User:Catfish Jim and the soapdish/Archive I

Good work, Jim!
I'm glad to see Carnoustie getting some loving attention. Cheers Derek Ross | Talk 21:17, 21 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks! There's a lot still to do, but I'll keep hammering away at it for the moment. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 09:17, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Carnoustie
You are wrong in assuming that Càrn Fheusda is a conjectural form of Carnoustie. It is actually recorded in eastern Gaelic dialects. Therefore I have replaced it. --MacRusgail (talk) 15:46, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Scotland in the High Middle Ages
I reverted your edit about town size. Barrow's quote is accurate and referenced, and in fact your counter-argument (if 3000 is accurate ... no idea where you got that from though) actually backs Barrow's assertion up. Regarding your insertion of an OR tag earlier (which I just noticed)... well, I don't remember if the refs in that section cover it(need to check them out), but it ain't "OR". Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 14:56, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Carnoustie
Hi Jim, Thanks for the message, no problems. If you are going for GA, I suggest that you look at Raasay, Glasgow, Birmingham, Belfast, as examples. The GA standard as been tightened up, so it might be worth looking looking at UK articles that have recently got GA, such as Geology of Somerset. Relevant Photos will certainly help. Best of look. Pyrotec (talk) 10:09, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I been busy in real life, but have now replied on my talkpage. Pyrotec (talk) 09:10, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

re. Carnoustie
Good to see someone else busy around-and-about Scotland: reading well, that is. Best wishes for your ongoing work :) Regards, David. Harami2000 (talk) 15:41, 1 September 2008 (UTC)


 * *g* Am sure it will be of use! And also a *lot* more focused than my current self-imposed task going around the whole of Scotland updating the 2001/06 population stats with an aim to add an infobox to every settlement >500.
 * Oh, and if someone could get a road sign pointing to the big hotel so that I don't need to ask locals on the bus (just caught it in time), that would be appreciated, too. ;)
 * Cheers, David. Harami2000 (talk) 15:52, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

(copied over) > Thanks for having a look at it post-nomination. I hope I haven't bitten off more than I can chew!
 * I was going to have a look back later, but you hadn't stopped editing for long enough in the past couple of days for me to do so without stepping on your feet!
 * Got a smile that you went /directly/ for the GA nomination process rather than taking that in stages; but I know how opinions can vary on the grades prior to that, so perhaps not a bad idea even if it keeps the GA-verifiers busy! Also, there's the benefit of clearer, structured feedback from the GA process than the (sometimes arbitrary vs. the stated checklists) processes prior to that.
 * Will be interesting to watch and I'll have a careful nudge as/where might be of assistance, even though I'm no "expert". Thanks again for all that effort. Cheers, David. Harami2000 (talk) 23:52, 3 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey, I'll be happy if one of the neds that hangs outside the Spar has the momentary realisation that the whole reason they're standing there is that some guy fell asleep on that spot 200 years ago and thought, "Wouldn't it be neat to build a house here?" :) Catfish Jim and the soapdish (talk) 00:10, 4 September 2008 (UTC)


 * g*. I didn't get far enough to see that side of the local culture: that's immediately after/next to the bus stop I hopped of at, I think?
 * Appreciation for history (and the somewhat random nature of that!) ain't always easy to instill, but a worthy goal regardless of individual reception. Plus the WP article /is/ a useful long-term reference on a broader basis, of course.
 * aside: I deliberately started feedback lower in the article to come back to that header section later, since I think that will probably still require a bit of tweaking, too... but I wasn't sure precisely in what way yet. Might be worth another check against other GAs, especially recent ones, related to settlements; if you have the time?
 * Going to have to quit early tonight, alas, but will have another check-by/read-through/catch-up after work tomorrow if poss. Harami2000 (talk) 00:35, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Medieval Scotland interests
I get the smell from some of your edits that you might have a wee interest in medieval Scotland. Am I right? If so, welcome welcome. You might wanna check out WikiProject Medieval Scotland for a list of other users with this inclination, and for other stuff. There is also, of course, WikiProject Scotland and the WikiProject Middle Ages. If you are an entirely new user, then I hope your early experience of wiki has been good. Let me know if there's anything I can help you with. Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 18:43, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

I don't have access to quite the number of resources just this minute that I could have, but going through the first two volumes of the regesta regum Scottorum, Carnoustie is unmentioned, though there are a couple of references to a church at Barry being given to Arbroath Abbey. It seems later from Cowan's Parishes of Medieval Scotland to have went to Balmerino, but I only have a photocopy of the appendix and not the rest of the book to look up the original entry (If you can do that, you should). Searching the records of the parliaments of Scotland is always good. There is on the other more stuff about Panbride and Panmure (and of course Monifieth). This area was very intensively settled by English and French in the late 12th century. I can tell you off the top of my head that Panmure was given to the de Valognes, an immigrant family who during the reign of William the Lion supplied him with a chamberlain. I was actually contemplating starting an article about Philip de Valognes, as just the other day I was reading about some documents attributed to him by later medieval bureaucrats. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 21:02, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Carnoustie possible nomination for FA
Sorry, I been busy in real life, but I'm back for a week or so. I've not done a FAC before. This is criteria it has to meet - Featured article criteria. I'll try and assess it this weekend, but I have no track record on FACs, so the real FAC may be far worst than my comments. You may also wish to consider a Peer review before you go for the FAC.Pyrotec (talk) 20:47, 23 January 2009 (UTC)


 * It will fail on lack of references.
 * Consider Toponymy:
 * {citation needed} flag present; and none of the statements (in the same paragraph) after that have citations.
 * Need to sort that.
 * citations appear both before and after commas/full stops - should be after.
 * I think I've caught them all.
 * The origin of the town - first para has no refs.
 * I've referenced the Barry Parish Records... I'll have to check if I've referenced them properly.
 * Geography - several paras have no citations.
 * Yes, it could be better written.
 * * some citations have a full stop in front and one behind.
 * I think I've caught those.
 * I'm not sure that this - "East Haven, Angus can be reached via a narrow, unclassified road running past the old Panbride Bleachfield from West Haven. East Haven links to the A92 at the Salmond's Muir junction by a road that runs via Scryne and Hatton. Panbride village links to this road at Scryne via Craig Mill Den. At the West end of Carnoustie, the A930 now bypasses Barry village and links with Monifieth via Conchie's Corner at West Cotside." - is encyclopaedic. It needs a rewrite and (if you keep it) citations.
 * I'll think about that one. I'll probably condense it a bit. Catfish Jim and the soapdish (talk) 16:29, 26 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I'm only giving the bad bits; there are good bits but they get taken for granted in an FAC.Pyrotec (talk) 21:19, 23 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't do FACs so I'll give you a hand in cleaning it up for FAC, but that won't be for a few days.Pyrotec (talk) 21:27, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar
Hi Catfish Jim and the soapdish, Thanks for the Barnstar that you awarded to me today, it is very much appreciated.Pyrotec (talk) 16:56, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Re:Camus
You're clearly working on it, so don't see the harm is there is enough material. I changed the name of the page though, from "Danish general" to "folklore"; change that again if you want, it's just that Danish used in that way is misleading as the word here seems to carry the older meaning of "Scandinavian" rather than our "someone from Denmark" meaning. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 11:45, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Welcome
Welcome to the Paleolithic diet! Please continue to weigh in on Featured article review/Paleolithic diet. &mdash; Mattisse (Talk) 00:49, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

My motives
Hi, I understand your concerns, but I am only trying to apply the WP:NOR policy as I understand it. Anyways, it's good that you're there to press the common sense approach, I have a hard time with WP:IAR. I should have brought this article to FAR myself, since I was aware of the comprehensiveness and NPOV issues; the article will be better for it now. I've added some stuff in the to-do box. Please add to that list anything I may have overlooked. Cheers! --Phenylalanine (talk) 11:47, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Dundee
i've seen that the Dundee page has dropped to B status and i would like to point you out to the work that i have done on the landmarks section in the Kirkcaldy page for inspiration. also got some info about Dundee in one of my books, so if you need any help, let me know. Kilnburn (talk) 12:07, 13 April 2009 (UTC)