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[edit] Gruffydd Robert

Thanks for adding to the Welsh poetry list - how did Lewys Glyn Cothi slip by me?! - it's much appreciated. Hope you don't mind that I removed Gruffydd Robert; he's already on the Welsh authors list and isn't normally classed as a poet anyway. The (roughly) pre-1600 poet list was intended for poets in the bardic tradition or, in the case of the 16th century, who worked mainly within it. I'd do more here myself but I mainly work on the Welsh wiki, cy.wikipedia, and have more than enough work to do there, to say the least! If you fancy putting in a Stub or two...? Too much red on that list! Cheers / Hwyl Enaidmawr 23:49, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Janus, diolch am ateb. Your suggestion of a page for Welsh language poets 1600+ sounds good to me. It would at least provide a starting point, if only a few paragraphs on each century and as many links to existing pages as possible (not difficult!). I did pretty much all the "Welsh language authors" page as well (both that and the pre-1600 poetry list are paralelled on the Welsh site, but perhaps a bit less full here). I can only promise to put in a paragraph or so perhaps a couple of times a week, but I'll see how things go. Usually arrive here at bedtime, like now, after a few hours on the Welsh wiki. I'll try to add a few things if you get an Anglo-Welsh page going as well. Oh, I changed Dafydd ap Edmund to Dafydd ab Edmwnd on list and article (moved), by the way. Do you have access to Meic Stephens' "Companion to Welsh Literature"? That would give you plenty to go on and solve spelling problems; just name, period, place of birth and at least one bibliographical reference would be a good start on any of the red links on both lists. Well, time to call it a night I think. Nice talking. Hwyl, Fôn Enaidmawr 00:49, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
PS Don't worry too much about your knowledge of Welsh if you feel like adding something on cy.wikipedia - many of the regulars are learners and mistakes are common! Gaps all over the place in all subjects; just take your pick and try maybe a short sentence "Mae X yn dref yn Y" (X is a town in Y) plus a pic (English wiki code works for images and category on welsh wiki). Nos da!

[edit] Rhys Goch ab Riccert

Hi Janus, thanks for the work on Welsh poets. I took out Rhys Goch ab Riccert - he was an attested historical person, the ancestor of two 15th century poets, but no evidence he was a poet himself. The only reference to him is in an old genealogical chart relating to Lewys Morgannwg, one of those poets. In the 18th century Iolo Morganwg - great forger as he was! - invented a corpus of poems in his name; their authorship has long been discredited. Unfortunately many people up to the end of the 19th century took Iolo at his word - he was a gifted poet - so don't trust any reference to a medieval poet or manuscript that mentions Iolo without checking it out somewhere else. Some modern popular works on things Celtic will sometimes blithely use material derived from Iolo as well.

I feel a bit guilty as I haven't found the time to do much since I last wrote but I'll add a few things in the next few days when I get an evening to myself. Hwyl, Enaidmawr 20:22, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

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