Talk:William Speirs Bruce

Truncated biography
Does anyone intend to continue this article, which stops when Bruce was 26 years old and has nothing whatever to say about the important events of his life? At present it is hardly more use than a stub. Brianboulton (talk) 00:12, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately I was unable to complete the biographical entry I started. Please feel free to continue it, or to dispense with it as you see fit.Imkgeo (talk) 11:30, 18 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I am intending to build up the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition first. When I 've done that I will tuen my attention here. Brianboulton (talk) 11:50, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I am now working on the extension of this biographical article. Because my sources are different from those used by Imkgeo I have had to abandon most of his/her material as I can't cite it. Brianboulton (talk) 21:05, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Proposal to remove date-autoformatting
Dear fellow contributors

MOSNUM no longer encourages date autoformatting, having evolved over the past year or so from the mandatory to the optional after much discussion there and elsewhere of the disadvantages of the system. Related to this, MOSNUM prescribes rules for the raw formatting, irrespective of whether or not dates are autoformatted. MOSLINK and CONTEXT are consistent with this.

There are at least six disadvantages in using date-autoformatting, which I've capped here:

Removal has generally been met with positive responses by editors. I'm seeking feedback about this proposal to remove it from the main text (using a script) in about a week's time on a trial basis. The original input formatting would be seen by all WPians, not just the huge number of visitors; it would be plain, unobtrusive text in the prevailing format for the article, which would give greater prominence to the high-value links. BTW, anyone has the right to object, and my aim is not to argue against people on the issue. Tony  (talk)  12:52, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Scottish?
He was born/grew up in England and had a Welsh mother. Did he see himself as "Scottish?" If not, calling him British is more neutral.--85.211.120.106 (talk) 13:09, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Bruce's marriage details
The following text was added to the "Marriage and family life" section in August 2012, by an IP editor, presumably Colin B. Withers:

" However, his marriage has now been found. It took place on the 26 January 1901, at Nigg, in Ross & Cromarty, at the Chapelhill United Free Church after banns. Bruce gave his occupation as Naturalist and Zoologist, son of Samuel Noble Bruce, surgeon MRCS, and a bachelor, while Jessie gave her status as a spinster, daughter of Alexander Mackenzie, master tailor, deceased. Bruce gave his residence as 17 Joppa Road, Portobello, Edinburgh, while Jessie gave hers as Chapelhill, Nigg, and as one of the witnesses was Isabella Mackenzie it would appear that Nigg was Jessie's home parish. (Colin B. Withers)."

This is interesting and relevant. It would be good to include in the article at least the date and location of the wedding, if not the supplementary detail. However, we need a reliable source for any information that is added; this is a featured article for which the standards of sourcing are stringent. An online genealogy site would not be considered of sufficient reliability. If Colin Withers is still watching this page, perhaps he would state exactly where he got the information from. Brianboulton (talk) 15:13, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

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