Talk:John W. Beschter

John W. Beschter is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.

John W. Beschter is part of the Presidents of Georgetown University series, a featured topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on August 22, 2020.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
June 5, 2019	Good article nominee	Listed
April 27, 2020	Featured article candidate	Promoted
May 7, 2021	Good topic candidate	Promoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 2, 2019. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that John W. Beschter, a Luxembourgish Jesuit who ministered throughout rural Pennsylvania, became the President of Georgetown University in 1829?
A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on May 20, 2021.
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This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Luxembourgish is a language

Today's hook reads "John W. Beschter, a Luxembourgish Jesuit". Luxembourgish cannot be used to describe people. It should read "John W. Beschter, a Luxembourg Jesuit".--Ipigott (talk) 06:31, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This issue has been raised at Talk:Main Page#Current DYK. Ergo Sum 12:25, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats!

@Ergo Sum: Just wanted to say congrats on getting this article to FA status! I've had it on my watchlist for awhile just because I think it's so nicely written and enjoyed reading it :-) Armadillopteryx^talk 07:37, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Armadillopteryx. Nice of you to say. Ergo Sum 12:58, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]