Talk:Dolwyddelan Castle

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 * Dolwyddelan Castle from Railway Station.jpg

Suggestion
It’s greatly improved, for which many thanks. I think I would mention its status as a Scheduled monument and a Grade I listed building, certainly in the body, and probably in the lead as well. You could also put the SM status in the info box. KJP1 (talk) 07:42, 12 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Added it to infobox at least.  Dank Jae  18:30, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for having a look! I've mentioned the listing and scheduling in the lead, and thanks to @DankJae for sorting the infobox. A.D.Hope (talk) 13:31, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

"Predates" vs. "was built before"
"Predates" is shorter than "was built before". It means the same thing, and it is adequately separated by its context here from the homograph describing the act of predation. But it is also a more learned and much rarer usage over which, I suspect, many of its intended audience will stumble briefly. At this edit it has been reinstated. I suggest that we should change "predates" to "was built before". Comments? Richard Keatinge (talk) 17:24, 12 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Interesting. Normally I also prefer the simplest forms, avoiding a "learned" word if another simpler expression expresses the same (even when I personally fully understand the "learned" form). But in this case, I personally feel "predates" is better. While English is my second language, I have seen the word "predates" many times and completely understand its meaning (even though my native language, Danish, doesn't have a word for it). So, surprisingly to me, I lean somewhat towards "predates" over "was built before". But I have no strong opinion about it. Jhertel (talk) 13:06, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how we'd go about assessing how well the word is understood, but I think it falls into the vocabulary a general reader with some interest in the subject would understand (which is why I reverted it). A.D.Hope (talk) 10:25, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Support 'predates'. I prefer predated rather than post-dated in another circumstance as well!SovalValtos (talk) 10:54, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wales § Cadw's renaming of castles
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wales § Cadw's renaming of castles. &#x0020;Concerning the bolding and formatting of the Welsh name in this article following its adoption by Cadw.  Dank Jae  20:19, 14 July 2024 (UTC)