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Talk:Simon de Langres

message: * In regards to the events in the last sentence of this article, what did Simon de Langres have to do with these events? That is, were they merely contemporary events, or was he in some specific way connected to them, or responsible for them? If he was, how so? 
* The citation that is given seems to suggest his tenure as Master was 1362-1369. Why is there a disconnect between the source and the dates here? Where is a definitive listing for dates of various Masters? Why is the WP list of names / dates uncited?
* The citation source that is given for this article seems to suggest, in a vague non-finger-pointing way, that the major characteristic of this Master was that although of generous heart, and driven by an ardent desire to bring finances of the Order into better condition, his plans ran into various obstacles that were too great, and alludes to a criticism that he may not have availed himself of the all proper procedures that were available. Is that a fair characterization of his tenure? Where are proper sources that address these issues?
* Does this article presently really meet verifiable standards? How do we know that any of this is correct, and where is an encyclopedic assessment of the relevant impact of his tenure?
FeatherPluma (talk) 03:41, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Several issues
Talk:Simon Fraser (died 1306)

message: The article states that Fraser was a knight banneret. This fact was added by user:Canaen in November 2006. Is there a reliable source to substantiate this fact? -- PBS (talk) 16:04, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Banneret 

message: If he was captured at Dunbar in 1296, and only rejoined the Scots around 1300, it's difficult to see how he could have fought with Moray and Wallace.  Also, are we sure about the reference to his brother James Fraser?  There was another Simon Fraser, possibly his son, who was killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill along with his brother James Fraser. PatGallacher (talk) 19:32, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems
Talk:Simon Langham

message: In the first English version of the 'Pied Piper of Hamelin' legend,
1605, printed at 'Antwerp' very soon after the death of Elizabeth I by 'Verstegan',the date is changed to July 22 1376. This  is not an error but a deliberate falsification of the legend in order to make it apply to a totally different event. This was the death at Avignon of Simon Langham, Archbishop of Canterbury AND Cardinal of Avignon. He "drove the secular clergy from their college of Canterbury Hall, Oxford, and filled their places with monks". In the 1605 version, adopted in error by Robert Browning in his poem "The Pied Piper" various elements are introduced or the first time, e.g. rats are added."Pied" refers to his bicoloured dress, scarlet and purple, of these two warring appointments. It perhaps also signifies 'tainted' or 'spotted'. His death marked the end of the facetiously named 'Babylonian Captivity', or 70 year exile of the Papacy to France, after which his 'children', the 13 cardinals, danced back across the bridge from the Papal Palace (famous for its choral music) to Rome, 'toutes en rouge'. ("How many miles to Babylon? Threescore and Ten").The bridge was too narrow for dancing in a circle. The legend is further anglicised by 'Verstegan' in his specious and spurious version, by trying to confuse the original Hamelin with Hamelin Plantagenet,aka Hamblyn;he was the son of the first latin king of Jerusalem and married Isabella de Warrenne,from whom descends Richard "Copped Hat" Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel. Hence the peaked hat of the Piper, and the Kopped Hills.'Verstegan'(journalist Richard Rowlands) was a recusant Catholic with a secret press at Smithfield, with the later pseudo 'Verstegan'. Simon Langham incurred the displeasure of Edward III by accepting from Pope Urban V the appointment of Cardinal of Avignon without having obtained Royal permission.In retaliation, Edward took the extraordinary step of pronouncing the see of Canterbury void, and seizing the revenues; i.e. he declined to pay him for ridding the town of 'protestant rats'. It is hardly credible that a learned antiquary could have accidentally got the date so completely wrong; besides which, there is no record of any other important event occurring on that date.Colcestrian (talk) 01:28, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have re-added the above comment to this page, per a request by the user here. Please contact me if any clarification is required. Thanks, The Earwig (Talk | Contribs) 05:04, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death on 22 July 1376
Talk:Amos A. Lawrence

message: I included a line from Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition: "In 1862 he raised a battalion of cavalry which became the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry, of which Charles Russell Lowell was colonel." Neither of the linked articles mentions his role, and I was a little hesitant, but a similar claim also appears in the Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography article, so I decided to go ahead and put it in.  Perhaps it is the linked articles that need to be expanded. Bob Burkhardt (talk) 22:03, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry
Talk:William Douglas of Nithsdale

message: It has a bend sinister on it. It was not a part of William of Nithsdale's armorial and was, I have to suppose, added by someone who thought that it should be added because he was a bastard. Of course, that is erroneous. The bend sinister is merely a bend that goes from the upper right to the lower left of a coat of arms. Using it to represent bastardy was an invention by Sir Walter Scott. I have seen his coat of arms and it did not have a bend sinister. However, I do not have a good illustration of it to replace that with. I will try to find one. 50.38.5.187 (talk) 03:46, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  That coat of arms is wrong
Talk:Cymburgis of Masovia

message: Her parents were very nice.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Queeniestar96 (talk • contribs) 19:40, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: She was a daughter of Siemowit IV of the Piast Mazovian dynasty, and Aleksandra, sister of Władysław Jagiełło, a Lithuanian prince from the Gediminid dynasty, so why distantly?
Ben Jamin  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.71.38.142 (talk) 07:05, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distantly related to Piasts and Gediminids? 
Talk:Amos Fortune

message: Removed, once again, information about his birth on the Gold Coast and his life in Africa, since all of it is fiction. Nothing is known about the early life of Amos Fortune.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sedris (talk • contribs) 03:36, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed Early Life Information

message: I took the liberty of deleting the "Early Life" section, as all of the information was fictitious, having been created by Elizabeth Yates for her book. Nothing is known about his life in Africa before being brought to America.Prlambert76 (talk) 00:16, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Robert Mond

message: Some suggestions for improvement as the article is expanded:
*Photograph or portrait should be added from a source with a free license, if available
*Lead needs expanding and should emphasise reasons for notability of subject
*Information on research should be expanded and references required
*References should be expanded, preferably using the inline format  
*External links to useful online resources should be added if available
Espresso Addict 18:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Review comments
Talk:Dmitry Shemyaka

message: It seems that  mentions another title "Shemyaka's Justice". I will check in Russian sources. Lom Konkreta (talk) 02:40, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Note

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: no consensus  Arbitrarily0 (talk) 12:55, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Dmitry Shemyaka →  – WP:COMMONNAME according to a Google Books Ngram chart. For four decades this spelling has been more commonly used than the next two put together, from 50% to 85% of total usage.  —Michael Z. 23:58, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

text: Oppose, the difference is insignificant. Ymblanter (talk) 08:34, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: 1) If it is insignificant, then why oppose the change mandated by the guideline? 2) Lately you opposed a number of similar changes because you thought they were destructive, “pure disruption” (“massively”), and comprising a “crusade.” Why don’t you tell us what you really think?  —Michael Z. 00:19, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you are net negative in this topic area and should be topic banned, do you want me to repeat this every time I oppose your disruptive nomination? The change is not mandated by any guideline, you are just on a crusade against WP:RUS as you yourself said in the past. Ymblanter (talk) 08:37, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your honesty. You are on a crusade against me, as you have said in the past and are openly saying now. I think you should cease and desist from targeting me with your disruption.  —Michael Z. 09:23, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 24 February 2023
Talk:Domenico da Piacenza

message: His name still appears as receiving salary from the Camera Estense, in 1475, so he couldn't have died before that.
My reference for that is: A. William Smith, Fifteenth-century Dance and Music:  Twelve Transcribed Italian Treatises and Collection in the Tradition of Domenico da Piacenza, Vol. 1: Treatises and Music.  (v1) p.7
However the same volume, in its ISBN page, states d. ca. 1470.
I don't know what the 1510 date in the comment by the categories is based on. Such a late date seems highly unlikely.
--Mariannep (talk) 17:17, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of death 
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Bill still

message: Regarding the above comment, pasted below, I am glad to finally get a few words from an Editor about HOW the Bill Still article does not meet Wikipedia criteria. It gives me a chance to make corrections.
"Non-notable bio / promotion for someone trying to push some highly original ideas for monetary reform. -- RHaworth 02:49, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hello
Talk:Thomas Preljubović

message: Thomas' campaign against the Albanians in Epirus received Ottoman support, as is stated in this article. Hence why I included it under "Albanian-Ottoman Wars". Any reason why you object to the conclusion? Djks1 (talk) 13:46, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Literature avoids the use of the term 'Albanian-Ottoman War' in the case of Prelubovic and his wars against Shpatas. I fail to see it in this article too.Alexikoua (talk) 18:48, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: You take a narrow view on this, as I have no doubt there are dozens of other battles and wars between Ottomans and group X with references that don't explicitly use the term "Ottoman-x wars". e.g. List of Serbian–Ottoman conflicts states "Serbian–Ottoman conflicts or Serbian–Turkish conflicts include those of medieval Serbia against the Ottoman Empire", rather than requiring a specific mention. I imagine plenty of the Albanian and Bulgarian uprisings are simply referred to as revolts/rebellions in the literature rather than Ottoman-Albanian or Ottoman-Bulgarian wars. Yet they still under the umbrella of those conflicts. In this case, we have a war between a medieval Albanian state, and a coalition of Epirus & the Ottoman empire, meeting the same requirement for classification as on the Serb-Ottoman article, even more so than a rebellion (of which the Serb article contains many, as it should). You seem to be applying a stricted criteria here though than used in other articles. Is there a consensus on this somewhere?  Djks1 (talk) 01:40, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Albanian-Ottoman Wars 

message: Hi, @Botushali. Both of Brendan Osswald's editions are considered reliable sources. However, per WP:AGEMATTERS, prioritization should be given to the most recent work by Osswald. This guideline suggests prioritizing newer works (2011) over older ones (2007) by the same author when addressing the same historical context. Please read the guideline for more information. --Azor (talk). 12:10, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: This is quite a poor decision, as Osswald does not refute what he said in any of his works. I’d suggest reverting yourself. WP:AGEMATTERS also doesn’t really apply to credible works from the 21st century… Botushali (talk) 12:26, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Authors may rewrite their work in newer editions for various reasons, including updates to historical context due to new information. You replacing the content with its older edition is not an improvement to the article.  --Azor (talk). 13:13, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: So where exactly does Osswald refute the statement that the “Albanian-slayer” is a self-styled epithet? Please provide a quote. Botushali (talk) 13:18, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  WP:AGEMATTERS
Talk:Tughlugh Timur

message: WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 13:49, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: Is the Tamerlane 's father? Or Tamerlane himself? Or who? Abberley2 15:06, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: On the basis of Chagatai Khanate, it seems he was neither. Abberley2 15:10, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Who is this?

message: I have removed a speedy delete tag with the reasoning "Much bigger and better article, titled Timur already exists, referring to the same person. Merge template removed several times."
That article refers to "..the energetic Jagataite Tughlugh Timur of Kashgar, another descendant of Genghis Khan.." whom THAT Timur fought against. Suggesting that this is NOT the same person. --Stormie 06:25, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Timur?

message: The Merge and Speedy deletion tags were unnecessary. I was mainly mislead by the facts: 
"He tried to rebuild the empire of his idol Genghis Khan. He viciously attacked Persia, India, and the Ottoman Turks. He died while marching on China." These were what Timur (not Tughlugh Timur) did. Thanking You, AltruismTo talk 07:06, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistake! I'm partly to blame.
Talk:Valdemar, Duke of Finland

message: Birth year of 1280 probably not correct. Eldest brother, Birger Magnusson is born 1280 and second brother Eric Magnusson is born 1282.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Foamsawhog (talk • contribs) 11:10, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth year is wrong
Talk:Edmund, Earl of Rutland

message: This links to a disambiguation page: the subjects of both the entries appear to date to long after Edmund. Jackiespeel (talk) 09:19, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Great Seal of Ireland
Talk:Vital du Four

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Jreferee (Talk) 08:25, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 
Talk:Walter Fürst

message: Is there a reliable reference for "died 1317"? Here we only see that he is mentioned between 1303 and 1317. Therefore "died after 1317" would be better. -- Jesi (talk) 17:46, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep; this looks like the source. I've changed it to (fl. 1303–1317) for now. ‑‑YodinT 22:01, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Died 1317 ?
Talk:Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester

message: Shakespeare has King Henry VI banishing Eleanor  to the Isle of Man. Some older sources such as J. Doran in Notes and queries, 1861, page 218 state that she was imprisoned and died in Peel Castle on the Isle of Man.
However G. L. Harris in the 21st century Oxford Dictionary of National Biography writes "Eleanor was imprisoned initially at Chester, then in 1443 moved to Kenilworth, in July 1446 to the Isle of Man, and finally in March 1449 to Beaumaris, where she died on 7 July 1452 and was buried, presumably in the parish church." ()
-- PBS (talk) 00:48, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Imprisonment 

message: In the book that was listed as a source for Thomas Cobham -- it says that Sterborough is in Kent. "COBHAM BARONS COBHAM OF STERBOROUGH CO KENT" -- Cobham of Sterborough, Co, Kent. Take a look at this as well -- Topography of Surrey states "The Manor of Sterborough alias Prinkham The mansion or castle of Sterborough is in the parish of Lingfield but the land belonging to the manor is partly in the parish of Home and partly in Edon bridge Westerham and Cowden in Kent." -- Sterborough Castle from 'Greater Medieval Houses of England' says it's on the border of Surrey and Kent. Just an FYI -- Lady Meg (talk) 06:42, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Kent or Surrey

message: Edited on 25/03/2020 by author Gemma Hollman to add some information from her book about Eleanor. GLHollman (talk) 10:08, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits
Talk:Elizabeth of Luxembourg

message: Well?  She died after her husband.  I'm sure that's good for him, but look at that portrait.  Her arms are crossed, and she looks stern.  What do we know of her that would prompt that portrait?  I assume that the deaths were plague, but wouldn't it be part of an encyclopedist's duty to tell us so?  Wouldn't it be good to know something about her own life, rather than merely the stakes riding on her womb?  Utgard Loki (talk) 15:01, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Died of? 

message: Can someone move this to Elisabeth of Luxembourg?  It's already redirected to current Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg.--Queen Elizabeth II's Little Spy (talk) 07:36, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you explain why? Elizabeth of Luxembourg is a name much more common than Elisabeth of Luxembourg. Surtsicna (talk) 17:10, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to Elisabeth of Luxembourg  

message: PLEASE, some attention. Hungary had only two queen regnants who can not be disputed anyway
• Mary, Queen of Hungary(1382-85; 86-1395)
• Maria Theresa(r.1740-1780)
WHY? Because these two women officially held the title"king" which no other woman had in the whole course of Hungary, and they were officially CROWNED as such. There was no provision in the Hungarian law for a ruling queen, but there was no clarification that the King should be male. So even if Elizabeth of Luxembourg was crowned a queen, it means that she had an indesicive position and can be regarded only as a temporary claimant to the throne not a MONARCH. Because the terms"monarch" and "king" were mandatory and interchangable for anyone, be it a MAN or a WOMAN, to be considered a FULLY LEGITIMATE MONARCH in Hungary. Super20020917 (talk) 21:28, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  She was not a monarch 

message: There is reference in the last paragraph of the "Queenship" section that indicates a law from 1939 plays a role in determining the type of role held by Elizabeth. Regardless of what anyone's opinion is on whether or not she was a queen regnant, a queen consort, or not a queen in any sense, I am certain that no law from 1939 is applicable to this situation. Please verify the information from the original source (or another quality source) and correct this when the article is no longer protected. Risker (talk) 19:03, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Factual error
Talk:List of Army Men series characters

message: In response to the prod: I moved this page off Army Men (series). That entire article is unsourced. I added an unreferenced tag to the top of this article until the problem can be resolved. It's a common problem with most list of video game character pages, I fear. As for referencing this page, I'll try to get that taken care of ASAP. --Miguel Cervantes
:If its unsourced, its original research and shouldn't exist and a lot of our video games content suffers from this problem. Interviews are also primary sources and therefore of doubtful provenence. I would normally take this to AFD but as you said you would look into it, I'll leave it a bit. --Spartaz Humbug! 08:21, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I found sources for almost everything, and I deleted the rest. The interview still acts as a source, but it's with Michael Mendheim, one the important developers at 3DO. If there's still a problem with it, the Army Men RTS manual has most of the same information, just in slightly different words. So, to make a long story short, this article is properly sourced and ready to go, if I do say so myself.--Miguel Cervantes 04:43, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have to agree with you on this one. Great work. --Spartaz Humbug! 06:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The proposed deletion 

message: Should something be done about the Air Attack characters. I'm looking at the manuals for Air Attack and Air Attack 2 on PS1 and there's some interesting things. First the article says Hooligan has no known name. But the manual for Air Attack 2 claim's it's Lt. John Lawless. John Lawless was Hardcore in Air Attack. It's likely his character changed between the two because Hardcore in Air Attack @ is Lt. Jason Larkin, whom the article doesn't mention. Also, there appear to have been two Woodstocks. Lt James Marshall was the original Woodstock in Air Attack and the article says the character was changed for Air Attack 2, but seems to suggest it's the same character. However, the manual for Air Attack 2 lists Woodstock as Lt. Tyrone Livingston. -annonymous 2/14/09 11:46 PM
* Also, Air Attack gives quote from various individuals on the various copter weapons on page 16 of the manual. One rather interesting quote comes from someone we probably never see in the Air Attack games, one Lt. Darrell "Wily Coyote" (last name isn't given). The quote is listed under the Flares weapon info and would seem to suggest that Wily Coyote may be one of the paratroopers. It reads "Some people like to think that jumping out of a airplane at 15ft, with high explosives strapped to your back is crazy. Ha Wusses..." Both games do uses paratroopers with M-80s who make kamikaze runs on Tan forces when you call them in and for him to be listed as the quoter for the flares weapon does sound like he's a paratrooper, but is never actually seen in the games. - annonymous 2/14/09 11:58 PM.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.64.14.251 (talk) 04:58, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Air Attack characters
Talk:Andrei Șaguna

message: A reliable source is needed for him having been canonised with a feast of 30 Nov.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 10:23, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Saint
Talk:Elizabeth of Görlitz

message: Although I currently do not have the neccesary links to prove my assertion, I would like to note that the picture in this article isn't the alleged Elisabeth of Görlitz, but an unfinished depiction of Saint Barbara, probably made by Jan van Eyck, as far as I know. Who is going to fix that? I am not knowledgeable enough with wiki coding and the like to fix it, nor do I know of a portrait of Elisabeth of Görlitz closer to her possible appearance. 87.214.128.176 (talk) 10:47, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article picture