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Samuel Mulledy

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 31, 2020 by Ealdgyth (talk) 16:46, 30 April 2020 (UTC)



Samuel Mulledy (March 27, 1811 – January 8, 1866) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit. Born in Virginia, he attended Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., where his brother, Thomas F. Mulledy was the president. He then entered the Society of Jesus in 1831 and proved to be a good student. He was sent to Rome to study for the priesthood and be prepared to teach. Upon his return, he held senior academic positions, culminating in his appointment as president of Georgetown College in 1845. Mulledy reluctantly accepted the position but requested to be relieved just eight months later. He continued to teach and minister, until his expulsion from the Jesuit order in 1850 due to alcoholism. For the next decade, he was a transient at churches in Massachusetts and New York, until being assigned to St. Lawrence O'Toole in New York City, where he remained for the rest of his life. On his deathbed, Mulledy successfully petitioned to be re-admitted to the Society of Jesus.
 * Most recent similar article(s): James A. Ryder
 * Main editors: Ergo Sum
 * Promoted: 2020-01-22
 * Reasons for nomination: March 27 is the date of Mulledy's birth
 * Scheduled for March 27, but removed at the 11th hour with Ergo Sum's blessing, to make way for Introduction to viruses per coronavirus disease pandemic Sandy Georgia (Talk)  03:23, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator.  Ergo Sum  14:48, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Support – I squeezed-in his birth and death dates and still managed 1025 characters. --- C &amp; C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 01:05, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Support article and appearance, but find - in the blurb I see "He was sent to Rome for his higher studies, where he could study for the priesthood and be prepared to teach." a bit repetitive, "studies", "to study". Most studies prepare, no? - Someone better in English, please trim. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:39, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I removed the redundancy.  Ergo Sum  21:54, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Support. One question, though: I see a lot of sentences beginning with "He... He... He...". Is there a way to fix this without going over the character limit? epicgenius (talk) 22:44, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
 * After removing the bit about higher studies, there's some wiggle room with the character limit. I just swapped a few "he"s out for some "Mulledy"s.  Ergo Sum  22:47, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Post-virus rescheduling

 * Support re-do as soon as convenient for Coords and Ergo Sum, per 27 March substitution to make way for Introduction to viruses. Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  16:17, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Support re-do at earliest convenience per SandyGeorgia. Another possible option would be for March 27, 2021, for his 210th birthday, which I wouldn't strongly oppose if consensus developed around it, but that doesn't particularly matter here IMO. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 02:54, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Support re-do. L293D (☎ • ✎) 14:24, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Support looks great, agree that it's nice to do on his birthday, but not necessary, and you never know what event could bump it from March 27, 2021. Should be spaced out with James A. Ryder though.-- Patrick, o Ѻ ∞ 14:03, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Support Fancy article. «“ I'm Aya Syameimaru! ”I„ 文々. 新聞 “I„ ”» 15:38, 15 April 2020 (UTC)