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Saint Patrick: Welsh or Scottish? It's a bit inappropriate to use either term really. Saint Patrick lived before the Scots and English invaded Britain. So the use of the words Scotland and England in the St Patrick article is inappropriate. At that time it was just Britain. So St Patrick is best described as British in my opinion. -- Derek Ross
What about Catherine Zeta-Jones? -- Paul Klenk
Not to mention Charlotte Church. Godofredo29 ( talk) 00:30, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
What about Frank Lloyd Wright ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.131.130.229 ( talk) 01:06, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Reverted the last edit by 63.92.156.234 -- Bob Hope was not Welsh, he was born in London. The other changes he made were to remove disambiguations from common names' piped links. -- Arwel 11:17, 28 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Surely this should be entitled "List of famous Welsh people". If it's just a list of Welsh people, I demand to be on it!!!
Who exactly is this person and what is the nature of his Welsh connections? Soccer or American football? Flapdragon 17:29, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
According to an entry on a guestbook [1] (about all I could find on Google) it was 1924-1927. Perhaps not Wales's most famous son. Flapdragon 16:14, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
As notable as many on the list.
Colin Jackson (born 1967), star hurdler. I cannot remember Jackson hurdling any stars, just ordinary hurdles. Quite a feat if we are talking celestial bodies here!!! Or maybe he was jumping over other famous people? Or perhaps star shaped hurdles? Do we have a reference? Alun 16:45, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
Bertrand Russell now has two entries on this page, one under scientists and one under philosphers. Any opinion as to whether one of the entries should be removed? Nigel45 11:23, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Even if he was born in England, he should be in this list. He was a Welshman!
British Diplomat, currently UK Ambassador to the UN? This might require a new category.
Does anyone have any details for this person? Would seem to be one for deletion from this page.
Nigel45 22:01, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
I was just curious as to why Jimmy Page is on the list, since his profile says he was born and raised in England.
Does anybody know the person(s) responsible for putting Jimmy Page's name on the list? If so, please let me know soon so I can contact them.
Jack O'Lantern has taken to deleting red-linked people from this list on the grounds that "without articles, there's no way for the Wiki community to judge whether or not these people are notable. Besides, there were only something like 5-10 names". I notice from his user page that Jack is a 19 or 20 year old American, therefore may not have heard of these people, but that's no grounds for deleting links which might inspire people to write new articles - indeed, when I first came to Wikipedia 3½ years ago red links were positively encouraged to generate new entries, and I'm unaware of any policy changes since then. The people in question are:
OK, so some of these people may not be very famous, but the majority of them are. I say restore the red links. -- Arwel ( talk) 19:12, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Griff Rhys Jones is surely as famous a comedian / actor as any Welshman, born Cardiff. 88.107.66.93 23:45, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Would it be feasable to create a list of Welsh Nobles? What I mean is a current list of Welsh titles and their current holders? Drachenfyre 06:30, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Maybe I was taught wrongly, but as a Welsh lady (now an exile!) I was always taught that Dewi Sant was in fact, Irish? Fishystick 01:25, 11 March 2007= (UTC)
Does anybody know which of these people are from either Wrexham or north east wales. It is for another article i am trying to get above start class but it is a long list so i thought this way might be easier. You can leave a message for me by clicking my name. Thanks. The ones I know of already are tim vincent (blue peter) and Rhys Ifans (twin town) wicked film that. Anyway any one with any more of them shrooms give us a click ty Delighted eyes 00:52, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
I want to create a new article for a Welsh photographer. Where should I list this ? Is it possible to create a new 'role' type for photographer in the list ? -- Darren Wyn Rees 17:18, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Harold Lowe was a Welsh Officer on the Titanic and the only person to, after escaping in a lifeboat, row back and pick up survivors (Four men, one later died). Is he a candidate for addition? 84.45.134.188 ( talk) 22:40, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
The changes made to this page whereby alphabetical lists of politicans and other groups have been hived off into categories means that many individuals who were born in Wales but were successful elsewhere in the world have now been lost from view. It is appropriate for politicians in Wales to be identified by means of category but we've lost key historical figures such as Sir Samuel Griffiths and Francis Lewis who attained their pre-eminence overseas. Does anyone else have any views on the subject? Nigel45 ( talk) 14:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Most people are in the correct category eg Welsh politicians in this case. If anyone is not in the list its simply a case of adding the appropriate category Welsh politician (ie a person born in Wales) to that individual wiki article. The alternative would be to rekey the names of every Welsh person of note onto the the List of Welsh People page which is not just subjective but impossible to complete and maintain. Pwimageglow ( talk) 00:47, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
There is a dual meaning of Welsh politicians, those politicians that operate in Wales which includes those not born in Wales, e.g. Janet Ryder and those politicians who are Welsh. This latter definition includes those who operate outside the Welsh and UK sphere.
The list was orginally a list of famous people born in Wales, split into categories. The present referral system misses a host of people who would not naturally be caterogized as 'Welsh' politicians, sportsmen etc as their achievements are notable outside Wales. Nigel45 ( talk) 13:10, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
The category system is simple and correct ie it is irrelevant WHERE a person has become notable eg Catherine Zeta Jones correctly isn't in the category English or American actresses. There is no dual meaning to the category Welsh Politicians as its a subset of the category 'List of Welsh People by Occupation'. Michael Howard is rightly in the category Welsh Politicians etc because he was born in Wales - its irrelevant that his career has been largely outside Wales.
Just because someone happens to work in Wales at some point in their life doesnt make them a Welsh Author, Welsh politician etc. However, most people would consider Janet Ryder and David Lloyd George to be Welsh Politicians even though they werent born in Wales, so there's no problem adding the category Welsh Politician to those individuals. Similarly footballers who qualify for Wales through parents or grandparents rather than birth can rightly be in the category Welsh Footballers.
The category system is not exclusive eg Vinnie Jones is rightly in the English Film Actor and Welsh Film Actor categories. Just adds to completeness of Wiki. Pwimageglow ( talk) 18:05, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
In addition, there is a section on the List of Welsh people page to add 'People born outside Wales regarded as Welsh'.
We could do with some sources on this article. -- John ( talk) 14:27, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
The article begins "This list of Welsh people is a list of notable Welsh people". Shouldn't it then be renamed List of notable Welsh people? Jack forbes ( talk) 08:59, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
A WP:BOLD edit (removing the unsourced tag - "This article does not cite any references or sources.") made yesterday has been reverted by an anon IP. So in the spirit of WP:BRD - this is the D bit. Lists of people do not tend to have citations, which would more that double the size of the article and make it far too cumbersome, leaving sourcing for the linked articles. For example, of these lists from around the world List of Canadians, List of Chinese people, List of Filipinos, List of French people, List of Latvians, List of Pakistanis, List of Somalis, only the List of Pakistanis has any references and these relate to redlinks only. We seem to have four choices: #1 Provide sources for each entry; #2 Leave the tag as it is and expect all the entries to be deleted; #3 Remove the tag by consensus #4 Redefine the list's criteria to, say, 'This is a list of Welsh people notable enough to have a Wikipedia article.' Thoughts please, Daicaregos ( talk) 09:24, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Writers under this sub-heading meeds quite a sort through. Many are certainly Welsh. Martinevans123 ( talk) 21:03, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
It may be better to replace the players listed under 'Rugby players' with:
That article has over 1000 players listed. Non-capped and women rugby players could still be listed here. Any objections? Daicaregos ( talk) 11:54, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
Does anyone have a view as to whether any other sections could/should be moved to their own article? Listings of 'Actors', 'Musicians' and 'Footballers' each seem numerous enough to have their own separate page. Daicaregos ( talk) 11:53, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
I see my addition to help explain about what welsh people really means has been removed - I think it clearly needs to be explained that as a nation they have no specific rights - they have British rights and most of the people in this list are also British and have British passports - its a reality that readers would benefit from understanding what they are reading. Off2riorob ( talk) 23:06, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
I'm not sure what the above exchange is about but this is a list of "Welsh People" as such it is related to the article of the same name and is not confined to British Citizens who identify as being Welsh -- Snowded TALK 08:33, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
The current Lead needs improvement. This is a suggestion, based on MOS Lead and selection criteria:
"This is a list of Welsh people ( Welsh: Cymry), an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales.
Historian John Davies argues that the origin of the Welsh nation can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic, Celtic languages seem to have been spoken in Wales far longer. [1] [2]
This list is for people of Welsh heritage and descent, and for people otherwise considered to be Welsh, either through birth or adoption. Only those meeting notability criteria are included on this list."
Any comments/suggestions for improvement, please. Daicaregos ( talk) 10:37, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
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