# Talk:Assassination of George Lincoln Rockwell

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Nominator: PARAKANYAA (talk · contribs) 20:16, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Jon698 (talk · contribs) 06:03, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Will review in due time. I recently listened to a series about John Patler.


### Comments
Could you reword the opening of the lede to match the opening format of the Assassination of John F. Kennedy page?
Not sure how I feel about that. Some other assassination articles in the 1960s Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., start with the date. Kennedy was so big that it might be fine to start with his name, but not Rockwell. If it's not about the date, could you clarify what you suggest I change to be more similar to the Kennedy article?
After the first mention of the American Nazi Party in the lede and body, could all later mentions use the ANP initials?
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He was paroled but was returned to prison after violating his parole. -> Add comma after before but
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Could you link to Circumstantial evidence in "The evidence against Patler was largely circumstantial"?
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Could "grave impact" be changed to "negative impact"?
changed it instead to significant, as not all the change was negative for them
You could probably insert Inside of Rockwell's car following his murder, Associated Press wire photo.png into the Assassination section.
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A week before his death, Rockwell and his mistress Barbara von Goetz's infant daughter died of a congenital illness, saddening him. -> Could this be changed to "A week before Rockwell's death, the infant daughter of Rockwell and his mistress Barbara von Goetz died of a congenital illness, saddening him."
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Add wikilink for Aryan
did, but to Aryan race, which seems more connected
He claimed that there had been two men. -> Change he to Rockwell since this is the start of a paragraph.
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Afterwards he increased security. -> Could this be changed to something like "He also increased his security."
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After entering the laundromat, he told the attendant -> Change he to Rockwell since this is the start of a paragraph.
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When White supremacist David Duke -> Is the w in white supposed to be capitalized?
MOS:RACECAPS, you can do whatever as long as it is consistent. I prefer capitalizing Black and White in the context of American civil rights
Koehl gave a eulogy for Rockwell. -> Is there a specific time or context that could be added for Koehl's eulogy?
no. not super relevant so i just removed it since its hard to place in time
When the body was released -> Change to "When Rockwell's body was released"
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As a result of this threat, Koehl won out, and Rockwell's family gave up their claims by the 27th. -> Change the ending to be "gave up their claims by August 27"
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However, they allowed that Rockwell be buried in Nazi uniform. -> This feels a bit awkward. Could it be changed to "However, they allowed Rockwell to be buried in a Nazi uniform."
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More neo-Nazis also jumped at the military police, and were also arrested. -> Could you remove the second "also"?
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They connected this to the dispute between Koehl and Rockwell -> Change this to "The conspiracy connects this to the dispute between Koehl and Rockwell" as the usage of they is vague in the context.
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@PARAKANYAA: I have completed my review of the prose. I will conduct a review of the sourcing soon. Jon698 (talk) 12:00, 14 October 2025 (UTC)


### Sourcing
There are eleven sources listed in the Works Cited section. I will be conducting a review of Hate by William H. Schmaltz, which is used 25 times. I will be looking at half of these (13).

Source #11 (page 304) does cover changing the party's name to the National Socialist White People's Party
Source #21 (page 305) does cover Patler being the instigator of the name change
Source #23 (page 317) does cover problems Patler had with Rockwell and his dismissal
Source #30 (pages 320–321) does cover the failed assassination attempt against Rockwell
Source #33 (pages 324–325) does cover John Hancock's statement
Source #34 (page 321) does cover Rockwell's attempt to acquire a gun and increasing his security
Source #41 (page 327) does cover the cause of death for Rockwell
Source #53 (pages 327–328) does cover the process for allowing Rockwell's funeral and then the standoff
Source #55 (pages 328–330) does cover a soldier being arrested after defecting to the Nazis and other Nazis being arrested
Source #56 (pages 330) does cover approval for Rockwell's burial being withdrawn
Source #58 (pages 323, 326) does cover the arrest of Patler
Source #77 (page 335) does cover Koehl's takeover of the party
Source #85 (page 337) does cover Koehl renaming the party


### Review
GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar):  b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): 
PARAKANYAA has answered all of my comments and I have no issues left with the article.
It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check.
a (reference section):  b (inline citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):  d (copyvio and plagiarism): 
I conducted a review of thirteen citations (14.77% of the overall) in the article. I found no issue with any of them. Everything is cited and Earwig reports "Violation unlikely" for plagiarism.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 
The article covers the background of the victim and the assassin, a prior assassination attempt against Rockwell, the assassination itself, trial, funeral, and conspiracy theories.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 
No neutrality issues.
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.: 
This article was created back on August 28, and has had 43 edits in total. No edit wars.
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 
There are eight images in the article. George Lincoln Rockwell, murdered, with a sheet over his body (cropped).png is properly licensed as it was published without a copyright notice before 1977 and is appropriate for use in the infobox as it depicts the location of the assassination and Rockwell's dead body covered with a sheet.  GLR with massive swastika (cropped).jpg is properly licensed in the same way as the previous image and is used to depict the victim of the assassination.  A direct link to the source for John Patler in the Rockwell Report (cropped).png is not included, but I see no reason to assume that is not the true source and it should be licensed in the same way as the previous images. It is used in the section for John Patler, the assassin.  ANP leap.jpg is properly licensed in the same way as the previous images. This image is used in the funeral section and properly shows the disorder of the procession.  John Patler.jpg is properly licensed in the same way as the previous images. This image is used in the Investigation and legal proceedings section and shows Patler after his arrest.  A trio of images 1, 2, and 3 are all properly licensed in the same way as the previous images. These images depict the triumvirate that led the ANP after Rockwell's death. Direct links to the Matthias Koehl and Robert Allison Lloyd images are not included, but I have no reason to assume that these are not the true sources.
Overall: Passed
Pass/Fail: 
Passed. Excellent article about the assassination of the biggest Nazi in American history.