Talk:Clan MacNeil

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Needed lots of work. Errors in spelling and format. It contained material not appropriate for an encyclopedia. Still needs some more information to flesh it out. -- January 1, 2006 67.62.85.151

Added more information and changed some things. -- January 16, 2006 Ronin.shinta

A lot of editing done...Citations needed, especially in the "trivia" section. -- Scientizzle 20:47, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

This article still contains unclear or factually innacurate information, the reference to the English government occupying Scotland, is this the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell? another English government that was occupying Scotland, like that of Edward I? Or was it in fact the British government? And as this article relates only to Scotland i would also opt to use "James VI" to avoid confusion with James I.

[edit] Duplicate articles

This article is an exact copy of Clan MacNeil of Barra. One of these two should be turned into a redirect of the other. Which is the more proper name for this article? Clan MacNeil or Clan MacNeil of Barra? Resolute 20:17, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Norse and Danish

This article uses the terms Norse in an ambiguos way. I believe it is commonly accepted that Norsemen or Norse in English usage is a general term for Scandinavians of the Viking era. When you say "of Norse or Danish origin" it is similar to saying "of British or English origin". If you mean Norwegian say so. If you know the people were predominantly Norwegian and Danish say so. If it is unclear if the people were predominantly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic or other Norsemen use Norse. Norse is not synonymous to Norwegian and the Norwegians were as clearly defined as Swedes and Danes were so there is no reason to replace Norwegian with Norse. It will only add confusion.Inge 17:27, 6 December 2006 (UTC)