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.

Nice article and well-researched!--Yannismarou (talk) 17:59, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]