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Untitled[edit]

I have added a reference to Chris Harley's engagement as producer from Heartland onwards. Harley not only improved the sound of their recordings but also assisted the band's management through his contacts in the business. This was the point when Runrig began to move up from being essentially a local band to being a national act.Archie Meadies 05:35, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bias[edit]

I feel this article has a strong bias to the old Runrig rather than the new Runrig. The author seems to think times were better under Donnie Munro and even says "he had a succesful solo career" which is not really true. Was this article written by Donnie Munro? It also doesn't reall talk about the extensive support Runrig have in Norway, Denmark and Germany (I think they were number one in Denmark sometime this year?). Runrig are a great band and this article doesnt really show them in the best light.--86.1.197.96 09:15, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Runrig being 'a great band' is your opinion not a fact. The article is fine. 79.72.135.72 11:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Inner Hebrides[edit]

Donnie Munro may be from Skye, but the MacDonald brothers are from Uist, which is in the Outer Hebrides. --MacRusgail 18:12, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Loch Ness show[edit]

The show at loch ness is actually a music festival - runrig headlining, though. I know because I live opposite the field it is in, and am going... --03crichardson 19:40, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Who cares, Runrig are rubbish anyway! 79.72.245.77 11:25, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

^^^ What you said is rubbish. GaelWildflower (talk) 16:54, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Loch Ness[edit]

Regardless of your personal opinion, posting it on a wikipedia page is akin to bias. This is supposed to be a neutral view. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Daibhidh708 (talk • contribs) 02:12, August 25, 2007 (UTC)

Deletion[edit]

It's funny how it took someone nominating this article for deletion for some editors to actually add something useful here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.72.191.105 (talk) 09:46, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 05:09, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gaelic[edit]

only in the highlands is Gaelic prevalent, not in the lowlands. i have made a change to reflect this fact.Alekey81.158.175.201 (talk) 15:59, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's widely spoken in the Western Isles, too, and historically has been spoken in parts of the Lowlands. Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 16:09, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

yes historically. BUT its no now. the language of Scotland is English and has bean for years. only in the Highlands and islands has gaelic bean retained. this is not the 15th century(according to wiki when there was a language division). The edit will follow "the native language the Highlands and islands of Scotland."81.132.85.174 (talk) 22:49, 11 April 2009 (UTC)Alekey[reply]

as an after thought i have changed it for the better to read "the old language of Scotland" no every one is happy.81.132.85.174 (talk) 23:03, 11 April 2009 (UTC)Alekey[reply]

Gaelic is an OLD language. the same as latin. what the word for telephone or computer. the is non. with the inordinate of english lone words used in Gaelic, thus makes Gaelic an old language. I am not disputing that Gaelic is not spoken by people. the fact remans that it is an old language that has given way to english. denying it is ignorance summating witch wikipedia has a large amount of.Alekey86.153.196.34 (talk) 14:47, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My problem with the term "an old language of Scotland" is that it's ambiguous - it seems to imply that Gaelic was spoken once, but isn't now, whereas Gaelic is - along with Scots - a recognised regional language, and widely spoken in parts of Scotland (outside the Highlands and Western Isles, there's a major Gaelic college in Glasgow - in the Lowlands). Describing Gaelic as "a Scottish language" is accurate, and doesn't imply anything further about the language's state. If a reader wishes to learn more about Gaelic, all they need to do is click on the link - we don't need to use an article about a band to go into detail about a language.

Incidentally, I'm not convinced that comparing Gaelic with Latin is helpful: Latin has no native speakers, and exists today purely as an academic and theological language. Gaelic is a living language with native speakers, newspapers, TV and radio broadcasters, and cultural programmes.

Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 21:51, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Guthro[edit]

Guthro joined Runrig in 1997, when Donnie left to pursue politics, not 1999. I won't edit it because I have direct relationship to the subject of the article. Status4 (talk) 05:48, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This source suggests 98 actually - I'll see if I can dig in the BBC archives at some point. source Blue Square Thing (talk) 07:28, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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