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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Dabomb87 17:48, 3 January 2012 [1].

List of monarchs of East Anglia[edit]

List of monarchs of East Anglia (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): --Hel-hama (talk) 13:47, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because I believe it meets the FL criteria; it provides a good summary of information concerning the regnal dates of some pretty obscure kings in such a way that invites people to explore the rulers of East Anglia further. --Hel-hama (talk) 13:47, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 12:03, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Don't start with "The list of...", treat it as an article about monarchs of East Anglia.
done
  • Image in the infobox is meaningless as it's nothing to do with East Anglia.
sorted
  • For a non-expert, what does "semi-historical" mean?
phrase removed
  • "kingdom of the East Angles" vs "The East Anglians were initially" Angles or Anglians at this point?
always 'Angles', but sometimes 'East Anglia' - any necessary amendments made.
  • "was soon restored by Offa's successor" his successor, no need to repeat Offa.
done
  • Your spelling of Eadmund is derived from the source, presumably? (I'm not aware of this spelling).
spelling changed to Edmund
  • Why are King names in bold in the table? No need.
sorted
  • "A king named Hun may never have existed." not referenced. Who said this?
sorted out
  • Please make sure the timeline is accessible, i.e. colour is not the only thing to distinguish one thing from another.
done, after a lot of thinking...
  • Large empty cell at the end of the table should be removed.
done
  • Ref page ranges should use an en-dash (–) rather than a hyphen (-) per WP:DASH.
done
  • Ref 14 could use a publisher/accessdate.
Ref 14 already had a publisher and didn't need an access date, but ref 20 is an online citation, so I sorted that instead

The Rambling Man (talk) 18:44, 3 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • First quick nit-pick: The first table entry has a comma after "Possible ruler" while the other similar entries have semi-colons, which seem to work better.
sorted.
  • Second quick nit-pick: Ref 34 has no space between the p. and page number, which is inconsistent with the other cites. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 02:42, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
sorted

Support Just one suggestion, perhaps split the reference column in two, although if this affects the template then don't bother, otherwise well done on a great list. NapHit (talk) 23:00, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Harrias
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  • One major issue from me: the timeline image is beautiful, significantly unfunctional. When viewed on a 1024 x 768 monitor, the image and the table are out of sync. While it may not be the intention for them to be perfectly aligned (they don't appear to be at the full width of my screen either) it is very confusing when they are so far out. – On further thought realise this is acceptable. Harrias talk 13:43, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I also don't understand why there are blank cells at the start of each dynasty?
sorted, I think - can you confirm it's worked (I don't see the empty cells you've got)? Hel-hama (talk) 15:37, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Bede source should have an ISBN number if it was published in 1969.
template amended accordingly. Hel-hama (talk) 14:58, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • The is a slight discrepancy between the navigation box and the article: Æthelred I, Oswald, Æthelred II and Æthelwold are all listed as being "sub-kings", but as far as I can tell in the article, only Oswald and Æthelred II are mentioned as being sub-kings.
article (and template) clarified to remove discrepancies. Hel-hama (talk) 15:08, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Beornwulf is styled differently in the nav box and the article: Béornwulf and Beornwulf.
sorted. Hel-hama (talk) 14:50, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On the whole, the article looks pretty good. Harrias talk 07:42, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support Thanks, the empty cells have disappeared, so whatever you did has worked, and the other points have all been addressed. A nice list about a subject I knew nothing about, but am now quite interested in reading more about. Harrias talk 16:38, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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