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Good point The only way to fix this is by being (more) careful... I'll go back and look at my edits. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:02, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
 * That's it I've gone through my edits and I'm done. I'll leave it up to someone else unless I can figure out a more effective method. Thanks again. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:35, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

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Flags and Lyon Court
Hi Brianann, very interesting- have not actually heard this before. But it does seem that the Lord Lyon does have some jurisdiction over flags. This would then suggest that the Lyon Court could possibly have the same power over flags as they do over arms. As a source of identity and property of the owner (who will have most likely have had it registered and have paid for the privilege) the Court has the power to enforce punishment (usually simple fines), if the flag is in conflict with another. Whether ALL flags need to be registered is different, and that I am not sure. However it seems if you do have a flag of your own, then the worst that could happen would be that a nice gentleman called the Procurator Fiscal to the Court of the Lord Lyon (currently a Mr. Alexander Green of Aberdeen) will write you a letter to tell you to cease using it or order you to register it with the Court. Best, Sodacan (talk) 16:22, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Re: The Last Ringbearer
Yes, I read it ~10 years ago when it was first published in Polish. I'll probably reread it in English at some point on my phone... have you read it yet? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk 05:46, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

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Crovan dynasty again
Are you ever going to create the article? As far as I can tell you know more about the dynasty than any scholar on the planet so a stub shouldn't be that hard. Other articles are suffering because we don't have one for them yet. I'm in and out of serious alcohol withdrawal and could do this but I've been waiting for you! You're ten times more qualified from your studies, easily. Nora lives (talk) 07:50, 8 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I was planning on working on it. I just wanted to get a couple of the bios under my belt first. It's slow going at the moment for me. Go ahead and start it. I think you can do the likely Uí Ímair heritage of the family far better than I. McDonald's 2007 book on the dynasty makes it 'almost certain' that Godred was of the Uí Ímair. He follows Hudson's 2005 book (which I haven't been able to find a copy of, but I've seen you use it).--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 08:05, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for starting it! You got to it just before I was about to and it's good because I was planning on little more than two lists, of the dynasts and references. One question I have for you is about this whole business of female line descent among the Norse. I do not know if you are familiar with Margaret Clunies Ross's Prolonged Echoes (vol. 1) where she discusses how prior to the medieval period there is evidence maternal kin were considered as close as paternal among them. (That book is on Norse mythology, and she is discussing the mythic landscape reflecting society.) So then here we have the occasional prominent scholar suggesting the possibility the Uí Ímair were female line descendants of the "founder," whomever he may have been, and the leading one today, Alex Woolf, arguing the later Clann Somhairle should be considered a female line cadet branch of the Dynasty of Ivar through the psychopathic Crovan dynasty. My question is do you think we might be looking at something more widespread among the Norse in medieval times, with the society partly remaining "how it was before" for lack of a better term? I note also the House of Munsö sometimes referred to as the House of Ivar Vidfamne from whom they seem to have descended in the female line in those traditions in which they are said to descend from him at all, and the Varangian Rurik Dynasty who have turned out to sport an ultimately non-Indo-European haplogroup even if their subclade is associated with North Germanic, not Finnic. What have you come across? I wonder if the Fairhair dynasty look like such a mess to later eyes for the same reason. The Ynglings I wish I was more familiar with. I was getting to Sweden before I "dropped out" three years ago. Nora lives (talk) 02:18, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Let me add that we are missing a lot from our medieval sources. I believe it is in Tacitus we read that the ancient Germans had a tendency to revere inspired women, such as Veleda, like goddesses, and even in the later Norse Eddas it is hinted at that Freyja, or the Vanadís as she is also known, may have been the single most powerful, or at least most influential divinity in the pantheon. Among the Uí Ímair we tantalizingly have both Máel Muire ingen Amlaíb and Cacht ingen Ragnaill styled Queen of Ireland when the positions of their husbands were more uncertain. Supporting Cacht's importance or influence is that her wedding to Donnchad mac Briain is recorded. I don't understand why our modern professional scholars don't pick up on any of this and I have to do it in WP. It's not like I'm making it up because it's right there in the annals (written by Christian males). We're working with the same sources. Maybe this isn't the right way of saying it but I think there is a tendency to see power and influence two dimensionally, or perhaps three dimensionally when we should be looking at in four. Even that sounds unsophisticated and I'm working on something better. Nora lives (talk) 04:32, 11 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure if this is quite the same, but Orkney/Caithness might be a place to to look at too. Kali Kolsson descended from the earls of Orkney only on his mother's side (he later changed his name to Ragnvald after a prominent earl from the past) and then won the earldom for himself. Harald Maddadsson's claims to Orkney and Caithness were through his mother too. I was looking for more info on Orkney and came across this quote from Barbara Crawford: "Even at this date (late tenth century) any male descendant of an earl, whether through the male or female line, could claim land an authority in the earldom". Remember William's article in West Over Sea? He notes the Caithness family of Moddan, and touches on something similar. Moddan has a Celtic name; his parentage is unknown, as is his wife's identity; he's not known to have been a jarl, yet one of his sons, Ottar, was known as a one. Williams thinks that there might be some connection between Ottar's title and the Ottars of the Irish Sea region, through his mother.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 06:13, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I had half forgotten about that. Most of my collection was lost so I will have to recover what I can recover from my email account. That's very interesting about the Earls of Orkney, with whom I have very limited familiarity. It could I think be used as support for an argument that the Uí Ímair may have been less restrictive than their Gaelic contemporaries. The Earls of Orkney were much more in the Norwegian sphere, but then again we have these theories that such as Ragnall ua Ímair inspired the character of Rognvald Eysteinsson (Woolf), legendary founder of the earldom, or that Eric Bloodaxe might have a lot to do with an Uí Ímair dynast of the same name (Downham). Looking at the sagas it can be difficult to tell what if any kin groups many individuals belong to, whether the coverage is of affairs in settlement period Iceland or more legendary earlier times in Denmark. Not so in Ireland, (Wales?,) or Anglo-Saxon England, where it's all or mostly patrilineal. For all I know the argument has already been put forward that later branches of the Fairhair dynasty in Norway may have been in the female line.


 * Have you read Matrilineality? Nora lives (talk) 11:01, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm sure (I hope) there is a giant body of literature on this. It would seem patrilineality can be associated with Christianization in our geographical context. They are certainly associated with Germanic kingship on the Continent. Nora lives (talk) 17:44, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

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Olaf(r)
Congratulations indeed. If you fancy a crack at an FA Ealdgyth would be the part of the tibia on the hind legs of the four related lineages of apid bees of course - and I'd be happy to help too, although I am very ring-rusty. Ben  Mac  Dui  18:29, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. I think I'd like to work on few more of his relatives before thinking about FA. I hope that through working on them I'll figure out ways of improving this article. This GA made me nervous enough, just the amount of time I've sunk into it I guess. I love how standard is set high at FAC, and how the reviews are critical on the content as much as the and writing, but it sure looks intimidating. Ealdgyth's articles are amazing, same with Deacon's. I'll ask them to look at it sometime in the future too. This article just isn't in the same league as Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick. Though I think that Donnchadh appears is many-many more contemporary sources than Olaf: D compared to: O. So I suppose there is just so much more actually known about him, and somewhat more written about him. In McDonald's books he goes on about how until recently the history of the Manx-Hebridean kingdom hasn't been taken as seriously as it should. Since the rulers were outsiders in their own day, they've somewhat fallen through the cracks to historians focusing on England and Scotland:

"Rǫgnvaldr, his dynasty, and his kingdom soon became casualties of the tendency to organize and write history in national, land-bound frameworks and in neatly compartmentalized chronological categories. A ruler of Gaelic-Scandinavian descent on the fringes of the British and Scandinavian medieval worlds, whose kingdom was relatively short-lived, Rǫgnvaldr languishes in historical obscurity. Even the current climate of British historical writing, with its emphasis on archipelagic, trans-national, and comparative approaches, which has otherwise done so much to draw the peripheries of medieval Britain into the centre of modern historical writing, has failed to deliver with respect to the medieval Isle of Man and its late Norse rulers."

- McDonald, RA

Earlier he wrote this:

"The fate of the Isle of Man between 1266 and 1333 neatly exemplifies the fate of the kingdom of the Isles at the hands of modern historians. As rulers on what British historians have come to term the periphery, or margin, of the Scottish kingdom, the descendants of Somerled, as well as their relatives and rivals, the Manx kings, have fallen between the cracks in modern historical writing. Most recent Scottish historical writing, for example, takes as its central theme the 'making of the kingdom' - the development of the Scottish monarchy and the territorial consolidation of the kingdom - and has paid relatively little attention to the peripheral regions. Where these regions are discussed, it is seldom in their own right, but rather in the context of the so-called 'winning of the West', the process whereby the Hebrides and Argyll in the west, Galloway in the south-west, and Moray in the north were brought under the authority of the Scottish king. Hence, the Hebrides and their rulers, the MacSorleys, are thrust into the moutld of nationalistic historical writing, which relegates them to the margins of Scotland and Ireland; they are seldom, if ever, viewed in a maritime context in their own right. ... More promising is the current trend towards a holistic British historigraphy, which is less concerned with old-fashioned nationalist history than with comparative, trans-national and cross-border themes. This approach offes the most potential for lifting the sea-kingdom of the Isles from out of its crack between two national histories, and placing it into its proper setting: that of a maritime, multi-ethnic milieu. In short, the traditional perspectives need to be turned upside down: the periphery should become the core; the core should become the margin. To the MacSorleys and Manx kings, as well as to others who plied the western seas in their war-galley, these seaways defined their core; Scotland, Ireland, and England were their periphery."

- McDonald, RA

--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 08:37, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Interesting stuff. I am sure part of the reason for this relative obscurity is indeed that the Norse-Gael presence on the western seaboard simply doesn't fit into a simple picture of "nationhood" - whether it be Gaelic, Scots or British. It hints at a more fluid and changing picture in which cultures come and go - a more realistic one in my view, but it's harder to paint. You are however doubly lucky. Firstly to have a copy of MacDonald's work. I think there is a reprint of some kind coming out in September so I'd better start saving up. Secondly, in the FA context, to be an historian. For some reason the Wiki is blessed with an array of talent in this field, which provides both support and (I imagine) potentially more of a challenge at FA. One reason I have not entered the FA room for a while is that in the context of the subjects I was interested in, the discussion was 75% plus about syntax, grammar, and other style issues and mostly rather superficial critiques of the actual content. Ben  Mac  Dui  10:58, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Good Article promotion

 * Woo. Thanks man.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 08:38, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * No problem Mugginsx.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 05:52, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

GOCE copyedit
Hi

First of all, apologies for us taking so long to get around to attending to the article. We have had a baklog drive and there has been a build-up of articles on the requests page. Does Olaf the Black still need a copy-edit? Chaosdruid (talk) 04:34, 7 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah I think so, if you could look through it that'd be great.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 05:53, 8 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Will get on it later today. Chaosdruid (talk) 07:50, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I am having a hard time getting my head around the most common English name not being used throughout the article. While I understand that you say it is becoming more used in recent times, there is still the issue of Google searches giving:
 * Books (-wikipedia), "Óláfr Guðrøðarson" = 0 ; "Olaf the Black" = 280
 * General (-wikipedia), "Óláfr Guðrøðarson" = 224 ; "Olaf the Black" = 34,200
 * As it is not part of the copy-editing process, I can do it without any difficulty, though I must admit I am more than a little surprised that something which is stated so early on in the article, "commonly known in English as Olaf the Black", can be ignored throughout, and against WP:COMMONNAME. Chaosdruid (talk) 23:53, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for going through it all. The name shouldn't be too hard to get around. The form used throughout the article is given first, and only a couple words later the form used in the title is shown. WP:COMMONNAME is about article titles. There are two Óláfr Guðrøðarsons, this one and his paternal-grandfather. Since there is no other 'Olaf the Black', this form is the best title. It doesn't mean the article has to use it throughout. It's better to be consistent, and for the most part I've followed my main source throughout.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 06:31, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I realise that, but that is what raised my query, why use the common name and then the obscure Norse version throughout the article? It makes no sense, as Olaf is easier to spell, unless there is a reason for having it the wrong way round? For one thing it interrupts the reader as they have no clue how to pronounce the names. The issue of using the first name is covered by Manual_of_Style_(biographies), and perhaps there is something in Naming conventions (people) that might clear it up. Chaosdruid (talk) 18:30, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * It makes sense to use the Old Norse form when the article consistently uses Old Norse forms for Crovan dynasty, and (for the most part) Gaelic ones for their rivals Clann Somairle. The reader isn't going to completely thrown off because the title is mentioned in the first sentence. I think that "Óláfr Guðrøðarson, commonly known in English as Olaf the Black" is good way of starting off, because the reader will clue-in that Óláfr is the name he is going by in the article, and that the two names don't specifically mean the same things, and that one is more commonly used than the other. The following note shows the reader that the first name is Old Norse and that it is a patronym; while the other name is English and refers to a nickname which is rendered differently in Old Norse. I've asked at Talk:Old_Norse if someone is able to render the Norse names into IPA for the lead.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 09:30, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

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Hi, I just came by to say that I have finished copy editing Haraldr Guðrøðarson, the article you submitted to WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests. If there's anything else I can do to help, just let me know. Regards, The Utahraptor Talk/Contribs 20:05, 11 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for that.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 08:46, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

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Acts of Welsh Rulers
Dear Brianann,

The document is a quitclaim 'on behalf of Llywelyn and his heirs of all rights in Maelienydd and Gwerthrynion' (p. 490) to Ralph Mortimer and his wife and their heirs. It was probably issued in 1241, around or just before Henry III's invasion of Wales. Llywelyn II ap Gruffudd was not yet prince; his uncle, Dafydd II ap Llywelyn, was on the throne, but under pressure from supporters of his imprisoned half-brother, Gruffudd (Llywelyn's father). As I recall, Professor J. B. Smith's opinion was that Llywelyn's part in the events of August 1241 was difficult to interpret; most likely he was biding his time and seeing what happened. He only comes to play a more central role in Welsh politics after 1243, and particularly from 1245 onwards, when he allied with Dafydd against Henry III. Hope this helps. Ynyrhesolaf (talk) 13:36, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

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List of haplogroups of historical and famous figures
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List of Scottish Gaelic given names
Please could you explain this edit? Was it incorrect, inappropriate, or just unnecessary? (It arose from me checking why Mary Anne Kennedy's name is translated differently.) Thank you and best wishes, SueTwo (talk) 22:38, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The list you edited is of given names, not surnames. See List of Scottish Gaelic surnames where MacUalraig-Kennedy is listed.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 02:37, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah yes. I see now. SueTwo (talk) 17:13, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

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 * The link doesn't support the statement. I suppose I'll have to copy and paste this to the article's talkpage and report you for edit warring. This is so stupid... Just read the friggin link.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 05:06, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

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According to the Battle of Skyhill: Godred Crovan's father, "Harald the Black, was king from c.1035-1040, but on his death the kingdom [of Mann and the Isles] appears to have come under the control of the Earls of Orkney." The editor who added this has long gone and the article offers no sources. I have seen similar ideas on genealogy sites such as here. Do you know of any evidence to support this hypothesis? Ben  Mac  Dui  19:38, 23 October 2011 (UTC) PS thanx for fixing the template.


 * Actually, from the little I've read of the era, I'm not sure the article should identify Godred's father as Harald. Duffy says, in both his 1992 Irishmen and Islesmen (p106) and 2004 ODNB bio on Godred, that Godred's parentage is uncertain and that he could be a son or nephew of Ivar Haraldsson, King of Dublin (d. 1054). Woolf, in 2004 Age of Sea-kings (p100), says Godred was either a son or brother of the same Ivar. McDonald, in 2007 Manx kingship (pp62-63), follows Benjamin Hudson who in turn makes Godred a son of the same Ivar. Off hand, I think that is pretty much all I have on his parentage (written by noted scholars at least). They don't mention Harald the Black as an historic king or even as his father, which makes me think that, to these scholars at least, he's really only a (misplaced) name in a few pedigrees (see about halfway down this webpage which gives a rundown of the main pedigrees of Godred: ).--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 06:54, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * All fair enough, although it would be interesting to know why they are ignoring two of only three known sources and able to be so definite about the Ivar Haraldsson connection that isn't mentioned by any of them. I think "uncertain" is the only thing we can be sure of here. I'll have a go at amending Battle of Skyhill - it may in fact be the source of all the genealogy stuff! Just so long as there aren't any additional kings of the isles to include....  Ben   Mac  Dui  19:03, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

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resource request
Hi,

I've scanned the book you requested on Clan MacNeacail at the resource exchange. You can find a link to the file at that page. Best, GabrielF (talk) 20:13, 17 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Brianann. Could you please follow this up. I'm currently having trouble with my internet and am having difficulty downloading large files. Thank you.  Claret Ash  02:19, 18 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks alot Gabriel, I just got it now without any problems. Claret if you're unable to download it before Gabriel takes it down I could email it to you (I was able to compress it down to about 12mb so it can fit into an attachment).--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 21:37, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

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