Talk:King Alfred's Tower

Copyvio?
Moved to temp page to facilitate copyright infringement-free editing while not compromising Wikiepdia with copyrighted text. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 16:04, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


 * From Chris Nelms of AlfredsTower.info via e-mail:
 * Several years ago [sic] the original Wikipedia page on King Alfred's Tower was lifted verbatim from my website; I have no idea by whom. Equally I have no idea who is behind the existing entry.

I am a believer in using the internet to share information freely. My Alfred's Tower website has grown largely thanks to the generous contributions of many others so I am not at all precious about my own modest efforts. I endeavour to verify all the facts that appear on the site and I am happy for any of this information to be repeated on Wikipedia. My only proviso is in the use of images, several of which are copyright yet have been shamelessly taken to appear on other websites (not Wikipedia) without permission. I wrote the text of the site and am happy unconditionally for it to be reproduced but I would ask you to exercise caution in the use of images from the site.
 * -- RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 16:05, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Somerset v Wiltshire
Does anyone know why this is categorised in Wiltshire when Images of England clearly lists it in the civil parish of Brewham in South Somerset. I will change this but if anyone knows better or has other sources which argue please discuss here.&mdash; Rod talk 19:03, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Suggested Change: Ethandun to Edington
The Battle of Edington article calls it the Battle of Edington; the King Alfred's Tower article calls the same battle the Battle of Ethandun (User Dzw49 having changed Edington to Ethandun in the King Alfred's Tower article in February, 2009). On the Talk page for King Alfred's Tower I'm suggesting the reference(s) there be changed back to Edington and I'm mentioning it on the Battle of Edington Talk page because there has been much discussion about Edington v Ethandun

Frans Fowler (talk) 03:11, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
 * This has been debated on the Battle of Edington article several times. The conclusion was most modern historians now agree that Edington was the site of the battle, based largely on the trail of evidence that we have outlined in the "Location of the battle" section. The use of the Old English name Ethandun (and variations), is still in use on monuments and works of fiction, so there should still be a reference to it. eg: Battle of Edington previously known as Ethandun, according to MoS Ethandun should be italicised as it is not an English word.Wilfridselsey (talk) 10:18, 25 December 2014 (UTC)