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Mar Lodge Estate

Wow, great photos! Corvus cornix 07:38, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I am interested to know how you came to view my new Mar Lodge Estate page!

I noticed an edit for it on the Recent Changes page and went to see what it might be about. BTW, you can sign your Talk page comments by using four tildes - ~~~~ Corvus cornix 07:48, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you - just wondered if you had a special interest in Mar Lodge Estate WikiWriter 07:54, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, just a general Recent Changes watcher. :) Corvus cornix 08:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I like your Mar Lodge Estate images. Can I suggest you upload them directly to Commons. That makes them more widely available and has an automatic gallery. I have transfered some of the existing images. Finavon 07:53, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

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Whilst agreeing with Hu, I am very much enjoying your contributions. Keep up the good work.....your neighbour, Ben MacDui (Talk) 14:46, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.

In general - I do too, but I'm hoping the focus won't be lost by too many pedantic edits. I think this article should stay focused on the post-1716 remnants of the Earldom of Mar - specifically what is now the 'Mar Lodge Estate' and 'Mar Estate' - that is a big enough subject on it's own. There is a good three hundred years to cover - including another 'rising'. Thanks again WikiWriter 20:07, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will take note of all comments ;-)

Linn of Dee to Lairig Ghru by Glen Lui

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Allanaquoich

I found this stub quite interesting, as the creator of the River Quoich article back in 2004 when I was editing under a different username. I never expected that anyone would create an article on it.--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 22:05, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of I & N Records

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Notability of Bruce's (record shop)

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. WWGB (talk) 12:39, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dundee record shops

Sorry, but I can't see how they meet WP:ORG. Perhaps if you could supply some references that demonstrate the importance of these shops? WWGB (talk) 13:43, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Categories of yours which are up for deletion

The categories Category:Articles citing Mar Lodge Estate Grampian : An Archaeological Survey as a source and Category:Articles citing The Cairngorms as a source are currently up for deletion. Feel free to add your comment/vote at the entry on these categories. For your information, עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 14:25, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of categories

FYI: Categories can only be deleted by Wiki admins, and they're not deleted until a CFD discussion is officially closed with a decision to delete. The CFD should close shortly, so you can just sit back and relax at this point. Cgingold (talk) 22:08, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Beinn a Bhuird

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I removed the CSD tag, as I was able to identify the subject. Not everyone would be able to identify it, though - it's not a good idea to create articles without actually explaining what the subject of the article is in words (see the change I made).--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 17:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry

I'm sorry I shouldn't have tagged it so quickly especially considering an established editor had created it. Pollytyred (talk) 17:56, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Beinn a Bhuird

I've been busy (just started a job) but I would say just to avoid original research per WP:NOR and WP:V. If you don't find a source, don't include it.--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 19:48, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I noticed your comment about "Beinn a' Bhùird" - the pronounciation given is for the pronounciation as written, but Watson may be recording the local version. It wouldn't be the first time that the OS got something wrong! --MacRusgail (talk) 18:10, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The probable solution to this problem is to include some kind of footnote against the pronounciation. It may have been a local dialectal variation, found amongst a few old folk, like you say. The border dialects of Scottish Gaelic have had a tendency to fragment, and lose their grammar as they engage ever more with English...--MacRusgail (talk) 18:24, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Braemar

I think you have made an excellent point Wikiwriter. I agree that there is too much gratuituous editing of points that really dont need fixing on Wikipedia. I take your comment in a positive way and shall bear it in mind for future editing. Cheers. Hadrianheugh (talk) 21:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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In my view, the concern over new editors trying to figure out the template usage is more important than the small gain in editors knowing every time a certain work is sourced. Something like the markup at Cairngorms#Sources is somewhat cryptic and another problem comes if there is ever a change to Template:Cite book (the current uses can be fixed but I double people will immediately figure out templates that references it). Plus, I fixed this. =) -- Ricky81682 (talk) 07:42, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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