Talk:Colin Platt

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The result was: rejected by reviewer, closed by AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:59, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Colin Platt was a British scholar of the Middle Ages who lamented the separate approaches of historians and archaeologists?
- Reviewed: to come

Created by Gaia Octavia Agrippa (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 49 past nominations.

Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk 00:24, 19 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Oh cool, I'll review this nomination. Richard Nevell (talk) 18:23, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General eligibility:

New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: Pending the QPQ review, this is good to go. I have some non-DYK related comments that I'll put on the talk page. Richard Nevell (talk) 18:46, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, a QPQ hasn't been provided. Since September 2024, a QPQ is to be provided at the time of nomination, rather than a few days later. It used to be the case where you can provide a QPQ up to a week after nomination (although in practice, this wasn't enforced well, hence the changes). I would normally give at least a 24 hr notice but since its been almost two weeks to no avail and per the new QPQ rule changes, I'm marking it for closure. JuniperChill (talk) 19:59, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @Gaia Octavia Agrippa: in case they've got a review in the bag. Richard Nevell (talk) 20:26, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions for further development

Nice work on putting this together, Gaia Octavia Agrippa. It caught my attention as Platt is well known within castle studies. A few things occur to me for further edits to the article if you were thinking about spending more time on it.

Quote (1): The quote archaeologists' all too frequent failure to read, engage with and give due weight to historical evidence sounds like it comes from directly from Platt, but it's Stamper's summary. It will make it clunkier, but it would be worth noting that Stamper said this if the quote is kept.

Quote (2): On a second reading I wonder if the quote academic theory over empirical research was about archaeologists at universities rather than historians. What do you think? I don't think that changes the substance of the DYK hook about the separate approaches of historians and archaeologists.

Castle studies: Platt is influential in castle studies, especially "Revisionism in Castle Studies: A Caution" which generated quite a lot of discussion in the field. I can track down some references if that would help, or add it myself if preferable. I'm happy either way!

Southampton: Platt's excavations in Southampton constituted a major project, which is worth mentioning. As for sourcing, my hunch is that a review of Excavations in medieval Southampton may provide some context from an independent perspective.

Richard Nevell (talk) 19:07, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]