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Errors in the summary of today's or tomorrow's featured article

Today's FA is House of Plantagenet. The blurb has "In addition to the traditional judicial, feudal and military roles of the king, the Plantagenets had duties to the realm that were underpinned by a sophisticated justice system." It's not clear what this means. What were these "duties to the realm"? The lead of the article makes a similar statement about "defined duties" but doesn't actually define them as the word duty or duties does not appear in the body of the article. We could speculate about what this is referring to but shouldn't have to.

More generally, the blurb/article seems to wander too far off topic by rambling about events in England during this period, as if the topic is a historical era, rather than the dynasty or clan. Britannica's equivalent page seems better in this respect. It also does a better job of explaining the name Plantagenet. Our article just hints at this by talking of "popular theories" but, as with the mysterious duties, does not actually say what these theories are.

Andrew D. (talk) 08:10, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

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