Portal talk:Scotland/Suggestions

Suggestions for the Selected article, Selected picture, Selected quote and Selected biography are always welcome. Please see the appropriate header below for details.

Selected article

Basic criteria

• The article must be within the scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject Scotland.
• The article should preferrably be B-Class or above. See quality scale.
• Wherever possible, it should have at least one free image.

Suggestions

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• Skye (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) FallingGravity (talk) 03:35, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Selected picture

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• The picture must be about Scotland in some way.
• The picture must be appropriate for display in a portal.
• It must be a free image.
• It must be used in at least one article.

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May I suggest the following photo, which (to declare an interest) I uploaded, though am not the author of. It shows a scene from the 2004 production of La traviata by Fife Opera which is based in Kirkcaldy in Scotland and is in my view worthy on the basis of the interest of the action, the depth of the colours and the composition. I must have worked through hundreds before alighting on this one. Orthorhombic (talk) 15:24, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

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  Act II, Scene 2 from La traviata being performed by Fife Opera

Please find below three suggestions of my photos taken in Scotland. All the best from Germany, --Stefan2901 (talk) 08:54, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

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  Band Sergeant Major from the Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland at Edinburgh Castle, celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. June 2012.
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  The red lion above the entrance of the Queen's Gallery, carved in limestone was designed by Jill Watson based on a small red lion located at the feet of Mary, Queen of Scots on her tomb in Westminster Abbey. May 2012.
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  Statue of James V of Scotland adorning the eastern corner of the Royal Palace at Stirling Castle. March 2012.

Selected quote

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• The quote must be said by a Scot, or about Scotland.
• The person who made the quote must have a Wikipedia article on them.
• The quote must be appropriate for a portal.

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• "When Burns wrote A Man’s A Man, he was doing more than creating a song. He was locating and preserving the DNA of Scottishness – a belief in equality beyond any limitation of class, status or wealth. It was appropriate that it was sung at the opening of our parliament.The essential Scottishness, of course, is not a matter of purity of blood. It is an amalgam of all people who have come to live here. European, Asian, South American, whatever. Scottishness is not a pedigree lineage, it’s a mongrel tradition.". William McIlvanney Ref = http://www.senscot.net/index.php?W21ID=173

• Request Clarification – could you please provide the quote you wish to nominate for "Selected Quote"? ~ Anthøny 21:56, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Oops - I thought I had replied to this already. The quote starts at 'When' and ends at 'tradition'. Ben MacDui (Talk) 09:33, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Selected biography

Basic criteria

• The biography must be within the scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject Scotland.
• The article should preferrably be B-Class or above. See quality scale.
• Wherever possible, it should have at least one free image.

Suggestions

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