Talk:Shepherd's Rod

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[edit] Not a useful article

As El Juno has noted, this article really says nothing about the titular subject. Just about everything is discussed - except any relevant information about what the beliefs of the Shepherd's Rod group are!

--Lonesome road 19:00, 30 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Quit removing tags

Quit removing tags without fixing the article. It needs a proper introduction, it shouldn't read like a pamphlet but like an encyclopedia article, it isn't wikified properly, it lacks sections, and to top it all it is copy/pasted from a supposedly not-for-profit org. website [1], with no copyright mention on the actual page, which is rather lucky but the idea of getting this entry deleted for copyright violation is starting to seriously itch. If the content isn't fixed soon, I'll propose it for deletion. Equendil Talk 05:55, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out that the article was not just POV, but a likely copyvio. The article needed a total reworking, but it was going to be tricky to edit in a way that didn't make the newbie feel unappreciated. Knowing that it was lifted from an outside source gave me cause to scrap the text altogether.
I've whipped up a new article with a combination of sources. The History section is pasted from the beginning of Branch Davidian's History section, with additional edits. The Succession section I pasted from an earlier version of the article, putting up a POV warning because it wasn't particularly objective, either. Otherwise I just made a minor edit or two, I'll have to go through it more thoroughly when I have time. Today is a stub section, to be filled out later. I added External links, while I was working Srodinfo added his own, and I actually incorporated some of the sites on his list.
Srodinfo has already edited this article again, and it seems that he has basically accepted the new article. His changes still have the whiff of POV pushing, but he's improving! --WacoKid 21:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for improving the article, and let's hope for the best, I initially tried to reach Sordinfo on his talk page, but he seems to be editing proselytizing in his own little world , so I'm not all too sure where this article is going. The subject is utterly alien to me, so I can't really help there either. Anyway, I'll keep my finger off the AfD trigger for now and just keep an eye on it. Again, thanks. Equendil Talk 22:09, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] So, what is it?

The main thing this article is in need of, I think, is some description of what the doctrinal difference that caused the schism actually was. Unfortunately, I don't know, which is one of the reasons I was reading this in the first place. Is there anyone with more knowledge that can work something about that in? El Juno 23:37, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Revisions

Based upon my first hand knowlege of the DSDA beliefs and origins I felt it nessesary to correct some obvious and glaring statements that were incorrect.

I changed upshoot to offshoot as this is an article and not a wittnessing tool.

I also changed the paragraph that discussed the reasons for his disfellowshiping to reflect the realities that the author of this article intended to obscure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.185.1.100 (talk) 19:23, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WS:COTW

This is a note to inform all interested watchers of this article that Wikisource has chosen the Branch Davidians and Waco Siege as their Collaboration of the Week.

This means that we are spending this week collecting, copying and formatting Public Domain documents related to the church and its 1993 siege. This includes speeches by David Koresh, Federal documents in the aftermath of the siege, the charges against Lon Horiuchi and the surviving church members, and early church documents whose copyright have expired.

We would encourage you all to come help us, if you have any questions, feel free to leave a question on my talk page - either on Wikisource or Wikipedia!

I hope to see some of you there, helping us document the primary sources for future research and historical analysis!

Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead) 21:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)