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# Scots Wikipedia
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/scots-wikipedia/
- Published: 2008-04-05T21:39:02.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:26:00.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Research ∕ Learning

*\[Note: the links in the Wikipedia quotes do not work as I have not changed the relative URLs to absolute ones\]*  
[ ![](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2082/2175975683_31be30709e.jpg?v=0 "Liberty Hall")](https://www.flickr.com/photos/inky/2175975683/?ref=lorcandempsey.net)I was looking up [James Connolly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%5FConnolly?ref=lorcandempsey.net) just now as I prepare some slides for a presentation at the [2008 LIR Annual Seminar](https://lirgroup.heanet.ie/index.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net). The event is being held in [Liberty Hall,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty%5FHall?ref=lorcandempsey.net) which has a historic relationship with Connolly, and I planned to use this as an excuse to show the Worldcat Identities [page](https://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/lccn-n50-31491?ref=lorcandempsey.net) for him 😉 I noticed that one of the [subject headings](https://worldcat.org/search?q=su%3aMaclean,%20John,--1879-1923&ref=lorcandempsey.net) in the Worldcat Identities [cloud](https://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/lccn-n50-31491?ref=lorcandempsey.net#linkfastheadings) for Connolly was for John Maclean. I went to look for John Maclean in Wikipedia (googling his name and Wikipedia which is how I tend to look for things). I clicked through and was surprised to read this:

> **John Maclean** ([1879](/w/index.php?title=1879&action=edit&redlink=1 "1879 (not yet written)")–[1923](/w/index.php?title=1923&action=edit&redlink=1 "1923 (not yet written)")) wis born in [Glesgae](/wiki/Glesgae "Glesgae"), [Scotland](/wiki/Scotland "Scotland") intae a faimily o [Hieland](/w/index.php?title=Scots%5FHielands&action=edit&redlink=1 "Scots Hielands (not yet written)") oreegin frae the Isle o [Mull](/w/index.php?title=Mull&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mull (not yet written)"). Maclean becam a [dominie](/w/index.php?title=Dominie&action=edit&redlink=1 "Dominie (not yet written)") an syne gaed tae the [Varsity o Glesgae](/w/index.php?title=Varsity%5Fo%5FGlesgae&action=edit&redlink=1 "Varsity o Glesgae (not yet written)"), graduatin wi a Maister o Airts degree (Maclean aye uised MA efter his name whan bein setten furth efterhaund). Maclean is seen as ane o the chief feegurs o the [Reid Clydeside](/w/index.php?title=Reid%5FClydeside&action=edit&redlink=1 "Reid Clydeside (not yet written)") era. \[[John Maclean – Wikipedia](https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%5FMaclean?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

Without noticing I had clicked through to the **Scots** version of Wikipedia.

> **Guid tae see ye at the Scots [Wikipædia](https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A6dia?ref=lorcandempsey.net "Wikipædia"), the first encyclopædia in the Scots leid!** \[[Main Page – Wikipedia](https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main%5FPage?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

Good for Wikipedia for having a Scots version is what I say ….  
This prompted me to look for an Irish version, and there is one. Here is the entry for **Séamus Ó Conghaile**, the Irish version of **James Connolly**.

> Ceannaire [sóisialach](/wiki/S%C3%B3isialachas "Sóisialachas") in [Éirinn](/wiki/%C3%89ire "Éire") ab ea é **Séamas Ó Conghaile**, nó **James Connolly** as [Béarla](/wiki/B%C3%A9arla "Béarla") ([5 Meitheamh](/wiki/5%5FMeitheamh "5 Meitheamh"), [1868](/wiki/1868 "1868") – [12 Bealtaine](/wiki/12%5FBealtaine "12 Bealtaine"), [1916](/wiki/1916 "1916")). Rugadh é i n[Dún Éideann](/wiki/D%C3%BAn%5F%C3%89ideann "Dún Éideann") na h[Alban](/wiki/Albain "Albain"), mac le tuismitheoirí Éireannacha. \[[Séamus Ó Conghaile – Vicipéid](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9amus%5F%C3%93%5FConghaile?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

There is a [page](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List%5Fof%5FWikipedias?ref=lorcandempsey.net) listing all the different languages in which there is a Wikipedia with some statistics. I was particularly interested to see how they described their **depth** indicator.

> The “**Depth**” column (**(Edits/Articles) × (Non-Articles/Articles) × (1 − Stub-ratio)**) is a rough indicator of a Wikipedia’s quality, showing how frequently its articles are updated. Note that it doesn’t refer to *academic* quality (which obviously can’t be mathematically computed anyway), but to *Wikipedian* quality, i.e. the depth of collaborativeness—a descriptor that is highly relevant for a Wikipedia. Depths above 300 for Wikipedias below 100 000 articles are dismissed as irrelevant. \[[List of Wikipedias – Meta](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List%5Fof%5FWikipedias?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

The English language Wikipedia is the only one to have more than 1 million articles. A further eighteen have more than one hundred thousand and less than a million.  
Picture of Liberty Hall via [\~inky](https://www.flickr.com/photos/inky/?ref=lorcandempsey.net).