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George Washington Dixon is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 20, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
March 7, 2006	Featured article candidate	Promoted
June 14, 2015	Featured article review	Demoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 17, 2005. The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that in September 1842, performer George Washington Dixon* walked a 15-foot (4.5-meter) platform for 76 hours without sleep, part of the long tradition of pole-sitting?*
Current status: Former featured article

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Wow, this article is of high quality. I dont want to jump the gun, but do you have plans to nomminate it as a featured article? It's also a wonderful example of how to source and write an article using footnotes. --Stbalbach 13:28, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the compliments! As a matter of fact, I was just planning to put the article up for peer review. By the time that expires, the holidays will be over, and I'll have the time to devote to a Featured Article run. That said, please let me know if you have any suggestions. — BrianSmithson 15:44, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Mercenary

Questioning whether this page should be under Category: Mercenary. It seems completely inappropriate. Khorne25 (talk) 22:49, 25 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FAR needed

This is a 2006 FA that has not been maintained to standards ... there is a good deal of uncited text and opinion (not all of which is tagged). Is anyone able to bring the article to standard to avoid a Featured article review? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:37, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Unassessed

This page has been unassessed in Wikiproject US for a long time. While I think there are several limitations at this time, particularly around citations needed, it is solid and comprehensive. I assessed it as a B article; With some work it could easily get a GA nomination. I'm not sure about FA at this time, but it is well written with good visuals, and is a complete bio. Bill McKenna (talk) 10:57, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]