Talk:Mormon handcart pioneers/to do


 * Get feedback from non-LDS editors who are not knowledgeable about the handcart pioneers. They will help us identify issues that need elaboration.
 * The footnotes could be strengthened if there were more diversity in the sources that are cited. It would be helpful if someone who owns Slaughter or Stegner could add specific citations to these sources (as well as adding any other significant references on the topic).

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 * The lead is adequate, but the prose needs to be made more compelling to be a featured article (see Lead section for guidelines). (Completed)
 * Add some background information (who were these Mormon pioneers? why were they emigrating to Utah? etc.) This needs to be done with care, since addressing topics like these can be where POV problems creep in. Keep this background section to a minimum, but it does need to be added. (Completed)
 * Add a few more appropriate images. (Completed)
 * The section on Legacy could be expanded. There are brief mentions of various activities, events, works of literature, etc., and some of these could be expanded to short paragraphs. Of course the main focus of the article should continue to be the history of the handcart companies, so we don't want the "Legacy" section to take over the article, but this is a topic that is treated rather tersely in the current version. (Completed)

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