Template talk:Infobox Scottish island
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[edit] References
Groupings and population information are available at List of islands of Scotland the latter being based on the 2001 census. Area measurements for the 162 islands of 100 acres or more in size are available in Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate. I'd be happy to pass the relevant numbers on if needed, although I doubt I am going to get around to listing all 162. I am not aware of any other source for area information for the smaller islands. There is a case for having groupings of the Hebrides other than those that the list provides, which seem inconsistent to me. Following Haswell Smith I suggest:
Lewis and Harris, Uists and Benbecula, Barra, Islay and Jura, Mull, Small Isles, Skye, and Inner Hebrides (north), and Atlantic Outliers.
[edit] Location map
See Commons Category:Location Maps of Scotland.
Moving the dot: to move the black dot just download the Low-res image to your computer and open it with an image editing program. Then you can either "select" the area of the black dot and drag it to the location you want or just erase the dot and place a new one where you need it. Then just save with a suitable name, upload and add it to the location map category. The GIMP is a nice free editor which can do most thinks (windows installer here)) - the additional benefit of using the gimp is that you can download the xcf map map which will open with the dot preselected and ready to move to where you need it. (The above are the intsructions provided to me, which seems to work, but I am by no means skilled in this). Ben MacDui (Talk) 09:47, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
There are also separate categories of 'Locator maps of Orkney and Shetland islands' and 'Locator maps of the Outer Hebrides' on Commons which may be suitable. Ben MacDui (Talk) 14:27, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Boat Image
The image of a longboat is used next to the Saltire to emphasise the difference with Template:Infobox Scotland place. The said image is called Image:McdonaldBoat.jpg. Before ancient foes of Clan Donald complain, I am assured that the proper name for this image is a 'Lymphad' and that its was actually purloined from the Russian wikipedia. The same image appears on Image:Norse-Gael Warrior.PNG and the Sinclair Orkney arms [1] [2] which suggests to me that the lymphad may be appropriate for all our isles whether they have a primarily Celtic or primarily Norse history. Ben MacDui (Talk) 09:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
