curprev12:2912:29, 22 June 2024 654356435ttalkcontribs 57,736 bytes−4 Some Governing Body members (1974-1977) also started serving ''after'' the announcement. See: https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1988687#h=5 , https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1988164#h=73 and https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2001246#h=42 . The 1999, 2018 and 2023 additions, however, must've been earlier, as it says "had been added".undoTags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit
curprev23:5723:57, 27 April 2024 Vyselinktalkcontribs 57,383 bytes+738 Disagree with change. GB members have not sat on the BoD's since 2000, so specifically identifying those who did before that date make sense to me.undoTag: Undo
curprev22:0622:06, 27 April 2024 654356435ttalkcontribs 56,645 bytes−738 deleted terms as directors, as some GB members also served as such after 1971, and the link "Watch Tower Society directors" will redirect people that want to now about their activity in this corporation, anywayundoTags: RevertedVisual edit
curprev17:4917:49, 3 January 2024 654356435ttalkcontribs 59,181 bytes+219 Jeffro told me in the Talk page that citing documents from Ancestry is allowed. And this draft card is clearly signed by Brooklyn bethelite George Gangas (born 1896) from the WTB&TS.undoTags: RevertedVisual edit
curprev23:4023:40, 20 December 2023 654356435ttalkcontribs 58,735 bytes+199 Using a Watch Tower publication in Kaqchikel to establish Kenneth Eugene Cook, Jr.'s full name, still looking for accepted sources for Gage I. Fleegle and Jeffrey Alan Winderundo
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curprev00:2900:29, 6 December 2023 654356435ttalkcontribs 58,536 bytes+117 reinstated other undisputed second names, more uniform now. I left out "Gage I. Fleegle" and "Jeffrey Alan Winder", as the sources (Ancestry, Telephone books, etc.) are still considered unreliable.undoTags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit
curprev17:4317:43, 7 November 2023 Vyselinktalkcontribs 57,814 bytes+3 →Current: reinserted the "D."; the picture that accompanies the article clearly shows "D.M. Sanderson", following the pictures format of using the initials for First/Middle names (see D.H.Splane, D.M.Sanderson etc. While he obviously goes by his middle name of "Mark", the caption makes it clear his first initial is D.undo
curprev14:3114:31, 6 November 2023 654356435ttalkcontribs 57,820 bytes−493 I deleted most middle names and birthdates, as I always used websites like Ancestry, FamilySearch, etc., to determine them, when editing this article some time ago (although it's pretty clear from the records that Sanderson is called Douglas). The WTB&TS in their primary sources sadly doesn't publish most birthdates and almost never any middle names (except for famous people like Nathan Homer Knorr).undoTags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit