Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Marshall Applewhite/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by GrahamColm 03:00, 5 August 2012.

Marshall Applewhite

 * Nominator(s): Mark Arsten (talk) 06:05, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Marshall Applewhite was a soldier, singer, and teacher, but is best known for his role as the leader of the Heaven's Gate group. In 1997, he organized their mass suicide—the largest to occur inside the U.S.—expecting to be transported onto a passing spaceship. I've found him to be a fascinating individual, simultaneously racked with guilt over his sexuality and convinced of his status as the chosen messenger of the Kingdom of Heaven (which he believed to be an actual kingdom on another planet). Quite a bit has been written about Applewhite, but after a lot of reading I think I've used nearly all of the high-quality sources. The article is a GA and has been copy edited and peer reviewed by a number of helpful editors, so I think it's time to take it to the "Next Level". Mark Arsten (talk) 06:05, 1 August 2012 (UTC) Images - File:Ottheinrich_Folio289r_Rev6B.jpg needs US PD tag. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:47, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Support - I took part in the peer review a few weeks back and found this to be a well written and very engaging article. -- CassiantoTalk 12:14, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Very funny and interesting article. Regards.--Kürbis (✔) 15:19, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Was another participant in the peer review and thought it was in very good shape for FAC. Given my comments have been addressed since then, I would be happy to support on prose and comprehensiveness. Lemonade51 (talk) 17:58, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Support. Reviewed this one for GA, I felt then it was ready to move up here and the subsequent PR has only improved it further. GRAPPLE   X  01:05, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking a look, I've added the tag on Commons. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:34, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Support. A great article and I'm glad to support its nomination. I read through the peer review and I agree with what the editors above said. --Lecen (talk) 00:09, 3 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I probably don't need to comment here... but anyways,
 * Be careful of overlinking, I had to nuke a link to occult
 * "It is the largest group suicide that has occurred inside the U.S." - That might be better near the end of the paragraph
 * "(Most of the dead had been members for about 20 years, although there were a few recent converts.}" - Do you really need the parentheses?
 * I did a copyedit (mostly non-breaking spaces). You should double check.


 * Support - none of these are deal-breakers, but I expect it to be fixed. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:00, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I've really been slacking on the nbsps lately, huh. I like your suggestion about the lead and parenthesis and have done both; I could go either way on linking occult and capitalizing "theosophy", but I'll leave them unlinked and lower-case. Alright, thanks to everyone who has supported the article thus far, and Nikki for the image review, I'm glad to hear that you all like it. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:26, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I was just going based on the article (Theosophy uses the lower case "t" in-sentence). I left one link to occult but removed a second one which occurred about 2 paragraphs down. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:28, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see about Occult now, I just picked off another dupe link. To muddy the waters a bit on the other issue, our Theosophical Society capitalizes "Theosophy" in each occurrence. Will think about it. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:34, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Fun fun fun. As it isn't a proper name nor is it derived from a proper name (unlike Calvinism, for example), I'd expect it to not be capitalised. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:33, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I vaguely remember asking for it to be lower-case at GA ("Theosophical Society" probably treats it as a proper noun because it's part of that group's title, much as USAF would use title-case Air Force when referring to itself), or did I miss that? GRAPPLE   X  01:41, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * No, you remember right, you did say that on the GA review (I just checked). I think Accedie or Lfstevens capitalized it afterwards. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:00, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Support – I also peer reviewed this article, and feel like the others do that it is a very high-quality piece. The article is well worth the star. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 23:05, 3 August 2012 (UTC)


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