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• I've done some cleaning- mostly removing attributions for uncontroversial points, and grammar fixes. Markalexander100 03:01, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
• I've added a treatment of the famous criticism of Father Damien by Rev. Hyde as someone requested. --Gerald Farinas 17:49, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
• Good work, thanks! Markalexander100 01:20, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)
• A featured article. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 13:57, 2004 Jul 20 (UTC)

Contents 1 Request for references 2 {{disputed}} One of the references has come under scrutiny for accuracy and "Artistic License" 3 Source Book possibly not Factually Accurate, Removed from Sources 4 Sunlight at San Francisco 5 Venerated by

[edit] Request for references

Hi, I am working to encourage implementation of the goals of the Wikipedia:Verifiability policy. Part of that is to make sure articles cite their sources. This is particularly important for featured articles, since they are a prominent part of Wikipedia. Further reading is not the same thing as proper references. Further reading could list works about the topic that were not ever consulted by the page authors. If some of the works listed in the further reading section were used to add or check material in the article, please list them in a references section instead. The Fact and Reference Check Project has more information. Thank you, and please leave me a message when a few references have been added to the article. - Taxman 18:45, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] {{disputed}} One of the references has come under scrutiny for accuracy and "Artistic License"

According to this Maui News article, the book “The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai" has come under fire for taking artistic liberties and improper useage of references, plus accusations that some folks at Kalaupapa never wanted to be mentioned in the book. Seeing that this book has been cited in the references section, I now question if some information from this book has somehow been intergrated into the article itself and has "poisoned" the article as such.--293.xx.xxx.xx 08:04, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

The issue has been written about in this Honolulu Advertiser story, which found the allegations of "artistic license" to be without merit. Though Father Damien occupies only a limited spot in "The Colony," the notes and bibliography sections of the book provide a valuable resource for researchers interested in the priest's life.

See below. --293.xx.xxx.xx 08:39, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Source Book possibly not Factually Accurate, Removed from Sources

The Book The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of The Exiles of Molokai, by John Tayman, has come under scrutiny that the author has taken artistic license to various parts of his book and misappropiated references. Due to this, coupled with anger by surviving residents of Kalaupapa, the book will be removed from the list of sources untill further proof can be made that the book is factually accurate and all disputes have been resolved. --293.xx.xxx.xx 08:39, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sunlight at San Francisco

I doubt that this is of any importance being that this is an article about Blessed Damien, but there was a story from March 1937 in the Hearst San Francisco Examiner about how when Damien's coffin was brought to the docks for transport back to Belgium--he had been exhumed from Hawaii--a ray of sunlight allegedly broke through the sky and landed on the coffin! Quite a story, though perhaps not cogent to the article. Great nonetheless. Another, which is related to the process of his canonization is entitled "Church examines Damien's miracles", from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin dated March 29, 2003. It relates to a "Mrs.K" who was allegedly healed of a form of lung cancer after visiting the former grave of Blessed Damien in Hawaii. Interesting article for those of us Catholics who struggle with belief! Great wikipage so far, though. Does service to a great man of God.

[edit] Venerated by

I left the reference to Father Damien being venerated by Anglican Churches as there as several shrines in the Anglican/Episcopal world dedicated to this incredible man, whos history of ministry is to this day a great comfort. For one example view [1] the "Damien Chapel" in this church in Hollywood, USA.