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August 18, 2004	Featured article candidate	Promoted
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April 15, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed
February 18, 2025	Good article reassessment	Delisted
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GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria, due to uncited text in the article including most of "Succession" and the entire "Style and arms" section. Also, at over 11,000 words, I think this article is WP:TOOBIG and some of the prose can be spun out or removed as too much detail. Is anyone willing to address these concerns, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 21:40, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Loved the Henry the eighth bio! It just needs a little tuneup!

I so enjoyed this bio and learned quite a bit from about Henry Viii. It might be long and have various errors but it is easy to see all the work put into it. It just needs some fine tuning. I would also like to see "jousting" added to the tournament. This particular tournament changed Henry's life forever and how he handled so many situations/opposition/wives with a dramatic beheading. I love wikipedia and all the terrific information that has been collected for this encyclopedia. Special "hello" to wonderful HouseBlaster!! Creative Lizzie (talk) 18:45, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Henry VIII

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Delisted. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:01, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is uncited prose in the article, particularily in the "Succession" and "Style and arms" sections. I think redundant and off-topic text has crept into the article, and I think a copyedit would be useful to tighten up the prose and remove excess text. Particularly, I think the "Execution of Anne Boleyn" section focuses too much on Boleyn and much of this text can be moved to her article, with the section placing more emphasis on Henry's actions. Z1720 (talk) 23:11, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think I'll be able to fix the uncited issues. Can you identify the other text you think should be trimmed or removed? --Chronicler Frank (talk) 21:41, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Chronicler Frank: I think a subject matter expert can go through the article and remove extra detail from the article, or try to state ideas more succinctly. Here's some specific places that I think can be trimmed or cut:

"Wives, mistresses, and children: What is the purpose of this blockquote? I think it can be removed as unencyclopedic and too focused on his personality, instead of what the section is about.
"Government": Lots of talk about Cromwell and Wolsey, perhaps this would be better in a spun out article about Henry's government.
The block quote in "Historiography": why does a person writing in the 1950s get a whole paragraph, instead of having their research summarised in the article?

While I would do this myself, often my ideas of where to trim are met with complaints that I cut too many important details. If others are interested, I am happy to do this work. Z1720 (talk) 23:39, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm quite inclined to agree on spinning out some government stuff (into what would surely be a quite interesting article in its own right) and using a more concise summary style. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 05:49, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Chronicler Frank: Are you still interested in working on this article? Z1720 (talk) 13:58, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Z1720: Yes, I am still looking for citations. Chronicler Frank (talk) 08:43, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Chronicler Frank any updates? All Tomorrows No Yesterdays (Ughhh.... What did I do wrong this time?) 13:13, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delist No significant edits to address citation concerns. Z1720 (talk) 01:37, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.