Talk:William Hals

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Some unregistered editors wish to describe the subject of this article as "British" rather than "Cornish". Why? Vernon White '''. . . Talk''' 18:35, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Simple ... he was British! Should you think reference be made to Cornwall then this should ALSO be included. Please remember that readers outside the UK, who make up the bulk of Wikipedia, (i) will not know the finer points of British regions, (ii) want to know facts! And that include him being British. Why do you insist on changing this correct, and more helpful, description? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.153.171.112 (talk) 15:55, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Guidelines for UK nationalities says (basically) to stick with the original author's usage unless consensus is obtained to change. PLEASE sign your posts. DuncanHill (talk) 21:35, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


 * But this relates to English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh. There is nothing about the origins from individual counties. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.153.171.112 (talk) 21:51, 22 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Are there any wikipedia pages that describe Irish, Scottish, Welsh or Manx people as being 'British'? Also, I think its fair to say that William Hals was a Cornish historian in that the main subject of his work was.... The History of Cornwall. Personally I don't see anything wrong with describing a man born in Cornwall and of Cornish descent as being Cornish. Talskiddy (talk)

Cornish
I have restored "Cornish" to the opening paragraph of this article. Hals was born in Cornwall. He was a historian of Cornwall, who produced no work on the whole island of Britain.

It is foolish to include "British" in the opening paragraph on the basis that some user may not know what "Cornish" means. Vernon White '''. . . Talk''' 23:42, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Copyright violation
This article is almost entirely copied from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. For example the section "Hals's manuscripts passed to William Halse ... produced by Davies Gilbert and Joshua Polsue" is apparently word-for-word. Charles Matthews (talk) 19:17, 24 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I have started a replacement, based on the public domain DNB article published in 1890, at Talk:William Hals/Temp. DuncanHill (talk) 19:39, 24 January 2010 (UTC)