Category talk:Wikipedians in Orkney

message: I have tried to contribute articles on topics about which I have knowledge, such as Orkney, but the articles have been subjected to constant destructive editing, and I have been subjected to repeated harassment, mainly by Mais oui!, that I see no point in continuing.
I have now joined the ever-growing category of disillusioned Wikipedians.  Mallimak 01:02, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: I GIVE UP!

message: User:Mallimak and I held a meeting in Stromness this weekend with a number of interested parties and a group of visiting colleagues from Shetland.  
We are all shocked at the way Orkney contributors and contributions have been treated on Wikipedia.  It is clear to us that Wikipedia has less to do with encyclopaedic articles and more to do with information control.  
There is currently a group of “Wikipedians” dedicated to editing Orkney articles to suit their own agenda and attacking anybody who tries to resist them.  None of us can compete with those with the time and inclination to make literally a hundred or more edits each day.  We would be willing to contribute scholarly articles and to allow them to be edited (if necessary) and added to by responsible editors – but that is not how things are happening on Wikipedia. 
We have resolved to get our own independent wiki site up and running exclusively for encyclopaedic articles on Orkney and Shetland.  We shall be approaching local internet service providers and website developers to help us set this up.  
If you are interested in contributing to this project please leave a message on this page.  (The Orcadian Wikipedians’ Noticeboard was demolished!)
Locally, we shall advertise in the press in due course. 
Orkadian 17:13, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: this would be very sad. I am not Orcadian but I have visited it many times (in a cottage in Stromness). I have only just discovered the Orkney articles in Wikipedia and I have started to edit them factually but "as though I was an Orcadian" ... see my edits on "the Mainland" issue and my attempt to get the Orkney Islands article renamed "Orkney". Then I saw your note which led me to me first visit here. WOW. What a shambles the above so called discussion is. What are you all thinking of? Come on guys please don't let Wikipedia down and please let's not ignore the views and valuable information and insights brought to us by actual Orcadians.Abtract 07:57, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

text: You might be interested in DavisWiki, a wiki dedicated to the city of Davis, which is in California (U.S. west coast). It's run by and for Davisites (folks from Davis), and it quite a wonderful resource. That said, I think that Wikipedia shall miss your contributions very much if you were to leave allthegither. Shetland, Orkney, Caithness and all the areas of Scotland with large Norse/Scandinavian populations are lucky to have a rich history full of cultural traditions all their own. This should be respected on Wikipedia. I feel that a small group of talented editors, contributing to an area of the Wikipedia that they know lots about, is the most valuable thing we have, and creates our best articles. I encourage you all to create your local wiki, but to also continue to contribue to Wikipedia. I'll volunteer myself to come to examine arguments like this in the future, if it would help.  Canæn  07:50, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Independent Orkney and Shetland wiki site 

message: I have watched with a distinct lack of interest the edit war on categorisation, until today when I happened to notice that the Scottish wording says "Wikipedians in Scotland" whereas this page is "Orcadian Wikipedians" ... notice they don't have to be in Orkney or, importantly, in Scotland. Therefore I humbly suggest the Scottish category is technically inaccurate and should be removed.Abtract 23:02, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hairs, splitting. Wikipiedia user categories use a number of different naming standards, you're welcome to try and gain some standardisation on them! However the categorisation scheme uses sub-categories and it's clear from a geographical and political perspective that Orkney is a sub-division of Scotland (which in turn is of the UK). Thanks/wangi 23:15, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have absolutely no problem with that if it said Scottish Wikipedians but it doesn't. However life is too short to argue about it. If we are going to be somewhat loose, in our wording then perhaps we should at least define what we mean in an intro to OW as has been done in WiS. I will have a go.Abtract 23:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea. I guess the idea with "Wikipedians in Scotland" is to be more inclusive - not just those who are Scottish, but also those living in Scotland. Thanks/wangi 23:35, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  We ought to add a UK category to this and presumabluy an EU one, if it exists, but I can't figure out how.Abtract 23:40, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's not necessary, the Scotland cat is in the UK cat, is in the ... You get the idea - it's a hierarchy. Thanks/wangi 23:44, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah yes I see, one leads to another, thanks.Abtract 00:13, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Rubbish - were it not for power politics, the Norse would never have invaded and the islands in the first place and they would have remained Pictish/Scottish.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.173.10.151 (talk) 02:34, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: In Scotland?