User talk:Jdhigh

Hello World. --

I've edited the article "Mount Kilimanjaro" and changed some spelling, grammar, and sentence structures for increased clarity. In my opinion, this article was either written by a high school student with an interest in geology, or (as is often the case) a PhD Geologist who hasn't had a refresher course in English for a while. The over-abundant parenthesis, idiom explanations, unnecessary in-text definitions, and occasional minor spelling mishaps lead me to think it is the latter.

-- Edited Mount Kilimanjaro article to remove a mention of the youngest climber of Mount Everest. Information is not pertinent. -- An editor revised the Mount Kilimanjaro article with regards to the mountain's height and asked "if this level of accuracy was justified?", changing it to 5892 from 5891.8. Regarding the height question brought up by another editor: Many mountains' heights are measured by the centimeter (in inches if you're still using the American way). Scientists spend a lot of resources to improve our data on mountains, and the least we can do is accurately report their results.

re: Kirtland Temple and Spirit of God hymn.

Some recent accounts indicate that the hymn was written for the dedication. This is not in line with historical sources. The Hymnbook was first published in 1835. The hymn was included in the hymnbook. The Spirit of God was sun in 1836 at the Temple dedication, but there is no known proof that the hymn was written for the purpose of being sung at the Kirtland Temple dedication. It was written for inclusion in the first LDS hymnbook.
 * Despite the 1835 date on the title page, publication of the hymnal was probably delayed till January 1836 (Michael Hicks, Mormonism and Music, 20). But your are probably right that we don't know if he had the Kirtland Temple dedication on his mind when he wrote the hymn.--dbolton (talk) 21:17, 6 June 2009 (UTC)