Talk:Constantinianus

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 09:47, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that Constantinianus was a close and trusted adviser of Byzantine Emperor Justinian and investigated plots against the emperor even from suspected relatives?

• Source: Martindale, John R. (1992). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire AD 527-641 pp. 336-337 Later, when the affair was brought to the emperor's notice and Germanus himself was accused, the defended him in consistory before the emperor. Constantinianus was evidently one of the emperor's close advisers and a person of trust at court. [...] In 562, Constantinianus and Marinus conducted a second examination of the conspirators accused of plotting against Justinian.

• • ALT1: ... that Constantinianus was a person of trust in the court of Byzantine Emperor Justinian and even defended members of emperor's family from accusation of plotting to overthrow him? Source: same as in ALT0
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/ZTF J1239+8347

Improved to Good Article status by A.Cython (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

A.Cython(talk) 05:19, 2 April 2026 (UTC).

@A.Cython: Before I do the review, I would like to suggest another ALT because I think that both ALT0 and ALT1 are too long (though I think they still follow the DYK length guidelines). This new one is similar to ALT0 but trimmed a bit: "Did you know ... that Constantinianus was a trusted adviser of Justinian and investigated plots against the emperor even from suspected relatives?" –The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 19:53, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

@The Twists and Turns: Thank you for reviewing this and your suggestion. Looking forward to your comments.

ALT2 "... that Constantinianus was a trusted adviser of Justinian and investigated plots against the emperor even from suspected relatives?" as your suggestion. A.Cython(talk) 23:28, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: This hook is great.

1. The article is new (It was promoted to good article on March 28, a few days before the nomination).
2. The article's length is good.
3. The article is well-sourced.
4. The hook is sourced with a reliable citation.
5. The hook is very interesting.
6. It is free of any too close paraphrasing, plagiarism, or copyright issues.
7. The QPQ is done.

It is a very strong hook. –The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 23:37, 2 April 2026 (UTC)