Talk:Highland (council area)

message: I am seeing a need for some disambiguation as regards the names of now historic districts and a need for articles named for the districts. Please see Caithness District (1975 to 1996). Laurel Bush 16:54, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguation

message: Who is the authority's chief executive? This information seems much more pertinent than names of MPs and MSPs. Laurel Bush 18:24, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chief executive 

message: The map fails to include Orkney and Shetland as politically part of Scotland. They are not even depicted in an inset map, as is often done with remote territorial fragments such as islands and exclaves in order to save "empty map space". The same goes for maps of the United Kingdom and England, which sometimes fail to take into account that the Isles of Scilly and of Wight are in England, and not a foreign country like the Man. Perhaps these maps should be altered to reflect this? //Big Adamsky 20:55, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The map

message: Highland (council area) → Highland – there is no need for disambiguation.--Mais oui! 16:11, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your vote with ~~~~
*Support--Mais oui! 16:11, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Add any additional comments
*You only need to add bracketed descriptors after titles if disambiguation is required. It is not.--Mais oui! 16:11, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

text: I don't think the council is the main, or even a usual, use of 'Highland', so therefore disambiguation is required.  If this page is to remain at Highland, I think it should take its place on the list at Highland (disambiguation) -   Crosbiesmith 19:34, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

text: I'm sure the Scottish Highlands would include areas outwith the Highland Council Area. Astrotrain 11:26, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: :Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your vote with ~~~~
*Support--Mais oui! 16:11, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Voting

message: :Add any additional comments
*You only need to add bracketed descriptors after titles if disambiguation is required. It is not.--Mais oui! 16:11, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think the council is the main, or even a usual, use of 'Highland', so therefore disambiguation is required.  If this page is to remain at Highland, I think it should take its place on the list at Highland (disambiguation) -   Crosbiesmith 19:34, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

text: I'm sure the Scottish Highlands would include areas outwith the Highland Council Area. Astrotrain 11:26, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: I note the statement that 11 councillors are Liberal Democrats. I am able to find just 7 Liberal Democrats in Highland Council wards and councillors 2003 to 2007. Laurel Bush 10:07, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Council political composition: 11 Lib Dems? 

message: The related :Category:Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from Highland constituencies has been nominated for deletion. You are encouraged to join the discussion  on the Categories for Discussion page. 
--Mais oui! 09:34, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  CFD 

message: This statement is now somewhat dated:
This council maintains area committees named after the old districts
The area committees are about to be abolished, except re Inverness (where there will be major changes to committee area boundaries).
At present, however, I lack precise details re Invernes, eg names of wards to be included in the new Inverness area.
Laurel Bush 11:28, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Area committees to be abolished 

message: Would I be right in thinking that the council HQ buildings represent a re-use of premises of the historic Inverness county council? Apart from the way advertised by council billboards fronting Glenurqhart Road, the buildings not unattractive. Laurel Bush 14:46, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Highland Council HQ architecture 

message: :Image:Highland arms.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Highland arms.png

message: :Image:Highlandlogo.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Highlandlogo.png

message: The map in the info box presumably shows Schotland. However, it fails displaying the Shetland islands. Hope somebody can fix that. Tomeasy (talk) 16:52, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Shetland islands

message: Has Highland regional Flag?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.86.230.114 (talk) 10:42, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag 

message: The political representation section seems to need daily updates. SNP are now out of the administration, and councillors seem to be changing group/party on a daily basis. 212.219.203.252 (talk) 14:22, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political representation section seems to need daily updates 

message: I notice that the list of villages in Highland omits crofting villages such as Dalhalvaig and Croick. Is there a reason for this? And how would one learn where they fit into the geopolitical structure? Their respective stubs in Wikipedia do not offer much in the way of explanation. Texastriviaguy (talk) 18:13, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crofting Villages 

message: I have deleted "This was due to a combination of factors that included the outlawing of the traditional Highland way of life following the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the infamous Highland Clearances and mass migration to urban areas during the Industrial Revolution." from the geography section. The deleted text attempts to explain the reason for the fall in population of the Highland area in the second half of the 19th century.
It has been deleted because:The opinions are completely unreferenced.What exactly does "outlawing the.....way of life" mean? In relation to any actual legislation, this is nonsense.There is ample research (and citable sources, for instance) to show that the Highland population was rising for most of the time of the clearances - reduction started in 1841 and continued for 160 years. However counter-intuitive it might appear, the greatest population falls in the Highlands occurred after the end of the clearances. So a brief mention of the Highland clearances, without any further explanation, is misleading as if furthers simplistic and erroneous assumptions.Whilst it is true that many Highlanders migrated to the cities of Scotland, mentioning just this omits the large numbers of people who emigrated to Canada, the USA and Australia. Furthermore, what is meant by "mass" migration? Did everyone go all at the same time, or does this just signify a large number of people?There is no mention of the Highland Potato Famine, so unbalancing the entire explanation.
I have not added any replacement text, as I am not sure that a historical account is rightfully placed in a geography section. (Yes, I am aware of the discipline of "historical geography".)ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 08:07, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Explanation of deletion 

message: I propose that The Highland Council be merged into Highland (council area). I preciously suggested a merge with Politics of the Highland council area but withdrew this after consideration, as the wider and historical aspects justify two articles (in addition to the general Scottish Highlands article). However, these other two are basically synonyms covering the same topic of the extant local authority covering an area of low population. Only one is needed. Crowsus (talk) 19:22, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Apples and oranges, you're equating a country of 5 million with a local authority of less than 5% of that. Scotland and the Scottish Government cover very different topics, while The Highland Council and Highland (council area) are overlapping to a high degree. What is there to say about the members and elections that can't be included in the geographical summary of the area? History doesn't come into it, as that is at Scottish Highlands, and wider political issues can be covered at Politics of the Highland council area. No other extant local authority, including Glasgow City and Edinburgh City, have separate articles for the current geographical entity and the political composition, nor do other historic entities which are now similarly named smaller council zones, such as Renfrewshire and Stirlingshire. Crowsus (talk) 00:29, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, you're not wrong. But I would say if anything that reinforces my argument, as a number of these (East Lothian Council, The Moray Council, Midlothian Council, Perth and Kinross Council and West Lothian Council) are stubs with basic information which could easily be incorporated into the geographical articles for the local authority areas. The Highland Council also falls under this definition, but to be fair it is by far the most developed of them. The presence of Aberdeen City Council, [The City of Edinburgh Council]], Falkirk Council, Fife Council, Stirling, Glasgow City Council, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Orkney Islands Council and Shetland Islands Council is fair enough, because in each case another main article covers their physical presence as it is the same as the modern council area. The other articles in the category are redirects because, guess what, a single article for the geography and politics of these small, recently formed entities suffices. If most of the local authorities in Scotland can survive on Wikipedia with an article on the historic place itself, one on overall politics, and one on both its modern council area and composition, I don't see why the Highlands and the other 'double' articles listed are needed, and for both consistency and ease of access for readers, they should be merged. I believe WP:OVERLAP is the guideline here, and I would also suggest that if it is deemed that the Highland article should be merged, that would create a sufficient precedent to do the same with the other (smaller) articles. Crowsus (talk) 00:41, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal