Wikipedia:Peer review/Joseph Smith, Jr./archive1

Joseph Smith, Jr.

I'm nominating this article to get some opinions from outside the WP:LDS project regarding how much farther it has to go until it reaches featured article status. I do not assert that it is there, it needs more work, but a laundry list from this place will be helpful, I believe. Cookiecaper 14:23, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Watch the use of tense, particularly if you are using the past. "Critics regarded him...", for example, needs some qualifier - were those the critics of his time, or critics shortly after? Do critics still regard him this way?
Also, state the obvious: clarify that the latter day saint movement was a religious movement, for instance.
There is too much detail in the article lead - we don't need to know why he was killed in the second sentence, since his death is not a particularly central theme to the article.

Scott Ritchie 07:02, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The way the text is structured is quite disjointed, there are too many short paragraphs or stray sentences - they should be merged into continuous paragraphs. All the image copyrights will need to be checked and anything claimed as fair use will need a rationale for fair use written on the image description page, anything used with permission will also need to be changed to fair use or removed. As someone not especially familliar with the LDS, I think the section on his prophecies should be expanded to a paragraph that summarises his key prophecies. One last thing, a consistent footnoting system should be used for inline refernces, see Wikipedia:Footnote3.--nixie 10:20, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

We also need to check the accuracy of this article. I have a feeling that anti-LDS sneaky vandals may have put some errors in here. — Stevey7788 (talk) 23:22, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think that it was the pro-Mormon sneaky vandals who put in the errors. :). Let's avoid that phrase; I've had too much of it on the polygamy article. I'll mention a few obvious problems on the talk page, and fix them if possible. Nereocystis 17:01, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to state that the thoughts or opinions of you all are important, but should not be discussed publicly in a popular resource. It is immature, and unless you have firsthand evidence of any of the things you've said- then please refrain from sharing them.