Talk:Early life of Joseph Smith

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Peer review

I'm listing this article for peer review. This article is particularly controversial, and needs a few good eyes to ensure that all notable points of view are represented. COGDEN 08:36, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Featured article candidate

Since time is growing short, I'm listing this article as a featured article candidate. COGDEN 04:52, 29 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Parenthetical Citation

I would like to commend whoever was the first to put Parenthetical Citation in this article. I think this should be how all of our references are kept. Good Job. RENTASTRAWBERRY ^{FOR LET?} röck 04:15, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

ok. i see now.

Date of First Vision

Early Life of Joseph Smith, Jr

I have twice reverted a specific date for the first vision from a anon using an AOL IP. Left them the following message.

Thanks for the recent edits on this article, but please keep in mind that Joseph Smith gave several accounts of the first vision during his lifetime, with relatively minor variations. One of these accounts was adopted as the official version by the largest LDS schism, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Since the LDS project group here tries to present a balanced view of all offshoots of Mormonism, as well as presenting opposing points of view (via Wikipedia's NPOV policy), articles about Mormonism have to be carefully written to incorporate as many viewpoints as possible. As there is some minor disagreement on the actual date of the first vision, a less than precise date has been selected for this article. We encourage people interested in LDS/Mormon issues to become involved in our project group. Please see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Latter Day Saint movement Hope to work with you soon. WBardwin 23:38, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Howe's work

Accounts given by Howe seem to be given a heavy amount of credence in the "Moroni and the Golden Plates" section. A cursory reading of the work strikes me as having very poor historiography. Perhaps more qualifiers could be added that his findings are highly questionable? The Jade Knight 10:04, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think this article cites Howe himself. The only things cited in the work are the affidavits of people who knew Smith, which are interspersed in Howe's book. Some of the affidavits are considered unreliable, but the ones quoted, those of Isaac Hale and Willard Chase, are generally considered fairly reliable on matters of fact. COGDEN 16:01, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]