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Some mention needs to be made about the controversy surrounding a revelation some say he recieved in 1886 providing for the continued practice of polygamy, by the Woolleys, albeit outside the church and jurisdiction of the Quorum of The Twelve, and the meeting some believe took place the day after he received it. Perhaps a dozen Latter day Saint groups trace their origins to their belief in that event.
Amongst the biographies of Taylor are -
The life of John Taylor,: Third president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints John Taylor: Mormon Philosopher, Prophet of God The Last Pioneer: John Taylor, a Mormon Prophet Witness to the Martyrdom: John Taylor's Personal Account of the Last Days of the Prophet Joseph Smith John Taylor: Messenger of Salvation Courageous defender of truth: The story of John Taylor --Tobey 04:18, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The result of the proposal was close without prejudice. It appears that productive discussion is going on at the naming conventions page related to these parentheticals, but there's not a particular consensus for a certain title here at this time. Feel free to relist the discussion as an uncontroversial move if you're able to sort things out at the NC page. Dekimasuよ! 16:55, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why was this moved from John Taylor (Mormon)toJohn Taylor (Latter Day Saint) without discussion? I thought there was a consensus that the appellation (Mormon) is approrpriate for persons who were notable primarily for their membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and that the appellation (Latter Day Saints) was to be used for persons whose main notability was association with the pre-succession crisis split of the Latter Day Saint movement?? This uses neither—(Latter Day Saint) without the "s" ... Am I missing something? Rich Uncle Skeleton 01:54, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The conventions say -(Mormon) is to be used when the person is a leader of the LDS Church. I'm requesting a move back to John Taylor (Mormon) until a consensus is reached for change. Rich Uncle Skeleton (talk) 08:48, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, "Mormon" only applies to the LDS Church, and the naming conventions are clear about that. How will someone from the Community of Christ be offended? We are not associating any of their members with the term "Mormon" as this will only be used for a member of the LDS Church. If you can provide cited information that indicates that the Community of Christ considers this person to be one of their leaders, then "Latter Day Saints" is appropriate per the naming conventions.
The convention was not established "quickly"—the convention was proposed and stayed open for discussion for quite some time: from 2007-05-22to2007-08-02, to be precise. You did not oppose them at the time, so you are just as guilty for the "no real discussion" that you refer to. The lack of discussion about them was interpreted at the time as a general acceptance of them. This was supported by the fact that the proposed convention began to be applied fairly widely after they were suggested. I don't see much support for your proposal to change the conventions right now, so you seem to be alone in your opposition. Rich Uncle Skeleton (talk) 00:18, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
1. Let me try again: the term "Mormon" would NOT be used for a Community of Christ member. How will using the term Mormon for a person who is a member of the LDS Church offend someone from the Community of Christ? Do you understand the difference between the LDS Church and the CofC? Show me a source where John Taylor is described as an early CofC leader and I would agree with you that "Latter Day Saints" should be used. Rich Uncle Skeleton (talk) 01:37, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
2. If no one responds for 10 weeks to a proposed convention and editors start implementing it widely, I think it's safe to say that it can be adopted. Why didn't you speak up during the 10 month period if you feel so strongly about this? Why is no one else opposing it, except you? Rich Uncle Skeleton (talk) 01:37, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
1. I don't think FLDS Church members are offended that LDS Church members call themselves "Mormons". Where's your evidence for such a claim? I have set out my reasons above and on the discussion page for the LDS MOS for supporting "Mormon". In short, it's descriptive of the person, as a disambiguator should be. A person is not an LDS Church. That seems clear enough. If "LDS Church" is used, we'll have many variable disambiguators: "LDS Church leader"; "LDS Church missionary"; "LDS Church historian"; "LDS Church pioneer", etc. etc. Not good. Mormon works well in place of all of these. I'd love to hear your suggestion for an equivalent all purpose disambiguator which makes sense and doesn't call a person a church.
2. I would understand if it was a sudden change. 10 weeks, though? And it was being implemented by numerous editors. There is such a thing as passive acceptance, you know. Rich Uncle Skeleton (talk) 02:24, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
1. If you didn't say that, then what does "it would offend other Latter Day Saint denominations that think Mormon should apply to them (FLDS for example)" mean? Bottom line: your all-purpose disambiguator for a member of the LDS Church that doesn't call someone a church is .... ?
2. I realise you have the right to do what you do—I was simply responding to your initial charge that this change was made "quickly". It was not. Rich Uncle Skeleton (talk) 02:38, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Other examples:
Post these at the MOS page for discussion. Rich Uncle Skeleton (talk) 02:50, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The John Taylor article presently states that hundreds of men and women were arrested for practicing polygamy in Utah. It would be good to have some documentation on this number. Also, I have never seen a reference to any woman's being arrested during that era. Did women also get arrested? If so, we need firm references to that fact. Thanks in advance to anybody who has that data and can furnish it here. Raymondwinn (talk) 16:16, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Am i wrong to believe that John Taylor explicitly stated that Black Africans survived the Great Flood to be representatives of satan's horde, and that this was one of the guiding motives behind barring blacks from the priesthood until 1978? I believe i heard this on the PBS documentary. does anyone have additional information on this? if this is true, shouldn't it be listed on the page under a new title? Thanks, 24.131.64.81 (talk) 05:54, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If anyone objects to renaming this article in conformance with Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Latter Day Saints), please respond here. COGDEN 02:21, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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I see this page was once in 2007 moved to not say "Mormon", and was moved back. Beyond the points that were made in that conversation, it is worth noting that the LDS church has since begun to discourage such use of the word "Mormon", and in light of that, it seems appropriate to move this article to not have "Mormon" in the title. -Ramzuiv (talk) 21:18, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]