First, an important note for everyone to remember:
A few Wikipedians have gotten together to make some suggestions about how we might organize data in articles about the clans of Scotland. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!
This WikiProject aims primarily to give information about the various clans of Scotland. Such information includes each clan's individual characteristics such as their songs, tartans, etc.
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fonzy
Ram-Man
Derek Ross
Catherine
Chuq
Former participants
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Structure and Format
This is currently being worked out in the talk page and will be updated here shortly.
Hierarchy Definition
No classification of the clans of Scotland has been defined. See this example on dividing a topic into a hierarchy.
General Strategy and Discussion forum
/Sample page/Clan Ross
/Clans of Scotland
/Tartan
/Sample page/MacTaggart sept of Clan Ross
Helpful Resources
The Clans and Tartans of Scotland by Robert Bain, ISBN 0-00-4111176 & ISBN 0-00-6364160 -- Contains information on a clan and its history, crests, mottos, tartans (with a color plate of each), etc.
The Scottish clan system owes much to the ancient Celtic and Norse settlers in the northern parts of Scotland and, as part of the Gaelic tribal culture, was well established in the Highlands by as early as the 13th century.
Each clan was a large group of geographically-related people, originally an extended family, supposedly descended from one progenitor, and all owing allegiance to the patriarchal clan chief.
The revival of interest in the clans is due in no small part to the writings of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), as well as to the visit of George IV to Edinburgh in 1822, both of which contributed to a reawakening of Scottish culture and pride.
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