Talk:St Michael's Mount

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Contents 1 Castle or not? 2 Merge with Mont Saint Michel 3 False accusations in the edit summary 4 Tides?

[edit] Castle or not?

St Michael's Mount is categorised as a priory, castle and stately home in [1] Ian Cairns 11:38, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Why does St Michaels mount have a Train track going into a tunnel within it?

whats the history behind that?

[edit] Merge with Mont Saint Michel

This article should be merged with Mont Saint Michel, and I suggest keeping the french title, not "St. Michael's Mount", as I believe that even in English it is primarily known by it's french name. I will add a merge template to the article soon. --shaile 00:27, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

oops, I was mistaken, the two should not be merged... --shaile 21:06, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] False accusations in the edit summary

Making false accusations of vandalism and stalking (extraordinary from such a newbie who doesn't even understand wikipedia) will not help youtr POV case. Changing the UK to England in accordance with Cornwall (where you lost your similar argument) is POV and reverting it is neither stalking nor vandalism by any stretch of the imagination, SqueakBox 15:26, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Following someone round Wikipedia and deleting their edits to continue an argument (which I did not lose, but simply walked away from so as to leave you to it) about a completely different article IS stalking, and it is also an intensely personal and obsessive vendetta on your part which is embarrassing you. England is NOT a sovereign state (accept it), it is a constituent part of the UK, therefore Cornwall's international state-level identity is UK. To insist otherwise is English nationalist POV. Further, as a self-professed "encyclopedia writer" and "veteran" Wikipedian you should know that using Talk pages and Wikipedia in general to pursue personal vendettas against other editors is against Wikiquette. Show good faith and uphold accuracy. Thanks. Doire 14:20, 6 January 2006 (UTC).

Please see Wikipedia:Good faith and act accvording to its strictures. Your comments are out of line. I find your stalking allegations extremely offensive and suggest you withdraw them. I clearly have not been stalking your edits, to be honest you are making so few edits it would be impossible for anyone to stalk you. I am not claiming England is a sovereign state (indeed people here in Honduras often insist for official purposes I must be from England to which I say England is not a state, it is the UK) but Cornwall states Cornwall is in England because it is in England so you have no reason to claim differently, SqueakBox 14:52, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

I will not withdraw my insistence that you are stalking me until you stop stalking me on Wikipedia (following someone round Wikipedia trying to continue an old argument from a talk page IS stalking AND a vendetta). Show good faith. If you find such an insistence "extremely offensive" then you are "extremely offended" easily, and clearly do not understand the consequences of your actions. If you don't want to be "extremely offended" by my insistence that you are stalking me then stop stalking me. Simple. You ARE claiming England is a sovereign state because internationally England is a constituent part of the UK. Any edit that uses "England" as if it is a international state-level entity is an English nationalist POV and thus not acceptable on Wikipedia. Thanks. Doire 15:12, 6 January 2006

Well this has no resolution until you withdraw your foul and offensive stalking allegations but it certainly fits in with your earlier vicious personal attacks, cl;aiming I was incapable of work because I did 2 houirs of wikipedia a day, that I was stupid etc. Stop trolling and trying to be aso9ffensive and as rude as possible, SqueakBox 15:33, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Nowhere did I say that you were stupid. Please support accusations with proof of what I have said and where I have said it. Nor did I say you were incapable of work; I suggested ON ANOTHER TALK PAGE TO THIS ONE (in response to an insult from you) that if "all you did was work on Wikipedia, then you should probably consider yourself unemployed or underemployed". Please don't turn talk pages into misinformation fora for your vendetta. This is a talk page relating to the article on ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT. If you are not going to discuss St Michael's Mount or the artice on this talk page then please go somewhere else. Thanks. Doire 15:41 6 January 2006

I never insulted you. Here you are justifying your outrageous and depply offensive attacks. Debates cross over pages. Why not learn about wikipedia before lecturing people who know somewhat better how this place works than you do. Why not look at my user page, where you can read about my job, not that it is any of your business but I can see you are getting a kick out of being offensive. As I said to you before I pity you if you really think 2 hours a day is full time work. Please desist, I am certainly not willing to debater with you until you cease your personal attacks, SqueakBox 15:50, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

This is the ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT talk page. Use it to discuss St Michael's Mount and the article or leave it alone. As you describe yourself (persistently) as a Wikipedia veteran you should know that. If you are "deeply offended" and "extremely offended", and consider that I am "getting a kick" out of you stalking me, all you have to do is stop stalking me and my edits. (I wish you would.) You say you are not willing to debate with me - I wish you would stay true to this statement and leave me alone. Thanks. Doire, 15:53, 6 January 2006. (UTC)

Why do you think St Michael's Mount is not a part of England? It was the last time I was there and I am sure it would have got in the papers if its status had changed. What you fail in your anger to understand is that I am here because I disagree with your edits which is why your stalking claims are pure paranoid fantasy. Nor, might I add, am i the only editor to think this way. It is you against the other editors here as well as at Cornwall. Why? Because you insist on misrepresenting your POV bnationalist Cornish views as facts and falsely label those who disagree with you as English nationalists, which I am certainly not, and your portrayal of me and others as such is yet another sign of your bad faith, SqueakBox 16:39, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

And as the latest edit shows I am not the only one who feels this way. Please take note, SqueakBox 16:41, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Skellig Michael link added because it is also an celtic island shrine to St Michael Reedgunner 17:25, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tides?

This article mentions that remains of trees can be seen at "neap tide." However, this does not make a great deal of sense, since the adjective 'neap' refers to a higher-than-usual low tide, or a lower-than-usual high tide, a phenomenon which occurs twice monthly at the half-moons. I imagine that whoever wrote this meant to say "spring tide," which is when the low tide is extremely low, and the high tide is extremely high. Wherease a neap low tide would actually expose LESS that a regular low tide, a spring low tide would reveal a great deal more. Since I can't be 100% sure that there is not some bizarre local phenomenon whereby neap tides somehow reveal more than spring tides, I have simply changed the wording to "low tide." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.143.213.61 (talk) 23:06, 6 December 2006 (UTC).