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Leves was a Warfare good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
November 15, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 1, 2008.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Leves were Roman soldiers armed with javelins?

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GA Review

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The article is self-contradicting. It will be two weeks until I can check your sources on the leves being replaced in the Polybian system. The review will contnue when I have checked the facts. Wandalstouring (talk) 11:39, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article is still self-contradicting and I couldn't check all sources. Wandalstouring (talk) 14:27, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

another contradiction

"They were usually outfitted with just a number of light javelins and no other equipment." AND "Leves typically carried a number of light javelins and a simple round shield about 90 cm (3 feet) in diameter." Lastdingo (talk) 01:45, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

certainly not: Scutum

"The larger rectangular Scutum was sometimes carried by those soldiers who could afford it." Scutum simply means "shield", although most often a certain type of legionary shield is meant. I'm sure the source has no evidence that such skirmishers (!) carried a heavy (about 10 kg) and huge shield - "Scutum" means in this context certainly a small shield, since no other javelineers/skirmishers in history carried such a huge and heavy shield. Lastdingo (talk) 01:48, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]