Talk:Great Cumbrae

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[edit] Cumbrae, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae

I note Cumbrae is currently a redirect to Great Cumbrae, but I imagine there are contexts (eg definitions of local government boundaries) in which Cumbrae means both islands. Laurel Bush 10:48, 6 February 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Notable residents

Donald Swan (painter) and Linsey Weir (animator) don't seem to be notable enough to have their own articles or appear in and googling doesn't show anything relevant either, therefore I'm removing them. --JBellis 17:47, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

ditto Linsey Weir, Alexander "Greek" Thomson (architect) has no connection with the island noted here, and the Duncan Macrae page has no hint that he was a resident. ...dave souza, talk 10:27, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cumbrae, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae vandalisation

You are absolutely right, there are "contexts" - unfortunately you don't get them.

I NOTE -- that non-residents have been butchering this page since my last visit. Will Laurel Bush, Bellis and Dave Souza desist from vandalising this page, please.

Donald Swan's paintings form part of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery collection. He was an important Scottish artist with many works in private and public collections. I guess that you vandals don't know about Ronald Stevenson and James Cumming either - I doubt if even you've heard of the Slade School of Art, Cottier, Leiper, etc. either.

Alexander Greek Thomson - my pal lives in his holiday house. It's over 150 years old. It's documented. STOP MAKING ASSUMPTIONS.

Duncan Macrae has an official Scottish Screen Plaque on public display outside his house on Kames Bay. Hardly no hint... STOP MAKING ASSUMPTIONS.

OH, AND STOP DESTROYING THE FACTS. THIS PAGE IS A TOTAL SHAMBLES BECAUSE OF DESTRUCTIVE AND INCORRECT EDITING.

I give up. You people don't live here, don't know the heritage, don't know the personalities and yet still delete truthful and verifiable material, replacing it with your own conjecture. STOP GOOGLING AND ACTUALLY LIVE A LIFE.

Another lie - who exactly is Linsey Weir? WHERE has that come from? IT'S RUBBISH! My original entry cites Lynn Ferguson - the voice of Mac in Chicken Run. Cordeaux 21:43, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Page is ruined

Don't believe a word of this article, its been butchered by wiki zealots who are thousands of miles away. Cordeaux 21:42, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to revert any of my edits. Re-reading them, I don't think I introduced new information, merely re-arranged existing in an attempt to make the article more encyclopaedic. Local knowledge would be most welcome; above all, challenge anything that is factually wrong. Finavon 22:36, 2 May 2007 (UTC)