Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Middle Ages/Archive 11

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Elizabeth of Bosnia FAC

Last month I nominated the article about Elizabeth of Bosnia for FA status, but it has not attracted enough reviewers yet. Elizabeth governed or directly influenced much of central Europe in the 1380s, but ended up losing her head. The article (rated GA) is of interest to WikiProject Middle Ages, and I would be very grateful if a member of this WikiProject commented on the nomination. Surtsicna (talk) 13:00, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Request for Comment

There's an RfC about inclusion of UK constituent countries in the Europe Topic template. Chris Troutman (talk) 19:33, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Stephen I of Hungary/archive1

I initiated a peer review of Stephen I of Hungary, a GA, before its FAN. I would appreciate comments on this article about the first King of Hungary who is also a popular saint in Central Europe. Borsoka (talk) 06:11, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Have left some comments... Hchc2009 (talk) 15:02, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Black death was not spread by rat fleas, say researchers

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Interesting research. This can affect several pages. Have they published any of their findings however? We should wait until they do that, and then cite their papers directly. --Harizotoh9 (talk) 14:24, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

There have been a number of suggestions like this in recent years, but it remains controversial. And no, we should not normally use primary sources, but wait for secondary ones. The "Causes" section of Black Death has long covered the arguments as to what it was and how it spread, and I see someone has already added this story, probably prematurely. Johnbod (talk) 14:41, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes. What The Guardian is talking about is a theory, not a proven fact. While it's exciting to add it's also ill-advised. Let's wait 30 years and see how this shakes out. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:45, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Byzantines CfDs

There are two CfDs right now relevant to Byzantine history:

I support both, the idea is to replace the use of modern or religious place names with the contemporary name "Byzantine Empire" or a part of which. Of course it is being opposed by religious or nationalistic indignants. Please tell your opinion. trespassers william (talk) 20:32, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Medieval censorship

This essay is up for deletion at WP:AfD. Please help! Bearian (talk) 16:41, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet for Wikiproject Middle Ages at Wikimania 2014

Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

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Adikhajuria (talk) 12:22, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

AfC submission - 07/07

Draft:Sir Richard Threston. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 18:50, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Gelou: peer review

All comments would be appreciated here. Thank you in advance. Borsoka (talk) 03:07, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Invasion of England (1326)

Infobox help - looks like someone wants France to be in this articles infobox when the article mentions nothing about an invasion from France let alone French troops. Can anyone shed some light on this? Shire Lord 21:41, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Magna Carta

This article from the Observer points out that it will be the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta next year (15 June 2015) and suggests there will be various TV and radio programmes (and books etc) to coincide with the significant date. I note this article regularly gets 150,000+ page views per month and this is likely to increase. Would it be worth trying to get a collaboration going to get it to at least GA or even FA standard before the anniversary?— Rod ^talk 18:50, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Menumorut: peer review

All comments on this article about an allegedly Khazar ruler in the Carpathian Basin around 900 are appreciated here. Borsoka (talk) 07:50, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Medieval Household

The Medieval Household article looks like it's been hacked about a bit in the middle. There's quite a bit of text written in this style: "You think, it's the middle ages of course it is going to be the Lord of the house, as it is he who represents the house in politics both local and in the royal court, it is also the man who is the face of the house, he who holds the purse strings and all that rot." Thought I'd leave a note here so one of you experts can take a look and see what should stay and be cleaned up, and what should go. Helenabella (Talk) 06:06, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Cheers Helenabella - I've made some changes. Hchc2009 (talk) 08:24, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Geoffrey (archbishop of York) nomination for Today's Featured Article

I've nominated the article Geoffrey (archbishop of York) to be considered for Today's Featured Article, nomination discussion is at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Geoffrey (archbishop of York). — Cirt (talk) 01:43, 28 November 2014 (UTC)