User talk:Freuchie

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Hello, Freuchie, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Mac Eoin Bissett family. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Nora lives (talk) 02:14, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
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Hello, I see that you edited Battle of Raith using material from The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology which does not appear to be available without a subscription. Your help would be appreciated in fulfilling a request at WP:RX. Thanks, RandomCanadian (talk | contribs) 01:41, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, but I am unfamiliar with the Canterbury Dictionary... so I am sure I did not edit on that basis. However if that provides support for my analysis so much the better. Sorry I cannot be of more help. Freuchie (talk) 09:34, 12 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Well, you were the one that added that source to the article, but nevermind, thanks for the answer. RandomCanadian (talk | contribs) 13:42, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Hmm... I went to Nicholson's original article in the Celtic Review - there is nothing in my sourcing which says Canterbury or Dictionary or Hymnology. Sorry, but still not sure where you are coming from here. Freuchie (talk) 14:09, 12 May 2020 (UTC)


 * This diff begs to differ, but nevermind, I will look elsewhere. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk | contribs) 14:54, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

OK.... my apologies, RandomCanadian.... If you follow the link you come to a mini-biography of Nicholson. https://hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk/l/lachlan-macbean That was all I was linking to. I had delved no deeper than that and am certainly unaware of where you could access the hard copy you are seeking. As you can see I am really completely unaware of what else the people who did this site do or have. Sorry for the confusion... Freuchie (talk) 15:44, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Your Credentials
I see that you have edited several Clan sites, not just Clan Grant. What are your credentials? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pheigi (talk • contribs) 16:18, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

This is a bit telegraphic. Please advise the background to your enquiry. Are you querying the validity of my input? Suffice it to say I have been researching and publishing in this and allied areas for a long time. Freuchie (talk) 16:35, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Actually I am but without implying you are incorrect nor in any way meaning to offend. I'm a Medieval historian by degree so I simply wondered if you were a historian as well or what type of research you were doing that enabled you to have such broad knowledge. Do you have a list of your publications? I would be most interested in reading what you've written. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.174.60.3 (talk) 15:12, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

It is curious that in effect you invite me to parade my credentials, again without announcing who you are - which is against Wikipedia protocol. You will have to tempt me a lot further. [And besides... who in your mind qualifies for the epithet "historian"? I know of several who might reasonably be seen to meet normal criteria but whom I would dismiss out of hand.] Meanwhile my own view - along with Wikipedia - is that Cult of Personality is a cul-de-sac.

Try focussing on the issues rather than the personalities.212.69.49.172 (talk) 15:24, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

I told you who I was. I'm a historian and I've put my credential on my page now. But you are reluctant to provide a list of your own publications which is a shame because you seem very knowledgeable and I would like to read them. Not to shoot you down, but to learn what you have found. I don't really understand your last comment about focusing on issues rather than personalities but that's ok. You've made your position clear so I'll leave you in peace. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pheigi (talk • contribs) 15:35, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Your Comment on IACOBVS
Greetings. I received a message from you that I could not open regarding IACOBVS (or Iacobus/Jacobus) and its relation to the English given name James. I know a fair bit about the lineage/evolution from Ya'akov in Hebrew all the way to the Scots English name James. But feel free to send me your comment on my Talk page. Thanks. --IACOBVS (talk) 19:51, 12 May 2021 (UTC)