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== Question about accuracy == |
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I saw this article when it was the featured article on October 31, 2013. I raise an issue about the accuracy of article, because it contains a patent error. This is probably a problem with the underlying source material rather than the article itself, but it is nonetheless a patent error. |
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The article states that the coven of the Pendle witches met on April 6, 1612, and that the date was Good Friday. Although it is true that April 6, 1612 was a Friday on the Gregorian calendar, it was not Good Friday but two weeks before Good Friday. In addition, Great Britain was using the Julian calendar in 1612, not the Gregorian calendar. April 6, 1612 was not Good Friday on the Julian calendar, either; it was not even a Friday. Good Friday of 1612 was April 20 on the Gregorian calendar and April 10 on the Julian calendar. That can be verified by entering the Gregorian dates into the Wolfram Alpha math engine and examining the Julian calendar and Hebrew calendar dates that coincide. In addition, I checked a 1611 prayer book which has an Easter table that verifies the Julian calendar date for Good Friday as given above. (A Google search for prayer books and missals from that period should links to PDFs of source materials that can verify this fact.) |
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The error in the date of the convening of the supposed Pendle witch coven may call other details of the story into question. -- Bob ([[User:Bob99|Bob99]] ([[User talk:Bob99|talk]]) 14:10, 31 October 2013 (UTC)) |
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Question about accuracy
I saw this article when it was the featured article on October 31, 2013. I raise an issue about the accuracy of article, because it contains a patent error. This is probably a problem with the underlying source material rather than the article itself, but it is nonetheless a patent error.
The article states that the coven of the Pendle witches met on April 6, 1612, and that the date was Good Friday. Although it is true that April 6, 1612 was a Friday on the Gregorian calendar, it was not Good Friday but two weeks before Good Friday. In addition, Great Britain was using the Julian calendar in 1612, not the Gregorian calendar. April 6, 1612 was not Good Friday on the Julian calendar, either; it was not even a Friday. Good Friday of 1612 was April 20 on the Gregorian calendar and April 10 on the Julian calendar. That can be verified by entering the Gregorian dates into the Wolfram Alpha math engine and examining the Julian calendar and Hebrew calendar dates that coincide. In addition, I checked a 1611 prayer book which has an Easter table that verifies the Julian calendar date for Good Friday as given above. (A Google search for prayer books and missals from that period should links to PDFs of source materials that can verify this fact.)
The error in the date of the convening of the supposed Pendle witch coven may call other details of the story into question. -- Bob (Bob99 (talk) 14:10, 31 October 2013 (UTC))
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