Talk:Stonehenge

message: I would like to propose a blanket change from BC to BCE throughout the article when referencing dating. BeefsteakMaters (talk) 17:47, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: (unsigned -  by User:Ario1234)
*Oppose, totally pointless.  Tewdar  21:57, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  I strongly object to the suggestion that using BC signifies support for slavery. Sweet6970 (talk) 12:00, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Dimadick didn't say that it signifies support for slavery, he said that it references slavery, which it objectively did historically. – Joe (talk) 14:02, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That's an interesting take. "anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi" means "the year of our Lord Jesus Christ" which predates anything the Romans did...and at the same time, it's interesting to see this is where "Don" came from as a title. – The Grid (talk)  14:16, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: ... what? The Roman Empire was founded in 27 BCE. The anno domini calendar was devised in 525 CE and didn't come into widespread use until the 8th century. – Joe (talk) 14:24, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: See, that's why confusion happens! I thought it was 27 AD.  – The Grid (talk)  15:56, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I think Dimadick was joking. I hope so anyway. Johnbod (talk) 16:39, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

text: I think we all know that! Coming up to its 1st anniversary, this proposal has clearly not met consensus & is closed. Johnbod (talk) 22:05, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dating BC to BCE 

message: I'm not going to spend any time defending a policy that I consider indefensible, but just for the record:  is 46 characters so is not "short enough per guidelines". The "guideline" at WP:HOWTOSD says 40 characters max. 
More significantly, the only reason to put the county in the SD is to disambiguate from the other Stonehenge in England. Only there isn't one. So I don't see the point? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 23:45, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. DerbyCountyinNZ (Talk Contribs) 01:23, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Short description 

message: What was in the mind of them??? 103.54.101.15 (talk) 09:52, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: There are thousands of books and articles debating this subject. No one really knows but we can make some intelligent guesses. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 10:43, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: meep. 209.242.141.143 (talk) 16:52, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

text: Also, which Stonehenge do you mean? As the article explains, there were a number of phases of consruction, demolition and reconstruction. We don't even know for sure if the site was used continuously between phases. There are many Henges all over Britain whose purpose is not obvious today, that are like Stonehenge I and II. That it marked the midwinter sunrise seems to have appeared in Stonehenge III (NB this is speculative). The apparent marking of other celestial events came later still. Modern scientific conjectures are not wild guesses but nevertheless are trying to infer the purpose from the physical evidence, in the absence of any contemporary records. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 11:31, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

text: As stated at the top of this page "This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject" and above that "This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Stonehenge article". This thread comes under the former, not the latter. DerbyCountyinNZ (Talk Contribs) 21:22, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

text: Perhaps you could read Theories about Stonehenge? Martinevans123 (talk) 16:58, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why was Stonehenge constructed? 

message: Stonehenge tunnel is approved by government (again) See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66201424 92.9.41.204 (talk) 20:19, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Murgatroyd49 (talk) 20:50, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request 14 July 2023 

message: Hello i am a historian and i am researching about stone henge and would like to add some things to it so i wanted to ask if i can edit this source to add some things Abitd (talk) 20:51, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: What exactly were you thinking of adding? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:02, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

text: Note: Please do not use the  template when you are just asking a question. Only use the template when you are requesting an edit. Shadow311 (talk) 22:23, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 6 December 2023