Talk:John of Islay, Earl of Ross

Prose

I have always subscribed to George Orwell's contention that good prose should should be like a window pane, allowing a message to be conveyed with absolute clarity; there is nothing worse than bad English in the masquerade of pseudo-scholarship. I have made an attempt here to convey the essential facts on the subject with as much clarity and precision as I can. If anyone thinks they can do better by all means have a go-I will certainly not stand in their way. But what I do resent-and deeply so-are unconstructive and petty-minded tags. Those unhappy with the 'tone' of the present article are quite welcome to 'resurrect' the corpse in its original form. Rcpaterson 03:09, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Reverted to the original. There are too many mediocrites involved in this whole project. Rcpaterson 00:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

What kind of thing is bothering you so much you wanna leave? Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 00:31, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Have a look at An Siarach (talk · contribs)'s tag of 22 August and then have a look at the comment he left on this subject some time ago on my talk page. Another of these tags has appeared on the Union of the Crowns page where most of the amended version was written by me. I really could not care less how people feel about my literary style; but there does not seem to be much point in continuing if this is how my work is to be received. I've now discontinued further work on Scotland in the Late Middle Ages, which I intend to put up for deletion. I must say we have had little in the way of direct contact but I have admired your work on early Scottish history. I think also-from the many comments of yours I have read on talk pages-you, like me, do not suffer fools gladly. It is, I must confess, a particular failing of mine, not good, I think, for an 'exercise in consensus.' Rcpaterson 00:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)