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[edit] Rugby union project

There's a Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby union that you probably don't know about. The league equivalent is working quite nicely but the union one only has five participants. I've seen quite a few of your edits on Scottish rugby union pages so I wondered whether you are interested. You don't have to sign up but your contribution would be welcomed.GordyB 11:01, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Ryuvsadon.png

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[edit] Category:Users who support the Scotland national rugby union team

Hi, I see you are a Scottish rugby supporter, according to the list of participants on Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby union. If that is right, please join me in the above category as it's a wee bit lonely just now! Cheers, --Historian 13:07, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome!

I've just noticed that you have been here a while and nobody welcomed you! Here follows the standard blurb, but you truly are very welcome. Thanks also for the (unsigned!!) message you left at my Talk page. I really do not know how on earth I managed to delete the images: that was a total accident - I was probably working too fast. Thanks for re-adding. As far as the other edits are concerned, I was trying to remove things written in a non-encyclopaedic fashion. By all means improve the article, but please use WP:CITE, and write in an appropriate tone. Also, please visit Scottish Wikipedians' notice board. Ta.

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Welcome!

Hello, Retro junkies, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! --Mais oui! 12:38, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox Situation

Hello retro, I notice that you have created a second scottish infobox without gaelic and scots fields. While this is roughly an outcome that I agree with, I don't think it is best to start creating splinters to the infobox situation. The decision to include the two fields was taken without any discussion, and I am on record as stating that a lack of consensus before implementation was not a good idea. There is now a discussion on the situation here and I would encourage you to post your views. In the meantime I have reverted your use of the second infobox in Selkirk, as it is better that everything remains consistent until a settled decision is made. Best Wishes, SFC9394 12:19, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Debate, Vote and Consensus on use of names in Scottish wiki articles

Rather than embaressing yourself by making ludicrous accusations of 'vandalism' against any who might edit in a manner approved by the accepted conventions for an article but against your own bigotry you may well want to voice your dissent on the relevant debate Here which happened fairly recently and which reached a consensus which disagrees with your particular bias. An Siarach

REPLY: so where will you stop? putting galeic on the ipod page or anything you like? because im sure your "magic" dictionary can make up gaelic names for all that stuff.

[edit] Retrospective

"I live in the Borders, and most people there are offended by any suggestion that gaelic has been spoken" [sic]

Do they even know where names like Innerleithen or Auchencrow come from? How did these names appear in the Borders? Did they appear by magic? By the way, neither of these names come from Brythonic or Anglo-Saxon (Old English)

i dont know who left this, since they didnt write there name, but my point still stands, if any of these people were to get off their soapboxs and read a book or visit the south they would know and understand that the vast majority want nothing to do with gaelic
Did you do spelling at school? I've read plenty of books, and my point stands. Why are there Gaelic placenames in the region if "it was never in the area"? You'll be telling me there was never any Norse there soon too. Oh, yes, and I have visited the "south".
"the vast majority want nothing to do with gaelic" - Do they teach French, German or Spanish there? Does anyone complain?

they certainly do not teach gaelic in the borders, please contact the SQA if u dont believe me. and also i have no idea where auchencrow is its not in the borders


Actually, they do. There are evening classes in Earlston, Peebles and Kelso. They're well-supported and people also love finding out how rich and varied Scottish culture really is. Students from these classes have gone on to take courses at Telford College and Sabhal Mor Ostaig. There's also an organisation, Gaelic in the Borders, which has over forty members, not bad for such a widely-scattered rural area. I'm a lowlander by upbringing and have lived in the Borders for nearly 30 years and I can honestly say it's been en eye-opener to me, learning Gaelic. I wish I'd been taught more about Highland culture in school.

[edit] i agree with your point

It seems to me though that User:retro_junkies has a point, very few people if any speak or understand Gaelic in these areas, so it seems quite misleading to have the Gaelic names on there town names, giving the impression that this is considered the norm.

Byerswerks 03 April 16:34 (UTC)

[edit] AfD

An article you created has been nominated for deletion. Feel free to contribute to the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Post-pub. Joyous | Talk 11:11, 3 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image:41326616 arthursalutes203b.jpg

This image appears to have a logo on the bottem right. Where did you take the photograph?Genidealingwithfairuse 20:41, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Oldbordersrugby.gif listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Oldbordersrugby.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Nv8200p talk 04:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

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