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Semi-protected edit request on 15 April 2024

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The statement in quotes below is not accurate there is no LDS Church, and members of the church have always referred to one another as Saints. They did for a period of time accept being called Mormons, but it was derogatory and often used to imply the members were not Christian, or that they were non member sympathizers of the church in general.

"Mormons generally regard Smith as a prophet comparable to Moses and Elijah. Several religious denominations identify as the continuation of the church that he organized, including the LDS Church and the Community of Christ."

It should read "Saints generally regard Smith as a prophet comparable to Moses and Elijah. Several religious denominations identify as the continuation of the church that he organized, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints commonly referred to as the LDS Church, and the Community of Christ." Jason Wasden (talk) 22:54, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When you're writing for a global audience (as we are), a saint is typically understood to be a dead person who has been canonized. In that light, it's unlikely that "Saints generally regard Smith" at all. Also, see MOS:LDS. ~Awilley (talk) 01:19, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest we use Jason Wasden's edit, but with "Saints" changed to "Latter-day saints" or at least "Latter-day saints (Mormons)." FluxIntegral (talk) 20:47, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 01:47, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 14 October 2024

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I suggest that note b should be changed to include the fact that the vast majority of Latter Day Saints followed Brigham Young. FluxIntegral (talk) 20:45, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Bowler the Carmine | talk 17:21, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Number of children

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The article mentions the children he had with Emma, but does not mention if he had children with the other women he was involved with. Is there a hard and fast number and can we get that included in the article? JustAChurchMouse (talk) 10:36, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Children with other women have been suggested but many that can be checked via genetics have been disproven. A table of a few of the suggested and disproven candidates is included at List of Joseph Smith's wives#Allegations of children born to polygamous wives. --FyzixFighter (talk) 13:11, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Child wives

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Any reason we aren't discussing this guy's interest in marrying children? We use words like "woman" to describe 14 year olds. 174.171.79.146 (talk) 05:08, 6 February 2025 (UTC) IP sock of blocked user. FyzixFighter (talk) 18:57, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's a valid question to raise. There's is extensive debate on this issue, including criticism of Smith, but whether or not this could be expressed encyclopaedically, or even whether the article would benefit from such an addition, is difficult to gauge. Obscurasky (talk) 15:15, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
FyzixFighter, what makes you say that? Obscurasky (talk) 22:00, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]