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• 18 Apr 2024 – Corston Airstrip (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Trainsandotherthings (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)

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• 21 Apr 2024 – Draft:Community co-operatives in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 84.65.185.133 (t · c)

2013 edit

The Scottish Government introduce the Bee Keeping (Colonsay and Oronsay) Order 2013 to protect the species Apis mellifera mellifera from cross-breeding and disease.

Some priorities for improvement:

Creation edit

• 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 edit

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

Images edit

Cleanup edit

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.

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 edit

Featured lists edit

Good articles edit

Good topics edit

Did you know? articles edit

Possible candidates for Good or Featured article status edit

• Ulva
• Yell, Shetland

Participants edit

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 edit

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

See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Scottish Islands/Assessment

• 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

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

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

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

Articles which are relevant to Scottish islands.

• Arran Whitebeams
• The Minch
• Sea of the Hebrides
• Pentland Firth
• North Sea
• Norwegian Sea
• Firth of Clyde
• Firth of Forth
• Lewis
• Harris
• Loch Lomond
• Rockall
• Churchill Barriers
• Northern Lighthouse Board
• Scapa Flow
• Solway Firth (see Hestan etc.)
• List of Marilyns on Scottish islands
• Scottish place names in other countries (with a disproportionate number of island names)
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • New Zealand
  • USA
• Category:Islands of Europe
• Islands of the North Atlantic
• British Isles

Broadcasting edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

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

Language edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

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

Sport edit

• 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 edit

• 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

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#Island_names

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