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Former good article nominee1982 visit by Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom was a Philosophy and religion good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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DateProcessResult
April 24, 2015Good article nomineeNot listed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on September 29, 2010.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Pope John Paul II's 1982 visit to the United Kingdom was the first made to that country by a reigning Pope?

Weekday of June 2

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The article states that the Pope returned to the Vatican on Tuesday June 2 1982. But June 2 1982 was a Wednesday. Either the weekday should be changed, or the day of the month. Guyal of Sfere (talk) 09:22, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted. Looks like someone's added a lot to this since I created it in 2010. As the day was inaccurate, one can only wonder what else might be. Paul MacDermott (talk) 17:55, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good article

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By the references, by the text, images, portals. In others words, this article deserve be a GA. Ishiai (talk) 03:09, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Pope John Paul II's visit to the United Kingdom/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Relentlessly (talk · contribs) 11:02, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]


I'll review this over the next few days. Relentlessly (talk) 11:02, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a good look through this article, and I'm afraid I'm going to say that this is a fail. It's a long way from being ready for GA.
The first problem is the lack of important information. Why was this so significant? Why was it controversial? What was the reaction from UK figures? What was the reaction, for instance, in Northern Ireland? What long-term effects did the visit have on Catholics in the UK? How about on Vatican-Anglican relations?
The sourcing is also lacking. There is, for instance, an official record of the visit, ISBN 0370309251. This should be used. This is a significant event in the 1980s in the Church in England, so histories of the period will have relevant content. Similarly, biographies of important figures like Robert Runcie, Basil Hume, Dereck Worlock and David Sheppard will have useful things to say. There will be contemporary news articles, some journal articles. One of the sources (the Coventry Mirror one) is broken. Another is a now-deleted Wikipedia page!
So there's a lot to do before this can be considered GA-worthy.
Relentlessly (talk) 20:33, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]