Talk:Book of Mormon monetary system

James Moss
I can't find for the life of me who James Moss is and what his religious affiliation is. There are literally several people named "James Moss" that come up when I try to find the right one. Heidi Pusey BYU (talk) 23:01, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Lede
I think the lede needs to be completely rewritten. As it stands, it doesn't give any context as to why the monetary system is important or why anybody should care about it. And it doesn't give any general touchstones that an average reader would recognize. By the second sentence we've already name-dropped like 6 weird Mormon names (amonihah and zeezerom?) that mean nothing to anybody, but haven't yet linked to Book of Mormon. ~Awilley (talk) 04:29, 7 January 2024 (UTC)


 * You have a good point. The lede could definitely use more context, so I'll start working on that. I'm currently working on another big project, so I might not get to it immediately. If you feel like fixing the lede is urgent, you're welcome to start rewriting it. Feel free to reach out if you notice anything else! Thank you for your perspective, and I hope you have a wonderful day. Heidi Pusey BYU (talk) 23:59, 8 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Arguably, one of the reasons to have an article like this is to highlight the absolute absurdity of the claims that this is anything but a complete confabulation. I added a sentence pointing out how anachronistic all this is. More work needs to be done. jps (talk) 14:10, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

NPOV Tag
Although the fairly recent AfD discussion may have been overly zealous, I do believe that the issues the nominator raised were cogent. The article credulously treats the Nephite monetary system as fact, and repeats various aspects of the Book of Mormon narrative in granular detail. To my knowledge, there is little or no agreement in mainstream scientific communities that any of the Book of Mormon is real. The article's discussion of it without a single disclaimer from start to finish, strongly suggests a POV that is out of the mainstream - and therefore not appropriate for a mainstream article like Wikipedia. I'm going to work on some things, but overall I think many sections will need to be rewritten. Trevdna (talk) 00:41, 17 April 2024 (UTC)