Talk:Fanny Alger

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[edit] Revert

Please explain the reversion of my edits. You're edit summary mentioned only two things which could have easily been fixed without wiping out everything else. --ErinHowarth 21:27, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

-See my subsequent edit summaries --Trödel 22:17, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Your edit summaries help me better understand what you're attempting, but offer little opportunity for discussion. At Help:Reverting, it has been suggested that:

• "Be sure to add the word "revert" (or "rv") to the edit summary, along with a short explanation if it is not obvious.
• Reverting should be used primarily for fighting vandalism.
• What's important is to let people know why you reverted. This helps the reverted person because they can remake their edit, but fixing whatever problem it is that you've identified..
• A nice thing to do is to drop the note on the Talk page first, and then revert, rather than the other way round.
• If a user makes an addition which you consider POV or generally bad, rather than revert them and hope not to be reverted again, a more productive option is to move their content to the article's talk page where it can be discussed.

In that spirit, I should like to discuss the following items:

1. This sentence was deleted because it was found to be too similar to a sentence by another author

   The undocumented wedding of Fanny and Joseph is suspected to have taken place in Kirtland, Ohio sometime in 1833 when she was sixteen years old and Joseph was 28. At that time, Fanny was living in the Smith home, perhaps helping Emma with house work and the children.

   However, the year in which it may have occured is important, as well as the place it occured and the age of the participants, and the fact that she was living in the Smith home at the time the event is alleged to have happened. So this information needs to be worked back in.
2. Fannie Alger's family background is not clear. Althought the following informaiton is referenced: Alger's parents were neighbors of the Smith's another author quoted in the same work identifies Fannie as an orphan. Another contemporary is quoted as saying that Fannie went to live with her "relatives" rather than her parents.
3. Why is the LDS template inappropriate for this article?

[edit] LDS Template

The following copied from User Talk:Trödel "Generally navigation templates like {{LDS}} are only used on the pages that are links in the template itself, and, sometimes, other major articles. We generally don't include them on articles related to the topic which are not central. Thus I removed it from Fanny Alger, but left it on Kirtland --Trödel 02:54, 14 December 2006 (UTC)"

I disagree that this is how such Templates are used. I would point to Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria as pages with the Eastern Orthodox template but are not listed on the template while Byzantine Empire is listed in the template, but does not appear. Your reply itself indicates that your selection of on which to place the template is discretionary. I want to presume good faith, but it certainly appears that you are selecting these with an eye to which page portrays the church in a positive light.--Counsel 03:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I am leaving the template off for now but would be interested to hear other opinions.--Counsel 03:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)