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Massaponax Baptist Church

 * ... that General Ulysses S. Grant held a council of war (pictured) with his top generals on pews taken outdoors from the Massaponax Baptist Church in Spotsylvania County, Virginia?
 * Reviewed: John Hibbard
 * Comment: the hook seems a little 'clunky' - open to suggestions

Created/expanded by Wikipelli (talk). Self nom at 01:50, 6 June 2012 (UTC)




 * Symbol question.svgh and age check. Topic notability and sourcing check.  Hook sourcing checks.  If you want to de-clunkify the hook, get rid of "Spotsy County".  The one hold-up? — remove the stub designation.  —  AjaxSmack   22:04, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
 * My problem really was with succinctly saying that the pews were brought outside from the church and I didn't think the hook said it well. But, I'm ok with
 * ALT 1:... that General Ulysses S. Grant held a council of war (pictured) with his top generals on pews taken outdoors from the Massaponax Baptist Church?   Wikipelli  Talk   22:38, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg designation removed. —  AjaxSmack   23:11, 9 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol possible vote.svg I'm concerned that some of the phrasing in this article may be too close to that of its sources. Compare for example "The church was instructed to give letters of dismissal to all black members" with "the church was instructed to give letters of dismissal to all black members". Nikkimaria (talk) 02:04, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Wow... absolutely right! I recall trying to find out what a letter of dismissal was and forgot all about it. I've rewritten that line (and a couple of others). It should be good now. Please check again and let me know?   Wikipelli   Talk   02:22, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Much better, thanks. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:38, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Restoring tick now that Nikkimaria's concerns have been addressed. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:41, 11 June 2012 (UTC)