Talk:Trethevy Quoit

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[edit] Controversy over the site

This text was removed - "In 1999 there was some controversy regarding this site and others under the care of the English Heritage organisation. The Cornish Stannary Parliament wrote to English Heritage asking them to remove all signs bearing their name from Cornish sites by July 1999 as they regard the ancient sites as Cornish heritage, not English. Over eleven months eighteen signs were removed by members of the Cornish Stannary and a letter was sent to English Heritage saying "The signs have been confiscated and held as evidence of English cultural aggression in Cornwall. Such racially motivated signs are deeply offensive and cause distress to many Cornish people". Cornish Stannary Parliament tackles English cultural aggression in Cornwall. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.134.68.197 (talk) 18:58, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

The text was removed, and the same paragraph was removed from all of the English Heritage sites in Cornwall, because it referred to a publicity stunt. The insertion was clearly an attempt to publicise the cause of a small protest group, referred locally as "Several unelected, and unrepresentative bodies, have taken it on themselves to put forward the notion that Cornwall is a separate entity within the UK. This is patently false" Petition against the Stannary Parliament

An official Wikipedia consensus, to be found at Talk:Tintagel Castle, concluded that this was the case, and amended all the articles accordingly. Having been thwarted by Wikipedia policy on the main encyclopedia pages, the anonymous protester, still insists on publising this stunt on the talk pages. Unfortunately, Wiki protocol prevents me from wiping this unilaterally. Putney Bridge 21:01, 22 February 2007 (UTC)