Talk:William of Blois (poet)

William of Blois (poet) was a Language and literature good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
March 22, 2021	Good article nominee	Not listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 19, 2013.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the major themes represented in the 12th-century dramas written by William of Blois are guile, deception, lust and sexual scheming?

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Template:Did you know nominations/William of Blois (poet) Ealdgyth - Talk 21:53, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lede

With the kind of structure the article now has - multiple sections, table of contents - the lede has got to summarize the entire article. Instead, the lede that ‎Srnec prefers does not mention the century that William lived in and does not mention his role as a cleric. Instead, it only discusses William's early life and move to Sicily, and dives into detail right away about where he may or may not have been born. If someone stops reading after the lede (which a certain percentage of readers do), they will not have much of an idea of what the article is about. Wasted Time R (talk) 10:49, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]