Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Roman Emperors/archive4


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was not promoted by User:The Rambling Man 07:07, 22 August 2008.

List of Roman Emperors
--Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 17:42, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * previous FLC (22:16, 23 January 2008)


 *  Support  - it can't be said this list wasn't supported. Nice to have images available for all the rulers. Does the mode of death really need its own column; comments about events during the reign or succession might be more appropriate. And dates aren't usually linked. Historicpastime (talk) 19:00, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Note images for all rulers except Glycerius. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:43, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't have a picture. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 20:27, 11 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments in response, once again, to a drive-by, pointed support.
 * "...probably the best-known Latin expression where the word imperium denotes a territory..." - probably? Not encyclopedic.✅
 * " approximately 5,900,000 km² (2,300,000 sq mi) of the worlds surface." - citation required. And context - is this all of it, 1/5 of it?   In fact, first two paragraphs are uncited.✅
 * "In the late 3rd century AD after the Crisis of the Third Century," comma before "after"✅
 * Basic grammar issues - "worlds surface", "Roman Empires downfall".✅
 * " While The Eastern Empires downfall gave birth to the successor state Empire of Trebizond." - not a sentence.✅
 * "For more information, see History of the Roman Empire." - No, use a See also or more template.✅
 * The statue caption "The famous Augustus of Prima Porta" - famous?  Not required.✅
 * Also "The" is not required. You really need a native English speaker to read through this.✅ The Rambling Man (talk) 07:58, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Death notes are incomplete sentences so must not take full stops.✅
 * Why is Common Name capitalised? And Imperial Name too? ✅
 * No need to wikilink the dates in the table. ✅
 * The years to?--Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 21:26, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * What? Don't wikilink the dates in the table. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)


 * How was Caligula assassinated?✅
 * The article linked to suggests it should be The Year of the Four Emperors (capitalised).✅
 * Where's the fourth emperor? ✅
 * Flavian dynasty's portrait column is unnaturally wide. ✅
 * Titus' Imperial name is weird. Thats how its supposes to be
 * "Peaceful death"? according to whom? It has a source a the bottom of the page, all those books carries that information, checked it myself
 * I think (?) should be explained in each case.✅
 * Five Good Emperors linked to but not explained here.✅
 * It's worth explaining this here, in brief. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Geta's imperial name?Didn't have one
 * Either ? or (?) but explain.✅
 * "IMPERATOR CAESAR MARCVS AVRELIVS SEVERVS ALEXANDER PIVS FELIX, AVGVSTVS" - he had a " , " in his Imperial name? ✅
 * Gordian I, why italics in his reign?✅
 * You should explain why part of the imperial name is in bold at the top of the list.what?
 * Part of each Imperial name is in bold. Why? Explain it.  The Rambling Man (talk) 07:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about the common name is in bold, the imperial name looks just like the other once.--Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 12:03, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Balbinus' imperial name?Didn't have one
 * Volusianus' birthplace is currently "IMPERATOR CAESAR GAIVS VIBIVS AFINIVS GALLVS VELDVMNIANVS VOLVSIANVS AVGVSTVS" and he has no imperial name.✅
 * You can search for him, surely? The Rambling Man (talk) 07:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Did I miss it or have you not identified which empire the relevant emperors ruled over after the Crisis of the Third Century? That information is very important. ✅ Arcadius and Honorius
 * Yes, and in the lead you say they had to split east and west because of the vastness of the empire. Who ruled east and who ruled west? The Rambling Man (talk) 07:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * "Dies in battle by drowning in the Tiber." why the change in tense?✅
 * Vetranio's imperial name? Didn't have one
 * Why not? It needs footnote, references. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It has references, the books and the same with all the other that didn't have an imperial name, they got killed before they had the chance. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 12:03, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

--Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 21:26, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * "died in suspicious circumstances." which were...? Unknown, thats the only historical fact we have about his death
 * Imperial names missing from most emperors in the Western Empire section. ✅ they didn't have an imperial title, got killed/died before they had the change to get it
 * Then don't just leave blanks. Footnotes with suitable references should be used.✅ The Rambling Man (talk) 07:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * See also links need to use en-dash, not hyphen to separate the years.✅
 * The Rambling Man (talk) 19:42, 11 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments II - if I have another list nominated with this many fundamental issues, I will quick-fail it. Please use peer review for all' your future lists before bringing them to WP:FLC - a lot of time is being wasted on picking up your grammar and style issues. It was at the peer review. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 11:30, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * "of the land surface" earth's surface was fine, you just needed an apostrophe.✅
 * Align the tables so the columns are the same width from table to table.✅
 * Use en-dash in year ranges and page ranges (in the See also, external links and References sections.✅
 * The Rambling Man (talk) 08:03, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
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