Talk:House of Gediminas

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[edit] GA pass

This is a very detailed article - nice work! You have managed to convey the particulars of the family along with the larger historical narrative. I think that perhaps a bit more historical context would help the less informed reader (like myself). A few, small suggestions for improvement:

  • More recent research indicates that their common ancestor may have been Skalmantas - I'm not sure what you mean here.
    • Can't help with this - the phrase "Homer's works were not written by Homer, but by another writer of the same name" occurred to me here, and thoughts became hopelessly tangled. It's like "don't think of the word polar bear".
  • Scholarly opinion had long considered Fiodor to be a Rurikid because of his Christian name. In 1916, though, a list of property belonging to Feofil, a deceased metropolitan, and compiled in the 1330s was published; among the items were two silver cups gifted by "Fiodor, brother of Gediminas".[7] - It is not clear to me what this is proving.
    • Changed to "...a Rurikid, rather than a Lithuanian, because..."
  • However, S. C. Rowell argues that Gediminas' wife was a local pagan duchess, on the grounds that his marriage to a Polish or Ruthenian princess would have been noted in other contemporary sources, - Tell readers why they should trust Rowell - is s/he a historian?
    • Yes, a historian at Magdalene College, Cambridge - see [1]. Do you think his/her academic affiliation needs to be mentioned, or is just historian enough?
  • I would suggest staggering the images on the left- and right-hand side of the page to make the page more aesthetically pleasing.
  • I would add the birth and death dates of each member of the family to the family tree.

A well-written and informative article. A pleasure to read. Awadewit | talk 02:00, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks for your review and input, Novickas 11:30, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
This article definitely ready for WP:FAC. M.K. 16:15, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I couldn't offer more suggestions! Awadewit | talk 23:16, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Great, the Skalmantas/Homer earworm is gone. About Elzbieta and her second name. Does this mean that Elzbieta was her original name and Danute her baptismal name? Both names sound Christian. Novickas 12:44, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

He he re Skalmantas. Re Elzbieta: her pagan name is unknown. But she is known by two names in historiography - Elzbieta and Danute. Both of these names are Christian. There is (probably very confusing) discussion why she has a double name: the second name was recorded by Dlugosz and populiarized form there. Where did he get it from is a mystery. Renata 13:22, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

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