Wikipedia talk:Scottish Wikipedians' notice board/Archive 2

message: There's a peculiarity in the diagram for British Isles (terminology)#Historical aspects in that Scotland is dropped below the other nations: I raised this on  and the response was that this flows better. I've again requested a change as it looks even worse in the new tidied up ping :Image:British isles history v2.png. Anyone else share this opinion? ...dave souza 00:22, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The first shall be last

message: I have expanded the currach article to include more information on the Scottish craft. --MacRusgail 18:09, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Currach

message: Please see Talk:List of rivers in Scotland, for discussion of some variations in Wikipedia figures for Scottish rivers. --MacRusgail 20:46, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Any geographers? 

message: Can someone with the requisite knowledge please have a look at Talk:Scottish ale. The article underwent a total, and I mean total, rewrite today by a new User, and as far as I can see it is 100% original research and personal opinion. I have requested sources, so we shall see if any are forthcoming. Another editor requested that the opposing viewpoint also be presented, but it hasn't been. Surely someone out there knows their beers? --Mais oui! 22:48, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scottish Ale 

message: There is a vociferous campaign to delete :Category:Cinema of Scotland, which survived a Cfd nomination in December (Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2005_December_14#Category:Cinema_of_England_and_Category:Cinema_of_Scotland).
What particularly concerns me is that there is no cogent argument being put, simply a general hostility to a "non-British" cat. This is not the first example of this type of nomination at Cfd, although the principal campaign has been conducted against English cats rather than Scottish ones. If you care about the value of Scottish categories (and is there any editor of Scotland-related articles who does not?), I urge you to regularly review Wikipedia:Categories for deletion, but in particular, please see this nomination:
*Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_January_28#Category:Cinema_of_Scotland_--.3E_Category:Scottish_actors_and_filmmakers
See also the related nomination re the twin English cat.--Mais oui! 04:49, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cinema in Scotland 

message: I have completed subcataegorising Towns of Scotland by council area, with a fews exceptions - I havent done Eilean Siar (one town), Shetland (one), Orkney (two towns), or the four city council areas. The only real 'town' in all of these four (that I can see) is South Queensferry. I would contend that places like Broughty Ferry and Portobello are areas of cities, rather than towns in their own right, and maybe shouldnt be in Towns in Scotland? What does anyone think? I plan to continue with :Category:Villages in Scotland, if anyone feels like lending a hand... ::Supergolden:: 17:13, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What counts as a village in England is often a town in Scotland! Where to draw the line? --MacRusgail 17:55, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good question... I have gone through both cats now, and sorted by whatever the article says. ie, "Foo is a town in Angus" goes in Towns in Angus, "Bar is a village in Angus" goes in Villages in Angus. I am not sure if there is any consistency in this approach, but i think the difference between a town and a village is an intuitive one based on several things, bit like the difference between a hill and a mountain. Not sure if there is a line that can be drawn ::Supergolden:: 15:42, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:Category:Towns in Scotland]] 

message: 'NOTE: This discussion was begun on my talk page. I have copied it here to encourage the participation of a wider audience. If you have an opinion on this question, please share it ! Angus McLellan 19:28, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Celtic/Pictish/Alternate Names of ''Scottish'' Kings

message: I have slapped the ugly, intrusive "unsourced" header onto the List of monarchs of Scotland article. It is high time that this key article was kicked up a few academic gears, because I think that a lot of the poor qualitry Scottish royalty articles stem from the mediocre quality of this central article. Sorry for being a pain.--Mais oui! 23:10, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced 

message: I happened across Wikipedia:Articles requested for more than a year; on that list was a request for Caerlanrig, which I was able to find a little information on and therefore wrote up.
Might there be someone who'd like to spot-check the article to make sure I've got everything in the right place, please?
Corgi 01:44, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New World Scot contributing... 

message: :moved here from Announcements by User|Mais oui!
Any wikipedian, Scottish or not, who would like to join me in the new category "Users who support the Scotland national rugby team" which I have created is very welcome. Cheers, --Historian 22:11, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there one for the football team too? --MacRusgail 17:11, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  who support the Scotland national rugby team