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This is a very detailed article - nice work! You have managed to convey the particulars of the family along with the larger historical narrative. I think that perhaps a bit more historical context would help the less informed reader (like myself). A few, small suggestions for improvement:
A well-written and informative article. A pleasure to read. Awadewit | talk 02:00, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Great, the Skalmantas/Homer earworm is gone. About Elzbieta and her second name. Does this mean that Elzbieta was her original name and Danute her baptismal name? Both names sound Christian. Novickas 12:44, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
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You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 00:06, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
This is the first article I've seen, at the point I've edited to, where the use of "went on to" and "however" are correct and needed. I'm WAY impressed. -- Preston McConkie ( talk • contribs) 00:35, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Why do we have two separate articles about the same topic -- this one and Gediminids? — Kpalion (talk) 01:05, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
This article is actually about the near-contemporary family of Gediminas and not about what the technical language understands with the term House of Gediminas, because in genealogical and dynastical contexts, that term House refers to all agnatic descendants to the end of the world, and it not limited to near-contemporary family members of the eponymic person. Compare, for example, how terms like House of Hohenzollern, House of Sverker, House of Hanover and maison de Bourbon are used. I suspect that this naming here, house, was chosen by a person not native in English language and somewhat deficit in knowledge about dynastical research. 82.181.234.211 ( talk) 16:38, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Jogaila eastablished a new dynasty called the Jagiellon dynasty, the last king of which was Sigismund II Augustus. While that dynasty originated from the House of Gediminas, it was a separate dynasty in its own right, considered as such by historians. That should be made clear. The formulation "The dynasty came to an end in 1572, when Sigismund II Augustus died without a male heir." referring to the House of Gediminas is to say the least misleading. Especially since the name Sigismund II Augustus does not occur anywhere else in the article. As the lead is supposed to summarize what is in the body of the article, obviously something is wrong here. Sorry to nitpick, but a featured article linked to the Main Page should be accurate. 74.15.22.247 ( talk) 00:07, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
There is also a funny additional reason to cautiously view the House of Jagello as separate House from Gediminids: their contemporaries in mid-1400s knew well about the serious doubts that Casimir IV was actually sired by another man rather than by the elderly king Jagello. 82.181.234.211 ( talk) 16:41, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
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This is a very detailed article - nice work! You have managed to convey the particulars of the family along with the larger historical narrative. I think that perhaps a bit more historical context would help the less informed reader (like myself). A few, small suggestions for improvement:
A well-written and informative article. A pleasure to read. Awadewit | talk 02:00, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Great, the Skalmantas/Homer earworm is gone. About Elzbieta and her second name. Does this mean that Elzbieta was her original name and Danute her baptismal name? Both names sound Christian. Novickas 12:44, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
The following suggestions were generated by a semi-automatic javascript program, and might not be applicable for the article in question.
You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 00:06, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
This is the first article I've seen, at the point I've edited to, where the use of "went on to" and "however" are correct and needed. I'm WAY impressed. -- Preston McConkie ( talk • contribs) 00:35, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Why do we have two separate articles about the same topic -- this one and Gediminids? — Kpalion (talk) 01:05, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
This article is actually about the near-contemporary family of Gediminas and not about what the technical language understands with the term House of Gediminas, because in genealogical and dynastical contexts, that term House refers to all agnatic descendants to the end of the world, and it not limited to near-contemporary family members of the eponymic person. Compare, for example, how terms like House of Hohenzollern, House of Sverker, House of Hanover and maison de Bourbon are used. I suspect that this naming here, house, was chosen by a person not native in English language and somewhat deficit in knowledge about dynastical research. 82.181.234.211 ( talk) 16:38, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Jogaila eastablished a new dynasty called the Jagiellon dynasty, the last king of which was Sigismund II Augustus. While that dynasty originated from the House of Gediminas, it was a separate dynasty in its own right, considered as such by historians. That should be made clear. The formulation "The dynasty came to an end in 1572, when Sigismund II Augustus died without a male heir." referring to the House of Gediminas is to say the least misleading. Especially since the name Sigismund II Augustus does not occur anywhere else in the article. As the lead is supposed to summarize what is in the body of the article, obviously something is wrong here. Sorry to nitpick, but a featured article linked to the Main Page should be accurate. 74.15.22.247 ( talk) 00:07, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
There is also a funny additional reason to cautiously view the House of Jagello as separate House from Gediminids: their contemporaries in mid-1400s knew well about the serious doubts that Casimir IV was actually sired by another man rather than by the elderly king Jagello. 82.181.234.211 ( talk) 16:41, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
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