Talk:Joseph Franklin Rutherford/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: GreatOrangePumpkin (talk · contribs) 12:21, 15 June 2012 (UTC)


 * GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * Lead
 * You may want to link "doctrinal"
 * Done. BlackCab (talk) 11:14, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Early Life
 * "a Baptist farm family and raised in near-poverty." - comma missing between "family" and "and". Maybe reword to something like "Rutherford was born on November 8, 1869 to the Baptist farm family, James Calvin Rutherford and Leonora Strickland, and raised in near-poverty. "
 * Done. BlackCab (talk) 11:14, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 * The Finished Mystery
 * "seditious and antiwar statements" - they really banned for these reasons?
 * The body of the article explains that the directors were charged with offences under the Espionage Act. The charges were laid in response to complaints about The Finished Mystery, which Beckford describes as containing "seditious materal". I have added a citation for this. BlackCab (talk) 11:14, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Doctrinal changes
 * "In 1936, Rutherford rejected the belief that Jesus had been executed on a Roman cross, in favor of an upright stake or "tree."" - any information why he believed so?
 * That's unknown. BlackCab (talk) 11:14, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Personal life
 * If he was against marriage, then why he married?
 * Good question, but I'm not sure the answer is known. BlackCab (talk) 11:14, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Death and burial
 * Some medical terms should be linked
 * Link "Beth Sarim" in the first occasion
 * Done. BlackCab (talk) 11:14, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (references): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * Ref 29, 46, 47, 51, 57, 64, 93, 94, 109, 111, 127, 131, 135, 144, 150, 165, 170, 177, 178, 179, 184 and 195 do not link to any citation
 * Use consitant style of "page"
 * Dead references should be fixed
 * According to one category, he was a "Former atheists and agnostics"; do you have any information regarding this claim?
 * Ref "Millions Now Living Will Never Die!, 1920, p. : "A simple calculation of these jubilees brings us to this important fact: Seventy jubilees of fifty years each would be a total of 3500 years. That period of time beginning 1575 before A.D. 1 of necessity would end in the fall of the year 1925."" needs a page number-- GoP T C N 08:58, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Page number done. BlackCab (talk) 11:06, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * The references you mention are all linked to sources in the Refs section; all are then linked to their entries in the bibliography.
 * I have removed the "Former atheists and agnostics" category. There is a passing reference to atheism in a reference, but this is far from a reliable source and certainly not a secondary source.
 * Can you please point out any dead references? Thanks. BlackCab (talk) 11:18, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * According to Chechlinks:
 * Ref 227: Consolation , May 27, 1942.
 * Ref 240: San Diego's Officials Line Up Against Earth's New Princes
 * Ref 224: Witness Sect Founder Dies
 * Ref 36: Rutherford—Troy Debate
 * Ref 235: Witnesses of Jehovah
 * Ref 234: Mp3 of Interview with Hayden C. Covington on November 19, 1978-- GoP T C N 11:29, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Those dead links have gone. BlackCab (talk) 12:00, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

3. It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall: A few fixes are needed, but otherwise an excellent and interesting article.
 * Pass/Fail: