Talk:East Kilbride
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Does anybody know any infomation on Jean or Jenny Cameron who lived on Blacklaw Farm in the now St leoards district of East Kilbride. She died in 1773 and was a strong supporter of the Jacobites, there were rumours of her involvement with Bonnie Prince Charlie where they had a brief affair but i would like more detail wherever possible. Thank You
There is a small memorial to her under a tree in a park on top the small hill adjacent to Blacklaw Primary School. I'll take a picture next time I'm passing. GullibleKit 18:24, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Local Clubs and Organistaions Section?
I am somewhat disappointed to see some of the external links removed from this page as I believe this to go against one of the main key policies of Wikepedia - "Respect other contributors". Just because the page editor at the time has no interest in some of the local clubs and organisations, does not necessarily mean that the next person to read the article shares that viewpoint. Feel free to re-factor/re-structure/re-vamp the content, but please don’t delete the content just because it is of no interest to you! I fully appreciate that Wikipedia should not be bogged down with hundreds of external links, but surely some can be of interest to both local people and also to other site visitors? So with this is mind I propose that another section is created to house these links to “Local Clubs and Organisations”.
[edit] Merging Area Articles
I'd argue that each area within East Kilbride are not notable by themselves, perhaps they should all be merged either into this article or one 'Area's of EK' article. Any opinions? No Way Back 10:42, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
It would seem to be a sensible idea. Fraslet 12:30, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
I don't agree, specifically because I'm aiming to upload photos for each seperate area. High Whitehills and Whitehills could be merged though, as they are the exact same area, usually referred to just as Whitehills. GullibleKit 19:00, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
I don't agree either and see the various areas/schemes within East Kilbride as separate entities, deserving of their own space.
[edit] Re-Vamping The Article
I'm going to go grab some photo's sometime in the near future, I've redone the Area's in EK bit to make it look a little prettier until I can get enough material together to write something on each area and put it all on this page. They're not really worth their own page. Added the side bar for general stats too - I'm not sure what the postal codes are (the one's listed are Glasgow's, not EK specifically) so if anyone else knows them, that would help.
I removed a fair few links, mostly because Wikipedia is not a place to advertise clubs. The one's I've left are general information resources and seem to be relativley non-biased. No Way Back 13:17, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Postal codes updated. GullibleKit 18:22, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] David Ure Quote
I don't mind it in the article. It reads like Point of View, but I think that's okay if you're quoting. I added a cite tag though since I can't seem to find the quote on-line, just plenty of info on Ure. I'm not happy with the format of it though, if anyone has any ideas, I'm open to them . No Way Back 21:04, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Industry and commerce
I've put an 'industry and commerce' heading to mention NEL. Other might like to add more under that heading.RDT2 11:38, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] gaelic name
I suggested removing the gaelic translation of the town name. But someone reverted it back. They argued that since theres a small community of gaelic speakers then it should stay. However there are also small communities of Urdu speakers, should we have an Urdu translation of east kilbride added too? How about Polish? Turkish? etc. Gaelic isnt an historical language in the town either. Prior to the adoption of Old Scots (or Old Englisc) we were speaking Brythonic or Old Welsh. Perhaps we should have the Welsh version added too. Maybe Dwyrain llan Brid? Or something like that. Why not add the Scots version since most folk in the town have some knowledge of the dialect. How would that go? East Kirk o' Breed? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.40.203.253 (talk • contribs) 19:25, 3 December 2006 (UTC).
The village of East Kilbride was founded under its Gaelic name, hundreds of years ago, hence why it has an official Gaelic title and hence why it should be included. 212.219.250.36 10:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Do you have any sources that my town was founded under the name Cille Bhrìghde an Ear? I think its more to do with gaelic being one of the officially recognised languages of Scotland than anything else. Anyway, my argument still stands, Kilbride may be of Gaelic origin but the town and region is not an historical Gaelic speaking area.
It is an area which promotes Gaelic speaking - a number of the primary schools and Claremont High teach it. But even if there isn't, all the Scottish town articles give Gaelic names - just look at Glasgow and Hamilton, I doubt the concentration of Gaelic speakers is much higher there, but the Gaelic name is given. In all honesty, what is the problem? GullibleKit 10:34, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
I can barely believe the stupidity of what I am reading. "Kilbride may be of Gaelic origin but the town and region is not an historical Gaelic speaking area" - self-evidently there is a history of Gaelic being spoken in the area if the town has a name derived from Gaelic! "should we have an Urdu translation" - whether you like it or not, we in Scotland, and no-one else, are the custodians of Scottish Gaelic. If your pathetic Scottish cringe and self-loathing makes you feel the need to justify everything Scottish you are unable to simply jettison in terms of what it means for other cultures and traditions then you can at least accept we have a responsibility to the world community to preserve our own contribution to its diversity. For goodness sake, I wouldn't expect someone in Mumbai to provide translations of everything into Gaelic or Scots despite the significant contribution Scots made to that regions legal and educational systems.
[edit] Population
According to mid-2004 population estimates East Kilbride's population is 73,820. This would make it the 7th largest settlement in Scotland behind the settlements of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Falkirk and Dunfermline, with 75,600. Not much in it between EK and Dunfermline, I know, but should the article be changed to refect this? Benson85 22:51, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Don't know where you are getting your figures from. Both Falkirk and Dunfermline are considerably smaller than East Kilbride (circa 35,000) As stated in the article East Kilbride is 6th behind Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and Paisley. 194.200.145.5 15:21, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
