Template:Did you know nominations/Cynuria

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The result was: rejected by Allen3 ^talk 20:44, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
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Cynuria

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... that Cynuria, an ancient region of the Peloponnesus, was repeatedly contested between Sparta and Argos, and switched hands numerous times in antiquity?

Created/expanded by Carlossuarez46 (talk). Self nom at 20:18, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Needs more citations. I can't tell if the "they were definitely Pelasgians/Ionians" is your opinion or that of sources (Smith?), for example. More secondary sources would be nice. Also, "changed hands" is the idiom. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 07:59, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

The article is taken verbatim from William Smith's 19th-century Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, even to the extent that the reference citations are the abbreviated citations used in that document (e.g., "Herod. viii. 73" refers to a passage in a work by Herodotus) and have not been reformatted to identify what sources were being cited by William Smith. Yes, that's a public domain source, but additional revision is needed to make this into a proper Wikipedia article. --Orlady (talk) 16:35, 30 December 2011 (UTC)