User talk:Ryan Reeder

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[edit] Dan Jones

About Dan Jones, the Welsh missionary: Should he be included for some reason in the disambiguation page for Daniel Webster Jones? Was his middle name "Webster"? If not, I would consider taking him off the page. And if I were to then create a new article about him, I would take off the "(missionary)" suffix, unless there are other Dan Joneses. Thanks, zappa.jake (talk) 03:59, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. Though the two Mormon Dan Jones' are confused sometimes, Dan Jones and Daniel Webster Jones are distinct categories for the purposes of a Wikipedia disambiguation page. I do notice that there is an empty link on the current Dan Jones article referencing "For Joseph Smith's bodyguard, see Dan Jones (Mormon)." (This is the same individual as the Welsh missionary). Mainly, I'd left it there because you'd put it in, after I had mentioned it as an example. Anyway, thanks. Ryan Reeder 06:06, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Hi, Ryan! I'm Alanyst. You might remember me from such websites as the EDS message board.

Just wanted to drop a note regarding your move of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The. I have moved it back, effectively undoing what you did. Please allow me to explain.

While I applaud your boldness in just doing what you thought to be the correct action, please be aware that there was a lengthy discussion about the proper name for the Wikipedia article about the Church a while back. See Talk:Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints/Archive 5 under the heading "Page rename/move discussion" for the discussion. The end result was that while some advocated for the inclusion of the definite article "The" in the title of the Wikipedia page, others opposed the move. In the end, there was not sufficient consensus to support the rename/move operation.

No doubt you were unaware of the discussion or its outcome, so don't get the idea that the move was a Bad Thing to Do (TM). You boldly edited, which is a positive trait for a Wikipedian. But now that you know a bit of the background, and to avoid a renaming war, it's probably best if you sought consensus for the move on the Talk page before attempting it again.

Best wishes for good editing! Alanyst 06:12, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Attention: Categories up for deletion or movement

Ryan -- noticed your work recently, and did a little editing on the Dan Jones article. Please note that the following categories have been targeted for deletion or movement by User:Bhoeble. Please express your opinions ASAP. Thank you. WBardwin 08:51, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

5.2.22 Category:Latter Day Saint history to Category:History of Mormonism 5.2.23 Category:Latter Day Saint History Books to Category:History books about Mormonism 5.2.24 Category:Latter Day Saint Historians to Category:Historians of Mormonism

[edit] Mormon Trail

Oh, Ryan. Someday soon, (how soon?) I hope, I'm going to get to work on Mormon Trail which is in terrible shape. You look like you might be interested too. Want to help? WBardwin 09:34, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Sure, among other things. (I'm still kind of new here, so I'm not quite sure--I'm supposed to respond on my page to comments made to others to my page, right?) There are a few areas, particularly in LDS history, that I'd like to make some contributions in. I just put up a stub for Devil's Gate, Wyoming, as far as the Mormon Trail goes. Thanks for the heads up on the targeted for deletion. I'd noticed the changes you made, but I plan to go more in-depth at some point, anyway, on that article.Ryan Reeder 10:21, 18 April 2006 (UTC) (forgot to sign earlier).

Great -- I've been talking to another user about work to be done on Mormon Battalion which is also in great need of help. If interested, please take a look at his proposed outline on the talk page. Look forward to working with you. WBardwin 09:49, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

I have determined not to get in an edit war again - but Gellerson reverts contrary to the views expressed on the talk page - can you help??? Trödel 21:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

I misunderstood what Trödel was doing - and have left Trödel's edit as-is except for fixing spelling and a duplicative heading. Denvoran 23:57, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings

Hi. I saw your name pop up on my watchlist, and now it's been bugging me because your name sounds super familiar. I just can't figure out where we've crossed paths before. Sue Anne 21:32, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure. I don't see enough information to be able to tell who you are. I've lived in Brigham City, Bolivia, Provo, and Salt Lake City. Online, I've been posting for several years with my real name on Eric D. Snider's message board. Hope that helps. Let me know.--Ryan Reeder 04:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Have you been on either Mormon-L or LDS-left? Sue Anne 06:15, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Nope. Haven't heard of them. I consider myself fairly conservative, actually. Are you thinking you know me from real-life or online? Also, I've met at least two people personally who were named Ryan Reeder. --Ryan Reeder 07:10, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Daniel Webster Jones

The article itself states that he resided in Howard County, Missouri. According to the definition of the US government, Howard County is currently a part of the Columbia, Missouri metropolitan statistical area, and all the people who have resided in any part of the current MSA have been placed in the appropriate People from X category. This would actually make it easier to find people in a smaller, suburban, community, not harder. I acknowledge that some feelings might be hurt by people who cannot see themselves as being in any way related to the core city of an MSA, and I sympathize with that. However, for any students who might be looking for people from their home town to write papers on, I think that the smaller search categories would be helpful, even if the names of the categories are mildly objectionable. Unfortunately, the existing category names indicate that "People from [City]" is the proper name, and reversion of all to "People from the [City] metropolitan area" would created undue hardship in recategorizing, say, Philadelphia, Boston, and the other larger metropolitan areas. You are, of course, free to do as you see fit. My recent actions have been taken to bring the Category: People from Missouri down to usable size, particularly as I am slowly adding all of the current state representatives and Senators, which will make it grow yet again. Again, however, you are free to do as you see fit. These actions were taken for the purpose of making it easier to find people, and if other considerations outweigh that one, so be it. Badbilltucker 23:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

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