Talk:Lewis chessmen
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The berzerk rook
As the photo I added doesn't show a berzerk rook (just the usual anxious-looking ones) here's a link to a photo in the British Museum's collection, showing him (he's the toothy guy on the right) [1] (http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_IXDB_=compass&_IXSR_=xj1&_IXSS_=_IXMAXHITS_%3d1%26_IXFIRST_%3d1%26_IXDB_%3dcompass%26%2524%2bwith%2ball_unique_id_index%2bis%2b%2524%3dENC5387&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXSPFX_=graphical/full/lg&_IXimg=ps342892.jpg&submit-button=summary). Hmm, we curously don't seem to have an article either on berzerk (not the video game) or berzerker. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:15, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- We have an article on berserker (Viking), though. Marnanel 14:19, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)
"So-called ..."
Reverted to original version. Anyone who reads the article past the first sentence will see why they received the designation "Lewis Chessmen'. The article goes on to describe where they were found. The added text was moreover inserted at the wrong place in the first sentence, almost making it sound as if all the surviving sets were found on the Isle of Lewis! Eilthireach 18:20, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- That's true, but... many people don't really want to read past the first paragraph. Although not perfectly worded, the edit was well founded in suggesting that the lead paragraph could be better in summarising the key points of the article. See for example Wikipedia:Guide_to_writing_better_articles#Lead_section. -- Solipsist 19:16, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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