User talk:Fferllys

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Afon Gwy
Hello Fferllys. I've reverted you on a couple of pages now, so I figured I'd tell you, the spelling Gwy is correct without the circumflex on the w. Cf. here or here. The Welsh Wikipedia articles for the river and Rhwng Gwy a Hafren are at Afon Gwy and Rhwng Gwy a Hafren, respectively. You don't need to change articles to include the circumflex. Thanks, and let me know if I can be of any other assistance.--Cúchullain t/ c 16:43, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Clan MacBean
Hellow Fferllys. Lets just get a few things straight about the Clan MacBean article. Wikipedia is not about quoting large exact excerpts from the given sources. In this case: "An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language". By all means quote this book as a source but put it into your own words - this is what Wikipedia is all about - reflecting what the sources say in your own words. Another thing I would like to mention is that the source I have used (Collins Scottish Clan Encyclopedia) uses both the spelling MacBean and MacBain depending on which individual it is referring to and it is important to use the same spelling of someone's name that is used in the source. For example the book I have used, uses the spelling MacBean for the 6 foot 4 inch hero at the Battle of Culloden and then uses the spelling MacBain for the man who helped Cameron of Lochiel off the field at the same battle. This brings me to another problem. As I have already mentioned the chief spells his name as MacBain and under Scottish law a man named MacBain cannot be chief of a clan named MacBean - the chief's surname has to be that of the clan name. But don't get me wrong, I know that people who have the different spelling variations can still be part of the clan. I am not in a great rush to change the article name but thought I should mention this. I am more concerned about the article content. Another thing, you seem to be concerned about the historical accuracy of the information which is great because I am too - however again Wikipedia is about reflecting what the sources say - even if it is not necessarily accurate. If there is a piece of sourced information that you don't agree with then you must quote a source that says otherwise in order to remove what you think is incorrect information. And lastly may I remind you that any unsourced information can be removed from Wikipedia without warning. Thanks. QuintusPetillius (talk) 17:39, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks very much QuintusPetillius I do appreciate all of this. When I started editing what I found I did so with a wish to make sure it was much more accurate and was keen to share data that I thought would be helpful and accurate, and very rarely available to others. I entirely see I did not follow the Wikipedia guidelines and have now studied these and am doing (when time permits!) the best I can to improve in Wikipedia fashion, what I edited. I was too keen and passionate to correct what I found and improve upon it, but thereby went too far with the data! I think a book is a better course of action :) ...actually seriously, I may do that.--Fferllys (talk) 17:49, 14 March 2013 (UTC) P.S. I hope I have linked this correctly so you see my reply...

Tags removed from Clan MacBean article
Hi, I have removed the Tags from the Clan MacBean article as you have clearly made amendments. The end result is a better wikipedia article. Keep citing the sources, put into your own words, and try to avoid using big sections of exact text from the sources. I am trying to get all the Scottish clan articles up to a good standard. Cheers. QuintusPetillius (talk) 16:36, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Chattan Confederation - incorrect use of external links
You appear to have misunderstood what editing Wikipedia is about again with you edits to the Chattan Confederation article. Lets just be perfectly clear. External links states "External links should not normally be used in the body of an article. Instead, include appropriate external links in an "External links" section at the end of the article, and in the appropriate location within an infobox, if applicable". It is obvious that if there is a Wikipedia article about a subject then that takes priority over an external link in the body of a Wikipedia article.QuintusPetillius (talk) 11:09, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

This is most helpful, thank you for your guidance once more, and your patience with my continuing learning curve. (Fferllys (talk) 11:08, 21 February 2014 (UTC))

Improvements to Clan MacBean article
Hi, I see you have added some references to the Clan MacBean article, this is great your are improving as a Wikipedian. I have reformatted some of the references you have added. Basically if you see my edit you will see that the reference only has to be written out once and then it can be repeated and used again using a certain formula. Just a couple of things: if you could add page numbers to the books that have been used as references then this improves the quality of the article. Also adding the year of the publication to the reference is good. Cheers. QuintusPetillius (talk) 13:50, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your kind and encouraging words. I tried but couldn't figure out how you did multiple references to the same source, so am most grateful that you sorted that out more neatly for me. I'll check through them all when I have time and add publication dates and page numbers. Fferllys (talk) 11:33, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

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Re: Chattan Confederation page
Hi, I do not mind the Chattan Confederation page being renamed Clan Chattan as that seems to be the proper name going by the official association web site. However, I do think we should lose the idea on Wikipedia that the Clan Chattan was in fact a confederation of clans that did not follow the normal pattern of other Scottish clans.QuintusPetillius (talk) 18:58, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Many thanks, I'll make the change to the page name, and also edit the reference to the confederation; I'll check authoritative sources and make sure I get this right before doing so. --Fferllys (talk) 19:45, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks very much for alerting me to this - I had indeed inadvertently linked to a disambiguation page and have now fixed it :) --Fferllys (talk) 13:20, 20 May 2016 (UTC)