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title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Black Death/archive1">Featured article candidate</a></b></td><td>Not promoted</td></tr><tr><td><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_Death&oldid=40194389">February 19, 2006</a></span></td><td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_assessment/Natural_disasters/Black_Death" title="Wikipedia:Article assessment/Natural disasters/Black Death">WikiProject peer review</a></b></td><td>Reviewed</td></tr><tr><td><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_Death&oldid=193355500">February 22, 2008</a></span></td><td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Black_Death/archive2" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Black Death/archive2">Featured article candidate</a></b></td><td>Not promoted</td></tr><tr><td><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_Death&oldid=240996619">September 25, 2008</a></span></td><td><b><a href="/wiki/Talk:Black_Death/GA1" title="Talk:Black Death/GA1">Good article reassessment</a></b></td><td>Delisted</td></tr><tr><td><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_Death&oldid=823675075">February 3, 2018</a></span></td><td><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Black_Death/archive4" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Black Death/archive4">Featured article candidate</a></b></td><td>Not promoted</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:100%"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Globe_current.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="In the news"><img alt="In the news" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Globe_current.svg/20px-Globe_current.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="19" class="mw-file-element" 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It suggested an alternative model in which "the disease was spread from human fleas and body lice to other people".</i> </p><p>| </p><p>In 2018 researchers suggested an alternative model in which "<i>"the disease was spread from human fleas and body lice to other people".</i> </p><p><br/> <i>The most authoritative contemporary account is found in a report from the medical faculty in Paris to <a href="/wiki/Philip_VI_of_France" title="Philip VI of France">Philip VI of France</a>. It blamed the heavens, in the form of a <a href="/wiki/Conjunction_(astronomy)" title="Conjunction (astronomy)">conjunction</a> of three planets in 1345 that caused a "great pestilence in the air" (<a href="/wiki/Miasma_theory" title="Miasma theory">miasma theory</a>).</i> </p><p>| </p><p>Philip VI of France wrote in 1355 that a conjunction of planets had caused "a great pestilence in the air" (miasma theory). </p><p>--and so on. It would be worth doing a full pass on this article for clarity and I am willing to do so if allowed. <a href="/wiki/User:VHarbee" title="User:VHarbee">VHarbee</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:VHarbee" title="User talk:VHarbee">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Black_Death#c-VHarbee-20231025153200-Improvements_to_general_writing_quality" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:32, 25 October 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-VHarbee-20231025153200-Improvements_to_general_writing_quality"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20231025153200","author":"VHarbee","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-VHarbee-20231025153200-Improvements_to_general_writing_quality","replies":["c-64.46.14.251-20240206221900-VHarbee-20231025153200"]}}--></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-VHarbee-20231025153200-Improvements_to_general_writing_quality"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-64.46.14.251-20240206221900-VHarbee-20231025153200"></span>I'd like to add this example which I came across while reading the article, which was both difficult to parse and definitely inaccurate (at least in regards to linked articles).</dd> <dd>|</dd> <dd>Early Christians considered bathing a temptation. With this danger in mind, <a href="/wiki/Benedict_of_Nursia" title="Benedict of Nursia">St. Benedict</a> declared, "To those who are well, and especially to the young, bathing shall seldom be permitted." <a href="/wiki/Agnes_of_Rome" title="Agnes of Rome">St. Agnes</a> took the injunction to heart and died without ever bathing.</dd> <dd>|</dd> <dd>St. Agnes of Rome lived ~3 centuries before St. Benedict, so the phrase "took the injunction to heart" is definitely false. <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/64.46.14.251" title="Special:Contributions/64.46.14.251">64.46.14.251</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:64.46.14.251&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:64.46.14.251 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Black_Death#c-64.46.14.251-20240206221900-VHarbee-20231025153200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:19, 6 February 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" 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Set the <code style="white-space: nowrap;">|answered=</code> or <code style="white-space: nowrap;">|ans=</code> parameter to <b>no</b> to reactivate your request.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Change "An estimate of the case fatality rate for the modern bubonic plague, after the introduction of antibiotics, is 11%, although it may be higher in underdeveloped regions." to "An estimate of the case fatality rate for the modern plague, after the introduction of antibiotics, is 11%, although it may be higher in underdeveloped regions." (removing the word "bubonic"). The case fatality ratio linked appears to refer to plague in general, rather than just the bubonic form. <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Wizzeh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Wizzeh (page does not exist)">Wizzeh</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Wizzeh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:Wizzeh (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Black_Death#c-Wizzeh-20240214060200-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_14_February_2024" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">06:02, 14 February 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Wizzeh-20240214060200-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_14_February_2024"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span 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Done</b></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Tollens" title="User:Tollens">Tollens</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Tollens" title="User talk:Tollens">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Black_Death#c-Tollens-20240215033900-Wizzeh-20240214060200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">03:39, 15 February 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Tollens-20240215033900-Wizzeh-20240214060200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240215033900","author":"Tollens","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Tollens-20240215033900-Wizzeh-20240214060200","replies":[]}}--></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Tollens-20240215033900-Wizzeh-20240214060200"></span></dd></dl> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-2A00:23C8:CAB:AD00:B7C3:EDB1:9DCE:1FEA-20240514190200-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_14_February_2024"></span>b <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/2A00:23C8:CAB:AD00:B7C3:EDB1:9DCE:1FEA" title="Special:Contributions/2A00:23C8:CAB:AD00:B7C3:EDB1:9DCE:1FEA">2A00:23C8:CAB:AD00:B7C3:EDB1:9DCE:1FEA</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2A00:23C8:CAB:AD00:B7C3:EDB1:9DCE:1FEA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:2A00:23C8:CAB:AD00:B7C3:EDB1:9DCE:1FEA (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Black_Death#c-2A00:23C8:CAB:AD00:B7C3:EDB1:9DCE:1FEA-20240514190200-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_14_February_2024" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">19:02, 14 May 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-2A00:23C8:CAB:AD00:B7C3:EDB1:9DCE:1FEA-20240514190200-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_14_February_2024"><span 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ext-discussiontools-init-section"><!--__DTSUBSCRIBEBUTTONDESKTOP__{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-83.202.216.238-20240806082500","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Is_there_any_room_(in_this_article)_for_a_mention_of_the_currently_noticeable_as-20240806082500","replies":["c-83.202.216.238-20240806082500-Is_there_any_room_(in_this_article)_for_a_mention_of_the_currently_noticeable_as"],"text":"Is there any room (in this article) for a mention of the currently noticeable as well as medically significant genetic changes that were presumably impulsed by Black Death's dramatic toll?","linkableTitle":"Is there any room (in this article) for a mention of the currently noticeable as well as medically significant genetic changes that were presumably impulsed by Black Death's dramatic toll?"}--><h2 id="Is_there_any_room_(in_this_article)_for_a_mention_of_the_currently_noticeable_as_well_as_medically_significant_genetic_changes_that_were_presumably_impulsed_by_Black_Death's_dramatic_toll?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Is_there_any_room_(in_this_article)_for_a_mention_of_the_currently_noticeable_as-20240806082500"><span id="Is_there_any_room_.28in_this_article.29_for_a_mention_of_the_currently_noticeable_as_well_as_medically_significant_genetic_changes_that_were_presumably_impulsed_by_Black_Death.27s_dramatic_toll.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Is_there_any_room_(in_this_article)_for_a_mention_of_the_currently_noticeable_as-20240806082500"></span>Is there any room (in this article) for a mention of the currently noticeable as well as medically significant genetic changes that were presumably impulsed by Black Death's dramatic toll?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Is_there_any_room_(in_this_article)_for_a_mention_of_the_currently_noticeable_as-20240806082500"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Black_Death&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Is there any room (in this article) 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class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"><!--__DTSUBSCRIBEBUTTONMOBILE__{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-83.202.216.238-20240806082500","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Is_there_any_room_(in_this_article)_for_a_mention_of_the_currently_noticeable_as-20240806082500","replies":["c-83.202.216.238-20240806082500-Is_there_any_room_(in_this_article)_for_a_mention_of_the_currently_noticeable_as"],"text":"Is there any room (in this article) for a mention of the currently noticeable as well as medically significant genetic changes that were presumably impulsed by Black Death's dramatic toll?","linkableTitle":"Is there any room (in this article) for a mention of the currently noticeable as well as medically significant genetic changes that were presumably impulsed by Black Death's dramatic toll?"}--></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-83.202.216.238-20240806082500-Is_there_any_room_(in_this_article)_for_a_mention_of_the_currently_noticeable_as"></span>Hello, here is what I am talking about: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05349-x">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05349-x</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/83.202.216.238" title="Special:Contributions/83.202.216.238">83.202.216.238</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:83.202.216.238&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:83.202.216.238 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Black_Death#c-83.202.216.238-20240806082500-Is_there_any_room_(in_this_article)_for_a_mention_of_the_currently_noticeable_as" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">08:25, 6 August 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-83.202.216.238-20240806082500-Is_there_any_room_(in_this_article)_for_a_mention_of_the_currently_noticeable_as"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_requests" title="Wikipedia:Edit requests">edit request</a> has been answered. Set the <code style="white-space: nowrap;">|answered=</code> or <code style="white-space: nowrap;">|ans=</code> parameter to <b>no</b> to reactivate your request.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Black Death is known as the deadliest plague which started in 1346 and ended in 1353 <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/5.30.182.159" title="Special:Contributions/5.30.182.159">5.30.182.159</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:5.30.182.159&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:5.30.182.159 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Black_Death#c-5.30.182.159-20241113134000-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_13_November_2024" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">13:40, 13 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-5.30.182.159-20241113134000-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_13_November_2024"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241113134000","author":"5.30.182.159","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-5.30.182.159-20241113134000-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_13_November_2024","replies":["c-Myrealnamm-alt-20241113165500-5.30.182.159-20241113134000"]}}--></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-5.30.182.159-20241113134000-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_13_November_2024"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Myrealnamm-alt-20241113165500-5.30.182.159-20241113134000"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Red_question_icon_with_gradient_background.svg/20px-Red_question_icon_with_gradient_background.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Red_question_icon_with_gradient_background.svg/30px-Red_question_icon_with_gradient_background.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Red_question_icon_with_gradient_background.svg/40px-Red_question_icon_with_gradient_background.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62"/></span></span> <b>Not done</b>: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. 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