Talk:Roderick Haig-Brown

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I think that Roderick Haig-Brown the father is a great Canadian icon and should have his own page. I hope Alan doesn't mind that I have written a short biography of his dad. If anything is amiss, of course, I encourage changes.

--Jpaquett 04:56, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

A Question of Nationality.
Should it not be stated that he was a British by birth? Also at the time of his birth there was no such thing as "Canadian Nationality", people were merely British subjects in both Canada and Britian. It sounds frankly strange to state that this almost quintessential Englishman was Canadian by nationality, just because he lived in Canada and became famous there..... Any comments.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Canadaman1 (talk • contribs) 03:53, 4 September 2013 (UTC)


 * The page mixes mdy and dmy dates. Is that a related schizophrenia?


 * What do you suggest regarding the national lead, infobox nationality, and national categories? They complement each other of course, and need not strictly match.
 * Do you know anything about Haig-Brown's own identification at any time in his life?
 * Infobox writer has a citizenship field that may be used in a complex way; say, with two entries or with parenthetical explanation. I recall seeing "(from 1982)". Our Anne McCaffrey uses the nationality field liberally, "Irish (naturalized citizen)" --should that be naturalised citisen?-- No doubt it should be understood that McCaffrey's USA birthplace and Haig-Brown's England birthplace provide some context for what we do say in nationality and citizenship fields.


 * It's possible to do more in the body of the article, of course. Eg, what did it mean for an expelled British student to "find his way to British Columbia"? What was BC's or Vancouver's relation to the "British Colonial Civil Service"? What was a US visa in context of his logging job and return to "Canada"? All this doesn't need explicit coverage but a careful reader ignorant of Canada or BC history should be able to draw some correct inferences.


 * WP:Canada /British Columbia may provide guidance, or WP:BEmpire.
 * See also WP:UKNATIONALS.
 * William Plomer is called "South African and British" in his lead sentence (which I unlinked yesterday). --P64 (talk) 20:02, 9 September 2013 (UTC)