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John Calvin returned to Geneva to reform the church WP:NPOV error. He didn't reform the Church, he broke away from her. 72.201.104.140 (talk) 05:50, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

• Both highlighted articles (John Calvin and Calvanism) use "reform" to describe what he did so I don't see that this needs changing, but I'm not a subject expert. Feel free to discus this on those articles' talk pages though, and if they articles change it would be appropriate to change here also. Thryduulf (talk) 06:51, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
  • He reformed the church in Geneva. I think the text as it stands is accurate. Smurrayinchester 08:51, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

"1971 – Following a failed coup attempt, Mao Zedong's second-in-command Lin Biao died in a plane crash while attempting to flee the People's Republic of China."

• Suggest that this statement be revised to say "Following an alleged failed coup attempt, . . . ."

The exact circumstances of Lin Biao's death remain controversial.

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