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Re: John Lyon (poet)

On review, the article seems to have sufficiently citations at this point so the referencing concern can be withdrawn. Also note Manual of Style applies, especially regarding stylistic changes, e.g. MOS:DATE. Hope this helps. Dl2000 (talk) 03:08, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

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Black people and Mormonism edits...

I liked your edits in general but a few notes, one for the edits, the other for your userpage.

1. From WP:NAMEDREF, quotation marks around the text after name= in the ref only need quotes if it contains a space or certain other characters. Many of the additions that you made didn't have that. (and you can use <ref name=ABC>blah</ref> <ref name="ABC"/> or vice versa, so in general the quotes don't have to be added in cases like that. But it is probably too complicated to undo, so I just wanted you to know for next time.
2. I'm really torn as to whether you should include something on your userpage showing a Conflict of Interest on LDS topics beyond BYU. Some people know what BYU is, some don't.Naraht (talk) 21:41, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

I did like the Black people and Mormonism edits...

Naraht (talk) 21:42, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

@Naraht: Thanks for you comments. I was unaware of the flexibility when it comes to quotations, so thank you for letting me know.

I thought that I had been clear in mentioning my conflict of interest on my user page, but there was certainly room for improvement as you mentioned. I went ahead and added a clearer "conflict of interest" section. Oh, and thanks for the kitten, haha. Phelps (BYU) (talk) 22:41, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

No problem. I was wondering if you wanted to mention the LDS church in the COI, but that's your call.Naraht (talk) 02:43, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

@Phelps (BYU) and Naraht: I have no idea what is being talked about here. Can someone clue me in? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 02:56, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

@Nihonjoe:That was an accident. Sorry! I am still learning how to use talk pages. Phelps (BYU) (talk) 05:20, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

No problem. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:42, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Added entry to talk page

I added an entry to Talk:Black people and Mormonism that might help with some of the quotes.Naraht (talk) 22:41, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

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Cache Valley...

I went looking for the information that you recently deleted from Black people and Mormonism. Addition of it was in 2011(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_people_and_Mormonism&diff=next&oldid=407893912_ , by an IP that only added two entries to the article and edited nothing else.Naraht (talk) 20:23, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Was the other information that they added relevant? Phelps (BYU) (talk) 20:28, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Also unreferenced. In that edit, it also had

Until the 1970s hospitals with connections to the LDS church, including LDS Hospital, Primary Children's and Cottonwood Hospitals in Salt Lake City, McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, and Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, kept separate the blood donated by blacks and whites.

and the other edit was a change to a section of text which has since be rewritten. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/69.227.207.237 . Naraht (talk) 20:32, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Perfect! I have made a lot of changes to both the Black people and Mormonism page and to what is now called the Black people and the priesthood (LDS). Feel free to look over them and contribute any organizational ideas that you feel might help the disambiguation of the pages. Phelps (BYU) (talk) 20:51, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

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One other comment on the article. The statement "Finally in 1952, the freeze ended because of the Sixth Report and Order." really left me hanging. Can you add a sentence to explain the Sixth Report and Order? That would be a big improvement, but not necessarily needed for DYK.

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User: Rachel Helps (BYU) I just wanted to make you aware of the edits that are necessary for Brimhall to achieve DYK status.@Rachel Helps (BYU): Sarahphelps (talk) 05:55, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

thanks Sarahphelps! Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 19:02, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

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