Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Frank Jenner

Frank Jenner

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The result was: not scheduled by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:30, 17 November 2015 (UTC)



Frank Jenner (1903–1977) was an Australian evangelist. His signature approach to evangelism was to ask people on George Street, Sydney, "If you died within 24 hours, where would you be in eternity? Heaven or hell?" Born and raised in England, he joined the Royal Navy, but deserted in New York and joined the United States Navy, which he deserted while in Australia. In 1937, Jenner encountered open-air preachers and converted to Christianity. For the next 28 years, Jenner engaged in personal evangelism, probably speaking with more than 100,000 people in total. Several people are known to have become Christians after encountering Jenner's question, including Noel Stanton, who went on to found the Jesus Army. While Jenner was alive, few people knew of him, but after he died, stories of his evangelistic activities circulated widely, and elements of some of these stories contradicted others. In 2000, Raymond Wilson published Jenner of George Street in an attempt to tell the story of Jenner's life accurately.
 * Most recent similar article(s): The most recent Christianity-related TFA was Capon Chapel on October 2, although it wasn't very similar to this article.
 * Main editors: Neelix
 * Promoted: 2015
 * Reasons for nomination: This article appears to me to be fairly unique among featured articles in its subject matter.
 * Support as nominator. Neelix (talk) 01:19, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Support This looks like it's good to go. I took part in the FAC and didn't encounter any problems with it. JAG  UAR   20:04, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose Not now, not when the main editor is being discussed for mass creation of puerile redirects. sst✈discuss 17:58, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * What is the relevance of the alleged behaviour to this particular TFA nomination? Brianboulton (talk) 23:28, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Two weeks ago a TFA request was shot down because Eric Corbett, a main editor, was involved in a dispute. Or did I miss something? sst✈discuss 01:36, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Denbies wasn't "shot down" as you put it. My reluctance to run it was primarily due to its being within a subject group (Art and Architecture) that has been rather overrepresented at TFA of late. One of the article's main editors requested that it not run . The "Eric" dispute factor was thus one of several reasons for withdrawing it. I am leaving the Jenner nomination in place for the moment, but will obviously assess the situation before scheduling it. Brianboulton (talk) 08:47, 8 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Oppose in fairness to Neelix, not as some sort of punishment. As he is facing Arbcom proceedings to remove his admin tools, and as his articles are under intense scrutiny at the moment, now does not seem the right time to add to his workload / stress levels by having one of his articles on the main page. He also appears to be on a break from editing Wikipedia at present, meaning that questions to him as principal author on or before TFA day would be likely to go unanswered. It is an interesting article, though, and as and when Neelix returns to active editing, or the dust has settled after his departure (as the case may be) then it would be a good TFA choice. BencherliteTalk 09:23, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose, mostly per Bench. - Dank (push to talk) 16:57, 14 November 2015 (UTC)