Talk:Kings of Mercia family tree

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Interesting. Bearian (talk) 20:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Check out the Wessex one as well. Mark J (talk) 21:41, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Very interesting indeed. What are your sources? Ekki01 (talk) 20:04, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I guess that most of it comes ultiamtely from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, but a list of sources ought to be provided. It is sustpect that several of the kings with the inital letter B come from another branch of the Icelingas, whose genealogy does not survive, but this is merely a guess from academics.  Peterkingiron (talk) 20:24, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Suggested merge
I see a merge has been suggested. My reservation about this chart is that it does not convey any nuances. Ceolwald and Wigmund are both shown as definitely having been king, for example. I appreciate the impulse to make a chart showing everything, but I don't think the value outweighs the negatives. In a merge, would the chart survive, possibly in some modified form? Or would it be deleted? I would not like to see the chart continue unless it can be revised to take into account the uncertainties in the sources. I'm also not keen on the way the lines have been twisted around to fit the rectangular space; a scrollable chart would be better than this (though I know from experience that that has its own problems). Mike Christie (talk) 10:45, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Merger - I see the logic of the argument for the merge proposal, but think it is useful to ahvethe information, both as a list and as a family tree. Peterkingiron (talk) 22:08, 15 April 2009 (UTC)