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Population

It was changed from 10,000 to 4,500 by an IP address that a few days later made a minor vandalism. Which is correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hu (talk • contribs) 02:38, 17 November 2004 (UTC)[reply]

4,009 according to the 2001 census. will change. Exile 20:57, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Alleged silly edits

What is silly about [194.57.157.28 these] edits. Linking Americans, asking for a fact tag and pointing out what kind of incident it was dont sound silly to me, sounds like normal editing. Please expalain yourself here, SqueakBox 21:43, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits add nothing to the article, but rather detract from it. Why not just leave well alone?Phase4 22:07, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? How do they do that? And what do you mean, leave well alone, we are here to make for a betetr encyclopedia and that is what i am doing. You really need to explain yourself better, this is a subject of obvious importance to many British and other people and all i am doing is making simple, non-controversial changes. I really do not understand your objections, SqueakBox 22:13, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're one to talk SqueakBox. I'm still waiting to hear your explanations for reverting my edits for no good reason. Ospinad 17:33, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

The NY times says that Megrahi was serving a 27 year sentence, whereas this article currently says that he was sentenced to life in prison. This inconsistency should be examined. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.229.19.115 (talk) 15:17, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lockerbie bombing

This is an article about Lockerbie the place, not for details about the investigations and trial, for which we already have extensive articles. I think much of the detail that is duplicated in other articles could be removed from this article. On the other hand, more detail about the destruction on the ground, experiences of local witnesses, local contacts with relatives of the victims, and local memorials would be entirely appropriate. --NSH001 (talk) 17:15, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Am removing material about the alleged bombers etc to this page. The Lockerbie page's entry on the bombing should have information about how the bombing affceted Lockerbie itself; not details about the various Libyans, their trials, releases etc. There is far too much detail on that at present, and barely anything on Sherwood Crescent, how the bombing affceted the town etc. 86.139.167.237 (talk) 11:47, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removed material:

The subsequent police investigation was the largest ever mounted in Scottish history and became a murder inquiry when evidence of a bomb was found. Two men accused of being Libyan intelligence agents were eventually charged in 1991 with planting the bomb. It took a further nine years to bring them to trial. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was gaoled (jailed) for life in January 2001 following the 84-day Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial under Scots law, at Camp Zeist, Netherlands. His co-accused, Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, was acquitted, and returned to Libya. In March 2002, Megrahi's appeal against his conviction was rejected, and he remained in Greenock prison, near Glasgow.^[1] In September 2003, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission started a review of Megrahi's case, and granted him a second appeal on 28 June 2007 against his conviction for the Lockerbie bombing.^[2]

On 20 August 2009 the Scottish Government released Megrahi from prison on compassionate grounds as he has terminal prostate cancer. Libya attracted further international opprobrium as a result of the scenes of open jubilation witnessed in that country upon Megrahi's return.^[3] 86.139.167.237 (talk) 11:50, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ BBC's "on this day" website
^ SCCRC's decision on Megrahi's second appeal against conviction
^ "Lockerbie bomber withdraws appeal". BBC News. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

The Queensbury Dining Room

Was it really spelled Queensbury? The man's name was Queensberry. -- JackofOz (talk) 08:15, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Graduating

"[Lockerbie Academy], in cooperation with Syracuse University of Syracuse, New York, USA, which lost 35 students in the bombing, established a scholarship at the university for two of its most outstanding graduating students."

I've never heard of a British secondary school describing its students as "graduating". Is this actually accurate-- does the Academy really use the term-- or is it an Americanism that has crept into the article? Marnanel (talk) 15:32, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- It's an Americanism. I was a student there up until last year and we usually just said "Left" or "Finnished" school depending on whether they stayed for all 6 years or not. - Lord Sturm (talk) 15:52, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Translation into Chinese Wikipedia

The 18:09, 17 July 2010 Sir Stanley version of this article is translated into Chinese Wikipedia.--Wing (talk) 20:42, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lockerbie House

Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet of Kelhead lived between 1730 and 1783. It seems unlikely that he was able to build Lockerbie House in 1814. Shipsview (talk) 13:48, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] BBC's "on this day" website

[2] SCCRC's decision on Megrahi's second appeal against conviction

[3] "Lockerbie bomber withdraws appeal". BBC News. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

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