Talk:George King (Aetherius Society)
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I have done a lot of research on Mt. San Antonio (common name: Mt. Baldy) in the Southern California area. My research would not have been complete without reference to George King and his society. I appreciate this entry and the information that it provides.
I believe then that it is notable.
Peter_puppet —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter puppet (talk • contribs) 02:25, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Lots of POV in this article
There is a lot of POV and unreferenced material in this article. For example:
As a child he discovered that he ostensibly had the ability to heal through the radiation of spiritual power, a discovery that was to influence the rest of his life.
is unreferenced and presumes that anyone has such power or that "the radiation of spirtual power" actually exists.
The Christian Science is an example of an article with a more neutral voice.
Apepper 23:13, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
The article has been expanded - sort of - the History section repeats the same information as the original article so it would seem sensible to remove the original introduction, BUT the new section looks like a lift from either King's autobiography or a very sympathetic biography.
The peculiar paragraph:
Dozens of terrestrial honours followed. These culminated in his being created Archbishop Metropolitan of his own Church, and Prince of Santorini at the hand of a scion of one of Europe’s ancient noble houses. He also received his own Grant of Arms from a Herald at Her Majesty’s College of Arms in England.
Is pretty ridiculous - Archbishop of his own church? Prince of Santorini (given by someone who seems to have a good living by claiming to be an emperor and confering "honours" on people), Grant of Arms - is something you apply for, not conferred on you.
The article really need tightening up - I don't know enough about GK's to do it, but I recognise POV when I see it! Apepper 13:11, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Who exactly gave him a doctorate of divinity? Tydaj 23:59, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure about that, but I remember walking past the Aetherius Society "European HQ" (a shop in the Fulham Road in the 1980s) where his photograph was labelled "Lord George King" - but that only lasted a few days, it may be that someone complained about pretending to be a Lord; only Lord Voldemort and Lord Darth Vader have got away with that!
Apepper 17:55, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
- Please use the article by Rothstein as a reference which explains much [1] Andries (talk) 10:11, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
"On January 23, 1997, his birthday in his final year of life, a great astrological configuration occurred. So rare was this configuration that nothing like it had been seen for hundreds, and probably thousands, of years." - Far be it from me to deride such stark reportage, I have to say... Bull. Shit. I'm removing it. Lost Number 12:46, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
also: "Operation Power Light, commencing in 1993, used him as a channel for great power to be sent out."
- ^What does that even MEAN? Wow... If I have the time I'll research this guy just to help clear this up... this is a terribly, terribly POV article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.153.128.248 (talk) 01:42, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
- I read the history section again and it's pretty terrible, I'm afraid. I've removed the "vast" from "vast continent" as a description of North America - its an average sized continent. The entire section needs a big rewrite, but the only sources seem to be from the Aetherius society itself - he doesn't seem to have been famous enough to attract much attention from objective biographers. Apepper (talk) 08:10, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Citations & References
See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 07:41, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
