Talk:Clan Gunn

message: There is an enormous amount of incorrect information on the Clan Gunn and many other Scottish Clans on the internet.  This article, which has been tweaked a great deal, started out with some inconsistencies and downright incorrect information.  Most of this now appears to have been dealt with. 
Early on there were some statements in the article, since corrected, that do need to be addressed further:
Olaf the Black, Norse King of Man, who has been touted as the ancestor of the clan was, in fact, only distantly related.  The son of Olaf, variously called "Guin", "Guinne" and "Gunnie", and supposed by some to be the name-father of the clan, never existed.  This is well-documented fact, not theory.  Olaf was actually a contemporary of some well-known early Gunn chieftains, making it impossible for him to have been the progenitor of the clan.  The idea that Olaf was the ancestor of the clan comes from some mistakes made in a 17th century "history" that, in fact, did not even mention the Clan Gunn.  The best-documented and most likely ancestor of the clan is Sweyn Asliefsson (Asliefarson in some references). There is also a theory that Sweyn's brother Gunni may have been the actual ancestor of the clan, but this is not yet proven.  The confusion about Olaf the Black may also have risen from the fact that Sweyn's father was Olaf Hrolfsson. Smibert (1850) suggests otherwise - that the name is Celtic or pre-Celtic reflecting those who lived in the area. (In the same way that Caithness reflected the Catti who lived there.) The are many flaws with the idea of a Viking link, not least that there is no known proved link - and much to suggest otherwsie. See http://clangunn1.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/concerning-ottar-snaekolls-son-or-part.html
:Thanks for the info but blogs are banned as sources on Wikipedia.QuintusPetillius (talk) 17:35, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: incorrect information

message: I cannot parse "with "'n being second son'". Perhaps someone who understands it can improve it. --Wetman (talk) 22:44, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Opaque phrase

message: Would it be worth finding another picture of the tartan? The picture referenced in the article appears to be quite different to the Gunn tartan on most of the clan heritage sites. 81.157.75.34 (talk) 23:00, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tartan 

message: the order of the crescent sun sounds kind of fake, and this article is the only mention of it. Tinynanorobots (talk) 05:40, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  vandalism? 

message: This is the first time I've felt compelled enough by an article's clearly not-neutrality to create an account and do something about it. There is a significant amount of language in the entry that is clearly not neutral (one example: "And, with the increasing power of genealogical sites on the internet (such as ancestry.co.uk) it will be only a matter of time before the real Chief is found (if that actually matters)." ). I'd really like to see this cleaned up, by myself or others, to edit and update this to not be quite so biased. Tricoteuse (talk) 14:07, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Tricoteuse. I will remove the line in question. Its a stupid line. Ancestry.co.uk is not going to identify the real chief anyway.QuintusPetillius (talk) 15:50, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality 

message: Leodgunn, you've added an external link to your personal website several times now, and been reverted by two different editors. Please have a look at WP:EXT, which gives guidance on this, and in particular the line that runs "you should avoid linking to a site that you own, maintain, or represent". If you've an interest in the history of the clan, consider editing the article itself, which would be welcomed. Hchc2009 (talk) 22:05, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Please also see: Wikipedia:Identifying and using self-published works#The problem with self-published sources.QuintusPetillius (talk) 07:43, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links to personal website... 

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