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There are many problems with the recent edits by K1ngstowngalway1. To summarise these points:

(1) Material based on Father Allan: The Life and Legacy of a Hebridean Priest and other non RS references. Firstly, the material added focuses on a date which is outside the period of the clearances. Secondly this source and the others do not qualify as an RS for this sort of article. See

(2) genuinely believed her plans were advantageous for those forcibly resettled in other crofting communities and could not understand why her tenants complained. "Forcibly" implies the use of force, which does not fit with the cited sources on which this part of the article is based. "other" suggests that they were being moved from one crofting community to another. This is a common misconception. In the first phase of the clearances, tenants were moved from farming townships to crofts – these are two entirely different agricultural systems. "her" – technically they were her husband's tenants.

(3) This was never considered a legitimate defense eviction under Scots property law. Dùthchas was also gradually rejected by those clan chiefs who began to think of themselves simply as commercial landlords What does the terms "legitimate defense [sic] eviction" add to the article? This is dressed up to appear as a formal legal term. I very much doubt that it is and even if it were, this is simply obfuscating the subject.

Therefore this sequence of edits has been reverted. ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 12:03, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]