User talk:Biz

Last push needed for Byzantine Empire FAR

Hi Biz, from your comments on the FAR talk I can glean that you are busy with IRL stuff. However, the Byzantine Empire FAR was opened on 30 October 2023, and thus will complete a full year in 23 days. We should try to make a last push and have it kept before this month ends. Your review is needed for the 867-1453 subsection, and Daily life and Religion sections. After that we'll have just 3 sections left to rewrite, namely the Arts, Science and medicine & Legacy sections. I think these tasks can be done within 23 days. We should have these done within 15 days and have a full week where we can address issues raised by reviewers on the FAR. Wdyt? Matarisvan (talk) 12:44, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi Matarisvan

Thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, I'm busy with life priorities and travel right now, but I will free up again from October 16.

The history rewrite, and what remains of 867-1453, is being driven by @AirshipJungleman29. The Arts rewrite is being driven by @Aza24. I've stayed away from those sections as they are competent editors and there is so much else to do still.

I've done a spot check on the Religion rewrite an editor did and think that's going to need deeper review. It is a subject I have some prior knowledge in, and with the new addition of sources, means this review will be quicker to do. But I also want to see why the editor removed all of the previous content and did not incorporate the previous sources.

The Economy section an editor rewrote the first paragraph but I have not checked it and it needs more sources, as well as a review of the other paragraphs.

The legacy section needs an overhaul. I've not looked at Science and medicine.

I appreciate the work you did on Daily Life, but it needs a lot more work. For example, for clothing I found in the references of a one line statement covered in Shepard J, ed. Other Routes to Byzantium. In: The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire c.500–1492. Cambridge University Press; 2009:53-75 Page 69. References Lopez (1945); Maguire (1997); Ball (2005), pp. 37–56, 79–89, 102–4. The little bit I've read of Jennifer Ball (Byzantine Dress: Representations of Secular Dress in Eight- to Twelfth-Century Painting, 2006, Macmillan, ISBN 1403967008n) is going to be a great addition.

I don't think we can get this done by 30 October but to your point, it needs a step up in effort so if you can give me some breathing room until Mid October, I can commit to a push. Daily Life and religion I could focus on this month and get done. Biz (talk) 19:04, 7 October 2024 (UTC)