Talk:Timeline of the Middle Ages

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1 Title
2 AFD debate link
3 Oxford and Cambridge
4 adding and pruning of events
5 Humble suggestion

[edit] Title

How does one edit the article's title? I really think this should be called something like Medieval European Chronology. Or, it can just be expanded to be a worldwide survey.

Academically, medieval means European theres no reason to differentiate. Stbalbach 13:59, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Just use the "move" tab when you get consensus. Wloveral (talk) 22:27, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AFD debate link

This article has been kept following this AFD debate. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:06, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Oxford and Cambridge

It makes little sense to place Oxford and Cambridge University at the same founding date, regardless of the ambiguity of Oxford's beginnings. How might we better place Oxford?

[edit] adding and pruning of events

There has been discussion as to the usefulness and arbitrariness of this article and its contents. To help with the latter, I have added a column "significance". This should be populated so as to try and generate a more objective view of the "importance" of any one event. When this has been done, it will become clear which of the events here do not deserve a place.

I have also added events that occurred during this timeframe but outside of Europe, while adding things from Pears Cyclopaedia. However, it seems that the Middle Ages refers only to Europe. We should perhaps get rid of these entries.

Jameshfisher 01:56, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Humble suggestion

I find this format too difficult to edit. Although the full dates of cited events (battles, births, deaths, papal bulls, and so on) are easily obtained, they are difficult to insert in the table format. This same format will also result in much white space in the article since the historical significance of many events will require careful consideration needing much time and thought (if not OR). May I suggest that this timeline be re-cast in the form of a simple list of dates, major events (with significance thereof), and references? Wloveral (talk) 22:59, 20 April 2008 (UTC)