Wikipedia:WikiProject Medieval Scotland

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Wikipedia:Medieval Scotland has been put up to resolve a number of issues which occur with great frequency when writing articles about history for Wikipedia. As usual with Wikipedia please extend and expand these brief outlines as you uncover them. Initially the purpose of the project is to provide a common place to gather for the subject of Scotland in the Middle Ages. To that end goals include:

  • Provide a forum to introduce yourself as a contributor to articles on the Medieval Scotland.
  • Provide a forum to announce new or renovated articles on the Medieval Scotland that may be of interest to the rest of the group.
  • Improve the bog-standard articles on medieval Gaelic monarchs of Scotland
  • Expand coverage of every topic, so that wikipedia can be a genuine source for information
  • Suggestions, resolutions, questions, and project creations, best practices HOWTO creation, etc.. all TBD.
  • Increase the number of medieval Scotland articles which are GA
  • Increase the number of medieval Scotland articles which are FA


The period is anything that could be defined as Middle Ages which in the case of Scotland is effectively anything before the 16th Century. Use your best judgement, there are no hard chronological boundaries ... although anything after the Reformation may be pushing it.

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[edit] Resources for wikipedians

There are an increasing number of medieval Scotland-related material online. Lots of it is with expired copyright, and can be depending on circumstance, copied onto Wikipedia or Wikisource. Here is some of it:

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[edit] Copyright not expired, varied or doubtful

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[edit] FA article

[edit] Possible candidates for FA

[edit] GA articles

[edit] Other Possible candidates for FA

[edit] Priority articles for improvement

[edit] Top priority

  • Columba, this is a core wikipedia article of start quality

[edit] High priority

[edit] List of Participants

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  • Deacon of Pndapetzim (talk); interested in most topics, but particularly native reactions to Normanization, Mormaerdoms/Earldoms, outside perception and comparative studies with other areas on the periphery of West. Christendom.
  • Angus McLellan; general interest in Medieval European History, but not especially in Scotland to begin with. I have learned something of Early Medieval Scotland, even if it's only how much I still have to learn.
  • KuatofKDY; interested in the rule of various kingdoms and principalities in and around Scotland. This includes the monarchs of medieval Scotland, Pictavia, Dál Riada, Strathclyde, and Moray. Major project to keep all monarchs (here and elsewhere) in line with the succession box forms. Also interested in starting pages for monarchs not yet wikied.
  • An Siarach; Interested in medieval Europe/Britain, especially Scotland and the Gaelic world and the decline of the latter.
  • Mais oui!; Put nicely: I am a generalist. Using a slightly more critical tone: I am a jack of all trades... and master of none. I have no expertise whatsoever to contribute, but I earnestly share your stated aim of raising the quality of Scottish articles (some of the modern ones are just as bad, if not worse).
  • Canaen: I don't expect to be writing whole pages, but I'll help out where I can. Especially interested in early Clan politics, Normanisation, the relationship between Dál Riadan Scots and Picts.
  • Fergananim: Irish historian, currently in ill-heatlth but as I have a deep interest in all things concerning the Insular Isles, would love to contribute when I can. Hope you don't mind having a Paddy onboard! P.S: I LOVE the articles on this era of Scottish history - anyone attempting to do a similar job on their own nation (example: Ireland ...) shhould read these ones first as they are fantastic how-to-do-it guides, and a pleasure to read.
  • Eva db – Scottish heraldry is one of my passions. I'd love to help wherever I can.

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  • Brendandh I'm trying to fiddle with the House of Douglas at the moment, but interested in anything from the loss of the Legions to Darien. (Well, most things!)
  • Wjhonson Professional genealogist, biographer and historian.
  • Billreid I'll come to the table from the point of view of Scottish medieval buildings
  • E9 Can I be in this for learning as much as anything else? I love this kind of stuff, while knowing nothing about it.
  • Henry Gough-Cooper; My main interest is in the early medieval history of Scotland and Northern Europe, and Scottish and Continental place-names. I help maintain the Scottish Place-Name Society website [1].
  • MacRusgail: Have already edited some relevant articles, interests are various.

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