Talk:John Allen Chau/GA1

Lead

• Remove citations 2 and 3 (as they're cited later in the body) and move citation 1 to it's respective place in the body. Per MOS:LEADCITE, noncontroversial information described and cited in the body shouldn't be cited in the lead/infobox.  Done
• Lead needs to be expanded to include information from the early life and aftermath sections so that each section of the page is represented. (Up to you, but I can make an example if you'd like! 😀)
• Before making his way to → Before travelling to  Done
• Wikilink boot camp with Training camp  Done
• by evangelical organization All Nations → by the evangelical organization All Nations  Done
• missonary staff, who → missonary staff who  Done

Early life

• in Scottsboro, Alabama, as the third → in Scottsboro, Alabama.^[citation] He was the third  Done
• organizer for Chi Alpha → organizer for the Christian student organization Chi Alpha  Done
• Add a citation after Vancouver Christian High School.  Done
• attended Chinese Evangelical Church → attended the Chinese Evangelical Church  Done
• He attended Oral Roberts University → He later attended Oral Roberts University  Done

Contact with Sentinelese and death

• The second and third sentences could use a citation at the end.  Done
• He first traveled to the Andaman Islands in 2015 and 2016 as part of his missionary trips, but he did not → As part of these trips, Chau traveled to the Andaman Islands in 2015 and 2016, but did not  Done
• "boot camp" → "boot camp"-style (per the lead, also add it's wikilink)  Done
• Chau traveled to and established his residence → Chau established a residence  Done
• In August 2018, → Earlier that year in August, (This one is more optional, but it feels like the dates read out of order if left as-is)  Done
• the Indian Home Ministry had removed → the Indian Ministry Of Home Affairs removed and add wikilink to Ministry of Home Affairs (India)  Done
• Remove (RAP), no need if the abbreviation isn't later used.  Done
• Chau embarked on a journey to → Chau began his travel to  Done
• which he thought could be → which he referred to as  Done
• with the aim of contacting and living among the Sentinelese. → with the aim of contacting and living among the Sentinelese in an attempt to convert them to Christianity.  Done
• In preparation for the trip, he was → In preparation for the trip he was  Done
• he attempted to communicate with the islanders and to offer gifts, but he retreated → he attempted to communicate with the Sentinelese and offer gifts, but retreated  Done
• However the citations are rearranged after these changes, be sure they're listed in numerical order (i.e. [26][20][2] → [2][20][26])  Done
• (Further prose corrections in this section are described in the Spot check section below)

Aftermath

• residing in the capital city → residing in the city  Done
• Remove the sentence Despite efforts by Indian authorities, which involved a tense encounter with the tribe, Chau's body was not recovered. as all of this information is repeated in the new-next sentences (see the Spot check section below)  Done
• on the missionary community for inculcating an extreme Christian vision in Chau. → on the missionary community for instilling what he believed was an extreme Christian vision in Chau.  Done
• The sentence with Sasikumar's quote needs a citation at the end of it.  Done
• Same goes for the first sentence with Schönhuth's remarks.  Done
• Is there a reason why Reflist set at 25em instead of the normal 30em?  Done

Original research

Spot checked: 1   2   3   6 his visit to South Africa is not described as a mission trip, removed 7   23 The "–700" is not included in the citation, removed 30   31 (now 24)  Used also to replace what was previously ref 24 from the New York Post, which is not preferred per WP:NYPOST.

Plagiarism

Mostly false positives after running the page through Copyvio as usual with two notable exceptions, the main one being from The Mirror UK which returned a 47.1% match. The citation isn't even currently on the page and I wouldn't have been shocked if The Mirror had plagiarized Wikipedia when writing their piece, but their article is from February 2019 when the Wikipedia article wasn't started until March 2020, so I'm going to take the plagiarism threat at face value.

• From The Mirror UK
  • On another visit, Chau recorded that the islanders reacted to him with a mixture of amusement, bewilderment, and hostility. He attempted to sing worship songs to them, and spoke to them in Xhosa, after which they often fell silent. → On another visit, Chau remarked the Sentinelese had again acted hostile, but in addition had shown amusement and curiosity.^[citation] From his canoe he sung them Christian hymns and tried communicating in Xhosa, after which, they often became quiet.^[citation]  Done
    • Please still implement the part: "and tried communicating in Xhosa, after which, they often became quiet." This still shows up on copyvio. Johnson524 17:22, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
  • Eventually, according to Chau's last letter, when he tried to hand over fish and gifts, a boy shot a metal-headed arrow that pierced the Bible he was holding in front of his chest, after which he retreated again. → In what would be his last letter, Chau described a later attempt at contact, during which, a Sentinelese boy had fired a metal-tipped arrow which pieced the Bible he was holding against his chest, forcing him to withdraw once more.^[citation]  Done
  • On his final visit, on November 17, Chau instructed the fishermen to abandon him; afterwards, he was shot by the tribesmen's arrows, killing him. The fishermen later saw the islanders dragging Chau's body, which they saw the Sentinelese bury on the shore the following day. → On what became his final visit on November 17, Chau told the fishermen once again bringing him to the island to leave without him.^[citation] Sometime during this visit, Chau was fatally struck Sentinelese arrows.^[citation] The fishermen later reported seeing the Sentinelese drag his body and, the next day, bury him on the beach.^[citation]  Done
  • Indian officials made several attempts to recover the body but eventually abandoned those efforts. An anthropologist involved in the case told The Guardian that the risk of a dangerous clash between investigators and the islanders was too great to justify any further attempts. → Indian authorities tried several times to retrieve Chau's body but were ultimately unsuccessful.^[citation] An anthropologist involved in the attempts remarked the likelihood of a violent confrontation between recovery teams and the Sentinelese was too high to justify continuing the effort.^[citation]  Done
    • You didn't fix this last sentence at all, please do that. Johnson524 17:22, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 18:05, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

• From The Guardian
  • An anthropologist involved in the case told the Guardian that the risk → [fixed in the corrections above]  Done