Talk:South Uist

message: There is no evidence that Old Tom Morris designed the course, and local crofters deny this claim. Velkyal 09:34, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Old Tom Course?

message: There is a discussion about the derivation of the word at Talk:List of islands of Scotland#Derivation of 'Uist'/'Uibhist' with a related link to Talk:Old Norse. Ben MacDui (Talk) 17:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Meaning of 'Uist'

message: Perhaps someone with more knowledge can put me right, but AFAIK Scots Gaelic never uses hyphens (such as the French language does) in place names. It should be rendered as "Uibhist a Deas" at the top of the article page (or more traditionally "Uibhist a' Deas") --Scotthatton (talk) 09:28, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Uibhist-a-Deas

message: Shell are currently (Feb 2008) starting drilling work on an oil prospect called "South Uist", which (in typical oil field style) is nowhere near South Uist. It's actually about 130km NW of the Shetlands in 1200m of water. A big drilling operation, but if the prospect proves up it's potential, it's going to be all over the press.
I'm rather limited in what more I can say (I'm a contractor on the project) but there's a fair amount 'out there' for anyone who cares to investigate, and I can reactively correct things without fear of leaking confidential data.
A Karley (talk) 20:46, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  disambiguation may be needed in the (near) future 

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message: From the following paragraph:
Already accustomed to treating people as slaves, and seeing the financial advantages to livestock farming, Gordon was ruthless, evicting the population with short notice. On 11 August 1851, he demanded that everyone in South Uist attend a public meeting at Lochboisdale; according to an eyewitness, he dragged the attendees from the meeting, sometimes in handcuffs, and threw then onto waiting ships, like cattle. Having cleared much of the land, he replaced the population with flocks of Blackface sheep, bringing in lowland farmers to care for them. The former population largely moved to Canada; the remaining populace of South Uist represented less than half of the 1841 total.
Why is the 1851 census (done March 30th 1851) not used for comparison? Seems odd to make a comparison to 1841 when the 1851 would be more accurate.Dig deeper  talk 02:37, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The 1841 and 1881 totals are quoted by the standard source -  - but not the 1851 total. The latter is available at Vision of Britain. The numbers are 5093 (1841); 6173 (1851); and 3831 (1881). I don't have Pearson, Shaples, Symonds (2004) that this data seems be be from. It is possible that the author (or interpreter) felt that 1841 was a better comparison point for some reason. The generality is corroborated here .  Ben MacDui 13:23, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm surprised sources don't compare the 1851 census to the 1861 census. I would think this would provide a more accurate account of the effects of Aug 1851.Dig deeper  talk 19:37, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why 1841 census? 

message: the article repeatedly claims that Cladh Hallan is the only site in the British Isles where prehistoric mummies have been found, but there's no way that's true. the British Isles are well-known for bog bodies. the same claim is made on the Cladh Hallan article. I assume the articles are referring *purposefully* mummified bodies? because that's the only thing that makes sense. either way, clarification is needed. Sawyer-mcdonell (talk) 01:31, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  only prehistoric mummies in the British Isles?