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I found this important event on the most wanted articles page. My grandfather and grandmother grew up in North Carolina so it was great to learn some history about it. It's a little rough currently, but I'll be updating it periodically.
Any feedback is appreciated. ~~Te00539~~
I don't entirely agree that this article should have been edited to the bone without any explanation on the discussion page. As it now stands, this article is really superficial and leaves far too many questions unanswered, for example, as this is clearly a race struggle, I think it's relevant to say whether John W. Stephens is white or black. Also a little about why he may have been murdered. Was he an advocate for black rights? Was he trying to help black voters get to the polls? What was the African American community's reaction to Holden's actions? Did anybody think Holden's actions did, in fact, stop a lynching epidemic? What record of his reasoning did Holden leave on the subject of his actions? I totally agree with wikipedia's policy on neutrality, but attempts to achieve that the easy way, by just hitting the delete key and no explanation, are really counterproductive.--
Georgiasouthernlynn (
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This piece might well have mentioned that it wasn't until the Republicans retook control of the state senate in 2010 (for the first time since 1870) that the issue of Holden's impeachment was addressed by that body. Yes the vote was unanimous, but it wasn't brought up while the Democrats retained control of the state senate. â Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.129.71.129 ( talk) 18:55, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
I added a detail previously that Holden wasn't pardoned until Republicans regained control of the state legislature for the first time since 1870. It was deleted by moderator Indy Beetle who said "cool trivia but I don't think WRAL really makes a big deal out of this one." That's not the point. The link to WRAL was just to add a source. The point is that it took 140 years until the legislature changed hands until something was done about Holden's impeachment. This is political context which explains why it took so long for the issue to be addressed. â Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.185.1.183 ( talk) 19:35, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Jens Lallensack ( talk · contribs) 16:19, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
Happy to review. Two points for the start, more to follow:
What would be the best info-box for this event?
I fell like either Military conflict or civil conflict would work the best. LuxembourgLover ( talk) 20:04, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
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I found this important event on the most wanted articles page. My grandfather and grandmother grew up in North Carolina so it was great to learn some history about it. It's a little rough currently, but I'll be updating it periodically.
Any feedback is appreciated. ~~Te00539~~
I don't entirely agree that this article should have been edited to the bone without any explanation on the discussion page. As it now stands, this article is really superficial and leaves far too many questions unanswered, for example, as this is clearly a race struggle, I think it's relevant to say whether John W. Stephens is white or black. Also a little about why he may have been murdered. Was he an advocate for black rights? Was he trying to help black voters get to the polls? What was the African American community's reaction to Holden's actions? Did anybody think Holden's actions did, in fact, stop a lynching epidemic? What record of his reasoning did Holden leave on the subject of his actions? I totally agree with wikipedia's policy on neutrality, but attempts to achieve that the easy way, by just hitting the delete key and no explanation, are really counterproductive.--
Georgiasouthernlynn (
talk) 17:39, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
This piece might well have mentioned that it wasn't until the Republicans retook control of the state senate in 2010 (for the first time since 1870) that the issue of Holden's impeachment was addressed by that body. Yes the vote was unanimous, but it wasn't brought up while the Democrats retained control of the state senate. â Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.129.71.129 ( talk) 18:55, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
I added a detail previously that Holden wasn't pardoned until Republicans regained control of the state legislature for the first time since 1870. It was deleted by moderator Indy Beetle who said "cool trivia but I don't think WRAL really makes a big deal out of this one." That's not the point. The link to WRAL was just to add a source. The point is that it took 140 years until the legislature changed hands until something was done about Holden's impeachment. This is political context which explains why it took so long for the issue to be addressed. â Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.185.1.183 ( talk) 19:35, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Jens Lallensack ( talk · contribs) 16:19, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
Happy to review. Two points for the start, more to follow:
What would be the best info-box for this event?
I fell like either Military conflict or civil conflict would work the best. LuxembourgLover ( talk) 20:04, 29 January 2024 (UTC)