User talk:Drubeach

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Year of the Five Emperors
I've had to revert your group's changes to this article for various reasons, which I'll try to explain as clearly as possible.

As the page topic is "Year of the Five Emperors", the text should provide only as much biographical information as readers need in order to thoroughly understand the topic (in this instance, what happened in that year or during that event). I agree that some kind of potted biography is needed for each claimant, but a lot less than has been provided - we already have articles on each of them. The article should cover what happened that year, why it happened at all, who was involved and why, their fate, and (probably) the consequences of all this for the Empire and its people. Try to maintain a strong, sound and logical article structure, based always on the topic.

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Please follow the links above for more precise guidance. I've sent a copy of this to your colleagues. If I can be of any help, please let me know. Regards Haploidavey (talk) 17:15, 13 December 2013 (UTC)