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Welcome
Hi -welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed your edits to Mormon handcart pioneers. If you are interested in topics relating to the Latter Day Saint movement, I would encourage you to look over the project page WikiProject Latter Day Saint movement. The group has established naming guidelines and other criteria and maintains a number of pages coordinating LDS topics. Look forward to working with you. WBardwin 11:01, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you, WBardwin, for the welcome and the reference to the project page. I'd be interested in doing some more work on LDS-history topics within the context of the history of the American West. I probably won't be contributing to articles on topics like doctrine and theology.—BRMo 22:06, 20 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Sounds good. Two related topics needing help are Mormon Trail and Mormon Battalion.  Look forward to working with you.  WBardwin 04:23, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Mormon Collaboration selection
Your supported nomination, Mormon trail, has been selected as the April 2006 Mormon Collaboration of the month. I look forward to your help with improving the article! Also, if you'd like, I'd appreciate it if you'd add your name to the list of participants in the Mormon Collaboration project. uriah923(talk) 17:06, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Mormon collaboration selection
Your nomination has been selected for the August 2006 Mormon collaboration: Mormon handcart pioneers. I look forward to working with you to improve the article. --uriah923(talk) 15:29, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Mormon Handcarts
You are weclome. Good luck. --CTS Wyneken (talk) 09:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the brevity :-) References should follow Footnotes, and you can find a sample of referenced notables at Sociological and cultural aspects of Tourette syndrome.  The same standards apply to notables as to any other text:  we need proof it's true :-)  Sandy 02:18, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Mormon handcart pioneers
I noticed that you changed "The emigrants from the first two ships, about 815 in number..." to "About 815 emigrants from the first two ships". The newer version implies that not all of the emigrants went with the handcart companies, is this intentional? --Lethargy 02:29, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Excellent. Very good article BTW, but before I support the nomination, I need to read it again since I haven't read it all the way through since it was the Mormon COTW. I need to stop procrastinating and get that done. --Lethargy 02:46, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Update: It might be good to add that info about the people that dropped out. Also, I hope I am not being too nitpicky with requesting sources (see my comments at the FAC page), I'll leave it up to you whether or not to add them. --Lethargy 03:42, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Just a note: I lost your last message as I was archiving my talk page, but I'll have another look tomorrow. Sandy 04:02, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

I looked over the article again this morning, and it's really looking fine. I have one small issue, but since I don't know Wiki policy on this, I'm not entering it on the FAC page. I did some research, and can't determine if this is an actionable objection. I hate seeing ibid on Wiki articles for the following reason: theoretically, you might not be around forever, watching the article, and others may insert content in the future. Wiki is not static. If someone inserts a referenced comment between the original cite and the ibid, the ibid becomes incorrect. This can easily happen in the dynamic environment of Wiki. I'd much rather see all ibid entries changed to reflect the dynamic nature of Wiki, such as: That will make for a more stable article in the long run, and assure that none of your hard work citing the article correctly will be inadvertently lost by a future edit. Sandy 18:57, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Hafen and Hafen (1981), pp. 143-144.
 * Hafen and Hafen (1981), pp. 148-149, 193.
 * Hafen and Hafen (1981), pp. 153-164.

Great work
I was going to add one of those awards people hand out to each other on Wikipedia, but I'm not entirely sure how to do that. Anyway, I just thought I should say that you have made some fantastic edits, and your hard --and exceptional-- work is appreciated. You're a much better writer than I am. Keep up the great work. --Lethargy 04:36, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

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LDS Church articles
I need the input of another editor for a few articles, if you get the time:


 * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - I'm not sure what specifically needs to be done to have a more neutral and formal tone, but something definitely bothers me. If you are familiar with the subject, citations are also badly needed everywhere in the article. I want to bring this up to a point that I wouldn't be embarrassed to present it for peer review.


 * Temple Square - rather short, but I am not sure what specifically needs to be added, how to break it into sections, or what reliable sources I can use.

If you do get the time, you can post on the articles' respective talk pages or on my own talk page.--Lethargy 23:23, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Mormon Pioneer
Mormon Pioneer has been moved to Mormon pioneers. The move didn't show up on my watchlist, so I'm just giving you the heads up in case you missed it. --Lethargy 00:26, 7 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Update: I have also submitted this article for the Mormon COTM, with a goal of having this featured on the front page for Pioneer Day 2007, the 160th anniversary of the first company's entry into the valley. See: Mormon collaboration/Mormon pioneers. --Lethargy 00:16, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Straw poll
Please provide me with a list of questions you want to be asked in the upcoming straw poll on my talk page. Or post them here  Wiki  e Zach| talk  21:09, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

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Deseret
Sorry - I was going to ping you and ask as soon as you showed up :-) Sandy (Talk) 04:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Mormon handcart pioneers
no problem - sorry I couldn't be more helpd during the day. I felt alot of frustration over the merge request but it is over now. Thought I'd also say thx for all your efforts as well - working with people like you is what keeps me from just abandoning -- Trödel 02:17, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Mormon handcart pioneers
Hello, I am translating the article Mormon handcart pioneers into Chinese. I wanna know abuot the title of a book listed in the references, which is "Hafen and Hafen". What does "Hafen" mean in this case? Does it refer to "heaven"? Or does it mean "harbor" in the German language? Looking forward to your reply. :) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 12:32, 17 December 2006 (UTC)