Wikipedia:British Isles Terminology task force/Specific Examples/Closed Summaries
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Summaries
[edit]The summaries used are:
- British Title
- Invasion
- Geographic scope
- Unreferenced - Usage is unreferenced
- Meteorological - Topic where British Isles is commonly used, or a scientific term
- Comparison
- Archeology - Topic where British Isles is commonly used, or a scientific term
- Pipelinking - Incorrect pipelinking used
- Largest Area
Closed1
[edit]A table summarizing the BISE article closes, and reasons. First pass at a categorization. From Archive "Closed1"
| Article | Classification | Notes |
| F. H. Bradley | Unreferenced | Sentence removed |
| William Gillette | Incorrect | Changed to England and Scotland |
| Puerto Ricans in World War II | Incorrect | Content expert clarified to British Caribbean territories |
| Coal measure | Unreferenced | Sentence removed |
| Planned French Invasion of Britain (1759) | Unresolved Invasion | Consensus was to change to Britain but hasn't happened. Probably needs to be reexamined. |
| David T. Ansted | Largest Area | Originally stated "British Isles and Europe". Changed to "Europe". |
| St. Catherine's Point | Comparison Unreferenced | Changed to use referenced stat as being "Britain's oldest medieval lighthouse". |
| Hook Lighthouse | Lighthouses | Added "Oldest in British Isles" as per reference. Also, Lighthouses are not aligned to geopolitical entities. |
| Tasmania | Pipelinking | Fixed to link "British" with "British people" |
| Risk (game) | Pipelinking | Fixed so that "Great Britain" now links correctly |
| Grooved ware | Unreferenced Archeology | Fixed to "Britain and Ireland" as this is what is in the references - although "British Isles" is a common term in archeology |
| Isles of Scilly | Scope | Originally stated "southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of the British Isles", changed to use "Great Britain" instead |
| Trinity House | Lighthouses | Article clarified to distinguish British Territorial waters from others. Lighthouses, as a topic, commonly refer to the British Isles. |
| James Cook | Maritime | Common usage in Maritime articles |
| Yorkshire | Comparison | "Largest in England and the British Isles". Irrelevant comparison, changed to UK. |
| Vic Oliver | Invasion Unreferenced | WWII "invasion of the British Isles", changed to "Britain" |
| The Village (The Prisoner) | Incorrect Unreferenced | Referred to "driving" from a village in England to a location in the British Isles. Changed to Great Britain as it would be impossible to "drive" to anywhere else. |
| Easegill System | Unreferenced | Changed to "Britain" as per references |
| North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland) | Maritime Largest | Consensus was not to rename as the Channel is between the islands of GB & I. |
| British Entomology | Fauna Book Title Unreferenced | Keep text in line with Book title and quotations |
| Albert Square, Manchester | Pipelinking | Incorrectly pipelinked "Great Britain and Ireland" |
| Eric Williams | Unreferenced | Changed to UK as making more sense for the time period |
| Lake District | Unreferenced Meteorological Comparison | The UK Met office records rainfall for the UK. Unreferenced statement for wettest in BI. |
| Tooting Bec, Tooting Bec Lido | Unreferenced Comparison | Although probably true, the statement is unreferenced. Also unnecessary comparisons between British and Irish (biggest, smallest, etc) should be avoided unless somehow notable. |
| Crowbar (tool), Spud bar, Shit | Language Distribution | The "British Isles" does not have a single language variant. British English is used in Britain, Hiberno English is used in Ireland. Very probably the editor was referring to British English, and comparing it to terms used in the USA and in other English speaking countries. |
| Niccolò Paganini | Incorrect Scope | He only toured Britain and Ireland. Changed to use the term UKoGB&I. |
| Battle of Jersey | Incorrect | Made a false claim about being the last battle in the British Isles. False claim removed. |
| Brown Bear | Fauna Distribution | Common and Scientific distribution area for Fauna |
| Count palatine | British Title | A British title. Article changed to "United Kingdom". |
| 1960 in rail transport | Comparison Unreferenced | Claimed to be the "first" in the "British Isles". Removed since it was unreferenced. |
| Cork College of Commerce | Incorrect usage | Used "Ireland and the British Isles". Sentence removed as nonsense. |
| Afro-Eurasia | Unreferenced Incorrect Insertion | Article was changed to British Isles from Britain, but that was unreferenced. Article cleaned up. |
| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen timeline | Incorrect quote | Use of "British Isles" while the reference uses "Great Britain". |
| Cardinal protector of England | Incorrect quote | Fixed to agree with reference |
| Elaphrus uliginosus | Flora | Flora uses specific distribution regions which don't map to the British Isles, since the Channel Islands are considered part of France. |
| Henry A. Tuckett | Incorrect quote | Reference stated he went to Great Britain. |
| Brazen (TV series) | Incorrect quote | Reference uses UK |
| Mop wedding | Unreferenced, Geographic scope | The towns listed were all in England. Using BI was unreferenced. Text changed to England. |
| Rose Dugdale | Correct quote | Quote uses "British Isles" |
| British Royal Train | Unreferenced claim | Unreferenced claim removed |