Template:Did you know nominations/Pope Miltiades


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected by BlueMoonset (talk) 08:23, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

Insufficient expansion to qualify for DYK

Pope Miltiades

 * ... that it was during the pontificate of Pope Miltiades that the Edict of Milan, an agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire, was issued by Constantine and Licinius? Source: "The pontificate of Miltiades coincided with the events that gave birth to the peace of the Church. After the victory of Emperor Constantine at the Millvian bridge on 28 October 312, the policy of tolerance illustrated by the edict of Milan in February 313 established new ties between the papacy and the emperor."
 * ALT1:... that Pope Miltiades was the first pope to receive a letter from an emperor? Source: "The letter Constantine wrote to the Pope was the first known official correspondence between an emperor and a pope."
 * ALT2:... that the first pope to inhabit the Lateran palace was Pope Miltiades? Source: "The next pope, Miltades (or Melchiades), reigned until 314. To him Constantine presented the palace of the Empress Fausta as his residence near where the Lateran basilica would soon be built".
 * Comment: I'd like the article to be on the DYK section of the Main page on 10 January if possible, not sooner. But after 10 January is also fine.
 * Comment: I'd like the article to be on the DYK section of the Main page on 10 January if possible, not sooner. But after 10 January is also fine.

5x expanded by Governor Sheng (talk). Self-nominated at 21:22, 3 January 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol delete vote.svg - I truly hate to be the bearer of bad news because the revised article is better in almost every way than its prior version however the article has not been 5x expanded. Looking at the versions prior to your edits (even arguendo excluding prior unsourced information) you are at best at a 2.5x expansion.  If we can find more information to add we would be in good shape but barring that we are regrettably well short.  Mifter (talk) 18:12, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: Governor Sheng, though this is not eligible at the present time, I see that you've nominated the article to be a Good Article. Should this be listed as a GA, please be sure to nominate it again here within seven days, and it will be eligible for DYK then. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:11, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Ok, thank you for the information. Sure will. :) Governor Sheng (talk) 05:20, 6 January 2018 (UTC)