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DYK nomination of William Ketel
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Plegmund
I have been looking at the death date of Plegmund. It is given in his wiki article as 914 or 923, but as Athelm, his successor as Archbishop of Canterbury, was appointed in 923 at the earliest, 914 would mean an interregnum of at least 9 years. So far as I can find, the sole source for 914 is DNB (apart from Farmer's Dictionary of Saints which cites DNB as a source). The DNB articles on Plegmund and Athelm, and their list of A of Cs, show the gap between 914 and 923 without commenting on it. The wiki article cites Keynes in the Blackwell Encyclopedia and the Handbook for 923. This date is also give by PASE, Brooks, Early History, and Williams, Biographical Dictionary. The strongest evidence for 923 is Lyon, "The Coinage of Edward the Elder" in Hill and Higham eds, Edward the Elder. On page 69 he dates a coin of Plegmund after 920. I think the wiki article should make clear that 923 is almost certainly correct and 914 an error in DNB. What do you think? Dudley Miles (talk) 22:17, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Brooks in Early History of the Church of Canterbury pp. 213 and 214 discusses Plegmund's later years. Also on p. 369 in footnote 18. He comes down on the side of 923, but I'm not sure we can disallow the 914 date that Warham (in the ODNB) gives - as the footnote to Brooks says that the year of Plegmund's death is only recorded in one place, the A version of ASC, where it is an addition to an earlier text. He refers to Robinson's Saxon Bishops of Wells pp. 56-58 for the 914 date being an even more spurious addition to a copy of Florence of Worcester. I had a copy of Robinson somewhere but I think I've packed it for our move. Given the abiguities, I think we'll leave it to the historians to figure it out eventually. I'm not willing to discount the ODNB at all. Brooks says that the first 40 years of the 900s at Canterbury are some of the most obscure times for the see's history. Luckily, I never planned to bring Plegmund up to FA status... Ealdgyth - Talk 22:34, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

RfC announce: Religion in infoboxes
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Featured article candidates/House of Plantagenet/archive3
Hi there, I have been through all the references I could here and checked them. Those for which the I couldn't get the sources I have replaced with ones that support the original intent. Could you have a look and comment as I think the other reviewers are all waiting on your opinion? Thanks in advance Norfolkbigfish (talk) 13:23, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I will try to get to this and look at it but ... I'm pretty busy in RL and trying to make my limited wiki time mostly about editing articles. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:34, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I understand and appreciate that, so whatever you can do would be wlecome. Even if it was only as much as a comment to say you are too busy. You have obviously earned too much respect in the area from the other reviewers, they are not keen to respond until you do :-) Thx Norfolkbigfish (talk) 19:20, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Urbana-Champaign editathon
Hi Ealdgyth! Would you be interested in helping out with an Art+Feminism editathon event at Urbana-Champaign? They could greatly benefit from the advice and assistance of an experienced Wikipedian editor such as yourself, if you could join in.--Pharos (talk) 16:18, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I'm not really able to do things like that. I take care of my elderly mother and getting out of hte house is difficult. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:24, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * There is a really good group of people at Urbana-Champaign associated with Meetup/FemTechNet, including User:Vaparedes, who I've worked with before for NYC projects. They are quite friendly, and I think would be amenable to scheduling around a day that can work for you and your family obligations.  If you'd like, email me and maybe we can chat by phone, sharing Wikipedia in person can be a very fun and satisfying experience, and I think you could be a great occasional asset to your local community.--Pharos (talk) 17:18, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Alan de Neville (forester)
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DYK for Alan de Neville (landholder)
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 * GREAT WORK! You have Great Article Entries. Is their a perk to creating so many?CalabJessika (talk) 10:11, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note to Ealdgyth: I sent this user a talk message explaining GAs and how they work. White Arabian Filly  ( Neigh ) 19:35, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'd missed it somehow Ealdgyth - Talk 19:37, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK for William Ketel
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DYK nomination of Hugh of Chalcombe
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 * Nonsense. It's good to go. FunkyCanute (talk) 17:16, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

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Stalkers alert...
Anyone have access to Media, Culture, and Society volume 2 (1980)? Ealdgyth - Talk 16:31, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I can access some of the journal, but not that volume. If no one has access, you could try emailing the author. Josh Milburn (talk) 17:50, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * You have mail. Nikkimaria (talk) 21:05, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks to you both! It is going to be useful sometime... but not as useful as I hoped. Ah, well, that's the story of research... Ealdgyth - Talk 21:26, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

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Remind me
Why does the Equinest suck? Seems to have some original material  Is it like the Hendricks breed encyclopedia, under the "it ain't great, but if we've got nothing else, use it" standard or is it mostly a wikipedia mirror? I know we don't like to use it, but I forgot why (other than that it's rather amateurish)  Montanabw (talk)  23:31, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
 * See This which basically doesn't even give a name of the owner. Ealdgyth - Talk 00:36, 1 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Gotcha, no mechanism for fact-checking or verifying information, then. (And they copy a crapload from WP without attribution).  Montanabw (talk)  00:46, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Question
Hello, I noticed you deleted an addition I made to the Wikipedia page on Roger of Hereford. Could you please explain me why? I merely added a reference to the Latin source text. It is what I use Wikipedia for in most cases (looking for references to source texts and basic studies) and I wanted to offer my knowledge about the existence of this book to the community. I really do not see what is wrong with that. Best BRoosen
 * We generally do not use primary texts to source things - which is what Roger's works would be. See WP:PRIMARY for the reasons. We leave the interpretations of primary texts to the historians, so there isn't really a need to list an individual edition of one of his works in his article unless we list all of the various editions of his works - which would overwhelm his article. To be honest - the best place to find references to source texts would be in the specialized bibliographies put out by academics. Wikipedia tries to be a general work, not a specialist work. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:31, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Hugh of Chalcombe
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DYK for Baldwin (abbot)
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Evidemtly Baldwin (abbot) (which has made the main page) and Baldwin (abbot and physician) are the same person so I suiggest the articles could be merged. Hugo999 (talk) 03:03, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Need a qpq
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Today's featured article/requests/Hitler Diaries
Thank you for chiming in. I was wondering if it was only me that felt that choosing as "a joke" an article about something so sensitive was in poor taste. --Dweller (talk) 22:01, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I can't believe that no one supporting can see just how tastless that is. As an aside, I dropped a note on Iri's page - I'm always happy to be proven wrong that it's not tasteless. Ealdgyth - Talk 22:05, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Philip de Thaun
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