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A fact from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Maria Stein, Ohio) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 March 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Maria Stein, Ohio lies near the center of the Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches?

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Recommendations for improvement

The following are suggested improvements:

See-also section (is this church patterned off another church?). Chances are this church was patterned off one in Europe which could be the see-also.
Style - It is familiar to ones I have seen but perhaps could elaborated and compared to other church(es) on the east coast (see this section of L.A. archodiocese for examples.
Prose - Is the article written from the neutral point of view
Copyedits - Third-party copyeditors should be invited to fine tune this article to improve it to potential GA status.
Photos - Interior shots should be uploaded to WikiCommons with a link to where the all the pictures can be seen as a media gallery. The gallery could also feature shots of all its profile
Tower type -Is the tower a tower, bell tower or belfry (I do not know much about this type style of architecture)? Is it a cupola (probably not). Is there an interesting documented story that could be concisely told and cited?
Notable events - Is there is anything notable about the interior (its altars, patron saint, etc.) that should be elaborated in a concise manner.
Who was the founding order? Find the wikilink.
Red wikilinks exist in the article. Take care of them.
Further notability - has this church had a notable celebration or occasion there?
Copyedit, copyedit, copyedit. I think I mentioned that but repetitive copyedits to where this article is rock-solid stable will take it to the next class level.--Morenooso (talk) 22:34, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Potential wikilink articles mentioned in history SJtBCC History

Several people mentioned the history link have articles on Wikipedia. They include:

John Baptist Purcell - presiding Bishop at dedication 1850
Joseph Gregory Dwenger - Bishop, native son of St. John, of Ft. Wayne blessed cornerstone 1891; ordained by Archbishop Purcell on September 4, 1859
DeCurtins - Anthony DeCurtins, builder of many fine local churches 1891 listed builder of this church under different name/wikilink: DeCurtins#Projects_by_Anton_DeCurtins_.28J.A._DeCurtins.29
William Henry Elder - archbishop dedicated the new church on November 11,1891

Possible misspelled name:

Henry Damian Juncker - in article as Henry Damian Junker (Wikipedia article states he dedicated himself to Diocese of Cincinnati) on June 24, 1836 offered first Mass in parish (everything fits as he was ordained by Bishop Purcell)

Also the following wikilink exists:

Fathers of the Precious Blood 1845

Important dates:

1849 July – Cholera strikes St. John Parish
1937 - St. John Parish celebrates 100th Anniversary of the completion of the first church
1986 - June 22 – 150th Anniversary of first Mass at St. John

Original German(??) name - Saan Jaan de Dopfer --Morenooso (talk) 08:25, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]