Talk:Clan MacGillivray

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BetacommandBot 13:14, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Move article to Clan Macgillivray
I propose the article be moved to Clan Macgillivray because this is the way the clan is named on the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs website.--Celtus (talk) 07:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, i moved the article.--Celtus (talk) 04:07, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I suggest that the article be moved back to Clan MacGillivray. The three external links at the bottom of the article almost exclusively use the capital G, and so do the websites of both the British and the American Clan Chattan associations. Capital G seems to be the overwhelmingly prevalent usage.71.114.103.76 (talk) 02:44, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Move?

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Moved to Clan MacGillivray Mike Cline (talk) 17:45, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Clan Macgillivray → Clan MacGillivray –
 * Capital G is the prevalent usage for the clan name, per the sources listed on the Talk page. 71.178.210.139 (talk) 17:16, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * According to the Collins Scottish Clan Encyclopedia it is spelt "Macgillivray". The book is approved by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.QuintusPetillius (talk)
 * While the SCSC (an organization the Clan MacGillivray, as an armigerous clan, obviously doesn't belong to) and its publications may spell the name with a lower-case G, there are many more sources, and reliable ones, that predominantly or exclusively spell it with a capital G: The Clan MacGillivray website under "External Links," which links to the various Clan MacGillivray associations (international, Australian, Canadian, and U.S.—all of which use capital G); the Electric Scotland and Scot Clans sites, also under "External Links"; Scottish Clans and Their Tartans, which note no. 2 links to (MacGillivray found here); the British and U.S. associations of the Clan Chattan (which, unlike the SCSC, the Clan MacGillivray does belong to); Robert McGillivray's history The Clan MacGillivray (here); and Jane Macgillivray's recent history of the 1852 inheritance controversy, The Dunmaglass Claim (here; the author generally spells the name "M'Gillivray" per 19th-century legal usage, but always with a capital G). These should demonstrate that "MacGillivray" is the standard spelling for the clan. 71.178.210.139 (talk) 04:50, 22 February 2013 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Re-write (Tagged since March 2009)
The article has been tagged as having a lack of sources/inline citations since March 2009. I will shorty be re-writing the History section with sources.QuintusPetillius (talk) 16:54, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I have removed the unsourced info in the history section. Any unsourced info can be removed from Wikipedia without warning. I have re-written the history section with sources/in-line citations. It is currently a bit brief but more can be added later providing it is properly sourced.QuintusPetillius (talk) 17:44, 20 February 2013 (UTC)