Talk:James E. Talmage

Date changes
I changed the date due to the following information from here. JordanBarrett 00:28, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

What does he look like?
I think to people who aren't LDS that wonder what he looks like, a couple of pictures of headstones won't give them much of an idea. I'm not criticizing the headstone pictures; I'm just saying that a portrait of Elder Talmage probably will help the article quite a bit more. 71.199.25.62 23:17, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Article needs improvement
Looking at this article I'm not sure where to begin. I've added external links and made a few edits but it needs a major revision. Any takers? In the mean time, I'll make minor corrections. Please help! Matthew R. Lee (talk) 23:36, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Lead section
As per WP:OPENPARA, notability comes after positions held by individuals. As shown by the Academic Career section, he was a fellow of 6 learned societies related to chemistry and geology and a lecturer is those fields. Whilst he may be most known as a member of the Mormon church, he was also an academic, publishing at least three books on science and teaching the subject. His grave marker, as shown in the article even states "educator-scientist-apostle" beneath his name. Uamaol (talk) 22:12, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

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Baptism age and "apology"
Good faith edits have been made on two areas I have concerns on. The first is straight forward. With a September 1862 birthday, when Talmage was baptized in June 1873 he had not yet turned 11. This is simple math and the edits to change this should not continue. The second issue is one I understand what the good faith editor is trying to represent, but the wording needs to be improved. I don't have a proposal how that should be done. What I do have a concern about is having it appear to a reader that Talmage wrote an "apology" - in the more traditional use of the word - as if the church was wrong or felt to apologize for something perceived to be wrong or incorrect. ChristensenMJ (talk) 15:49, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

"U of U"
This article repeatedly uses the phrase "U of U" but doesn't clarify what that is. University of Utah?
 * yeah, it's mentioned in the lead. We sure love our acronyms in Utah! Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 16:44, 14 July 2021 (UTC)