Talk:Occult America

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 21:26, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that Occult America suggests Abraham Lincoln may have turned to Spiritualism after his son died at the age of eleven? Source: Horowitz, Mitch (15 September 2009). "Mystic Americans". Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation. New York, New York: Bantam Books. pp. 57–62. ISBN 978-0-553-80675-5.
  • ALT1: ... that Occult America suggests Abraham Lincoln may have turned to Spiritualism after the death of his son? Source: as prior
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Misuzu Yamada
  • Comment: Synopses usually aren't cited, but have put this inline for DYK purposes. Not sure whether adding William Wallace Lincoln's age makes it stronger or weaker; have provided both.

Moved to mainspace by Vaticidalprophet (talk). Self-nominated at 06:31, 18 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Occult America; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - question.
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• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Vaticidalprophet: Good article. Though I have to wonder what makes "Boing Boing" a reliable source. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:29, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

• The discussions about them on RSN are all too sparse for clear conclusions, but the latest statements are reliable for topics that typically center around Internet culture and have some reputation, and do seem to have basic editorial controls and fact-checking but not RS-enough for controversial claims. Given they're not being used to support a controversial claim here, they fall reasonably within acceptable grounds. Vaticidalprophet 21:38, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
  • Onegreatjoke, just pinging you back to this. Vaticidalprophet 13:03, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Guess I'll approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:56, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Golden (talk · contribs) 14:17, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi Vaticidalprophet, I'm happy to review this article. — Golden ^talk 14:17, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Synopsis

• Wallace, a high-ranking Freemason and self-described "practical mystic", took credit for the inclusion of the Eye of Providence on the dollar bill. - The trivia about him taking credit for the inclusion of the Eye of Providence on the dollar bill seems a bit out of place, as it doesn't provide any information about the book or its content.
• by spreading a message of "hope and dignity" to people who felt disaffected or abandoned by mainstream society, Cayce encapsulated the practices that, Horowitz argues, made large sectors of the population open to such concepts. - This was difficult for me to understand. I suggest splitting it up to make it easier to comprehend.

References

• Spot-checked references #5, #7, #12, #13, #15.
• All spot-checked references confirm the material for which they are cited.

General comments

• Earwig's detector does not show any copyright violations.
• Images are relevant and appropriately tagged.
• This is an interesting article about a fascinating book. The article is broad, focused, neutral, and cites reliable sources while conforming to the MOS. I had two minor concerns, which I noted above, but they are not significant enough for me to hold this review. Therefore, I will be passing the article. Congratulations! — Golden ^talk 15:20, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

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