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Former good article nomineeJohn F. Kennedy was a History 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.
On this day... Article milestones
DateProcessResult
July 8, 2005Peer reviewReviewed
November 17, 2005Featured article candidateNot promoted
June 29, 2006Good article nomineeNot listed
August 3, 2016Guild of Copy EditorsCopyedited
On this day... A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on May 29, 2017.
Current status: Former good article nominee


Should we put the JFKennedy in it?

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I think it would be a good idea to add the JFKennedy word into the article and not just the other name as mentioned before. GenerationZ2024 (talk) 00:50, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Where would it go? I've seen the guy referred to by his initials (JFK) and as John F. Kennedy, but never JFKennedy until you posted that here. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 02:57, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
i heard people call him jfkennedy are you really silly? 216.73.71.81 (talk) 19:14, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Might be worth adding as a redirect, although maybe not in the article body itself. CitationsFreak (talk) 10:09, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect created, thanks for the suggestion GenerationZ2024 and CitationsFreak. Randy Kryn (talk) 10:25, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Association with Stanford in the infobox

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Looping in @SNUGGUMS to this one to discuss views. Currently JFK’s infobox does not include his time studying at Stanford University. I had added it in to be consistent with other high-profile pages that are affiliated with both Harvard and Stanford such as Bill Gates and Steve Balmer; however SNUGGUMS reverted the edit and said “ Not worth including [Stanford] when he dropped out, especially when there's another place the guy graduated from that's more prominent to his history, also that alumni category gives a false impression JFK graduated from there.” I think we should discuss this given it is a consistency question. Editchecker123 (talk) 23:27, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For what it's worth, I wouldn't add this for Steve either when he also dropped out with no degree, and same goes for Bill with Harvard. Just because other pages make faulty choices doesn't mean we should replicate them here. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 23:44, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a WP guidance doc on this topic that would demonstrate leaving the education out of the infobox like this is a faulty choice? Editchecker123 (talk) 02:47, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Infobox_person#Parameters indicates that it is usually excluded for non-graduates. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:00, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It specifically notes an exception for Bill Gates, and even has an illustration of (a version of) the infobox for that article! Great minds think alike! Bruce leverett (talk) 04:45, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 22 November 2024

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Following the sound clip of Kennedy's voice, change "Kennedy's speak on the establishment of the Peace Corps" to "Kennedy speaking on the establishment of the Peace Corps" Effusivity (talk) 19:40, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done The AP (talk) 20:02, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 10 January 2025

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The direct link for the Lyndon B. Johnson page under the "Succeeded by" section is missing. G420lio (talk) 12:00, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

He already is linked under the Vice President part, so it would be unnecessarily redundant to link somebody more than once within infobox. There also was no need to add the "direct" part here when it's impossible to have "indirect" linking. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 13:07, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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"Lyndon B. Johnson" under "Succeeded by" is not a link to that page, unlike all the other such links on the other President pages, I assume this is an error that should be fixed? ABZB (talk) 04:49, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That was no error; per the above thread, such a link would be redundant. It's also a stretch to say all other Presidential pages have such links. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 05:23, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Released tapes and reports on his assassination

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Do these Trump released tapes/reports count as confirmations for the conspiracies discussed in this article under Assassination? I would add it but do have not had the time to look into it all properly or have had time to add accurate information Sgodtoh (talk) 02:42, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

They should update this and exposé government cover ups. That way we won’t ever call them conspiracy theories. Just unconfirmed truths 2600:100D:B004:334:248D:575B:6491:177E (talk) 13:22, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]