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The green children of Woolpit is the name given to two children who reportedly appeared in the village of Woolpit in Suffolk, England, some time in the 12th century. They were of generally normal appearance except for the green colour of their skin. They spoke in an unknown language, and the only food they would eat at first was green beans. Eventually they lost their green pallor, but the boy was sickly and died soon after baptism. After learning English, the girl explained that they had come from an underground world whose inhabitants are green. The only near-contemporary accounts are contained in Ralph of Coggeshall's Chronicum Anglicanum and William of Newburgh's Historia rerum Anglicarum, written in about 1189 and 1220 respectively. Between then and their rediscovery in the mid-19th century, the green children seem to surface only in Bishop Francis Godwin's fantastical The Man in the Moone. The story also provided the inspiration for The Green Child, the only novel written by the English anarchist poet and critic Herbert Read. The main explanations of the story are that it is a typical folk tale describing an imaginary encounter with the inhabitants of another world, or it is a garbled account of a historical event. ( Full article...)
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William Robinson Brown is officially up for FA. Just an FYI. I tossed the Astraled pic for now, can always re-add if sourcing issues fixed. Montanabw (talk) 00:48, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
Hey there Ealdgyth, I know you're extremely fond of the Anglo-Norman/ Saxon eras but I was wondering if you have come across any good books regarding the Norman conquest of southern Italy. I find it immensely interesting and I would love to read up on it in more detail, if you have any suggested reads I would sure appreciate hearing about them. Cheers, — - dain- talk 05:57, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I was passed along here by Adam Bishop ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Adam_Bishop). I'm working on the mechanics concerning historiography (history of history) and one of our studies is to look at a wikipedia entry and consider the mechanics of wikipedia as open source historical collaboration. Many universities and school shy away from Wikipedia because of sadly earned reputations of badly sourced articles full of "bad history." Do you find as a collaborator, that many articles face the battle between popular historians with an idea stuck in their minds or that people for the most part accept scholarly research when writing their articles, or try to source as much as they can? Eirwen29 ( talk) 04:47, 10 February 2013 (UTC)eirwen29 Feb 9/13 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eirwen29 ( talk • contribs) 04:43, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
Can you help me explain at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/William Robinson Brown/archive1 that Arlene Magid is a reliable source on Arabian horses? I'm not being very articulate, I fear. You have more "street cred" in FA land, perhaps can help? Montanabw (talk) 20:45, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
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The term "purchase the homage" is not a term I am familar with, so I don't have an understanding of this. Can you give this to me in layman's terms? In the above article it says: ...and could if he wished, purchase the homage of the one outstanding native prince - Maredudd ap Rhys of Deheubarth - for another 5,000 marks. What does that mean (in layman's terms)? Thanks!-- Doug Coldwell ( talk) 13:29, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
O.K. Let's see if I got it, per the article. Llywelyn opened negotiations with the king, and was eventually recognised as Prince of Wales by King Henry in the Treaty of Montgomery in 1267. In return for the title, the retention of the lands he had conquered and the homage (respect) of almost all the native rulers of Wales, he was to pay a tribute of 25,000 marks in yearly installments of 3,000 marks, and could if he wished, purchase the homage of the one outstanding native prince - Maredudd ap Rhys of Deheubarth - for another 5,000 marks. If I am understanding this correctly, in other words as long as Llywelyn paid 3,000 marks per year to King Henry III he was recognized as Prince of Wales by the Welsh leaders. However to get the respect of the leader of Deheubarth (Maredudd ap Rhys) Llywelyn had to pay King Henry III an additional 5,000 "marks" besides the original 25,000 "marks" he had to pay to the king. Llywelyn was buying the title of Prince of Wales. Maredudd ap Rhys was holding out on giving Llywelyn respect as Prince of Wales (for whatever reason) unless Llywelyn came up with an additional 5,000 total marks (25,000 + 5,000 = 30,000 total). Did Llywelyn ever pay King Henry this amount?-- Doug Coldwell ( talk) 20:01, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Narrowing down finalists to replace the lead image in HIW, may want to weigh in, movement is away from medieval images due to lack of suitable ones. I'm kind of going to go with the consensus, as the finalists so far present no glaring MOS problems as far as I know, but I think you should weigh in here! Montanabw (talk) 19:47, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi Ealdgyth, wanted to let you know that I've re-submitted Sesame Street research for yet another FAC. [1] Thought you'd be interested, since you participated in its first FAC. I thought that both FACs failed due to lack of support, so I'd appreciate your assistance, especially since you're not at FAC as much these days. Thanks. Christine (Figureskatingfan) ( talk) 18:28, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
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First stab at a fleshed out article done and up on main space. Thanks for the advice on the reading! Hchc2009 ( talk) 09:55, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
This is a note to let the main editors of Deusdedit of Canterbury know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on March 21, 2013. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 21, 2013. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 ( talk · contribs) or his delegates Dabomb87 ( talk · contribs), Gimmetoo ( talk · contribs), and Bencherlite ( talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you can change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:
Deusdedit (died c. 664) was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury, the first native-born holder of the see of Canterbury. By birth an Anglo-Saxon, and perhaps originally named Frithona, Frithuwine or Frithonas, he became archbishop in 655. The name Deusdedit, which he probably took when consecrated as archbishop, means "God has given" and was the name of a recent pope. He was archbishop for more than nine years until his death, probably from the plague. There is some controversy over the exact date of Deusdedit's death, owing to discrepancies in the medieval written work that records his life. Little is known about his episcopate. The see of Canterbury seems to have been passing through a period of comparative obscurity and Deusdedit only consecrated one bishop; the other new bishops in England were consecrated by Celtic or foreign bishops. He founded a nunnery in the Isle of Thanet and helped with the foundation of Medeshamstede Abbey, later Peterborough Abbey, in 657. He was considered to be a saint after his demise, with a feast day of 14 July. A saint's life was written after his relics were moved from their original burial place in 1091 (location of unmarked grave pictured). ( Full article...)
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I accidentally hit the rollback button on my watchlist and was trying to revert when you did. My apologies. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 19:15, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
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Hey Ealdgyth; I'm dropping you this note because you've used the article feedback tool in the last month or so. On Thursday and Friday the tool will be down for a major deployment; it should be up by Saturday, failing anything going wrong, and by Monday if something does :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 21:37, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
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Shouldn't this lot be in the "masochism" section? :) Btw the British Museum has a Viking Age exhibition in about a year, which I hope WMUK will be doing a concerted GLAM effort for, with help from our Scandiwegian colleagues. Viking art is on my list. I see you are flirting with the dark side now. Johnbod ( talk) 18:40, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Sandboxing... feel free to come over and play. User:Montanabw/Sandbox 5. Montanabw (talk) 22:36, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
Have you seen the report that the body of Alfred the Great may have been discovered? [2] Malleus Fatuorum 02:46, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
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Panyd The muffin is not subtle 00:04, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
dear ealdgyth,
i think youre questioning my ability to find the right picture for an article. all i ask is that you leave the picture for Pope Gregory I alone so i don't have to monitor it. i was the first person to put it there, and it was there as the offical picture for the article until October 2012. i'm just trying to make the article the way it was, with the picture, not its text. so please, just leave the picture alone, and edit the article's text all you want. just not the picture.
sincerely, class clown — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.146.185.201 ( talk) 22:03, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
i dont think you realize what i'm trying to say. i'm just editing the picture of one article, and that's it. is it that hard to leave this one picture i'm trying to keep on an article alone, because apparently you're not understanding that. if you can really justify this, you might as well message me your reason than just reverting my edits.
in paris — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.146.185.201 ( talk) 19:09, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
165 .. how'd THAT happen? Ealdgyth - Talk 19:20, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.146.185.201 ( talk) 19:51, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
We are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's
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Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with
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Wikipedians who enjoy friendly competition may be interested in participating in April's wikification drive. While wikifying an article is typically not considered "significant work" such that it can be claimed for WikiCup points, such gnomish work is often invaluable in keeping articles in shape, and is typically very helpful for new writers who may not be familiar with formatting norms.
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"Estimates for the forces range from 7000 to 8000 men in total with 1000 to 2000 of them cavalry, 10,000 to 12,000, 7000 infantry and 3000 cavalry, or 7500."Malleus Fatuorum 23:25, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
"Figures given by contemporary writers are highly exaggerated, ranging from 14,000 to 150,000", as none of those estimates are for either 14,000 or 150,000 men. Are these modern estimates as opposed to contemporary estimates? Malleus Fatuorum 14:49, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
"Copsi owed his death 1068 to Osulf, his rival for power in Northumbria."What does "owed his death to" mean? Did Osulf kill him? Malleus Fatuorum 20:04, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
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Panyd The muffin is not subtle 16:03, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
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Panyd The muffin is not subtle 16:04, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for making Template:Norman conquest of England. In retrospect, kind of obviously needed! However, I'm puzzled by your inclusion of Harald Hardrada and the Battle of Stamford Bridge; in grouping the unsuccessful Norwegian invasion with the successful Norman one, it seems to imply they were related by collusion. Was this your intent, or are Harald and Stamford Bridge included simply because the Norwegian attempt came so soon before the Norman, i.e., in effect the template is about 1066 in England? Yngvadottir ( talk) 17:36, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm interested to know why you say that Cnut wasn't a Viking. It's good to learn. Malleus Fatuorum 17:41, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
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Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:03, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of
William of Canterbury at the
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your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. I hope I'm not going to make you rally cross by using this template on your talk page? A very minor point but to totally belt and brace the DYK hook, I think a reference needs to be placed where I have (temporarily) inserted a {{cn}} template in the article? Otherwise, it looks ready to go to me. (Oh, no, now I've put another template within this template, so will definitely be taken to task and given a smacked wrist.....)
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Allen3 talk 08:50, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
Just letting you know I've responded to your comments at Talk:Fishing Creek confederacy/GA1. King Jakob C2 00:30, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Fairfax Harrison is one of yours too? Such a range of interests you have! Anyway, with my getting-to-be-traditional apologies to you, Harrison will be Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 20, 2013... He had been sitting patiently in Wikipedia:Today's featured article/emergency waiting his call to action, so I thought it was time to use him. Regards, Bencherlite Talk 08:01, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
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Materialscientist ( talk) 14:05, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
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Fairfax Harrison (1869–1938) was an American lawyer, businessman, and writer. The son of the secretary to the Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Harrison studied law at Yale University and Columbia University before becoming a lawyer for the Southern Railway Company in 1896. By 1906 he was Southern's vice-president of finance, and in 1907 helped secure funding to keep the company solvent. In 1913 he was elected president of Southern, where he instituted a number of reforms in company operations. By 1916, under Harrison's leadership, the Southern had expanded to an 8,000-mile (13,000 km) network across 13 states, its greatest extent until the 1950s. Following America's entry into World War I the federal government took control of the railroads in December 1917, running them through the United States Railroad Administration, on which Harrison served. Harrison struggled to keep the railroad afloat during the Great Depression, but by 1936 Southern was once again showing a profit. Harrison retired in 1937, intending to focus on his hobby of writing about historical subjects including the roots of the American Thoroughbred horse, but he died three months later in February 1938. ( Full article...)
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![]() | On 12 April 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William of Canterbury, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that William of Canterbury, author of a hagiography of the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket, was an eyewitness to the murder? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William of Canterbury. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:03, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi there! I saw your name high on the JSTOR waiting list, so presumably you'll have access soon. Meanwhile, if there are things you need, I have temporary (and perhaps not quite complete) access. I remember that you were once kind enough to send me an article; it would considerably please me to be able to return the favour. Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 20:54, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Per your request on Wehwalt's talk page, just wanted to let you know that I've listed Political career of John C. Breckinridge at GAC if you still want to review it. Thanks for the offer. Acdixon ( talk · contribs) 15:00, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
I think I have addressed all of your concerns at Talk:Political career of John C. Breckinridge/GA1 now. Thanks again for the quick and thorough review. Acdixon ( talk · contribs) 17:11, 15 April 2013 (UTC)