Sunday, November 23, 2008

Wikipedia Assignment # 3

This article summarizes the life of Elizabeth I. The article beings by discussing Elizabeth's parents and early childhood. This article is very thorough. It covers Elizabeth's childhood, through her successful reign, to her death. This article has a lot of useful information and I would recommend it to others.
1.There are 7,517 words in this article.
2.The search term I used was Queen Elizabeth of England.
3.The Disambiguation link lists other articles related to the search term I used. Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I(the TV series), Elisabeth of Bohemia, Elizabeth I of Russia, Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, and RMS Queen Elizabeth(series of steam ships) are all the article listed under the Disambiguation link.
4.The discussion was mostly about the changes being made to the article. One message talked about omitting the Tudor coat of arms. Another comment mentioned a change to the opening portrait.
5.There have been over 500 changes made to the article. The first edit was August 8,2003. The last edit was November 21,2008.
6.There are 173 references.
7. There are five titles listed under Further Reading: Portraiture of Elizabeth I, Cultural depictions of Elizabeth I of England, English Renaissance, Protestant Reformation, and Tudor reconquest of Ireland.

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