Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/May 12, 2023

besieged
, i just wanted to apologize for, as the use of "sieged" was my fault. i had checked to try to make sure that the use was grammatically correct (e.g., a search for "sieged Vicksburg" returns plenty of results) and figured that the use of "sieged" would more closely emulate the title of the linked article and follow the wording it had replaced. had i read the lead of the article on the siege, i would have noticed that it chose to use "besiege". (the featured article uses "placed Vicksburg under siege", which would have been difficult to use in the blurb in a way that would make clear the confederates surrendered vicksburg.)for future reference, what is the difference between how the verbs "siege" and "besiege" are used? i am admittedly not an expert in the area, and references seem to tell me that the two are synonyms. dying (talk) 23:44, 12 May 2023 (UTC)