Talk:Osbert de Bayeux

Latest comment: 13 years ago by Canadian Paul in topic GA Review
Good articleOsbert de Bayeux has been listed as one of the Philosophy and religion good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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DateProcessResult
March 14, 2011Good article nomineeListed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 27, 2010.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the medieval English archdeacon Osbert de Bayeux was accused of murdering an Archbishop of York by poisoning the communion chalice?

GA Review edit

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Reviewer: Canadian Paul 17:55, 11 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

I will be reviewing this article in the near future, hopefully tomorrow. Canadian Paul 17:55, 11 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Here it is!

GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose):   b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):  
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references):   b (citations to reliable sources):   c (OR):  
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects):   b (focused):  
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:  
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:  
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
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  7. Overall:
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  1. Under "Poisoning accusations", first paragraph: "Osbert was accused of murdering William, by placing poison in the communion chalice." The way that is written, it makes it sound like the way in which the accusation happened was by placing poison in the communion chalice. Could you rework this sentence a bit?
Try "Osbert was accused of murdering William, specifically by poisoning him through the communion chalice."? It seemed clear to me, honestly. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:27, 13 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
  1. Same paragraph, "A fellow cleric, Symphorian, who had been a chaplain of the deceased archbishop, brought charges against Osbert, accusing him of murder and obtaining a hearing on the charges at a royal council presided over by King Stephen of England at Michaelmas in 1154, but Stephen's subsequent death prevented a resolution." is way too long of a sentence and needs to be split into two - it's currently very difficult to read.
reworded. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:27, 13 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Other than that, everything looks good! As usual, I'll be placing the article on hold for up to seven days! Canadian Paul 05:54, 13 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Everything looks good now - what threw me off about #1 was the comma - if I had just removed it, it would have been fine. Not all days are winning ones for me, haha. Anyways, the article now meets the GA criteria in my opinion and will be passed as such. Once again, congratulations and thank you for your hard work. Canadian Paul 04:45, 14 March 2011 (UTC)Reply