Robert Scarth
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Please see theOrcadian Wikipedians' notice board. Cheers, Mallimak 22:17, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
A portal created recently by User:Mallimak - the Orkney Portal - has been nominated for deletion. If you wish to take part in the discussion please contribute at:
Orkney
editSometime ago you made the point that the principle island of Orkney was referred to as 'The Mainland' as opposed to 'Mainland'.
Although I recognise that it rare for Mainland to be referred to in speech with out the 'the', on recent official publications from Orkney Council 'Mainland' is increasingly being used on its own.
There is a proposal to change the article name to 'Mainland, Orkney' but not to change the text where it refers to 'the mainland'.
Have you an opinion on this?
(By the way, although I have no claim to be Orcadian as yourself, I have visited my family who moved to Orkney, every year for more than 20 years and feel a degree of affinity). Johnmarkh 17:26, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Independent Orkney and Shetland wiki site
editUser:Mallimak and I held a meeting in Stromness this weekend with a number of interested parties and a group of visiting colleagues from Shetland.
We are all shocked at the way Orkney contributors and contributions have been treated on Wikipedia. It is clear to us that Wikipedia has less to do with encyclopaedic articles and more to do with information control.
There is currently a group of “Wikipedians” dedicated to editing Orkney articles to suit their own agenda and attacking anybody who tries to resist them. None of us can compete with those with the time and inclination to make literally a hundred or more edits each day. We would be willing to contribute scholarly articles and to allow them to be edited (if necessary) and added to by responsible editors – but that is not how things are happening on Wikipedia.
We have resolved to get our own independent wiki site up and running exclusively for encyclopaedic articles on Orkney and Shetland. We shall be approaching local internet service providers and website developers to help us set this up.
If you are interested in contributing to this project please leave a message on the Category talk:Orcadian Wikipedians page. (The Orcadian Wikipedians’ Noticeboard was demolished!)
Locally, we shall advertise in the press in due course.
Orkney and Shetland not Scottish ?
editHello I was wondering if you could educate me slightly on Orkney and Shetland. I was born and raised in Glasgow as were my parents and both sets of grandparents. However I sometimes hear people say that people from Orkney and Shetland don't consider themselves Scottish. I was just wondering if there was any truth to this. I think it would be a shame if that were the case. If you look at the Western Isles they have their Gaelic culture and then you have the ancient Britons in the south of Scotland with their own historic culture. Scotland has a mix of so many historic cultures. You have the Norse in the North, Gaelic in the West, Pictish in the East and Brythonic in the South also Germanic in the South-East. Not to mention all the later cultures that came. Is there any truth to it ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.104.199.128 (talk) 15:48, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Picture Lutherhaus Eisenach
editDear Mr. Scarth,
I have already tried to contact you on flickr.com but have received no answer yet, so I am trying again. We, a Protestant publishing house in Leipzig, Germany, have used your photo of the Lutherhaus in Eisenach for one of our magazines. We would like to send you a voucher copy of the issue as soon as it is printed. Please provide your address if you would like to receive one. Of course, your personal information will not be used for any other purposes.
Sincerely, Anne Seyffert Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig ASeyffert (talk) 04:53, 19 October 2011 (UTC)