Talk:Woman of Peiting

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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by Dclemens1971 (talk) 21:26, 19 September 2026 (UTC)

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The late-medieval bog body discovered in 1957 in 1957 at the Weiter Filz

• ... that a late-medieval bog body (pictured) was discovered in 1957 at the Weiter Filz, a raised bog near Peiting in Upper Bavaria, Germany?

• Source: Haas-Gebhard, Brigitte; Püschel, Klaus (2009). "Die Frau aus dem Moor – Teil 1. Neue Untersuchungsergebnisse an der Moorleiche aus dem Weiten Filz bei Peiting (Oberbayern)". Bayerische Vorgeschichtsblätter (in German). 74: 239–268.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wendy_(coyote)
  • Comment: The woman in question had some quite interesting traits...

Created by IfShrimpHadABarbie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

Unsurprising (talk) 01:16, 18 September 2026 (UTC).

• Unsurprising, a new QPQ is needed. You have already used this QPQ at Template:Did you know nominations/Ever Again and cannot re-use it. Without a new QPQ, this nomination will be marked for closure. Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:36, 18 September 2026 (UTC)
  • Sorry for what I did... Unsurprising (talk) 20:46, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
    • I'm going to close this as withdrawn by the nominator. IfShrimpHadABarbie, if you are interested in adopting this nomination for your GA before its DYK eligibility closes on 24 September, please reach out to me and I will be happy to assist with reopening or with creating a new nomination. Dclemens1971 (talk) 21:26, 19 September 2026 (UTC)

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Boots of the woman of Peiting

• ... that after spending about six centuries in a bog, a woman was still wearing knee-high leather boots?

• Source: "Die "Frau von Peiting", die 1957 beim Torfabbau auf dem Gemeindegebiet von Hohenpeißenberg gefunden wurde, ist die bislang einzige bekannte Moorleiche aus Bayern. Sie wurde in einem hölzernen Sarg mit über der Brust gekreuzten Armen in der Nähe eines durch das Hochmoor führenden Weges bestattet. Nach einer Radiokarbon-Datierung fand diese ungewöhnliche Beisetzung wahrscheinlich im 14. Jahrhundert statt.... Besonders beeindruckend ist der Erhaltungszustand der kniehohen Lederstiefel, die sie bei ihrer Beisetzung und sicherlich auch zu Lebzeiten trug." (translation: "The "woman of Peiting", who was found in 1957 during peat cutting on the municipal territory of Hohenpeißenberg, is the only known bog from Bavaria to date. She was buried in a wooden coffin with her arms crossed over her chest near a path leading through the moor. According to radiocarbon dating, this unusual burial probably took place in the 14th century....The state of preservation of the knee-high leather boots she wore at her funeral and certainly during her lifetime is particularly impressive.") Bavarikon.de

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  • Comment: Page being created by Dclemens1971 due to nomination form not working with 2nd nomination. First nomination was closed after drive-by nominator did not supply a QPQ. Renominated by the page creator within the window.

Created by IfShrimpHadABarbie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

IfShrimpHadABarbie (talk) 20:16, 20 September 2026 (UTC).

• I will take this review. HerBauhaus · talk 09:04, 22 September 2026 (UTC)
• The article was created in mainspace on 17 September 2026 and renominated on 20 September 2026, so new and long enough at 4,071 words. QPQ is not required. Earwig's match is a research paper title, and a spot check found no copyright concerns. I can read German and have checked the relevant bavarikon text against the hook and article.

Three points remain: (1) The original hook is a reasonable reflection of bavarikon, although "still wearing" is not explicit. A more source-faithful ALT0a would be: ... that the knee-high leather boots buried with the Woman of Peiting survived some six centuries in a bog? This is optional. (2) The hook is not explicitly supported in the article's body. Could you make this clearer to readers by perhaps replacing the opening sentence of the Boots section with something like: "The Woman of Peiting was buried wearing knee-high leather boots, probably in the 14th century. They were remarkably well preserved when her remains were discovered in 1957." (citing bavarikon) (3) Reference [2] returns a 404. Could you provide a working or archived link?

Happy to revisit once points 2 and 3 are addressed. HerBauhaus · talk 10:45, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

• • A ping @IfShrimpHadABarbie: to respond to the review's questions. Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:51, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
    • Thank you for the careful review. I’ve revised the opening of the Boots section to state explicitly that the Woman of Peiting was buried wearing knee-high leather boots and that they were well preserved when the coffin was discovered in 1957. I’ve also replaced the broken link in reference [2] with an author-uploaded copy of the paper and corrected the citation’s author names. I’m happy with your suggested ALT0a wording, which avoids implying that "still wearing" is explicit in the source. Thanks again for checking the German text. IfShrimpHadABarbie (talk) 16:04, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

• Approving ALT0a. Nicely done! HerBauhaus · talk 07:42, 30 September 2026 (UTC)