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The Voices of Morebath is currently a World history good article nominee. Nominated by Pbritti (talk) at 17:16, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

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Short description: 2001 non-fiction book by Eamon Duffy

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A fact from The Voices of Morebath appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 February 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a 2001 book shares the history of a small Tudor community through a 54-year-long "running commentary" by "a somewhat unamiable busybody"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christopher Trychay.

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Curious: Why use {{sfn}} at all if not to cite specific pages? Without page numbers, why separate the full citations in Citations from those in Sources? You could convert all Sources to Citations without needing short footnotes. Alternatively, all short footnotes can add the specific pages to aid in verification, which is a boon to the reader. But in that case, the remaining full refs in Citations could move to the Sources section. czar 14:52, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2001. xvi + 232 pp. $22.50 cloth and [untitled] need not be part of the review titles. A common convention is to name reviews Rev. of The Voices of Morebath given that they're often listings in review sections. (I.e., they're just as much that as "[untitled]".) czar 14:54, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:02, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a 2002 book relies extensively on a 16th-century priest's churchwardens' accounts that include his support for a failed rebellion?

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Reviewed: 1.) Template:Did you know nominations/Hodierna of Jerusalem, 2.) Template:Did you know nominations/Tesseropora rosea, 3.) Template:Did you know nominations/Fatima Payman

Created by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 3. Nominator has 63 past nominations.

Pbritti (talk) 01:04, 8 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

I do not recall ever seeing, let alone reading, an article about a scholarly history book, so thank you for the opportunity. All three articles are recent, long enough, and fully comprehensive. To call them presentable would be an understatement. But I am not happy with the hook. I think there is more potential in Loades's review, specifically the part where he describes the priest as "an unamiable busybody". I can see a very vivid hook involving a nosey priest, a small Tudor village, and an appraised book. What do you think, Pbritti? Surtsicna (talk) 15:42, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your kind words and good suggestions, Surtsicna! I've written a couple articles on scholarly texts and plan on at least two more this year. Let's see if I can make a good ALT1:
- - ... that one review of The Voices of Morebath credited "a somewhat unamiable busybody" and his 54-year-long "running commentary" with recording his parish's participation in a disastrous rebellion?
Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:11, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Pbritti, that looks much more interesting! A "disastrous rebellion" would be attention-grabbing in any other hook, but can we try something lighter in this instance? Something like a busybody's running commentary of other people's affairs providing a glimpse into everyday life in a Tudor village. I think it would have an even greater impact. Surtsicna (talk) 19:59, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How about something more like ALT2:

... that a 2001 book shares the history of a small Tudor community through a 54-year-long "running commentary" by "a somewhat unamiable busybody"?

@Surtsicna: Thanks for your interest in this review—I'm glad you want this hook to be as good as it can be! ~ Pbritti (talk) 23:29, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that is it! I love that one and I hope that you do too. Surtsicna (talk) 00:35, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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