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Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln
Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln never met, but Whitman, an American poet, greatly admired Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, and was deeply affected upon his assassination, writing several poems as elegies—notably "Hush'd Be the Camps To-Day", "O Captain! My Captain!", "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", and "This Dust Was Once the Man"—and giving a series of lectures on Lincoln.


 * Contributor(s): Eddie891 and Gerda Arendt

These six articles cover Walt Whitman's relationship (or lack thereof) with Abraham Lincoln. The grouping is comprehensive (all poems Whitman wrote on Lincoln and the lectures he gave and the overarching article), well-defined (as defined in Whitman's own "Memories of President Lincoln" cluster, as well as two books and a number of journal/news articles) and all articles are GA or above. I brought five of the six to GA/FA in the past six months or so, and did some cleanup work on "Lilacs" to ensure it meets the modern GA status. Whitman and Lincoln are both GAs, but I don't think they fit in the scope of this topic. I'm incredibly grateful to all those who have helped me on the way, and I'd welcome any comments. Eddie891 Talk Work 21:34, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Support - Looks to me like it covers everything. Hog Farm Talk 04:58, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Support, a pat on the back to both editors, and free Polar Pops from Circle K. P  anini 🥪 16:05, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. Eddie did a thorough job on this. He's taken a really unique topic and improved our Whitman coverage massively. This topic is in focus, well-developed, and judiciously supported. — ImaginesTigers (talk) 16:41, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  Comment Support: What a neat idea for a topic! I think the scope makes sense, but I feel the need to point out that GT criterion 1(c) says that all the articles should be "linked together, preferably using a template, and share a common category or super-category." They're all in the navbox Template:Walt Whitman (and I've added that template to the main article), but the template isn't actually focused on this topic, and there's no single category that unites the articles. I also note that the lead sections of the poem articles don't link to Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln, which, again, is a bit irregular if they all belong in a topic together. We are often flexible about the template and category requirements with e.g. music album topics, and I think the scope is clear enough to probably justify such flexibility here, but I just want to note these issues. -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 18:08, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , thanks! I've created a new category, Category:Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln for this topic and can make a new navbox if you think it's worth it&mdash; let me know. I've gone through and added a link to the main topic to all the articles in one way or another, which they probably should have had anyways. Cheers, Eddie891 Talk Work 18:26, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Cheers, that covers my concerns; I don't think there's a need for a navbox dedicated to this idea. Great work! -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 20:20, 5 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Closed with a consensus to promote to Good Topic. I would also like to congratulate Eddie here for making one of the most unique topics here in a while. Good job getting to this point now, sir. - GamerPro64  00:34, 18 March 2021 (UTC)