Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Peer review/Stigand

I would welcome any suggestions that would help me take this article to Featured Article status. Ealdgyth | Talk 03:54, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"He was definitely of mixed English and Scandanavian stock.". I don't see why "definitely" is necessary in this sentence.
"On April 3, 1043[5] he was consecrated bishop.[6] " Why two citations in such a short sentence? Combine them in one. The same here: "At a Council held at Winchester at Easter 1070,[34] the bishops met with papal legates from Alexander II.[35]"
Not all your sources are properly formatted. For instance in this source: "Walker, Ian Harold: The Last Anglo-Saxon King Wrens Park Publishing 2000 ISBN 0-905-778-464 p. 49" you don't use the Template:cite book as you do in the previous source. As a result, the placing of the pages is not consistent.
"Since Stigand retained Winchester, he was definitely a pluralist." Again this "definitely", and this time without any citation. Maybe you should rephrase.
"He had been an avaricious man and a great pluralist, holding the bishopric of Winchester after he became archbishop of Canterbury, in addition to several abbeys." First "avaricious" is POV - say that he is characterized as "avaricious" by the X or Z historians. Secondly, I think you have already said in the lead and in the main text that he held the bishopric of Winchester after he became archbishop of Canterbury. Don't be repetitive.