Talk:Kerekorio Manu Rangi

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 02:03, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that the death of child monarch Kerekorio Manu Rangi ended the ancient dynasty of Easter Island which, according to local belief, "went back to the gods themselves"?

• Source: The World's News ("The Peruvians carried off as many as they could capture to work the guano deposits on the Chincha Islands. Maurata, the last king, died there. But Dr. Metraux says that when the missionaries arrived at Easter Island they found a shadowy kingship still in existence incarnated in the person of a 12-year-old boy. This lad was Gregorio ... Poor little Gregorio did not live very long ... He died, aged 12 ... With the death of Gregorio ended a direct line that, according to Polynesian belief, went back to the gods themselves.") / Island at the End of the World ("Manu Rangi, the island's final 'ariki mau, the last in the ancient line of East Polynesian royal first-born sons, succumbed.")

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/A Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Paul Aermont among the Planets
• Comment: To do QPQ within 24 hours.

Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 289 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:38, 2 January 2025 (UTC).

• Also could include the date in the hook: ALT1 ... that the death of child monarch Kerekorio Manu Rangi in 1867 ended the ancient dynasty of Easter Island which, according to local belief, "went back to the gods themselves"? BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:07, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

•  Doing... ミラP@Miraclepine 01:19, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - I can't verify if Easter Island Studies: Contributions to the History says if Manu Rangi is 14 (I know the other two say 12 and 13 each), but then the GB snippets can be foggy. Wasn't sure about Moreno Pakarati but he's an expert in Rapa Nui studies so he checks out as SPSEXPERT. Otherwise everything is fine.
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Moved to mainspace week before nom and sized at 3974 B. Sources are generally verifiable and reliable. Prefer ALT1 given the irony between ancient times and the modern era (early or otherwise). @BeanieFan11: fix the issue and you're good to go? ミラP@Miraclepine 02:43, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

• @Miraclepine: Thanks for the review. Looking at the Easter Island Studies book, I was able to find the quote "...tapu until his death at age 14" in the portion of the book that discusses Manu Rangi. I remember previously I had come across a better snippet giving the full quote, which said that it was him that was being discussed, but I can't seem to get the right view now... (I'm certain that that quote is about him though, as tapu means "sacred", which Easter Island kings were considered) – Is that everything? BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:18, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

@BeanieFan11: The age alone is enough, so ALT1. ミラP@Miraclepine 03:30, 6 January 2025 (UTC)