Talk:Amana Colonies

message: It would be interesting if the passage because they were refused an extension of their land charter because of their harsh treatment of a married couple who had violated their marriage edicts, they moved west could be expanded upon in the section on the history of the group's move from New York to Iowa. --Haruo 01:20, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Explanation needed 

message: Much of the information on this page is incorrect. The information that is correct was directly coppied (stolen) from www.cp.nps.gov.  Not only is most of this information incorrect, the article actually contradicts itself, and at one point is actually somewhat offensive.  LCB  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.35.137.152 (talk) 19:30, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Written material from nps.gov is almost certainly a work of the United States government, and therefore in the public domain.  It cannot be stolen.  However, it should be properly credited. Cullen328 (talk) 23:56, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

text: Please provide a reliable source for your statements. Cullen328 (talk) 23:56, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect information 

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thread_title:  WikiProject class rating 

message: This quotation: 
Two men, Gruber and Rock, started this religious group. They traveled to Germany and to Switzerland preaching about Jesus Christ and his teachings, they disagreed with the Catholic faith's method sermonizing. They didn’t believe that the Catholic Church taught the exact word of the bible, so they thought themselves to be a reformed movement of true faith. They believed that God used certain people as his tool so that they could teach his word to others; the name of these individuals was Werkzeug (instrument). This derived from the time of the biblical prophets like Joseph and his brothers. Today church still gathers on Sunday mornings in both German and English. Visitors are welcome to join in on services if desired. During church services, they sing songs that were written by their church founders.[6
Is very out of place, given that it is within the "beliefs" section, when it belongs in the "origins" section.Pressondude (talk) 22:19, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Organization 

message: I see that we have a section on Amana today, but it's made up of smaller towns now. Shouldn't they have town pages, like for Oxford, Iowa, that have census data and all that?
There are 7 (or 8 counting "Upper South Amana) East Amana, Amana, Middle, High Amana, West Amana, South Amana, and Homestead (a town the society purchased, for the railroad stop) 
It is difficult to have "individual town" information, as none are incorporated, or are they together incorporated.  They are "part of" Iowa County, Iowa.  Only a specific Historic Preservation Land Use District exists. It was enacted in ~1986. See Iowa code 404.3.  When adopting this district, the residents of West Amana, voted/petitioned not to be a part of the district, and are still not today! 
Because of lack of incorporation, the villages are included in county census data, as any other rural part of Iowa County, Iowa.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldhaus (talk • contribs) 21:24, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amana today