Talk:Edward Dwelly

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Split the man and the dictionary

It seems to me that the biography of Edward Dwelly and his lifetime work, Dwelly's illustrated Scottish Gaelic dictionary, should be in separate articles, especially since there is now an online version. I have added the split template to the two sections to be split off into a new article about the dictionary. Adding the templates puts this article into a list of proposed splits.--DThomsen8 (talk) 23:54, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is there really enough material for 2 pages? Akerbeltz (talk) 10:38, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

With some research, I think there is enough material, and the categories would be different for both the article and the talk page. The alternative is to create redirects for the dictionary, which does not have the categories split advantage. I see that you know Gaelic, so your opinion is important to me. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:38, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, as long as there's someone willing to expand either. Perhaps we should expand first though and then split?

As for the bio by Ellis, I can't tell you much, I've never seen the book but I believe it's the only one to date. I can ask around what the book is like as a source if that would help. Akerbeltz (talk) 16:59, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You have two good ideas there. Expand first, then split. My plan would be to get the bio by Ellis, either at the Free Library of Philadelphia, or through the Interlibrary Loan program. --DThomsen8 (talk) 17:33, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article says, "His life has been poorly researched, but the best biography to date is by Peter Berresford Ellis." According to WorldCat, it would seem that the biography is actually introductory material in an edition of the dictionary, but the only reported copy of that edition is in Scotland, making it difficult to obtain in the United States. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:24, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of Interest

User:Akerbeltz is the Michael Bauer mentioned in the article, a German career linguist who moved over to Scotland a few years ago after latching onto Gaelic and Basque culture which he had no previous connection to. As he is using this article on Wikipedia, to write about himself, this is a clear violation of Wikipedia:Conflict of Interest.

There is also a clear commercial/advertising aspect to this as well, since Bauer ("Akerbeltz"), is currently selling a re-set version of Dwelly's Dictionary in hard-copy.

Thankfully, while this seems to be most of his self-promotion on English wikipedia, he has also written a medium-length vanity piece on himself on the Scottish Gaelic wikipedia, and more or less runs the place by himself according to his personal tastes and prejudices.-MacRùsgail (talk) 15:13, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The article states:

In later life, alienated by the attitude of some people in Scotland, both Gaels and non-speakers, he returned to England, leaving behind his great legacy and dying in obscurity.

As far as I can tell, this is not mentioned in any of the sources. Such a statement should be backed up. Ghtyruss (talk) 16:30, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]