# Talk:Vlad II Dracul

In the article it says in English Vlad Dracul means Vlad the Devil. But I've seen it said that in English Dracul means the Dragon. Is it the Devil, the Dragon, or both? -annonymous 9/14/2012 1:15 AM EST  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.71.216.101 (talk) 05:16, 14 September 2012 (UTC) 

It 'means' both, but in this particular instance it refers to 'dragon' according to Constantin Rezachevici, as I understand it. RashersTierney (talk) 03:39, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Dracula means the Devil only.  The word dragon in romanian is balaur. 2603:8001:D300:6C00:123D:FED6:C164:6801 (talk) 13:05, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
we should put like wars he has fought in y'know? 2603:8080:17F0:1AE0:48D9:32BE:ADD3:6A8C (talk) 22:48, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

His birthyear is unknown even within five years.  Do not add this back without a verifiable primary source for your addition.Wjhonson (talk) 20:57, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

How do we know that Mircea was buried alive? What documented evidence supports this conclusion?BrettWarr1 (talk) 00:50, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Vlad II Dracul/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: SparklingPessimist (talk · contribs) 17:08, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
I will be reviewing this article to make sure it meets GA guidelines. SparklingPessimist Scream at me! 17:09, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

@SparklingPessimist:, thank you for your review. Borsoka (talk) 02:51, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

I suggest you should read WP:Lead which states: "The presence of citations in the introduction is neither required in every article nor prohibited in any article." Would you mention the sentences in the lead which are not verified in the main text? Borsoka (talk) 02:51, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Please also study the list generated by Earwig's Copyvio Detector ([1]). The use of the titles of the referred sources can hardly be described as copyvio. I would be gratefil if you listed other cases of close paraphrasing that you found. Borsoka (talk) 02:51, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Why do you think that the article is too short? Could you mention some relevant details of Vlad's life which were ignored? Borsoka (talk) 02:51, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
There are no problems with plagarism, I just put the score there as a little reminder to myself. As for the lead section, I guess I'm just used to seeing citations being used in the lead. SparklingPessimist Scream at me! 03:12, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Please take a look at the following GAs: 'Adud al-Dawla, Ælfwald of East Anglia, Andrianampoinimerina, Berengaria of Castile, Harald Hardrada, etc. I think we can conclude that the sentences in the lead are rarely verified by in-line citations. Borsoka (talk) 03:28, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
@SparklingPessimist:, thank you for promoting the article. Borsoka (talk) 03:31, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

The article says he was killed in late November, but the infobox gives a definitive date of 2 December. Which is correct? Thanks. —howcheng  {chat} 16:55, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

I think the article does not say he was killed in late November. It only says that Wallachia was invaded in late November. Borsoka (talk) 17:10, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
It's in the very first sentence: "Vlad II, also known as Vlad Dracul or Vlad the Dragon (before 1395 – November 1447)". —howcheng  {chat} 16:05, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
The definitive date of 2 December cannot be verified. The sources cited in the article suggests that he died in late November. Thank you for your message. I fixed the problem. Borsoka (talk) 13:55, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

His image - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Vlad_Dracul.jpg - present both in this article and in Vlad the Impaler's, is entirely is unlabeled within his article, and is described only as "contemporary depiction" in file details. Apparently it's from a fresco from the house in Sighișoara. But a blog post - https://bshistorian.wordpress.com/2022/12/19/thats-is-not-vlad-draculas-house/ - notes a seemingly strong case that the house couldn't have been his, and the fresco doesn't depict him either (and postdates him by at least a century). Tourism and town pride reasons may have been involved. Should the image be removed? 80.235.26.88 (talk) 20:46, 10 August 2025 (UTC)