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James Lileks (May 2, 2021). "Lileks: Wikipedia wants me to do what?". Star Tribune. Retrieved May 3, 2021. We all can agree that William the Conqueror existed, and Wikipedia has an exhaustive entry with many fascinating details. This one I found remarkable:
This article has previously been nominated to be moved.
Discussions:
RM, William I of England → William the Conqueror, Not moved, 29 August 2005, discussion
RM, William I of England → William the Conqueror, No consensus, 26 January 2008, discussion
RM, William I of England → William the Conqueror, Moved, 22 February 2010, discussion
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I think that the image featured in this article looks dated. I suggest that we choose a better image. Dinuwikian (talk) 17:15, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 18:29, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't mean JUST the circa links, but ALL the links in the article - the rest of the article links to other articles are not underlined, I see no need for the circa ones to be inconsistent with the others. The usage of the lk parameter is perfectly fine and allowed. Ealdgyth (talk) 13:50, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Please read WP:CITEVAR - changing something that's consistent and is not wrong to an editor's own preference is not something we do. All of the changes were reverted (except the change of the template name at the bottom) because all of them contravened CITEVAR - the short citations don't need commas, the citations do not need to be set with last and first parameters, it was harder to keep the bibliography in alphabetical order by putting the date parameter first occasionally, and the column sizes and indentation are NOT required or an improvement in my mind. There is no requirement to change just to change - what happens on other articles isn't required to happen on this article as long as the style is consistent - which it is. Ealdgyth (talk) 19:14, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That "column sizes and indentation are NOT required or an improvement in my mind" is not a standard for reverting. In my mind (or specifically, to my eyes), the change in column sizes and indentation were an improvement. —GoldRingChip 19:19, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
CITEVAR is very clear - changes to the style of the references need consensus before being made, if the article is already consistent. It's designed to prevent folks going around and randomly changing to their preferences when they are not the primary editors involved in editing and maintaining the article. I do not follow around and revert your changes in situations where the citations aren't consistent nor do I go around to other articles imposing my own preferences - if an article is using sfn, I use sfn. If its using list defined, I use list defined, even if I'm making copyedits to the references. Ealdgyth (talk) 19:23, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) The point of CITEVAR is to avoid editwars over things that editors can reasonably disagree on. Also, I would suggest that regardless of CITEVAR it's not a good idea to make a change of this scale to a featured article without suggesting it on the talk page first -- typically a featured article has had multiple editors review it, and you can save yourself editing time by getting consensus first. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:25, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:William I (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 18:32, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 18:29, 8 April 2023 (UTC)