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Good articleTristan da Cunha has been listed as one of the Geography and places good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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January 16, 2019Good article nomineeListed
On this day...Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on August 14, 2013, August 14, 2015, August 14, 2016, and August 14, 2024.

Marryat, Captain Frederick. Chapter XX of his famous book “Frank Mildmay or The Naval Officer” mentions this island.

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Consider including this book as a reference if historical fiction from the author’s real life adventures in the British navy during the age of the fighting sail. 2601:204:C580:5EE0:79AA:835B:BE06:2AB4 (talk) 08:09, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Work need to remain GA

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Hello @JackintheBox: I'm going through the cleanup listing for good articles and saw this article is tagged in many places. Could you go over the text and address these issues? Would be nice if we can avoid a WP:good article reassessment. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 09:37, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the ping; I've started on some copyediting and adding some references; will do more later. JACKINTHEBOXTALK 15:23, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Fantastic, thanks :). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 15:55, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Phonetics and Phonology - things ?

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What is the meaning and significance of the huge list of things that people talk about? It just looks like an obvious list of the things on the islands and doesn't seem to add anything to the article. IceDragon64 (talk) 01:09, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification required in the Holidays section

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The Holidays section says Traditionally, on "Old Year's Day/Night" (meaning "New Year's Eve"), the islanders would conceal their identities with masks or blackface and the men would wear women's clothing; everyone would celebrate anonymously moving between households, singing songs, dancing, shouting, playing instruments and firing guns. At the stroke of midnight, a bell would announce the new year. On New Year's Day, the islanders would play cricket and football, and once again party later in the day. They "would"? Either they did (but don't any more) or they do. Which is it? If it's the former, then what was the time frame? When did it end and, if a reason is clearly discernible, why? Largoplazo (talk) 03:17, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Religion

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The islands are home to over 200 people whom are part of a secular state, I find it very hard to beleive that the population is somehow 100% Christian, especially given the statement is not backed-up by any sources. -IkonicDeath

GA concerns

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I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria due to the large amount of uncited prose, including entire sections. Is anyone interested in addressing this concern, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 01:40, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]