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Looking for your comment on sources

I keep watching the changes at Anachronisms in the Book of Mormon and was wondering if you should post your thoughts on sources at the talk page there. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 17:06, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

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Lost 116 pages

As I briefly mentioned in my edit summary, WP privileges secondary sources over primary, so a scholarly book about something trumps the testimony of someone who was actually there. There's both a certain craziness and a certain common sense reason for that policy. As for your attempt to explicate the controversy over this matter, I don't think any one would complain so long as it's confined to the footnotes.John Foxe (talk) 16:26, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

John Foxe, thank you for the courtesy of taking the time to explain your reasoning on my talk page. I agree and understand the secondary sources over primary. I think there are other reasons why my edit should stand that were not very clearly articulated. I've added those reasons to the talk page on Lost 116 Pages, hopefully they are better articulated. Epachamo (talk) 02:45, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

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Could you take a look at this please?

Anti-Nephi-Lehi could use a clean-up. The first sentence was just re-written by a new editor - this one.[https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/User_talk:PeanutHat#Your_userpage. I know absolutely nothing about this group so the only thing I'd be able to do is more or less reduce it to a smaller stub, not a good idea. Maybe merge it with Lamanites and turn it into a redirect? Or I could at the Wikiproject talk page if you're too busy. Doug Weller talk 09:21, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Weller:, I'll take a crack at it, I am going to have to do some research though, I don't know of many secondary sources that discuss it. Merging with Lamanites is not a bad idea. Epachamo (talk) 13:48, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

I'll defer to your judgement. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 10:33, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Weller:, I think I'm done with the re-write. If you could take a look it would be appreciated. Epachamo (talk) 03:23, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Thanks for your great work at Anti-Nephi-Lehi. Doug Weller talk 17:55, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

I am truly honored! My first barnstar, thanks! Epachamo (talk) 21:34, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Anti-Nephi-Lehi

Hi, I saw that you posted on the library to-do list looking for feedback on Anti-Nephi-Lehi. I think I'm the only person who watches that page so you're stuck with me, haha. One thing I noticed is that you use the Book of Mormon itself as a source. If you can, it's better to use another source that summarizes the events in the Book of Mormon (because interpretation of religious texts varies, even if you're simply summarizing). Of course, there are times when it is appropriate to quote scripture directly. Ten Commandments in Catholic theology is an FA and I used it to help teach myself best practices about quoting scripture. Of course, finding a neutral source of a summary of the Anti-Nephi-Lehis is difficult. For the LDS Church, The Book of Mormon Reference Companion has a relevant entry. Now that I'm thinking about it more, I'm not sure of the best way to go about it.

I agree that you could easily merge Ammonites with the Anit-Nephi-Lehi page. However, the section on cultural significance is pretty long. It makes me wonder if it would be better to put information on pacifism and the Latter Day Saint movement on its own page. I can tell that you've done a lot of research! I know how much work that is. If you want to keep working on it, the next step is to thread those beads of research into longer paragraphs (the paragraphs under Literary Analysis look a little short). Also, the "there is widespread agreement" with the six sources borders on original research, and looks a little like overciting. I'd say choose the four best, or if one or two reference the others, that should be sufficient. Overall a very interesting read! I'm just sad that I can't give it a closer look. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 17:56, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

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On the arda viraf, I included a link to the original source and "A primary source may be used on Wikipedia only to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts that can be verified by any educated person with access to the primary source but without further, specialized knowledge. " which is true in this case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hippypink (talk • contribs) 18:20, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

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Your to-do Women and the Priesthood article

Hey, I saw your to-do article of Women and the Priesthood in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and I would like to help you write the article. PeanutHat (talk) 21:19, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

@PeanutHat I think that would be great!!! I would love that. I think I'm about a month or two out before I will have time to start on it (I'm finishing a couple other projects right now). For a title, I was thinking of "Women and Priesthood in the Latter Day Saint Movement". Go generic and have it include other branches, and if there is enough material, then create a specific one for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The transition of the Community of Christ to ordaining women is an interesting story, and would not fit in one about just the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thoughts? Epachamo (talk) 01:53, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

@Epachamo Sounds great. I'll be there to help when you need it. PeanutHat (talk) 15:29, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

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Good Job, Epachamo!

I just wanted to say "good job!" on the Joseph Smith Papyri article. The charts are really nice. (A few years ago, I worked on the Critical appraisal of the Book of Abraham, and I still find the subject matter fascinating.)--Gen. Quon (Talk) 19:50, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

• @Gen. Quon:, Thanks, I wish I had time to do more! You were definitely a pioneer in making the whole Book of Abraham section what it is. It is really fascinating. Epachamo (talk) 13:24, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Joseph Smith Papyri edit

You posted a revert on an edit I posted on the Joseph Smith papyri, but I'm not sure I understood the gist of the revert comment. You posted "This article is about what Joseph Smith thinks was a revelation, not what Royal Skousen thinks is a revelation. Royal Skousen believes Smith himself thought it was a revelation, but was mistaken about the facsimiles."

The post I put up was that the evidence from the original texts of the Book of Abraham scribal documents such as we have them show that the references to the fascimiles in the current Book of Abraham version used today were both actually NOT part of the original text of the Book of Abraham. This fact does not really have anything to do with what Joseph Smith believed or not. He may have believed that he had a revelation to interpret the part of the fascimiles that he did, the evidence seems to so indicate. The original text evidence just indicates that the text of the Book of Abraham does not actually reference the fascimiles when looking at the original text itself, so it is an important fact based on the original documents that is appropriately posted on that Wikipage. Perhaps the wording could be revised to make this more clear. (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:29, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

• @Geneva11: I had several problems with that particular edit that I'd happy to discuss.

1. The source was not super scholarly. It was Royal Skousen's curriculum vitae, not peer reviewed for sure.

2. Even if it were, I felt the summary misrepresented what Skousen was saying. From the source https://humanities.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/royal-skousen-J2019.pdf:

The Book of Abraham was a revelation given to Joseph Smith, who later (mistakenly thinking it was a translation from the papyri he had in his possession) tried to connect the revealed text to the papyri by inserting two sentences, verse 12c and verse 14, into Abraham 1. The secondary nature of these two inserted sentences can be directly observed in the photos of folios 1a and 1b in the document identified as Ab2. Verse 12c is totally inserted intralinearly, not partially (as incorrectly represented in the accompanying transcription – and without comment). Verse 14 is not written on the page as are other portions of this part of the text (instead, it is written flush to the left), which implies that it is a comment on the papyri and that it was added to the revealed text. Overall, these results imply that all the facsimiles from the papyri (1-3 in the published Pearl of Great Price) should be considered extracanonical and additions to the revealed text of the Book of Abraham, not integral parts of the original text of the book

3. From what I get is that Skousen believes that Joseph Smith thought it was a revelation, but made a mistake. Skousen felt like the facsimile translation was not revelation. Skousen felt that Smith inserted references to the facsimilies within the text that were not inspired. Smith himself was the editor of the periodical they were first published in. Smith gave every indication that they were indeed revelation. Skousen's opinion is far and away NOT the general scholarly opinion, and even within the Latter Day Saint movement his discovery is not new or even agreed with. It is on the fringe.

4. We need to be careful with anything from Skousen. He has done some really good work with the Joseph Smith Papers for example, but he also has written a lot of apologetics which are not appropriate for Wikipedia. The source really matters with him. Epachamo (talk) 16:51, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

I find it interesting and concerning that your edits consistently remove content critical of the LDS church, and attempt to frame critics of the LDS church in as poor a light ad possible. Eudiamonia5 (talk) 13:09, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

@Eudiamonia5: I invite you to take another look at this particular section. I am literally being questioned by Geneva11 for removing what I felt was LDS Church apologetics. Epachamo (talk) 15:05, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

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Could I link to the Arda Viraf page on WP? https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Book_of_Arda_Viraf#Plot_summary — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hippypink (talk • contribs) 02:55, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

• @Hippypink:Honestly, I'm not familiar enough with the subject to give a good answer to that. Be bold! Epachamo (talk) 13:04, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

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Jeremy Runnels article overly critical of Runnels

I find your recent article about Jeremy Runnels overtly critical of Jeremy and attempting to frame him in as poor a light as possible. Example, your recent edits changing his statements to be "criticisms" or creating an entire section of the page about his seminal work, the CES letter but providing no link to this work. Eudiamonia5 (talk) 13:16, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

@Eudiamonia5:: NPOV is tough. It is truly not my intention to paint Jeremy Runnells in a poor light. If you feel like there is a better way to say it that frames him in a more NPOV light, by all means I welcome you to make the change. As far as links, there are actually TWO links in the article to the CES Letter, and do not feel there should be more based on WP:EXT. Keep in mind also that this article is just two days old, and there is much that should be added. Epachamo (talk) 14:59, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Yes. Perhaps this will get me started into Wikipedia. I stumbled on this article, and the tone was clearly biased. I checked who wrote it, then checked your other edits, and sure enough, it was a returned LDS missionary, faithful to the LDS church. I understand being a faithful member of a church does not automatically equal bias, but this article sure supports that assumption is often valid.

I am new to wikipedia. It is interesting to know what is the process of flagging users who appear to have an agenda to their contributions, particularly if this is not listed in their profiles "conflict of interest" section. I'd suggest you go research the Jeremy Runnells you made a page for further, and for wikipedia and yourself, have the integrity to make more edits to your first attempt so it is more balanced. And dies not read like a subtle hit piece. Eudiamonia5 (talk) 15:34, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

• @Eudiamonia5: First off, you are most welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you do stay and become an editor. There are not enough people working on the LDS Movement, and the more backgrounds and perspectives we get, the closer we will get to the NPOV standard. Before editing, I would encourage you to read the WP:AGF article. Inferring a lack of integrity, or hidden agenda is the antithesis of assuming good faith. As far as my "hit piece" on Jeremy Runnells, PLEASE edit it so it doesn't sound like one, nothing would make me happier. When I created this article, I tried to add as many different view points as I could, and it is not finished. I do not apologize for adding viewpoints that are critical of Jeremy Runnells. Those belong in the article. You should note that I also linked to about a half dozen pages that explained Runnells criticisms of the LDS Church.

As far as me being "faithful to the LDS Church", I'm not sure how you gathered that from my Wikipedia edits. I truly try and put my personal biases aside. For what its worth, I also created the articles on The Black Hammer which is definitely notable, but if I'd had the "agenda" that you suggest, probably would not have been created. Conversely, I hope that article doesn't read as an attack on the LDS Church. Epachamo (talk) 12:45, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

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Lectures on Faith and the {{LDS}} template

Thanks for your additions to the {{LDS}} template/LDSverse module, including creating the Lectures on Faith pages on Wikisource and adding the capability to link to them! One heads up about a change I made to the Lectures on Faith part specifically, though, is that the citation structure now mirrors that of the Doctrine and Covenants. It gets slightly weird to write these things consistently since most LDS citations key off of a specific book (e.g., Alma) which is a subpage of (whichever edition of) the Book of Mormon or other standard work on WS, whereas the D&C is the "book" but also the standard work: it's the chapter/section numbers that are the subpages. In other words, in order to avoid the complexity of having a third structure for Lectures on Faith, where the individual lecture is the "book" (i.e., there's an "l5" book just like there's an "Alma" book, but there's no "s5" book for citing to section 5 of the D&C) and the chapter parameter ends up being redundant (the 5 already included in "l5"), I tweaked it to treat the LoF analogously to the D&C.

The tl;dr is that now you can cite the LoF generally as {{LDS|Lectures on Faith|lof}} (=Lectures on Faith), a specific lecture as {{LDS|Lecture|lof|7}} (=Lecture 7), and a specific verse as {{LDS|Lecture|lof|5|2}} (=Lecture 5:2), all analogous to D&C citations.

Hope that makes sense, and I'm certainly open to adjusting things (maybe we should change how it handles both the D&C and the LoF?), but definitely wanted to give you a heads up about why the format is slightly different than you last had it :) Happy to discuss in more detail here or in a more synchronous format, and thanks again for the additions, they're great! ― biggins (talk) 13:35, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

@Biggins: Awesome, thanks appreciate the changes, so much better. Epachamo (talk) 15:40, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

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Critical appraisal of the Book of Abraham

This was 95% written by one editor, most of this he wrote at Book of Abraham and then copied into a new article. I tagged it as an essay but he removed the tag. My reasons for seeing it as an essay include the use of the word "finally" several times, which he added, makes it look like an essay to me. But perhaps that's ok.Also for instance : "While the "Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar" only contains an explicit correlation between Egyptian characters[nb 4] and their purported English translation for Abraham 1:11–2:9, the document itself suggests that the hieroglyphs from the Small Sensen papyrus were used to translate much of the Book of Abraham.[72] This is supported by a quote from James Ratcliffe Clark, "

I'm not convinced there should be a separate article and a lot of this appears to be original research, perhaps why it looks like an essay to me. Doug Weller talk 14:37, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: I'll see if I can work on it over the next couple days. There is a bit of non-scholarly apologetics that have crept in for sure, and the background section is way too long. There are also sections, like anachronisms that are missing. Epachamo (talk) 15:19, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. If you could try to remove the essay-style language it would be appreciated. I expect some opposition, but that's not unusual. Doug Weller talk 15:31, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

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Utah monolith

I am curious what your take is on the Utah Monolith discovered in a remote area south of Moab. What are your thoughts on it? I am of the opinion it may have been for some sort of religious purpose or ceremony or possibly a work of art placed there some artist. Octoberwoodland (talk) 02:49, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

@Octoberwoodland:: It's the craziest thing! Your guess is as good as mine. I'm thinking work of art, given the other works of art scattered through the state seems to be a thing: The Tree of Utah, Spiral Jetty, Sun Tunnels, etc. I wouldn't be shocked if it was some sort of religious thing. Epachamo (talk) 15:27, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

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Hi, I opened a discussion on Talk:Baptism for the dead. Feel free to contribute about this topic.--GenoV84 (talk) 23:37, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

@GenoV84: Thanks for the heads up! Epachamo (talk) 23:57, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

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Citation

Thank you, for your touchups across the board. I noticed you deleted a full entry on concerns of the citation. I'll add another citation here. The statement doesn't need additional citations, really. Point 4 of the explanations of this original document so states the belief in these timelines. I only wanted a space to add a link to Oliblish. I don't necessarily know if the article should stand alone, I think it is a really interesting element to this belief and maybe enough to be its own article. Encyclopedic in my feel. It is a pretty orphaned article though and where else could I also place one more link but in the Kolob Book of Abraham itself. I do, however, respect the need to make all these systems false and sectarian and I don't want to participate in the useless back-and-forth about why yes or why no. If you think the link to Oliblish could fit in this (or any other) innocuous location of Kolob Book of Abraham, here is a citation that expands on the issue of the thousand years. Again, thank you for your rounds. Fimbriata (talk) 21:05, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Brown, S. (2011). The Early Mormon Chain of Belonging. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 44(1), 1-52.

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@Bishonen, Please review my conduct, as I am unclear how I violated any Wikipedia policy. Following the the bold, revert, discuss cycle, I have consistently reverted that added content, and explained myself on the Talk page to seek consensus before it was added in. Not sure why the newly added, clearly unencyclopedic content should remain on a stable article before it has been discussed on the talk page. If I am in the wrong, what should I have done differently? Epachamo (talk) 20:38, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

I'm not saying you're in the wrong, Epachamo, or that you violated any policy. You were edit warring, though. I warned the other user and, if only for symmetry, I needed to warn you as well. Bishonen | tålk 21:19, 19 May 2021 (UTC).

@Bishonen. Ok, thanks, glad to hear I didn't violate a policy. Is there a better way I could have handled the situation? Epachamo (talk) 22:39, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

The situation was (and is) difficult, I know. But since you ask: after this edit, I think the best thing you could have done would have been to stop editing the article, since your explanatory edit summaries clearly weren't convincing the new editor. I'd have warned them about edit warring after this edit of theirs at the latest — you can see they weren't aware of the rule. By then there was consensus against their long addition on talk, but I'd hesitate to invoke it, since so few editors were discussing. Instead, you could have sought more input, perhaps via WP:DRN, WP:3O, or WP:RFC. Don't misunderstand me; I'm not saying there was anything lacking in the talkpage explanations by you and User:P-Makoto; they were excellent IMO. But since Jacobalbee persisted, more eyes and (hopefully) a stronger consensus was, and probably is, needed. You can still pick one of those methods. And note BTW that WP:BRD is "an optional method of reaching consensus, "not mandated by Wikipedia policy". It says so right there, and see also WP:BRD-NOT. Finally, while I agree the newly added content is unencyclopedic, I won't add my voice to the consensus against it, as I want to remain able to "admin" the article — not become involved. Bishonen | tålk 09:10, 20 May 2021 (UTC).

@Bishonen, Thanks for the words of advise. Much appreciated. Epachamo (talk) 10:36, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

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"16th Year"

Hi, Epachamo. I saw that you reverted my edit to the First Vision article, re: Spring 1820 being the 16th calendar year of Joseph Smith, Jr.'s life. You stated that "The relevance of this needs to be attested to by a reliable secondary source." However, the addition was among the Notes, none of which are sourced. Can you please explain your reasoning? Thanks. TheOtter (talk) 15:26, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

@TheOtter: Sure! Per Wikipedia policy (WP:V), everything on Wikipedia should be verifiable. If it is in the notes, then it should still be verifiable. Please don't take my reverting your edit as condoning it on others. I can't find many notes in that article that are not sourced, however. Epachamo (talk) 01:59, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

@Epachamo: I guess you're saying that the notes' citations are in the first column of the table? I guess that's fair enough. But honestly, I do wonder what the problem is with my edit. It's just math. TheOtter (talk) 16:11, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

@TheOtter: The question is, why is it relevant that it is the 16th calendar year of Joseph Smith's life? Why even mention it? Why not add the calendar year when mentioning the age of a person on every article? Just because it is true, or even verifiably obvious, doesn't mean it belongs on Wikipedia (see WP:ENCYCLOPEDIC). Epachamo (talk) 08:10, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

@Epachamo:I get what you're saying, but I think you're failing to consider the importance of both NPOV and NOR. As it currently stands, the note states that:

"Frederick G. Williams edited Joseph's account to take place in his '16th year' (i.e. when he is 15 years old). All other accounts state his age as 14."

We have ample evidence that Williams edited Joseph's account, but I am not aware of him ever explaining what he meant by "in the 16th year of my age". So, by your own argument ("Just because it is true, or even verifiably obvious, doesn't mean it belongs on Wikipedia"), we shouldn't include any single interpretation of that phrase unless we can cite it from primary or secondary sources.

Now, don't get me wrong: I recognize that the page's current interpretation is not only "verifiably obvious", but also how the phrase is generally understood. However, that doesn't mean it's the only way it can be understood, much less that that's how Williams intended it to be understood. The note expressly states that its interpretation is wholly inconsistent with every available evidence, so an equally valid, consistent interpretation is particularly relevant to an encyclopedic article. (To be clear, I see no reason not to include both interpretations, but the rejected interpretation is especially important when the current parenthetical proudly contradicts literally 100% of available evidence—evidence that, unlike the parenthetical, actually is cited.)

This brings us back to your question: "[W]hy is it relevant that it is the 16th calendar year of Joseph Smith's life? Why even mention it?". Well, the relevance is that, according to the current parenthetical, Williams' "16th year" insertion contradicts literally every cited source. Since this "fact" be in question, then one or more alternate interpretations are vitally important to NPOV. There's also a correlative question, though: why are we including a parenthetical, to begin with? I don't currently have access to Jessee or Vogel's works (cited in the corresponding cell of column 1), but even without looking at them, there can be only three logical possibilities:

• The parenthetical interpretation comes from one or both of these sources, in which case it should be explicitly attributed to said source(s) (e.g. "Jessee points out that…").
• The parenthetical interpretation comes from some other appropriate source, in which case it should be explicitly attributed to that source (e.g. John Jones points out that…").
• The parenthetical interpretation comes from original research, in which case it definitely doesn't "belong on Wikipedia".

Regardless of which scenario be accurate, I see no reason to deem one unsourced interpretation relevant while concurrently deeming a contradictory interpretation irrelevant. Either both are relevant (and thus "belong on Wikipedia"), neither is relevant (and thus don't "belong on Wikipedia"), or the one that does "belong on Wikipedia" needs to be sourced. TheOtter (talk) 17:05, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

@TheOtter I actually agree with you that if the interpretation can’t be sourced it should be removed. Thanks for pointing out the section in the table. I recommend putting a “source” tag by it before removing it. I don’t think the table is accurate either. There is only one account that specifies 14 years, the others say “around” or “about” 14 years old. Epachamo (talk) 03:26, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

@Epachamo:, sounds good. I’ve added a tag.

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@Onetimememorial: Thanks for the heads up, I responded on those talk pages.Epachamo (talk) 23:33, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

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When referencing books, you should use {{Cite book}} instead of {{Cite web}}. The point of using references is not to see the content, but to prove it reliable.

If you don't know what information you should provide about the book, {{cite book |last= |first= |author-link= |date= |title= |url= |location= |publisher= |page= <!-- or pages= --> |isbn=}}can be used as a template. Rastinition Remind you to read {{uw-attempt2}}(talk) 09:58, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

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@Rastinition: Can you please point me to where this was done? Can you also point to where I was warned in May? I don't think I've ever used {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help) before. Are you sure you have the right person? Epachamo (talk) 22:24, 3 June 2022 (UTC) Epachamo (talk) 22:24, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

I want to make things easier.I confirm 1 thing, is blogspot.com written by a well-known scholar or blogspot.com has credibility?If your answer is yes, do you have any proof?

If you don't have proof, then you shouldn't use blogspot.com, you should replace it with another source. Rastinition (talk) 11:03, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

@Rastinition: Ok, a word of advice, you really need to change the attitude of your responses. Threatening people with wikibreaks whether they want it or not is the opposite of assuming good faith. We need editors, and comments like that are frankly just rude. Epachamo (talk) 06:06, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Regarding your latest edit on Joseph Smith

https://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Smith&diff=1110700548&oldid=1110625207

I tend to agree with your analysis of these views as WP:FRINGE, but nonetheless they are widely believed. I think perhaps the inclusion of these theories with these stipulations (that historians do not agree with them) might be best, but I am by no means admonishing you to revert your edits. If any edit warring occurs I just think this may be the best course of action. Cheers. KingAntenor (talk) 08:16, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

@KingAntenor:, With the exception of the KJV, I disagree that they are widely believed. If you can find a high quality, reliable source that states that very thing then I would agree to add it back in. As it is though, it is entirely unsourced. We could easily find sources for the King James Version of the Bible. This is mainstream scholarship though, not "critics". The spaulding theory and other books being sources should absolutely not be in the main article, but can still be in other sub-articles provided they are reliably sourced. Epachamo (talk) 08:25, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Okay, well I do not offhand know of any reliable sources that state that the Spaulding theory is widely believed, it was definitely brought up historically, and then shown to be baseless around the 1880s. I just know that it is brought up commonly in critical/apologetic circles. As to them being "widely believed", who is to say. It is probably not, amongst those who have actually looked into the issue (scholarship). My understanding regarding the Spaulding theory is that there is the Manuscript Found, which has no connection with the Book of Mormon, and then there is an alleged missing manuscript that does. I could be wrong about that. I have no idea if there is any basis for such a claim, though. There probably isn't. I can't find anything that specifically states that the Spaulding theory is widely believed or not fringe, and I don't know of any actual numbers or polls in this regard. It is addressed as a gospel topic essay here though, for which there are a number of other sources that may say something to that effect: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/spaulding-manuscript?lang=eng

In any case I agree that it is not warranted for inclusion in the article.

KingAntenor (talk) 08:47, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

@KingAntenor: Agreed. Fawn Brodie put the nails in the coffin on the Spaulding theory in the critical community back in the 1940s. I'm not sure it is still brought up that much in critical circles. It is definitely brought up still in apologetic circles quite a bit, which I'm not sure I understand. Epachamo (talk) 09:16, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

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Sorry for the reversion without explanation. It doesn't matter that Book of Abraham is part of the PGP. There is no link from the Template to the Book of Abraham and per WP:BIDI, only articles which have links from that template should contain the template (Templates should be Bidirectional). Either the template should be deleted from the article or the BofA should be added to the template.Naraht (talk) 17:21, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

OK looks like you already took option 1. Not sure it belongs there, but that's a different issue.Naraht (talk) 17:24, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

@Naraht:: I don't think anyone will object. If "soaking" belongs in the template, then the Book of Abraham absolutely belongs there. Epachamo (talk) 20:15, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

If you take a look at the history of the template, at one point there was a recent removal of all of the books, both with BoM and PGP. I'd like Pastelitodepapa to chime in since they are his removal.Naraht (talk) 00:40, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

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Second Anointing terminology

I understand that private may not be exactly synonymous with secret. Might I suggest "confidential" as a good substitute? My concern with secret is that secret is often used by church critics to deride things relating the Latter-day Saint temple worship. 2601:681:8800:E4D0:80AD:7B1:C258:7625 (talk) 01:24, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Moved conversation to the talk page. Epachamo (talk) 16:29, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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@Diannaa: I wasn't copying, I was moving from one article to another as clearly stated on the talk page. In the future, it is appropriate to do some due diligence before firing shots. Epachamo (talk) 17:34, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

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@Diannaa: I will do better in the future. Epachamo (talk) 22:55, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

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