 09:11, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the name

message: I've taken this article from stub to its current state this week and I am intending to take this article along the path to FA, so I am initially looking from peer reviews from a few relevant wikiprojects, and then will pursue GA and FA for the article --PocklingtonDan (talk) 18:43, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't offer much from a written content perspective, but it looks quite good. My concern is that the picture-space in the infobox should either contain a photograph, such as the 1931 picture in the commons, or a map of perhaps larger scale with a distinct line showing the route of the causeway. If you have the software or some nice watercolours, maybe even an artists interpretation of its heyday? The current map just seems too vague. Regards (Cesdeva (talk) 08:13, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  OK, thanks for the suggestion. I'm no artist, but I have lots of data here about the placement of the various sections that are extant now or that were recorded at various times, so I'll see if I can knock up some kind of image of sections visible over time or something -PocklingtonDan (talk) 19:00, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I have attempted to add a more detailed map now showing where various sources have placed visible parts of the causeway over time, and moved a photo into the infobox to add more visual interest -PocklingtonDan (talk) 19:27, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The map's nice, but please also include the coordinates in the prose, using . Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:18, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  Look's great (Cesdeva (talk) 08:19, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

text: Excellent work!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:57, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer Reviews and Good Article Reviews 

message: There appear to be a few original research and synth problems. For example the paragraph on Skivick.
I don't have access to Ref 41, so I can't verify it. Refs 31 and 32 combine non-reliable Wiktionary entries. Ref 61 is not a reliable source (being a MyHeritage page) and doesn't even show any info about the place name either. Ref 62, a reliable source, just notes two sources recording Viking incursions in 798. Ref 63, a reliable source, doesn't give the date "1085"; and really only concerns the attacks and death of Sweyne Forkbeard and the attacks of Canute shortly afterwards. Ref 33, two reliable sources, cover Viking settlement in England.
So other than Ref 41 (Hayes), none of the other sources appear to have anything to do with the place name at all. So, just give the derivation that Hayes gives. If a reliable source doesn't break the place name Skivick into specific word-elements (skeið, skaj, and vík), don't do it yourself. The unreliable Wiktionary refs need to be removed, and any info you gleaned from them. The surname sentence needs to be removed (unless a reliable source is found). Same goes for the last sentence, since none of its sources actually have anything to do with the place name. Remember, if there are no reliable sources stating when the place name originated, don't string along totally unrelated sources to argue or explain a possible origin.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 00:23, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments by Brianann MacAmhlaidh 

message: I took a hack at the prose; although I think more could be done, it is looking a bit better now. What can we do with the references? I have never seen such an odd system; the two-layer approach and the use of the Greek alphabet for notes are not calculated to be easy to use. Any suggestions? --John (talk) 10:40, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvements