Talk:Berkhamsted Castle/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 21:12, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

I'll start this shortly.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:12, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Cheers! Will sort these tomorrow. Hchc2009 (talk) 20:55, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Done, as per the below. Hchc2009 (talk) 20:05, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

• Which? A fossarius, a specialised ditch digger, was recorded as being employed maintained at the castle in 1086

• Fixed. Hchc2009 (talk)

• This is awkward: and bailey divided in two by a wall to make an inner

• Fixed. Hchc2009 (talk)

• Capitalize battle in Battle of Poitiers

• It's commonly referred to in the lower case in the literature, and I'm not sure that the MOS requires upper case? Hchc2009 (talk) 20:05, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

• It's a proper noun and requires capitalization. I don't know why historians are falling down on this, but it's probably related to their rejection of title case in their citations. Otherwise good.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:27, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

• Yale University Press doesn't capitalise battles, for example. I've checked the MOS though; that doesn't think it is a proper noun, but in later sections notes it would prefer it capitalised as a class.. Will amend in a moment. Hchc2009 (talk) 23:55, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

• Whose half-brother? Richard II inherited Berkamsted Castle in 1377; initially the use of it was given to his favourite, Robert de Vere and, after de Vere's fall from power and exile in 1388, to John's half-brother,

• Fixed. Hchc2009 (talk)

• This is awkward: In 1863, when the surrounding estates and park were sold off altogether by the duchy to Earl Brownlow, and Brownlow agreed to rent the castle from the duchy as well for a nominal rent.

• Fixed. Hchc2009 (talk)

• Capitalize historian in this: historian Nigel Pounds

• Fixed. Hchc2009 (talk)

• I gather that Richard's Tower hasn't survived?

• I can't find a source that explicitly says it hasn't, but as far as I'm aware, its just bits of the foundation wall now. Hchc2009 (talk) 20:05, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

• Fair enough.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:27, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

• Photos are good.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:44, 6 January 2013 (UTC)