Wikipedia:WikiProject Scottish Islands

Welcome to WikiProject Scottish Islands / Fàilte gu Wiki-Proiseact nan Eilean! / Walcome tae WikiProject Scots Isles!

We hope you enjoy your visit to this project, which was created in July 2007. If you would like to get involved in this venture, please see the How You Can Help page, and add your name to the Participants section below.

Scope

 * Our goals
 * To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe Scottish islands.
 * To improve Wikipedia's coverage of Scottish islands by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles.
 * To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to Scottish islands in Wikipedia.

An overview of the islands involved can be found at the List of islands of Scotland.

Parent WikiProject

 * WikiProject Scotland

Related: WikiProject UK geography

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 * 1) Abtract
 * 2) An Siarach
 * 3) Andrewrpalmer
 * 4) Akerbeltz
 * 5) Ben MacDui
 * 6) Bo98
 * 7) Brewphilip
 * 8) Bryccan
 * 9) Cactus.man
 * 10) Celtus
 * 11) User:CoffeeRansacked
 * 12) Deacon of Pndapetzim
 * 13) Dhmellor
 * 14) Deiz
 * 15) Dickonprior
 * 16) Drchriswilliams
 * 17) Drumhollistan
 * 18) Espresso Addict
 * 19) Fantoman400
 * 20) Finavon
 * 21) Hadrianheugh
 * 22) Inge
 * 23) Kathryn NicDhàna
 * 24) Lianachan
 * 25) LJElliott21
 * 26) Lord Spring Onion
 * 27) Lurker
 * 28) MacRusgail
 * 29) MacSteaphain
 * 30) mgdm
 * 31) Mikhailov Kusserow
 * 32) mikleran
 * 33) MorrisMacIver
 * 34) Nidator
 * 35) OliverEastwood
 * 36) Pigman
 * 37) Rosser
 * 38) RussellM
 * 39) SarahTHunter
 * 40) Shetlander57
 * 41) Suxamethonium
 * 42) Warofdreams
 * 43) Finnrind (Finn Rindahl)
 * 44) Chutneycheddar

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News



 * Significant additions to List of sea stacks in Scotland

To Do List
Some priorities for improvement:

Creation

 * 1. Requested articles
 * 2. Islands lacking pages: Islands by area (NB alt spellings) including:
 * Outer Hebrides:
 * Flodday, Loch Maddy - c 50 ha
 * Sound of Harris - Gilsaigh, Groaigh, Sursaigh, Bhacasaigh/Vacasay (at 29 ha the largest red linked island)
 * E of N Uist - Flodaigh Beag
 * E of Benbecula - tidal islands Fuidheigh Beag and Orasaigh, Benbecula
 * SE of Benbecula - Fodragaigh, Trialabreac
 * Outliers - Haskeir Eagach
 * Orkney - Start Point, Sanday (currently a redirect)
 * Freshwater - Eilean Dubh Mòr, Loch Sgadabhagh
 * 3. Munros: Sgurr Dubh Mòr, Sgurr nan Eag

Expansion

 * 1) Top priority stubs
 * 2) Smaller islands with no infoboxes: Dùn, St Kilda, Grunay, Haaf Gruney, Inchcruin, Inchmoan, Lady's Holm, Linga, Vaila, Little Holm, Scatness,Little Holm, Yell Sound, Little Roe, Muckle Skerry, North Havra, Sibhinis, Urie Lingey, Uynarey
 * 3) Other stubs: Scottish islands stubs, Shetland stubs, Orkney stubs, Outer Hebridean stubs

Cleanup

 * 1) See Cleanup listing
 * 2) Tidy up main list - some of the red links are unlikely topics for articles and could be relegated to an appearance on the subsidiary lists.

Collaboration of the Month
There were numerous collaborations from 2007-2010. They may be resumed at any time using the "instructions" on the archive page, which also lists earlier collaborations.

Featured articles

 * Áedán mac Gabráin
 * SMS Bayern
 * Blue men of the Minch
 * SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1911)
 * Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange
 * Great auk
 * SMS Grosser Kurfürst (1913)
 * Samuel Johnson
 * SMS Kaiser (1911)
 * SMS Kaiserin
 * SMS König Albert
 * SMS König
 * SMS Kronprinz
 * SMS Markgraf
 * North Ronaldsay sheep
 * Northern gannet
 * Nuckelavee
 * SS Politician
 * SMS Prinzregent Luitpold
 * HMS Royal Oak (08)
 * Shapinsay
 * Isle of Skye
 * HMS Vanguard (1909)
 * SMS Von der Tann
 * Whisky Galore! (1949 film)

Featured lists

 * Description of the Western Isles of Scotland
 * List of freshwater islands in Scotland
 * List of Inner Hebrides
 * List of islands of Scotland
 * List of Orkney islands
 * List of Outer Hebrides
 * List of outlying islands of Scotland
 * List of Shetland islands
 * Timeline of prehistoric Scotland

Good articles

 * Amlaíb Conung
 * Anton Dohrn Seamount
 * Architecture of Scotland in the prehistoric era
 * Isle of Arran
 * Allison Balfour
 * Barra Head
 * Bjaðmunjo Mýrjartaksdóttir
 * The Black Island
 * Boobrie
 * Boreray sheep
 * Brodir and Ospak of Man
 * John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute
 * SMS Cöln (1916)
 * Dál Riata
 * Domhnall mac Raghnaill
 * Domnall mac Taidc
 * Dubh Artach
 * Echmarcach mac Ragnaill
 * Eday
 * Eriskay Pony
 * Fairy Flag
 * Flannan Isles
 * Gebeachan
 * Geology of Scotland
 * Gigha
 * Gilli (Hebridean earl)
 * John Gregorson Campbell
 * Guðrøðr Magnússon
 * Haakon IV
 * Haraldr Guðrøðarson
 * Hebrides
 * Highland cattle
 * Highlands and Islands Alliance
 * Hillforts in Scotland
 * History of Scotland
 * Leslie Hunter
 * Ímar
 * Assassination of Ingimundr
 * Inner Hebrides
 * Islands of the Forth
 * Islands of the Clyde
 * Islay
 * Kingdom of the Isles
 * Jarlshof
 * K Foundation Burn a Million Quid
 * Leod
 * Lismore, Scotland
 * Ljótólfr
 * Lochleven Castle
 * Lǫgmaðr Guðrøðarson
 * Mac Scelling
 * Clan Macfie
 * Sorley MacLean
 * Harald Maddadsson
 * Magnus Barefoot
 * Magnús Óláfsson
 * Margaret, Maid of Norway
 * Mingulay
 * Northern Isles
 * Olaf the Black
 * Old Man of Hoy
 * Olvir Rosta
 * Orkney
 * Orkneyinga saga
 * HMS Otranto
 * Outer Hebrides
 * Papa Stour
 * Prehistoric Orkney
 * Raasay
 * Ragnall mac Somairle
 * Raven banner
 * Elspeth Reoch
 * Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson (died 1249)
 * Rùm
 * Scandinavian Scotland
 * Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
 * Sea Mither
 * Shetland
 * Shetland sheep
 * Sigurd the Stout
 * Skerryvore
 * Staffa
 * Stoor worm
 * Island of Stroma
 * Charles Edward Stuart
 * Thorfinn the Mighty
 * Torf-Einarr
 * Witchcraft in Orkney

Good topics

 * Islands of Scotland

Did you know? articles

 * A968 road
 * Alasdair Crotach MacLeod
 * Amlaíb Conung
 * Amy of Garmoran
 * An Caisteal (Coll)
 * Balfour, Orkney
 * Páll Bálkason
 * Battle of Glendale (Skye)
 * SMS Bayern
 * SS Ben Doran
 * Benie Hoose
 * Boobrie
 * Boreray sheep
 * Bridei son of Beli
 * Brodir and Ospak of Man
 * Lady Victoria Campbell
 * Carsaig Arches
 * Carsaig Bay
 * Séon Carsuel
 * Cill Chriosd
 * Clan Macdonald of Sleat
 * MV Coelleira
 * Dearcmhara
 * List of Scottish breeds
 * Domhnall mac Raghnaill
 * The Drongs
 * Flora Drummond
 * Dùn an Achaidh
 * Dùn Anlaimh
 * Dùn Beic
 * Dùn Dubh
 * Dùn Morbhaidh
 * Dunvegan Cup
 * East Loch Tarbert, Argyll
 * MFV Elinor Viking
 * Laurence de Ergadia
 * Sigurd Eysteinsson
 * Fairy Flag
 * Fraoch Eilean, Loch Awe
 * SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1911)
 * Funzie Girt
 * Garth tsunami
 * Geology of Orkney
 * Gilli (Hebridean earl)
 * Gossabrough
 * Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange
 * John Gregorson Campbell
 * SMS Grosser Kurfürst (1913)
 * Guðrøðr Rǫgnvaldsson
 * Gunnhild, Mother of Kings
 * Norman Heathcote
 * Hebridean Terrane
 * The Hebrides (overture)
 * Highland cattle
 * Hinba
 * Leslie Hunter
 * Hutton oilfield
 * Huxter Fort
 * SV Illeri
 * Ímar
 * Assassination of Ingimundr
 * SMS Kaiser (1911)
 * SMS Kaiserin
 * Katie Morag
 * SMS König Albert
 * SMS König
 * SMS Kronprinz
 * Lady Isle
 * Lang Ayre
 * Law Ting Holm
 * Leod
 * Lewisian complex
 * List of Orkney islands
 * List of outlying islands of Scotland
 * Ljótólfr
 * Breachacha crannog
 * Lǫgmaðr Guðrøðarson
 * Peter Love
 * Lunga, Firth of Lorn
 * MacCrimmon (piping family)
 * Iain Ciar MacLeod
 * Clan MacQuarrie
 * Sorley MacLean
 * Iain Borb MacLeod
 * Malcolm MacLeod (clan chief)
 * Roderick John MacLeod, Lord Minginish
 * Tormod MacLeod
 * Torquil MacLeod
 * William Dubh MacLeod
 * Margaret, Maid of Norway
 * SMS Markgraf
 * Mingulay
 * Moine Supergroup
 * Mugeary
 * Ness of Brodgar
 * Johnnie Notions
 * Nuckelavee
 * Olvir Rosta
 * Orcadian Basin
 * Orosay
 * Pennyghael
 * Pettigarths Field Cairns
 * Pierowall
 * Prehistoric Orkney
 * SMS Prinzregent Luitpold
 * Professor of Gaelic (Glasgow)
 * Ragnall mac Somairle
 * Raven banner
 * Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson (died 1249)
 * Battle of Ronas Voe
 * Rubha an Dùnain
 * St Kilda field mouse
 * San Juan de Sicilia
 * John Sands (journalist)
 * Scandinavian Scotland
 * Scar boat burial
 * Scord of Brouster
 * Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
 * Sea Mither
 * Shetland sheep
 * Skaill House
 * Skerryvore
 * Stac Dhòmhnaill Chaim
 * Stac an Armin
 * Standing Stones of Yoxie
 * Stanydale Temple
 * Stoor worm
 * Island of Stroma
 * The Summons (hymn)
 * Symbister House
 * Symbister
 * Þórkell Þórmóðarson
 * François Thurot
 * Tobermory distillery
 * Torf-Einarr
 * Torridon Group
 * HMS Vandal
 * Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal
 * HMS Vidal
 * Viking Society for Northern Research
 * Whalsay Parish Church
 * Wheelhouse (archaeology)

Possible candidates for Good or Featured article status



 * Ulva
 * Yell, Shetland

Participants


List of Wikipedia Users by Pages Created
 * No. 42 User:Warofdreams 3158 pages
 * No. 201 User:MacRusgail 1182 pages
 * No. 279 User:Deacon of Pndapetzim 910 pages
 * No. 1980 User:Inge 171 pages
 * No. 2712 User:Hadrianheugh 125 pages
 * No. 2923 User:Celtus 117 pages
 * No. 3563 User:Deiz 95 pages
 * No. 3791 User:Abtract 89 pages
 * No. 3821 User:Finavon 88 pages
 * No. 4027 User:Ben MacDui 83 pages
 * No. 4586 User:Cactus.man 72 pages

See: Bryan's List.

Pages prone to POV pushing, vandalism, or that otherwise need watching
Users should feel free to use the recent changes function to examine changes to most articles relevant to this group by hitting this link.


 * Barra
 * Mossbank
 * Shetland official football team
 * Isle of Lewis
 * Nicolson Institute
 * Rockall
 * Orkney
 * Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)
 * Category:Orkney stubs
 * Forewick Holm
 * Easdale

Assessment
See also WikiProject Scottish Islands/Assessment

Templates

 * Infobox Scottish island
 * Template:Islands of Scotland
 * Template:Shetlopedia
 * Freshwater bodies
 * Template:Loch Lomond
 * Template:Loch Maree
 * Template:Hebrides
 * Inner Hebrides
 * Template:Garvellachs
 * Template:Skye
 * Template:Slate Islands
 * Template:Small Isles
 * Template:Treshnish Isles
 * Outer Hebrides
 * Template:Barra Isles
 * Template:Heisgeir (Monach Islands - one word for brevity)
 * Template:Lewis and Harris
 * Template:Loch Ròg
 * Template:Shiant Islands
 * Template:Sound of Barra
 * Template:Sound of Harris
 * Template:Islands of the Clyde
 * Template:Arran
 * Template:Islands of the Forth
 * Template:Orkney Islands
 * Template:North West Orkney
 * Template:North East Orkney
 * Template:South West Orkney
 * Template:South East Orkney
 * Template:Shetland
 * Template:East Shetland
 * Template:North Isles
 * Template:Out Skerries
 * Template:Scalloway Islands (inc. South West Shetland)
 * Template:Yell Sound
 * Template:St Kilda
 * Template:Islands of the Solway
 * Prehistory
 * Template:Broch
 * Template:Prehistoric Orkney
 * Template:Prehistoric Western Isles

Disambiguation pages


There are numerous disambiguation pages associated with the Highlands and Islands, especially as many of the smaller islands share names. The following are essentially related to differentiating between Scottish islands. Those indicated with an asterisk (*) are "set index articles" rather than dab pages per se.


 * Berneray
 * Bhacsaidh
 * Eilean Bàn
 * Eilean Dubh
 * (*) Eilean Fraoch
 * Eilean Glas
 * Eilean Mòr
 * (*) Flodday
 * Fore Holm - see also Holm (island)
 * (*) Garbh Eilean
 * Grass Holm - see also Holm (island)
 * Grimsay (disambiguation)
 * Gruney (disambiguation) (incorporating "Gruna" and "Grunay")
 * (*) Holm (island)
 * Horse Island
 * Hoy (disambiguation)
 * Junk Island
 * (*) Linga (incorporating Lingay)
 * Little Holm
 * Muckle Holm
 * Mullach Mòr
 * (*) Oronsay
 * Pabbay
 * (*) Papa, Scotland
 * Rona (disambiguation)
 * Ronaldsay
 * Sanda ("Sanda, Scotland" redirects to Sanda Island)
 * Sanday
 * Sandwick
 * Shuna
 * Skerries (more of a list.)
 * Soay
 * Summer Isles (disambiguation)
 * Tarbert (disambiguation)
 * Toab
 * Twatt (yes, really)
 * Ulva (disambiguation)
 * Wether Holm
 * Wiay

Categories
Islands with their own categories:
 * Category: Isle of Arran -  recent changes
 * Category:Barra  -  recent changes
 * Category:Colonsay -  recent changes
 * Category:Coll - recent changes
 * Category:Eigg - recent changes
 * Category:Fair Isle - recent changes
 * Category:Gigha - recent changes
 * Category:Harris, Outer Hebrides - recent changes
 * Category:Iona - recent changes
 * Category:Islay - recent changes
 * Category:Jura, Scotland - recent changes
 * Category:Lewis - recent changes
 * Category:Lismore, Scotland- recent changes
 * Category:Isle of Mull - recent changes
 * Category:Rockall - recent changes
 * Category:Rousay - recent changes
 * Category:Shapinsay - recent changes
 * Category:North Uist - recent changes
 * Category:South Uist - recent changes
 * Category:Skye - recent changes
 * Category:Ulva - recent changes
 * Category:Whalsay - recent changes
 * Category:Yell, Shetland - recent changes

Articles listed for deletion

 * Articles for deletion/Unst Bus Shelter - Kept
 * Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Curries of Arran: A Brief History and Their Tartan - Deleted
 * Articles for deletion/The Crucible of Iron Age Shetland The Crucible of Iron Age Shetland - Kept
 * Articles for deletion/Biruaslum - Biruaslum - No Consensus
 * Articles for deletion/Hilton, Argyll and Bute - Redirected to Bute
 * Articles for deletion/William Sichel - William Sichel Kept
 * Articles for deletion/Sam Harcus - Sam Harcus Deleted
 * Articles for deletion/Catriona MacDonald Kept
 * Stanley Coppinger - Deleted

Broadcasting



 * BBC Radio Orkney
 * Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland
 * BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
 * BBC Alba (TV)
 * Machair (TV series)
 * Telefios
 * Grampian Television
 * North Tonight
 * Isles FM
 * BBC Radio Shetland
 * SIBC

History and folklore



 * Battle of Largs
 * Dál Riata
 * History of the Outer Hebrides
 * Hebridean Myths and Legends
 * Highland Clearances
 * Highland Potato Famine (could do with Hebridean input)
 * History of the Orkney Islands
 * Norse-Gaels
 * Rocabarraigh
 * Scottish clan
 * Treaty of Perth
 * Timeline of prehistoric Scotland

Sagas

 * Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar (King Haakon's Saga)
 * Orkneyinga saga

Language



 * Edward Dwelly
 * Insular Scots
 * Orcadian dialect
 * Shetlandic
 * Jakob Jakobsen
 * Sorley MacLean
 * Norn language
 * Scottish Gaelic language
 * Canadian Gaelic
 * Literature of Shetland
 * Vagaland

Politics and government



 * Alasdair Allan
 * Argyll
 * Bòrd na Gàidhlig
 * County of Bute
 * Croft (land)
 * Cunninghame
 * Dunbartonshire and Argyll & Bute
 * Flag of Orkney
 * Flag of Shetland
 * Highland Land League
 * Highlands and Islands Alliance
 * Highlands and Islands Enterprise
 * Highland Region
 * Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
 * Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland
 * Liam McArthur
 * Angus MacNeil
 * Jim Mather
 * Alasdair Morrison
 * Donnie Munro
 * John Farquhar Munro
 * Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)
 * North Ayrshire (includes Clyde Islands)
 * North Ayrshire and Arran (UK Parliament constituency)
 * Orkney and Shetland Movement
 * Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)
 * Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)
 * Robbie the Pict
 * Ross and Cromarty
 * Ross, Skye and Inverness West (Scottish Parliament constituency)
 * Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)
 * Ross, Skye and Inverness West (Scottish Parliament constituency)
 * Strathclyde Region (defunct region incorporating much of south west)
 * Tavish Scott
 * Donald Stewart
 * Udal law
 * Jim Wallace

Emergency services and police

 * Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service
 * Inverness-shire Constabulary
 * Northern Constabulary
 * Ross and Sutherland Constabulary
 * Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
 * Strathclyde Police

Sport

 * Ba game
 * Bute Shinty Club
 * Highland Alliance League
 * Highland Amateur Cup
 * International Island Games Association
 * Lewis and Harris Football League
 * Orkney official football team
 * West Regional Leagues (Rugby Union)
 * Shetland official football team
 * Skye Camanachd
 * Western Isles official football team

Transport

 * Air Caledonian
 * Barra Airport
 * Birlinn
 * Caledonian MacBrayne
 * Clyde Puffer
 * Currach
 * Fair Isle Airport
 * Highland Airways
 * Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
 * Islay Airport
 * Kirkwall Airport
 * Lerwick Airport
 * Loganair
 * Northlink Ferries
 * Orkney Ferries
 * Pentland Ferries
 * P&O Scottish Ferries
 * Sixareen
 * Skye Bridge
 * Stornoway Airport
 * Sumburgh Airport
 * Smyril Line

Relevant non-WPSI articles


The following articles are not directly related to WPSI, but may be of use/interest to our readers for various reasons.

Scottish
 * Kintyre
 * Knoydart
 * Pict & Pictish language
 * History of Scotland + Geography of Scotland + Geology of Scotland

British Isles
 * Channel Islands
 * List of islands of England + Category:Islands of England
 * Islands of Furness
 * Farne Islands + Lindisfarne
 * List of islands of Ireland + Category:Islands of Ireland
 * Rathlin Island
 * Irish language
 * Isle of Man + List of islands of the Isle of Man
 * History of the Isle of Man
 * Manx language
 * Isles of Scilly
 * Category:Islands of Wales
 * Anglesey + Category:Islands of Anglesey
 * List_of_Latin_place_names_in_the_British_Isles

Scandinavia and Nordic Countries


 * Denmark + List of islands of Denmark
 * History of Denmark
 * Faroe Islands + Category:Faroe Islands
 * History of the Faroe Islands
 * Faroese language
 * Greenland
 * History of Greenland
 * Iceland + List of islands off Iceland
 * History of Iceland
 * Icelandic language
 * Norway + Category:Islands of Norway
 * History of Norway
 * Norwegian language
 * Old Norse
 * Scandinavia, Nordic countries & Nordic Council
 * History of Scandinavia
 * Sagas
 * Viking Age

Elsewhere in Europe and beyond
 * Celtic languages
 * Frisian Islands
 * Northern Europe
 * Category:Islands of the North Sea
 * List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean

General
 * List of islands by area
 * List of islands by highest point
 * Category:Lists of islands by name
 * Latin names of islands
 * List of islands named after people