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Skellig Michael[edit]

Thanks for the all the clean-up here and moving sections to under the correct headings. Had been struggling with the getting the TOC correct, ie splitting the Monastery and Hermitage sections...the revert was because you flattened the headers again, but see now that there were underlying issues which you fixed. Nice work. Ceoil (talk) 20:05, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tolkien and the Celtic[edit]

I've really no idea why you might think that "the Celtic" is "incorrect". We Brits, and the article is in British English, say "the British", "the French", "the literate", "the good": it is absolutely correct to use an adjective as a noun. I'll consider undoing your undiscussed move. Since you've never edited the article, or as far as I can recall anything on the WikiProject before, the move was a bit of an imposition really. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:41, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chiswick Chap, correcting incorrect grammar isn't an "imposition". The group of peoples aren't called "the Celtics"; they're called the "Celts" or the "Celtic peoples", and their cultures and languages are called "Celtic". It's not used the same way as "British", "Irish", "Norse" etc. So saying "Tolkien and the Celtic" is grammatically incorrect (Tolkien and the Celtic what?). Correct wording would be "Tolkien and the Celts", "Tolkien and the Celtic languages", or "Tolkien and Celtic culture". Feel free to raise it at the language desk if you disagree. – Asarlaí ^(talk) 12:08, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for discussing. No, I'm not calling the people "the Celtic"; it's like "The good" or "The literate", an adjective as I said. It would help enormously if you'd not assume that native English speakers are illiterate and unable to cope with their own language's grammar. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:40, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All I did was correct your grammar mistake in the article title and explained it as politely as I could. But it seems you've taken offence to that for some reason. So again, if you think I'm wrong, you can raise it at the language desk and/or Wikiproject Celts. – Asarlaí ^(talk) 13:56, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]