MrWhipple
Hi. Welcome to my User talk page. Feel free to drop me a note about any of my contributions.
Joseph Smith, Jr.
HI!! Welcome to Wikipedia. I've noticed your work on the LDS pages, particularly JSmith, Jr. and have been meaning to welcome you to the LDS effort. Now I have an excuse. Although NPOV is always difficult on religion pages, the group here usually manages to come up with something that works. Sometimes it takes a little patience............ I changed your heading to something quite neutral "Works accepted as LDS Scriptures" for now. That doesn't mean the discussion about a more relevant heading should not continue. Perhaps there is something out there that would be a perfect compromise. Comments welcome. WBardwin 28 June 2005 23:53 (UTC)
Great Work
I really appreciate your work on Wiki; it is great. Your research adds a significant strength to your edits. We will miss you during your vacation on JS & Prophecy. Enjoy yourself and I look forward to your future edits. Storm Rider
Block
I have blocked you for a day for violation of the three-revert rule on Joseph Smith as a Prophet on June 29. I stopped counting at seven reverts.
In the future, I recommend that you consider this an electric fence and do not cross it. It disrupts wikipedia and solves nothing. Take differences to the talk page.
I also have blocked User:Gabrielsimon for the same thing. Cburnett June 30, 2005 20:14 (UTC)
Orange County, California
Since I've seen you add a few items to the Orange County, California article, I'd like to bring the Southern California WikiProject to your attention. Please take a look at the project's page and see if there is anything that interests you.
Also, since you are interested in LDS articles, I know that there is am LDS connection to San Pedro, California (from around the same time as the start of Bakersfield, California colony I think, but I haven't had the time to dig up any useful info yet. Would that be something you would be interested in? BlankVerse ∅ 12:51, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
Nauvoo Legion
Whipple, do you have any references for the following statements:
"On 26 June 1844, Smith sent message to Major-General Johnathan Dunham of the Nauvoo Legion that he should lead the militia to the jail in order to protect and accompany Smith and his associates back to Nauvoo. Dunham decided to ignore Smith's order, fearing such an action would instigate a major conflict that could erupt into civil war. Dunham informed no one of Smith's order or of his decision to disregard it."
I have not been successful in my reserach. It is not a commonly known fact and feel that it should be referenced. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Storm Rider 16:26, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
- My understanding is this comes from Mike Quinn's research, but that others have claimed he's misreading his sources. The Legion had surrendered state arms previous to Joseph going to Carthage, so all they would be left with was their own rifles. It's pretty clear that the members were told to stay home in the wake of the murder, but I don't know if I would go so far as to say that Dunham disobeyed orders. He continued to serve in positions of responsibility under Brigham Young, so I can't imagine that he was seen as being responsible for not protecting the Prophet. --MrWhipple 22:25, 31 August 2005 (UTC)