Talk:Government in late medieval England

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Section sizes

Section size for Government in late medieval England (18 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	783	783
Crown	57	9,386
Inheritance and coronation	1,594	1,594
Rights and authority	1,584	1,584
Limitations	1,217	1,217
King's council	826	826
Royal household	1,386	1,386
Departments	2,722	2,722
Parliament	2,368	2,368
Local government	72	1,310
Counties	1,238	1,238
Justice system	57	2,136
Central courts	2,079	2,079
See also	137	137
References	15	2,718
Citations	34	34
Bibliography	2,669	2,669
Further reading	790	790
Total	19,628	19,628

Genesis

Thanks to Ltwin for starting this article. I have ticked it for the NPP as it is obviously quite respectable. But it's unusual for articles to be so well-developed from the outset. Sometimes this is done by taking material from elsewhere such as another language Wikipedia. In such cases, attribution of the earlier versions is required for full propriety. I have made some spot checks using tools like Earwig and didn't find any issues. But, to be sure, please could Ltwin give some details of how they wrote this to help us understand what was done offline. Such background details may also help other reviewers as the article is further assessed and graded. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:09, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Andrew Davidson. I began drafting this article in my sandbox, User:Ltwin/Sandbox 16. I have contributed to other articles related to English government history, such as Parliament of England, History of monarchy in the United Kingdom, and History of the constitution of the United .Kingdom. Most of the text written for this article was brand new, but some of it may have also been used in those previous articles. Ltwin (talk) 10:42, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the details. Sometimes, editors move the sandbox into mainspace using the article title to preserve the edit history but I'm not seeing any problem with making a fresh copy in this case.

I plan to read through the article and may make minor copy-edits if needed -- I did one just now. If any major issues arise, I will start discussion here again.

Andrew🐉(talk) 10:59, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]