Talk:Invitation to William

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[edit] Merge with Immortal Seven

I propose that we merge this with the Immortal Seven. I was going to add their names here till I saw that link. The text on the two pages will necessarily be nearly identical, and I think someone who looks for either term should see the information that is on both together without having to click on any links. William Quill 19:19, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

• Makes sense to me. I only created the article because I was tired of seeing the red link. I was going to copy the Invitation's text here, but I think that properly belongs in Wikisource. --Coemgenus 22:05, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Which then do we use, Immortal Seven or Invitation to William. I'd be inclined towards the latter, as they are only a group of Seven in the context of the Invitation. (I would have got back to this sooner but I just finished an exam on this a few hours ago. William Quill 18:10, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Good question. I agree that the Seven wouldn't be so Immortal without the Invitation. Let's move it there. --Coemgenus 23:38, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Run-on opening sentence.

The Invitation to William was a letter sent by seven notable Englishmen, later named the Immortal Seven, to William III, Prince of Orange, received by him on 1688-06-30 (Julian calendar, 10 July Gregorian calendar), asking him, because in England a Catholic male heir, James Francis Edward Stuart, had been born, to force the ruling king, his father-in-law James II of England, by military intervention to make William's Protestant wife Mary, James's eldest daughter, heir to the throne, preferably by establishing that the newborn Prince of Wales was a fraud.

This opening sentence is badly structured; it's quite long and hard to read, and it also makes confusing overuse of commas. Should be revised? Speed and Sleep 14:48, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Probably. ;o)--MWAK 18:29, 28 October 2007 (UTC)