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George Went Hensley

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Nominators: Mark Arsten & Astynax

George Went Hensley is one of the more quixotic figures of Appalachian Christianity, whose windmills eventually proved to be his undoing. As the lead says, he "emphasized strict personal holiness and frequent contact with poisonous snakes". He wasn't always very good with the first part, but he kept up the snake handling until he died, of snakebite. The article has been reviewed by MathewTownsend and Allens and I think that this is a neutral and comprehensive treatment of Hensley's life, several scholarly biographies were consulted and I don't think there are any major sources missing. I've had a few people look at the prose, but there may be some small issues that slipped by. Mark Arsten (talk) 23:18, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Comments – Just a few quick ones from a brief glance at the article...

• Minor, but in the last sentence of the lead the semi-colon should be just a regular old comma.
• Ministry in Tennessee: Why is Nontrinitarianism capitalized? It doesn't seem to be in our article on the subject, at least when it's not starting a sentence.
• Before the citations are nit-picked by others, let me note that ref 24 should have a pp. instead of p., since it's a multiple-page cite. Giants2008 (Talk) 00:40, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
  • Good eye, I think I've fixed them. BTW, nervous about this weekend? I'm expecting a close one... Mark Arsten (talk) 00:46, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Prose issue in the lead, I stopped there:

• Hensley continued to minister and established churches, ...

... change in tense, confusing, cumbersome. SandyGeorgien (Talk) 16:41, 5 February 2012 (UTC)