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[edit] Welcome!
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[edit] Sweyne the Viking
Hiya. Welcome to Wikipedia. I see you have been adding the claim that "Sweyne the Viking" and his men founded Swansea and colonised Rhossili and other parts of the Gower peninsula. This isn't definite historical information, and you will need to cite sources which say this if you want the information to stay it. I must say that I am a bit unsure. The story is a nice story, but I can't find anything definitely saying it's true. So that's why I have removed the claim from the Rhossili and Swansea articles. Telsa (talk) 10:47, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Hello, Telsa, the person I'm refering to as Sweyn the Viking is Sweyn Forkbeard, King of the Vikings, who is generally considered to be the founder of Swansea, as well as many places on the Gower Peninsula. Most places on South Gower are Norse in origin - Oxwich, Worms Head, Helwick Channel, Mewslade, Burry Holms. I know there is nothing concrete in history to confirm this, but where else do Viking names in Wales come from? The Anglo-Saxons? It is also generally accepted that the Vikings and Celtic Nations (Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, Scotland) were allies against the Anglo-Saxons, and the Celtic nations may have offered land grants to the Vikings, to act as a buffer against Saxon invasion/occupation. Agree?
[edit] Welcome and Thank you
Hi, noticed you've made some really useful contributions about British Geology - thank you! It's a subject that needs a lot of work done. Hope you decide to sign up for a Wikipedia account - it's free and gives you lots of useful extras. DuncanHill 17:10, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Hello Duncan, thanks for the back-slapping! I notice that you say you grew up in Cornwall - a fellow Celtic nation! I live in Wales - and geologically speaking, South Wales, Cornwall, Devon, South-West Ireland and Brittany are all interlinked (mainly carboniferous, devonian and igeneous rocks). Believe it or not, Wales was joined up with Devon and Cornwall! It was possible to walk from, for example, what is now Swansea Bay to Bude, because the Bristol Channel was not exstitant; instead there was a gentle stretching bay between Pembrokeshire and Devon. Also, South Cornwall and Brittany were joined together as well. How do I know this? Well, both South/West Cornwall and Brittany have the same granite and Precambrian schists, despite the fact they are now seperated by the sea. You say you are interested in geology - well, if you live on the seaboard of Cornwall, Wales or Ireland, its a pretty dominant fearture, isn't it? You say you live in Sussex - a geologically soft area, nothing like Wales or Cornwall with our hard resistant rocks!
[edit] Edit to Ireland
Thank you for contibuting to Wikipedia. However, in this edit, there seems to be some lack of NPOV (neutral point of view), and while it's a good edit and doesn't need to be reverted, still needs a little cleanup. Thank you! —$ΡЯΙNGεrαgђ (-¢|ε|Ŀ|T|♪-) 16:27, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Edit Summary Request
I have noted that you edit without an edit summary. Please do your best to always fill in the summary field. This is considered an important guideline in Wikipedia. Even a short summary is better than no summary. An edit summary is even more important if you delete any text; otherwise, people may think you're being sneaky or even vandalizing. Also, mentioning one change but not another one can be misleading to someone who finds the other one more important; add "and misc." to cover the other change(s). Thanks! -- Kukini 16:53, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
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