Talk:St Magnus Cathedral

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I've put external links in to the Earl's Palace and Bishop's Palace, but someone may want to make these new pages, and also add Orkney categories as appropriate..dave souza 19:45, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merger[edit]

This article began as a stub on 4 September 2005, and St Magnus Cathedral was a disambiguation page as I recall, though it's not turning up on searches. On second thoughts it may have been a red link, which would account for the unfortunate confusion. It became a new article on 4 December 2005. There's a fair bit of duplication and though it's got less info, it has some points not covered here so I propose merging these points into this article. ...(revised) ..dave souza 21:11, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Seem entirely sensible to merge these pages: this one was created in ignorance of the other. It was indeed a red link I followed. And your proposed method of dealing with the duplication sounds ideal. Kluseau 11:14, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Apostrophe[edit]

I'm very dubious about the necessity and indeed the correctness of the apostrophe in this article's title, as well as in all the references throughout Wikipedia. I have never, ever seen it used with an apostrophe on official church pamphlets and documents, books and newspapers in Orkney, etc., etc. The very few places I have seen it used are mostly other web pages (often in tandem with such clangers as "on the Island of Orkney"). But the vast majority of sites online do not use the apostrophe.

In short, I believe it is wrong, and should be removed. Thorf 15:09, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Here's some good evidence: the Church of Scotland web site has no apostrophes present. Compare this with the same site's references to other Scottish cathedrals such as St Giles' in Edinburgh, and St Mungo's in Glasgow, which have apostrophes intact. http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/contact/contactmap45.htm Thorf 15:20, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed: the official guide book purchased at the cathedral itself does not carry the aposrophe in the name. (Kluseau 09:45, 7 March 2007 (UTC))[reply]

I see someone has restored the apostrophes without leaving any justification here. Unless someone can provide evidence to the contrary, I will go ahead and remove the apostrophes (again). Thorf 08:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would also like to suggest that the page should be moved to "St. Magnus Cathedral" - without the apostrophe. Thorf 08:11, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bjarni Kolbeinsson[edit]

Anyone have a free picture of the statue of Bishop Bjarni Kolbeinsson in the cathedral? Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 04:00, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kirkwall[edit]

The mentioned "kirkjuvágr" must surely mean "bay of the church", not "church of the bay". Probably just a mix-up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Apachepiken (talk • contribs) 23:44, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Quite right. I have added a ref and explanatory note. Ben Mac Dui 09:48, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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