Talk:Moses Kuaea/GA1

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Reviewer: Kaiser matias (talk · contribs) 17:56, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Will review this shortly. Kaiser matias (talk) 17:56, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Comments

• The lead is a little short, and while the article itself is short, I think it could be expanded a bit. For example, you can note his efforts to build the new Kaumakapili church, or more on his skills in the Hawaiian language.

Made some additions.

• "He was born around 1824, based on his obituary which stated he was sixty years old at his death." This can be worded better, for example: Kuaea's birthdate is not known; his obituary stated he was 60 at the time of his death, which gives a birthdate of 1824." You could also note that he was born in Honolulu there, so it's not just listed in the infobox.

Adjusted it but the infobox said he died in Honolulu. The sources do not speak about where he is born.

• I gather there is not much on his earlier life?

Nothing beside his abandonment.

• "...Kuaea was rescued from a hole in ground in which his parents planned to bury him alive in an act of infanticide..." Is there any specific reason this occurred? It seems quite the notable event.

Tales of the prevalence of Hawaiian infanticide before Christianity are controversial today but was part of the Western narrative of the barbaric past of Hawaii. Could have been a cultural misunderstanding. We don't know the exact reasons why his parents did that but it was not uncommon.

• The article mentions he took the name Moses; did he have a different name before that?

Kuaea. Hawaiians of this period adopted Western first name and used their given Hawaiian names as surnames.

• "Kuaea served as pastor of the native church at Hauʻula, Oahu, and later at the church of American missionary John Smith Emerson at Waialua, Oahu." Are there any dates for these events?

Not really.

• "...Kuaea was appointed a member of the Commission to Increase the Original Hawaiian Race." Did Kuaea do anything of note here, or did the commission itself?

It was a government committee and there are little records of it.

• Further to the point above, how did he end up getting into the higher echelon of Hawaiian politics? It mentions he was pastor at the church for "common people" but I wouldn't think that would get him in with the king and others. Is there any explanation for this?

Similar to the American spoil system. The new king Kalakaua liked him, he was an educated Hawaiian and a great orator.

• "On August 14, 1884, Kalākaua appointed Kuaea as the Minister of Finance." This date seems wrong, seeing how Kuaea is listed as dying on May 5, 1884. The infobox lists his term as August 14, 1880 to September 27, 1880, which based on the rest of the paragraph here seems more likely.

Misspelling.

• After his time as finance minister, did Kuaea do anything of note? There's a 4 year time there, after all.

He held onto his role as pastor and was preaching until his illness in 1882. Basically the last 2 years of his life.

I realize most of these won't be readily answered due to sourcing issues, but I still wanted to clarify if they can. Otherwise the article looks to be in good shape. Kaiser matias (talk) 17:59, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Looks good now, thanks for your work. Kaiser matias (talk) 17:54, 6 March 2021 (UTC)