Talk:Azaria Chamberlain disappearance

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 Azaria Chamberlain disappearance is a former good article candidate. There are suggestions below for which areas need improvement to satisfy the good article criteria. Once the objections are addressed, the article can be renominated as a good article. If you disagree with the objections, you can seek a review.

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[edit] Merge with "trivial bio"

Does Azaria Chamberlain really have an existance outside of the disappearance? It would seem that the bio should be merged into the disappearance story, with a redirect. --Randal L. Schwartz 17:20, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Agree. We should turn this into a redirect to Azaria Chamberlain disappearance, adding any material to the main article as needed and remembering that annoying task of updating an links to this page. - DavidWBrooks 17:29, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Azaria

I recall reading somewhere that "Azar" means "dice" in Arabic, so "Azaria" probably means something like "lucky" or "fortunate". Where does "Helped by God" come from? Bastie 09:11, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

There is a citation on Lindy Chamberlian's Official Website giving the title and publication details of the baby name book she relied on for the definition of the name which is the femine form of the biblical name Azariah. I'll try and get that and put it here. Lisapollison 22:51, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Failed GA

Hi! I've removed this article from Wikipedia:Good articles/Nominations due to the following:

  • Although inline cites are not a strict requirement for GA, an article of this type almost does require them.
  • The references section needs cleaned up quite a bit -- every reference shouldn't be italicized. Check out WP:CITE for help with that.
  • It could use a bit more wikifying.

It's a wonderfully written article, however, and would easily pass GA with those concerns addressed. Thanks! Air.dance 11:48, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the endorsement, Air.dance. This was the first article I started at Wikipedia and I didn't really know how to cite at the time. While the article has been significantly rewritten and improved by others since my initial contribution, I think I set a bad standard initially. You've reminded me though that this is an article I should really revisit when I get the time. I kinda dread rereading the court decisions to reference properly. Mattisgoo 23:03, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
I too think the article would truly benefit with specific inline citations for its claims, such as the quote about Seventh-day Adventism being a "satanic cult," which I removed because it did not have a specific reference and seemed to need it to be there at all. Ansell 09:52, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
I put that quote in as "dangerous cult" initially. Someone changed it to "satanic" recently for no good reason. The initial quote was not made up -- it's contained in one of the references at the bottom (but I don't remember which one). Another good argument in favour of inline references.Mattisgoo 00:42, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Erin Horsburgh

I'm removing most of this topic from the article, as there are no references to it anywhere except an ABC Mediawatch article that says The media exploited the delusions of a vulnerable young woman to keep this bogus story running for days and then goes on to say that none of the reports linking Erin Horsburgh to the Chamberlain case had any substance. Kevin 11:05, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

If anyone is interested in expanding this article some more, I suggest reading Chester Porter QC's "Walking on Water: A Life in the Law". Porter was the counsel assisting the Chamberlain Royal Commission and oversaw much of the forensic investigation that eventually exonerated her. He goes into substantial detail in his autobiography about debunking many of the lingering rumors, and I suspect it would be quite a useful source for this article. Rebecca 02:32, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Inline citations

How is anyone supposed to verify large edits such as this without inline citations for statements? There is a huge list of citations at the bottom, which actually makes it harder to find specific claims to verify them. Ansell 00:03, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

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