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Congratulations, Dudley Miles! The article you nominated, Edmund Ætheling, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, FrB.TG (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, and thank you today for Nicholas of Worcester, introduced: "Nicholas was Prior of Worcester in the early twelfth century. He was the leading follower of Saint Wulfstan of Worcester and fought for the rights of monks in the church in a period when they were despised by the Norman bishops. He was a source of information for historians such as William of Malmesbury and Eadmer, who held him in great respect. He was of unknown but "exalted" descent, and may have been a son of King Harold Godwinson."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:45, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today's story is about Samuel Kummer, one of five items on the Main page - more musing on my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:57, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Today's story is about the TFA, by sadly missed Vami_IV. You supported it in 2018, thank you! For more related thoughts and music, look on my talk for 1 June. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:38, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Franz Kafka died 100 years ago OTD, hence the story. I uploaded a few pics from the visit of Graham87. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:30, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New pics of food and flowers come with the story of Noye's Fludde (premiered on 18 June), written by Brian Boulton. I nominated Éric Tappy because he died, and it needs support today! I nominated another women for GA in the Women in Green June run, - review welcome, and more noms planned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:24, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Could you review tiger for FAC? Thank you. LittleJerry (talk) 23:37, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Re your revert here. If you look at the bottom of the Statement of Persons Nominated, it says

Dated Friday 7 June 2024 Maxine Holdsworth Acting Returning Officer Printed and published by the Acting Returning Officer, The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London, W8 7N

Therefore, Maxine Holdsworth, as the Acting Returning Officer, is both author and publisher. Why are you expunging that important information? The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea website hosts the document, but is not named on the doc and is not the publisher of the doc either. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 10:04, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I do not see that it is useful information and so far as I know it has not been given for any other constituency. However, if given it should be correct as author and publisher, not "via", so I have edited accordingly. Dudley Miles (talk) 10:55, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I have been looking at your update for The History of Anglo-Saxon England article, which I think you are doing a pretty good job on. IMO the section that has caused the most controversy is the discussion between the migration model, namely the conventional versus the more recent coexistance model. Heinrich Härke in his paper about "Early Anglo-Saxon social structure" argues the case for coexistance, so I would recommend that you keep it in. I remembered I put it in myself, some time ago, after demands for "quotes" etc.. Best wishes. Wilfridselsey (talk) 09:21, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks. I must admit that very little of the draft is my work as so far I have mainly concentrated on getting rid of the text based on unreliable sources. I have not yet looked at Harke, but I do have a copy. I think that all this earlier discussion will probably need to be revised in the light of the latest genetic results in the Gretzinger paper at [1]. Dudley Miles (talk) 17:37, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I see you have an interest in subjects that are Medieval-related, so perhaps you can check this narwhal FAC? The Medieval-related part of this article is in the Relationship with humans section. Thanks for your time, Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 09:08, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:07, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Many thanks Gerda. Dudley Miles (talk) 07:39, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, hope you're doing well. Could you please explain why you reverted my last edit on Constantine the Great? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arberiunumk (talk • contribs) 14:18, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I explained it in my edit summary. You referenced the lead, which should be an unreferenced summary of the referenced main text. You should have referenced the main text. Also, your refs are primary sources. Wikipedia policy is that reliable secondary sources are preferred, as Wikipedia editors are not experts on judging the reliability of primary sources, which frequently contradict each other. Dudley Miles (talk) 15:08, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

- Alright, Thanks, i appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arberiunumk (talk • contribs) 15:20, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm the main contributor of Charles the Bold and was hoping to ask you for a mentorship for FAC. The article has undergone copyediting but two other users told me it is still lacking in prose. So that's where my main concern lies. Thanks in advance. Amir Ghandi (talk) 10:26, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am happy to help but I think it would be best if you nominate it for peer review and then ping me. That way, other editors can comment. Two initial comments. The article is nearly 11,500 words. This is too long. The usual limit is 10,000 and the article should preferably be well below that. You should cut it down before nominating it for PR. Also, I am not sure what lacking in prose means. Dudley Miles (talk) 11:38, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DM, just for context, it has had a PR already—and I'm not saying it shouldn't have another, especially one that hopefully draws more eyes to it—but I think what Amir means it that he feels the prose could still be polished up further. I've commented on the sourcing—not a spot check—which is all HQ RS—but length is definitely an issue, I agree. SerialNumber54129 12:45, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Serial Number. I was not aware that the article has already had a PR. Amir Ghandi, In view of SN's comments, I suggest you close the second PR and cut down the length of the article. Once you have done that, you can submit it to Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests. So far as I can see, it has not had a formal copy edit? Dudley Miles (talk) 13:59, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It had one actually which ended three days ago. Amir Ghandi (talk) 14:05, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, I think you just need to cut down the length and then I will review it. Dudley Miles (talk) 15:49, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies for complicating things, Dudley Miles! That's the best advice, a heart trim first. SerialNumber54129 19:35, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, reduced the size to 9781 words. Amir Ghandi (talk) 20:41, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]