Talk:St Kilda, Scotland
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[edit] Early Talk
The article states that only Rockall is further from the mainland, yet if you look at a map, The Shetlands are clearly further away. People should check facts before scribbling what ever they think on here.
The Place Names of St Kilda / Nomina Hirtensia by Richard Coates, pub. Edwin Mellen, Wales 1990 states that the kelda well hypothesis is the most likely source of the name. Caltrop 02:00 Jan 3, 2003 (UTC)
I think it is funny, that scholars come up with all sorts of contrived ideas about where the name "Saint Kilda" could come from, there was no Saint Kilda of course, they think, if they knew anything about the people that lived there and their Gaelic culture they'd know that there are ALOT of places in Ireland and Scotland where Saints no one else has heard of exist, like Saint Barr, on Barr Island in the Hebrides. Saint Kilda prolly IS named after a Saint, who is prolly actually a Christianised pre-Christian Deity (most of the Saints, like our example Saint Barr were more than just names, they had feast days associated with them, could be appropriated for healing or protection of one's animals, too, so they were not just names).
I believe the generally accepted explanation of the name is that it is a corruption of the Norse word skildr meaning "shield."
[edit] area?
What is the overall area of the archipelago?
670 ha according to Haswell-Smith (2004) making it the 50th ranked island by size according to his definition. Ben MacDui (Talk) 21:10, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Spelling
Why isn't the name St Kilda as used in the Ordnanace Survey grid reference NF095995 and every book I've ever seen on the subject? It seems that only widkedia-derived articles use this spelling. --JBellis 18:39, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
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- The name St Kilda is actually commonly used. Ordnance Survey prefer to use native names for places, and St Kilda always has been (and still is) Hiort to Gaelic speakers. Lianachan 13:49, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Location
St Kilda, while remote, is still part of Scotland... Does anyone know?
- What is its postcode and area telephone number?
- What is its constituency?
- What is its local authority?
None of this really matters as long as no-one lives there permanently but it would interesting to find the answers.
- It'll be Western Isles council, and the same for constituency. Grinner 10:52, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
- Postcodes - the Geoplan Postcode Atlas does not show St. Kilda (not surprising) but it would probably have a HS prefix as the Western Isles. Mail to the military base would get a BFPO address, I suppose.Tony Corsini 09:36, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] which Marquess?
In 1931, the Marquess of Bute was the 4th, who died in 1947; his son the 5th Marquess died in 1956. Which of them bought St Kilda? —Tamfang 16:44, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
- Thompson, Francis (1970). St Kilda and other Hebridean Outliers. David & Charles. ISBN 071534885X. says that Sir Reginald MacLeod sold St Kilda to the fifth marquess John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute--JBellis 19:55, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Island Template
I have created a Template:Infobox Scottish island for use with Scottish islands which is based on the existing Template:Infobox Scotland place but which contains parameters which may be more useful for smaller islands which don't have their own police force or Lord Lieutenant. See Talk:Hebrides for more information and Dubh Artach for an example. Ben MacDui (Talk) 21:07, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Having created an island infobox for St Kilda, I am intending to merge this with the existing Scottish infobox. I don't see any point in having both. Ben MacDui (Talk) 17:50, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Clean-up
Watchers of the page will have noted the lengthy addition to the History section posted by an Anon IP. I have dropped this individual a short note requesting that they provide references. This section was already atrocious in this regard and will almost certainly need splitting into various sub-sections. I am planning various other additions in the hope of getting the article up to GA standard sometime this year. If others are planning anything similar it might be helpful if we co-ordinated our efforts. Ben MacDui (Talk) 08:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
