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[edit] An Encyclopedia

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Bluegold 23:19, 20 March 2006 (UTC)


I really had to laugh at this Bluegold as you are a sockpuppet master, with some sockpuppets dating back at least two years. Your reputation is in tatters and don't accuse people of vandalism, just because you have an aggressive P.O.V pushing style. I edited the Irish instruments page with credible empirical sources and thats not termed as vandalism just because it contradicts with your views. Please look up WP:Vandalism and also exercise caution before seriously editing articles on medieval Scotland without empirical backup as the topic is very well researched on wikipedia, by myself and others including Calgacus. Celtic Harper 16:08, 18 May 2006 (UTC)


Hi CelticHarper, Bluegold here. Actually I have no problem with any of your editing, so please don't get hung-up about past edits or histories, neither have I any axe to grind with either Calgacus or yourself, and I do respect you both as good Wikipedians. Just remember this, everyone in Wikipedia has a degree of POV, and Jimbo Wales says the same thing on one of his pages. The idea here is to create an encyclopedia that everyone can read, without POV or propaganda leaping out from the pages. Remember we all have POV, just working around it is sometimes the problem. Bluegold 15:08, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sock puppetry

I’ll take that as an apology for your aggressive POV pushing, sock puppetry, accusations and slander against me on the harp discussion. Celtic Harper 16:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Curiosity about Irish name for Wales

I agree with the edit revert on the Wales page [...] Because of what has been said here I feel I have to defend my exemplary character and honesty.

Fair enough. I'm intrigued about An Bhreatain Bheag by the way. My Gaelic is limited, but I'm pretty sure it translates literally as 'Little Britain', right? I also see that Brittany (Welsh Llydaw) is called An Bhriotáin in Irish. So if you don't mind satisfying my curiosity, what's the difference between An Bhreatain and An Bhriotáin and what makes Wales the little one? garik 14:46, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Humph. having looked up the areas of both, I'm dismayed to find that Wales is actually smaller than Brittany. We must get round to reclaiming Cumbria sometime... garik 14:52, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


Yeah it’s a weird one and I’m puzzled myself. An Bhreatain and An Bhriotáin, are both are pronunced virtually the same. Irish and Scottish Gaelic spelling does look different, due to the spelling reform in Ireland in the 1950s. An Bhreatain Bheag does translate as little Britian, after a lot of head scratching I came up with a theory regarding that. As far as I can see the Gales from Scotland shared a land border between themselves and the Brythonic Celts in Strathclyde, Gododdin and Rhygedd etc. Therefore they would refer to the Welsh as A' Chuimrigh which is pronunced the same as Cymru. I think that referrs to the time when the Saxons came to Britain and the Brythonic speakers took a cohesive identity. But the Old Irish speaker would still referred to the Welsh as Britons and this term transferred to “little Britain” with the creation of Ofla’s dyke (sp?). When Welsh/Brythonic Celtic culture was pushed to the west and north including Cumbria. Perhaps this also indicates why Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish all have a similar word for the English as Saxons. I could be wrong about the whole thing though.

I think the mix up with “An Bhreatain Bheag” meaning (Wales in Irish) and (Brittany in Scottish Gaelic) could be they are false friends and developed separately. But I don’t know why Brittanys called Llydaw could mean colony or something in Welsh?

About reclaiming Cumbria, I think Brittany would be better, as it has fantastic food, climate and lots of beautiful French ladys to the south. Although at the moment pissing off Zidane would be a bad idea! Celtic Harper 01:20, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE:Harp

Yep, that is definitely Bluegold (he's using the same group of IPs that Bluegold uses). I've kinda lost track of the harp page now, I guess I'll need to start being alert again. Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 00:27, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:

Hey. Really not my topic, so I can't help you that much on info. But, as far as I can tell, it looks fine to me; I mean, it needs wikified, but fine otherwise. Regards, Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 03:18, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] A couple of comments.

Hi Celtic Harper, I reverted one of your recent edits (switching the order of the Scottish Gaelic and the Irish) on North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland) - any reason for this? I looked over your contributions and detected a pattern. Most of your edits are perfectly fine and are good edits which create more accurate articles. But you probably realise that some people will be upset and you'll probably get some knee-jerk reactions and name-calling, etc. If you continue this line of editing, my advice is to be careful and to research your edits carefully (and again, I'm not suggesting you haven't, and I'm speaking from experience). I'm all for what you are doing, and if you need help, just shout. For example, one article that caught my eye was the article on selkie where you removed the Irish mythology link (someone else has since replaced it) - I believe that these the same mythological creatures known as Roane? Also your claim that Tommy Hilfiger is descended from Robert Burns is based on an unattributed reference from a single website (and a Scottish promotional one at that) - this would probably not withstand an objection and would require a stronger reference (I looked and I couldn't find one). --Bardcom (talk) 13:33, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Pictish stone

There's not much room at Insular art, and we already have lots of big stone pics, but it could be an improvement at PS above I think. It should fit in the main text, or you could start a gallery. Johnbod (talk) 15:36, 23 May 2008 (UTC)