Template:Did you know nominations/Freedom of religion in Norway

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:32, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Freedom of religion in Norway

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~~... that sympathetic accounts of Norway's first Christian kings include descriptions of them committing gruesome torture against pagans, but non-sympathetic accounts do not?~~ Snorri’s portrayals of Olaf’s acts of religious violence serve to both praise the king’s piety and his uncompromising Viking spirit. Yet I do believe that the Konungasögur and Íslendingasögur can be considered to preserve something of eleventh-century societal attitudes to punitive mutilation, but only when examined alongside sources outside of the saga tradition. For, while chronicle histories such as those of Adam of Bremen and Saxo Grammaticus do not record any tortures ordered by Olaf, this silence is of note. Both chronicles are hostile to Olaf’s kingship, yet neither chronicler considers acts of mutilation to be deeds that would augment their negative portrayals of the Norwegian king. Indeed, where recorded, Olaf’s deeds of punitive mutilation were designed to assist the spread of Christianity and thus attracted no direct censure. [1]

Reviewed: Cimicidae

Improved to Good Article status by Rosguill (talk). Self-nominated at 16:58, 3 April 2020 (UTC).

@Rosguill: Hi, here's my review. Great job on this article, there is just one outstanding issue regarding the hook. epicgenius (talk) 01:02, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - Yes; I was concerned about this source, but it is in the public domain, so that is the only concern I had.

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - The page Freedom of religion in Norway needs to be linked somewhere in bold in the proposed hook. I don't know where that is supposed to go, or else I would've done it myself.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: epicgenius (talk) 01:02, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Epicgenius, whoops, I suppose that's important. Assuming that piping is ok, how about:

ALT0a: ... that sympathetic accounts of Norway's first Christian kings include descriptions of them committing gruesome torture against pagans, but non-sympathetic accounts do not?

_signed,Rosguill ^talk 01:22, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

All right.

With the revision to the hook done, I think the alternate hook is good to go now. epicgenius (talk) 02:13, 4 April 2020 (UTC)