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Category:Northern Isles is itself a category within Category:Islands of Scotland and Category:Islands of the North Sea. — Robert Greer ( talk) 18:41, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Pyrotec ( talk) 09:44, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
I've had a quick read of this article, and on the basis of that my first impression is that this is a good article and should make GA-status this time round (but there is a big "But", see later).
The article is well referenced, so I have no real concerns on WP:Verifiability; and the article is well illustrated.
BUT: There is nothing about climate (climate is included in both the Orkney and a Shetland articles) and nothing about transport and transport routes (these are Islands!!). "Obvious" means of transport are boats/ships/ferries (harbours) and planes (airports), but what about roads and causeways; and both topics are discussed in the Orkney and a Shetland articles, so only a summary is, possibly, needed.
I'm now going to work my way through the article, but I will be returning to these points: in respect of WP:WIAGA, criteria 3. I will be mostly concentrating on "problems", if any. So if I don't find any/many, this section could be quite short. Pyrotec ( talk) 11:25, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
... stopping for now. To be continued, tommorrow. Pyrotec ( talk) 21:28, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
The recent series of edits, see discussion above, have both addressed my comments in respect of the Economics section and plugged a hole in "scope" that I had not yet got round to mentioning in detail. The WP:Lead is possibly rather "thin" nad in my eyes could do with a bit more "meat", however, I'm not going to delay my final summary. Pyrotec ( talk) 12:19, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
A wide-ranging summary of the Orkney and Sheltland isles.
In the light of recent improvements, I'm happy to be able to award this article GA-status. Congratulations on producing a fine article. Pyrotec ( talk) 14:03, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
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"Norðreyjar" is a straight translation of the modern British name "Northern Isles" rather than the old Norse name for the islands, which was "Vestrøyar" - "western isles" - because the islands were west of Scandinavia. Similarly the islands now known in Britain as the Western Isles were called Suðreyjar - "southern isles" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nasty swimmer ( talk • contribs) 18:39, 9 December 2019 (UTC)