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Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to the page Allan Burns (surgeon). Such edits constitute vandalism and are reverted. Please do not continue to make unconstructive edits to pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thank you. Fieldday-sunday (talk) 14:02, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see how this edit constitutes vandalism. It was a good faith edit and the author was attempting to improve the article. Pdcook (talk) 14:17, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have reverted the reversion made by Fieldday-sunday to be last version by Shipsview. Please continue to improve this article, and you might want to check out Wikipedia:Citing sources to see how to properly format citations. Thanks, Pdcook (talk) 14:25, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Again, thank you for your help. I have enabled the auto reminder. Shipsview (talk) 21:09, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Shipsview. Yes, the dates are now left unlinked throughout wikipedia. I can understand your confusion, there was a time when all dates were linked, for a number of reasons. This practice has now been discontinued, but many articles still have the dates linked, pending someone finding and unlinking them, as is happening sporadically. So now you can save a bit of time and not link them. (WP:MOSDATE has more on this). Yes, I have an interest in shipping, I'd be glad to help out if I can, let me know how you get on! Best, Benea (talk) 06:59, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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The above is standard Wikipedia blurb, but please do remember to include references when adding information to articles. I have added a reference to BBC News for the statement you added about the cancellation of the Lake of Menteith Bonspiel. Best wishes! --Deskford (talk) 22:52, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply] Thank you!Shipsview (talk) 17:38, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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On behalf of WikiProject Scottish Castles, thanks for starting the Darnaway Castle article! This has been needed for some time as its quite an important castle. I have copyedited the article, putting in links, I hope you can continue to improve it, some more inline citations would be good, as would further information on the 19th-century rebuilding of the castle. Thanks again, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 11:59, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. Shipsview. One problem I noticed is that the references don't have enough information. WP:CITET has templates you can copy and paste in. Only fields you fill in will show up. This should be fixed, as it stands, it's hard to tell if the article is well-sourced or not. Keep up the good work on castle articles, The Interior(Talk) 19:15, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Shipsview. To change article titles, you have to "move" the page. To do this, click on the arrow next to the star, close to the edit tab, and click the Move link. You just type in the page title you want and give a reason, and mostly it will work. There are some exceptions, see Wikipedia:Moving a page for full details. Interesting article by the way, though I changed the lead a little as most of the article is about the actual barracks rather than Lord Pearson's place in the country. Thanks, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 21:09, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello Shipsview, and thanks for another worthy addition to Wikipedia, Cakemuir sounds like an interesting place. It helps to be a bit more specific with references, so instead of linking to a website's "front page", like http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/, make a link to the page with the actual information you are citing, in this case [1]. You can use the template {{cite web}} to make this easier and it looks better too. Same for books: try to add details such as ISBN and page numbers, again there is a {{cite book}} template to help. Thanks, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 09:10, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the tips, Jonathon. I am struggling with detailed references. I think you are involved with a Wikipedia meetup in Edinburgh? Is this something I might find interesting and useful? Shipsview (talk) 09:34, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. I'm not actually involved in any meetup, it was suggested by User:Victuallers, but I'm not sure if anything is happening. And having never been to one, I'm afraid that I'm a poor judge as to whether they might be interesting, probably depends on whether we Wikipedians are scintillating folk or a bunch of nerds.... Thanks, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 13:23, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again. Please note I've removed a large chunk of text from this article, since it was copied directly from http://www.argylls.co.uk/museum and subpages, and as such is subject to copyright. You can use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences: say it in your own words. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 13:10, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the check-up on Craigiehall. Ritchie Camp is mentioned in the Evening News piece, but you're right, its not in the MOD note. I hadn't actually appreciated that the Camp and the RAF base were separate places, so I'll amend it accordingly. Thanks, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 10:28, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi the reason we do not have lists of people with the given surname or even wikipedia books of people with a particular surname in a Scottish clan article is firstly just because they have that surname does not necessarily mean they should be associated with that Scottish clan. Also there are pages purposely for listing people of specific surnames, such as :Douglas (surname) and Douglas (disambiguation). It is acceptable to use these two types of pages linked within a clan article. QuintusPetillius (talk) 16:15, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Shipsview!
Just few little things. I noticed that this article included some text that appeared to be somewhat similar to the "www.douglashistory.co.uk" mention of him.
Also, "Archibald Douglas (d. 1741)" doesn't seem to me to be the best of article titles. There are of course a number of notable Archibald Douglas's. Some of them include their styles. Does this particular Archibald Douglas attract a style? I would greatly appreciate your help with this.
--Shirt58 (talk) 14:11, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Shirt58, I inherited the article title as it was already a link, though there was no article. I agree it is an unhelpful title. He was 13th Laird of Cavers. Do you want to change it?
The two articles are similar - because the Douglas Archives website is mine, and uses the same source: "The House of Commons, 1690-1715". Shipsview (talk) 14:47, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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You had a page in your sandbox which stated that "this article is still copyright and requires a re-write before publication".
All pages on Wikipedia are considered 'published' as soon as they're saved. They're publicly viewable, and remain like that until/unless they get deleted. As such, you cannot leave text like that on a Wikipedia page, even if it's in your userspace. For a few hours, sure. For a few days, well... maybe, if you're actively working on it. But after 30 days untouched... no. It had to go. DS (talk) 14:05, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You can have it back if you're going to work on it within the next few days. Are you? DS (talk) 12:03, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Multiple verifiable sources that support a statement are better. That is why I put {{refimprove}} on it.
I have no problem if you would like it removed. →Στc. 21:41, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Please note that your article on a rear admiral is a copyright violation of the source you provided. You need to quickly rewrite it. Standard2211 (talk) 16:33, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Not copyright
The Archive.org version of my reference, A naval biographical dictionary: comprising the life and services ..., Volume 1 By William R. O'Byrne, has this: 'There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text.' See: http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924027921372/cu31924027921372_djvu.txt
This would appear to evidence the fact that this article is not subject to copyright. Shipsview (talk) 22:33, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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As explained above, the Douglas Archives article is also mine. Shipsview (talk) 17:49, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
wikipedia does not want cut and pasted text from somewhere else. Furthermore, even if a copyright on the original work has expired it is quite possible that someone else renewed the copyright. However, an editor qualified in copyright issues will review and give us the final disposition. Why risk exposing wikipedia to infamy of copyright. Zvezda1111 (talk) 17:01, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Do not know, I am not a lawyer. Typically though they do not want us to cut and paste stuff from somewhere else, anyways. That's because copyright issues are thorny but wikipedia lawyers have other reasons not to take cut-and-paste - beside copy right. It is tricky - they do not want original research, but they also dont want cut and paste. So what it leaves us is with writing stuff in our own words but referencing it heavily to external sources. For example, you could rewrite this article in your own words and keep referencing that source and others. Standard2211 (talk) 17:08, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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For reference the Archive.org version of the article says: 'There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text'.
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*[[Alice Vibert Douglas]] 91894-1988), Canadian astronomer and the first Canadian woman to become an astrophysicist
I gave up the unequal battle attempting to prove that my images taken by me on my camera for my use were freely given to Wikipedia. Shipsview (talk) 09:10, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Now just hang on a minute. It appears from the info in the Morton Castle page that it belonged the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Douglas Earls of Morton. And I would be interested to know when it became known as Morton Castle ? was it under their occupation ? Yes the article says that the earldom was named after a different Morton, but it seems more than likely that the castle was named after the earldom, given the four earls. It seems a little too much of a coincidence for the castle to have been named Morton but not because it was a seat of the Earls of Morton. And where are your sources ? The Morton Castle article has a list of books but no proper references.QuintusPetillius (talk) 16:05, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for your message about Craigend Castle. If you look again at the history page you'll see the sentence in question was not removed by me but the next editor. You're free to reinstate it of course, preferably with a source showing it's still on the market, otherwise it risks sounding just like local gossip or original research.
What I'd like to know about the place is how it's managed to end up such a hopeless ruin in such a short time. Was there a fire or something?
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Hi Shipsview, unfortunately I do not have any sources to verify either way if the article does or does not list the correct children and heirs of the Duke, and its not a topic I am familiar with. You could try reverting on the basis that your are reverting back to the original version, and that a source is required in order for it to be changed from the original. That might get the ball rolling with finding out the correct names. QuintusPetillius (talk) 16:49, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Please write a simpler and more informative lead sentence which just states what and where the castle is, please. Other readers won't know what you know, so do state the obvious in the lead. Why not find a creative commons image on Wikimedia or Geograph which can be lawfully used in this page? Try this for starters: http://www.geograph.org.uk/of/gelston%20castle
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Please do not change the consistent style of citing in an article (WP:CITEVAR). In this case the style was short inline citations linked to long citations in a "References" section, with the long citations using the template {{Citation}} (in style Citation Style 2) unlike {{Cite web}} which you used which is in Citation Style 1).
If you use the website https://archive.org you will usually be linking to a book. If you do so WP:CITE recommends that you include page numbers and do not include access-date (no need to a book) so rather than creating a link like this one:
{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00goffuoft/historicalrecord00goffuoft_djvu.txt|title=Full text of "Historical records of the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders, now the 1st Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, containing an account of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1881"|website=archive.org|access-date=2016-06-06}}
{{Citation |last=Goff |first=Gerald Lionel Joseph |year=1891 |title=Historical records of the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders, ... to 1881 |url=https://archive.org/details/historicalrecord00goffuoft |location=London |publisher=R. Bentley |pages=[https://archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00goffuoft#page/75/mode/1up 75]–76}}
What is a "Cite drop-down list"? -- PBS (talk) 18:53, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Really? When you click 'Edit' for, say, this paragraph, and then 'Cite', there is a template option for the four citation types. Shipsview (talk) 20:35, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I never even noticed it (but then I have been editing for longer than that would have been an option), and I don't see what that has to do with anything (other than for new editors which you are not), as there are many other citation template options than those four (see the list in the collapsed box below):
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yadkard similar to the Google book tool but for non-Google-Books.
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This particular fan doesn't make a fuss over Hogmanay (or any other part of the holiday season), but please, never "Trekkie". Trekkies are groupies. The average fan is a "Trekker". (The superfans who can ID episodes by the color of the sky, "Trekists".) As for Uhura getting a page, & parental inclusion (or not), Pokemon characters have pages. It's all about the amount of support... TREKphilerany time you're ready, Uhura 19:02, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Gosh, this is an intergalactic minefield I regret floating into. Shipsview (talk) 20:43, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm afraid 'endow' implies he gifted the buildings. Check Inverclyde National Sports Training Centre. He was president of the SCPR, which purchased the Hills Hotel in Largs (it was never owned by him, nor was it called 'Inverclyde House'). They then named it after him when he died in office in 1957. Similarly, Inverclyde was the Chairman of the British Sailors' Society, and the Inverclyde Centre in Greenock was a new build, for and by the BSS. So as it stands the sentence is a mixture of misleading and inaccurate statements.--Stevouk (talk) 18:57, 5 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
An endowment does not necessarily signify the gift of (in this case) a building, but a gift of funds that can be used to fit out or maintain it.
A financial endowment is a donation of money or property to a nonprofit organization for the ongoing support of that organization. Wikipedia. Shipsview (talk) 20:52, 5 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Diannaa Thank you for your interest in the John Watson Tadwell Watson article, and for working towards compliance with the rules on copyright. I do understand why you have taken this step.
However, you removed material that is not subject to copyright, and cited a website, finds.org.uk, which I had not previously seen, nor indeed been aware of. The interesting point here is that finds.org.uk, which is, I think, a subsidiary of the British Museum, is a CC-BY site, and if I had used their material, it would have been easy for me (or you) to include an appropriate citation.
By removing key material, the article no longer has the 'notability' factor, and thus risks failing another test. But, hey ho... Shipsview (talk) 19:40, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I've restored the part that's available under license. Sorry about the mistake. — Diannaa🍁 (talk) 00:12, 31 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, yes, in answer to your question I think there should only be a link to the Drysdale sept if it goes to a page specifically about the family who were a sept of Clan Douglas. There would have been people called Drysdale, not only in other countries, but in other parts of Scotland who were not actually part of the Clan Douglas. This applies to most sept names in fact. I believe that it is misleading to link to a surname list or disambiguation page because it gives the false impression that all of the people listed there belong to the said clan.QuintusPetillius (talk) 19:22, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Some references to the "Family" section would help, thanks for the read!
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She most definitely was born in 1961, but even public records say '65 which means she lies about her age on legal docs. This will be hard to prove. FWIW, the birthplace she gives appears to be a lie as well, since there's no record of an Illeana Hesselberg in The Massachusetts Birth Index [2].
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