Talk:CJ Pearson

GA review

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Nominator: CookieMonster755 (talk · contribs) 09:45, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Thebiguglyalien (talk · contribs) 21:30, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Hello! I'll take a look at the article to see whether it meets the good article criteria. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 21:30, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

General:

• I made some minor copyedits to the article, which can be reviewed at Special:Diff/1340652959. I also qualified and attributed some of the statements about his attempts to overturn the 2020 election since allegations against living people have to be handled carefully, which can be reviewed Special:Diff/1340120352/1340648468. I'm not attached to the new wording if there's a better way to write it, but I felt it was important to clarify in the lead what he did specifically. Feel free to comment on or modify any changes I made.

I agree with your minor copyedits, thank you for fixing those. Again, I am sorry this nomination has taken longer then expected. I had a very big matter happen in my offline life, so that is why I was away. My apologies. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 16:33, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

• I don't like that his college and PragerU job (2020 and 2022) are mentioned before his 2015–2016 rise to fame. I'm not saying it needs to be changed, but it's worth thinking about.

I have moved them to the Political advisory and Georgia House campaign (2022–present) section. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 16:41, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Lead:

• The lead says "Republican National Committee Youth Advisory Council", but the body and footnote say "the youth advisory council". It would be good to keep these consistent.

I have fixed it to be uppercase as reliable sources mostly use the uppercase version as a noun. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 16:32, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Early life and education:

• I don't know if it's necessary to list the amendment's co-sponsors.

Removed. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 16:41, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

YouTube video and 2016 presidential election (2015–2016):

• "criticized Obama for his stance on Islamic extremism" – What specific position did he criticize?

The RS used for this claim does not elaborate further what Pearson specifically critizied. I could remove it and rewrite it as Pearson also criticized Obama and questioned the president's devotion to the country. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 16:46, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

2020 presidential election (2020):

• The heading says "2020" twice; this one can probably skip the parenthetical

Removed. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 16:46, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

• Does the Free Thinker Project have any specific goal or mission?

its mission is similar to Turning Point USA, which I expanded on and used the same RS. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 17:16, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

• "right-wing lawyer" is redundant to "former Trump attorney" and can probably be removed.

Removed. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 16:46, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

• "conspiracy-laden" feels informal. I suggest a more straightforward statement that it was based on the false claims or something similar.

I simply removed the wording. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 16:46, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Political views:

• If possible, this section should include more information about his stances on specific issues.

I have yet to find any thing more about stances on specific issues but if I find any RS that speak about it in depth, I will add it. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 17:01, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

References:

• I recommend changing the Rolling Stone source; while it's only used to source a minor claim, Rolling Stone is considered generally unreliable for political coverage. All other sources appear to be reliable. Social media posts and sources considered marginally reliable (CBN, Washington Times, Business Insider, Newsweek) are used appropriately.

Source and sentence using that source has been removed. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 17:01, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Spot checks:

• [1] Suggs (2015) & [2] Pearson (2019) – I don't see where either of these support that he was born in Augusta. [1] also doesn't support that he founded his group after the midterm elections (he could have founded it in the lead up to the elections at the start of November). The quotation also isn't found directly in the source; the article combines two different quotations to create one that wasn't actually said.

Removed place of birth and removed quote. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 17:06, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

• [9][10] Twitter sources (2020) – Good.
• [16] Campbell (2015) – This isn't an exact quote from Pearson, it's Business Insider's summary of his beliefs. The source also doesn't say he formally endorsed Paul in June, that's just when the source was written and it's not unlikely that he supported Paul in May or earlier.

Removed and fixed. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 17:09, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

• [27] McCord (2016) – Good.
• [30] Bond (2020) – Good, though it would be helpful to specify that he was traveling across the country to campaign for Trump.

Expanded. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 17:16, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

• [32] Bluestein (2022), [33] Lerner (2022) & [34] Fletcher (2022) – Good, though I made some changes to how they were used to ensure there weren't any BLP issues.

Thank you. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 17:16, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

• [37] Garrison (2020) – Good.

CookieMonster755, the article is pretty well-written overall. My main concern is that based on the spot checks of [1][2] and [16], the article might not be fully supported by the sources. Every claim made in the article needs to be directly supported by a source. Other than that, it's mostly minor notes for clarity or concision. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 22:54, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

I am dealing with issues in real life, but will try to address the raised issues this week. Thanks. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 13:51, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

There's no rush whatsoever, take however long you need. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 17:27, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

CookieMonster755, just checking in since it's been about two weeks. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 07:27, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Thebiguglyalien hey I am so sorry, I am usually not like this. I have been dealing with a broken betrothal which has caused me a lot of pain, so I have not been on Wikipedia much. I will try to wrap this GA up in the next few days. sorry. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 17:47, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Thebiguglyalien I have made the changes you have suggested above. Let me know what you think. Again, sorry for being absent for a while. Thanks. cookiemonster755 ^(talk) 17:16, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

You have nothing to apologize for. The article looks good and I'll mark it as successful. I'll leave it up to you whether it would be better to change the "criticized Obama" sentence. Wishing you the best. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 19:42, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

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