User talk:Tiger99

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Alva
Thanks for your great additions to Alva, Scotland. One think to note: Wikipedia's software has code to automatically scale down images to a thumbnail of whatever size an article needs. So I've changed the code on that page to directly reference Image:Alva1.jpg (and moved it to a more standard locstion on the article). You may wish to refine the caption I have the picture on the Alva article, and Images is a good starting point for finding more info about how images work at Wikipedia. And a warm welcome and belated happy-new-year from me, too. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 14:27, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Finlay, Thanks for the advice, which I will put into practice on the other pages I have been working on (Tillicoultry, Menstrie.....). I did want to achieve the exact layout that you have done, but could not find out how to do it in the help system. I know how to do most of this in standard HTML, but am very new to the Wikipedia system. And a happy new year to you too. I was in Alva and Menstrie a few days ago, but sadly am now back in London. Tiger99 17:34, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Map for Hillfoots Villages
We can, I hope, do rather better than a Google exlink for a map to Hillfoots Villages. I uploaded Image:Wfm hillfoots scotland landsat.jpg, which is from the same public-domain NASA Landsat source as Google use (Google Maps/Google Earth only has a few parts of metropolitan Glasgow and Edinburgh covered with copyrighted commercial imagery).

If you're feeling graphically-inclined, feel free to fix up a map based on it. In theory I'll get around to it sometime, but in practice I have a long track record of half-finished mapping projects ;( -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 19:34, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Finlay, thanks for the info, Like you, I have a history of half-finished things, but will try to get around to it soon, as it sounds like a good idea.

OpenIndiana deletion discussion
Dear Tiger99,

You recently commented on the speedy deletion request for OpenIndiana. Just to let you know, this request has transformed into a regular deletion request and is being discussed at Articles for deletion/OpenIndiana.

Just for your information. -- BenTels (talk) 12:53, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

St. Ninians and the nailworks
My recollection is that one of the local history books mentioned in the article did include a photo of the Nailworks and suggest it was at FineFare/Somerfield/Lidl. I'll see if can retrieve it from whatever attic box. AllyD (talk) 18:42, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that, AllyD. I will leave the editing until we know more. What I am sure about is that the supermarket was built in 1973, because my father was site manager and I worked on it during my summer break from uni. Tiger99 (talk) 21:33, 25 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I found the books. Willie Jenkins' "Memories of St Ninians" features photos in various directions from "Nailworks Corner". The text says "During 1930-31 the firm (J & W Sommerville) demolished part of its premises and rebuilt further back, to allow the Town Council to widen the road... The nailworks moved to Lennoxtown in 1940, and a supermarket chain now occupies the site." It then lists the pub and post office opposite. The Craig Mair book mentions at least one other factory at Whins of Milton in the 19th century. I'll think about inlining some refs. AllyD (talk) 17:34, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Great stuff, AllyD. I have traced availabilitry of the book to The Smith, only £3.50, so I will buy a copy next time I am in Stirling. As for Whins of Milton, kids used to find nails somewhere in the area, which I was told was near Borestone Place, almost Whins of Milton. The only industrial buildings which were obvious to me were the several mills around the Bannock Burn, and of course Pirnhall Colliery, so it would be interesting to find exactly where it was.

Philidas
Hi Tiger99. This article you created (previously titled Philidas nut) was proposed for deletion (by another editor). I declined the proposal, changed the article's topical focus to be about the company itself and have added more sources to the article. The article would benefit from more work, if you're interested in collaborating upon it. Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 22:44, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

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Upper Hirst
Hi, your article on Upper Hirst needs work because it lacks references and contains lots of original research. I appreciate things may have been different 12 years ago when it was written, but it doesn't meet today's standard so needs addressing. I also note you aren't very active however thought it fair to give you a chance to attend to it in case you do pick this message up. Otherwise at some point I may re-write and start from the ground up using sources available to me (i.e. online sources). Rayman60 (talk) 03:45, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks for your observations and consideration. I am not sure that there is any "original research" as it was all from published sources, which I never got around to documenting properly. But as I can't find the sources right now (one was a book about the several failed NCB projects in Scotland in the 1950s, another was one of the geologic survey reports, all packed away at the moment where I can't find them, and there was on-line stuff too) I don't mind in the slightest if you can do a better job by rewriting it. After all, that is how Wikipedia improves. My objective was amply fulfilled in getting something in place about the Upper Hirst, just as a subject.

Oh, and we have the NCB online mapping now, as a source of information, albeit with very many errors!

Tiger99 (talk) 23:57, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

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