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The source of this wikipedia entry is "Temperance Movement Groups and Leaders in the U.S.," from which the material in bold was taken. Omission of this source reference has now been corrected. David Justin 15:13, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Hiram Wesley Evans ( 1881– 1966) was Imperial Wizard of the "second" Ku Klux Klan from 1922 until 1939.
The second Klan, often called the KKK of the 1920s, was established by failed minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and William J. Simmons in 1915 on Stone Mountain near Atlanta, Georgia. The first KKK (1865-1869) existed to oppose Reconstruction and maintain white control over former slaves in the regions of the former Confederate States of America.
The second Klan was also anti- African American, but it had a much wider agenda than the first. A nativist group, it was anti-Catholic]], anti-Semitic, anti- immigrant, anti-labor union, and anti-socialist. It was also supportive of the temperance movement and alcohol prohibition, which it pledged to enforce.
Evans was a 32nd degree Mason who boasted of having helped re-elect Coolidge, of having secured passage of strict anti-immigration laws and of having checked the ambitions of Catholics and others intent on "perverting" the nation.
Evans' books include The Menace of Modern Immigration (1923), The Klan of Tomorrow (1924), Alienism in the Democracy (1927) The Rising Storm (1929), and The Klan Fights for Americanism. Evans' writing ended as the fortunes of the Klan faltered and then imploded by 1930.
Evans later betrayed the rest of the KKK members when, in 1939, he sold the clan's mailing list, thereby revealing all members of the KKK. citation needed Sources
Per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Aug 1#About 400 links to the two sites of one individual, links to blacklisted commercial personal webpages not meeting the criteria as a reliable source have been removed. Flowanda | Talk 06:03, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. | Fine |
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5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. | Per definition. Only constructive edits |
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6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content. | Fine. Two PD per Library of Congress, one PD-no-renewal |
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6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions. | Three images used. One for identification in the infobox, one showing him on the cover of Time, and one leading the Knights in full regalia. All have a use and are not merely dedcorative |
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7. Overall assessment. | Pending |
This should not be a featured article. The KKK should receive NO positive publicity. Sun Adder ( talk) 01:24, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
I am concerned about the quality of the review of this article at FAC and the research that went in to the article; see a sampling of my concerns posted to WP:ERRORS, here. It should not be so easy to find these kinds of issues in just a few moments. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 04:04, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Did he really achieve his dentist license at the age of 19? Just seems too young for it... Amit ( talk) 15:32, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
There seems to be some confusion in the headings about the focus of this article. The article is supposed to be about Evens but many of the headings refer to the KKK rather than him:
Do others agree that these headings are confusing? Richerman (talk) 16:01, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
It's not the content I'm concerned about it's the headings. How about:
and a seperated heading for his death. And couldn't that be expanded a little with what he died of? Richerman (talk) 16:27, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
The redirect
Hiram Wesley Evans and travel at your own risk has been listed at
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redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 May 3 § Hiram Wesley Evans and travel at your own risk until a consensus is reached.
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The source of this wikipedia entry is "Temperance Movement Groups and Leaders in the U.S.," from which the material in bold was taken. Omission of this source reference has now been corrected. David Justin 15:13, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Hiram Wesley Evans ( 1881– 1966) was Imperial Wizard of the "second" Ku Klux Klan from 1922 until 1939.
The second Klan, often called the KKK of the 1920s, was established by failed minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and William J. Simmons in 1915 on Stone Mountain near Atlanta, Georgia. The first KKK (1865-1869) existed to oppose Reconstruction and maintain white control over former slaves in the regions of the former Confederate States of America.
The second Klan was also anti- African American, but it had a much wider agenda than the first. A nativist group, it was anti-Catholic]], anti-Semitic, anti- immigrant, anti-labor union, and anti-socialist. It was also supportive of the temperance movement and alcohol prohibition, which it pledged to enforce.
Evans was a 32nd degree Mason who boasted of having helped re-elect Coolidge, of having secured passage of strict anti-immigration laws and of having checked the ambitions of Catholics and others intent on "perverting" the nation.
Evans' books include The Menace of Modern Immigration (1923), The Klan of Tomorrow (1924), Alienism in the Democracy (1927) The Rising Storm (1929), and The Klan Fights for Americanism. Evans' writing ended as the fortunes of the Klan faltered and then imploded by 1930.
Evans later betrayed the rest of the KKK members when, in 1939, he sold the clan's mailing list, thereby revealing all members of the KKK. citation needed Sources
Per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Aug 1#About 400 links to the two sites of one individual, links to blacklisted commercial personal webpages not meeting the criteria as a reliable source have been removed. Flowanda | Talk 06:03, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct. | |
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1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. | Fine |
2. Verifiable with no original research: | ||
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2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline. | Fine |
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2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose). | Fine |
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2c. it contains no original research. | Fine |
3. Broad in its coverage: | ||
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3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic. | See below |
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3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). | |
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4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. | Fine |
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5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. | Per definition. Only constructive edits |
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio: | ||
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6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content. | Fine. Two PD per Library of Congress, one PD-no-renewal |
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6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions. | Three images used. One for identification in the infobox, one showing him on the cover of Time, and one leading the Knights in full regalia. All have a use and are not merely dedcorative |
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7. Overall assessment. | Pending |
This should not be a featured article. The KKK should receive NO positive publicity. Sun Adder ( talk) 01:24, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
I am concerned about the quality of the review of this article at FAC and the research that went in to the article; see a sampling of my concerns posted to WP:ERRORS, here. It should not be so easy to find these kinds of issues in just a few moments. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 04:04, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Did he really achieve his dentist license at the age of 19? Just seems too young for it... Amit ( talk) 15:32, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
There seems to be some confusion in the headings about the focus of this article. The article is supposed to be about Evens but many of the headings refer to the KKK rather than him:
Do others agree that these headings are confusing? Richerman (talk) 16:01, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
It's not the content I'm concerned about it's the headings. How about:
and a seperated heading for his death. And couldn't that be expanded a little with what he died of? Richerman (talk) 16:27, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
The redirect
Hiram Wesley Evans and travel at your own risk has been listed at
redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the
redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 May 3 § Hiram Wesley Evans and travel at your own risk until a consensus is reached.
ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)
Talk to Me! 16:47, 3 May 2023 (UTC)