Talk:Leonard J. Arrington

message: Was he a Morman?  Normally such a question is certainly irrelevant, but since the LDS is included in his field of study, and employed him for a time, i think it warrants an answer.  Cheers, Lindsay 11:09, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Religion

message: I have added some subheadings to the article for readability. There are probably too many subheadings for the amount of text, but this allows for future expansion. I am not an expert on Mormon history so if anyone has information that can add to the early life and to the Church Historian achievement sections, that would be great. Euryalus 23:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subheadings 

message: The four books listed now are some of Arrington's major Mormon works. However, the publishers and ISBNs are those of later editions, not the original publication. I want to change this and add more works. Are Published Works lists standardized on WP? Should these lists have:
*original publishers?
*ISBN's if the original edition didn't have one (i.e. books before 1970)?
*later editions?
*chronological ordering (earliest first)?
Also, what formatting style should be used (this list differs from the  style)? I propose using the Template:Book list table style (as can be seen in Stephen King bibliography). Rich jj (talk) 20:36, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: With no objections in a weeks time, I'll move forward with the Template:Book list style.Rich jj (talk) 14:55, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm starting to think the Template:Book list I've used looks very cluttered and distracting.  I think I may revert to a more common "Publications" list (like B. H. Roberts#Published works) for simplicity and compactness.  Facts about editions, summaries and notes would be gone, but if useful, they could be used in LDS Church Historian or Academic career in discussions about these works.  I hope somebody gives input on this, since it may also affect my approach to such publication lists elsewhere. What is more useful and usable? Rich jj (talk) 02:46, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Since nobody objects or cares, I'll change this list into the more-common bulleted text list, using Template:Cite book. Rich jj (talk) 22:43, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Publications

message: I couldn't easily find replacements for these dead links from the external links section. I put them here in case someone can find an archived version for them (or I might look for it later).
* "Leonard James Arrington (1917-1999): A Bibliography", by David J. Whittaker
* "List of National FFA Officers from Idaho" Idaho FFA Association, State Division of Professional-Technical Education, Boise, ID
Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 19:58, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Dead external links

message: Hi, I'm going to be expanding this page in the next few days. It's possible that I will get too detailed about some of Arrington's life, but I also plan on editing the information I add afterwards. But if you have opinions about how my additions are going please let me know! Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 18:38, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I drew heavily from the Topping biography, which has its flaws. If any editors would like to add information from the new Prince biography that would be an excellent additional source. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 18:09, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I got a copy of the Prince bio, and we'll be adding info from it gradually over the next few weeks. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 15:54, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  page undergoing edits 

message: I started copying out the bibliography of LDS History Division Publications found in Dialogue, but I decided that I didn't have time to complete it. If anyone else wants to do that, here's the list from my sandbox history. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 18:18, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incomplete bibliography of LDS History Division Publications 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Anyone who wants to study Arrington further will appreciate a guide to further reading.  It's standard for Wiki articles dealing with scholarship.  I restored & augmented it.  Rjensen (talk) 09:26, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I took out the Prince and Topping bios, since they're already in the reference section, but I could understand them being in the Further Reading section too. I added citation templates to the entries so that their format is consistent with the citations in the article. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 16:02, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Further reading

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message: I recently added Arrington's Church Historian position to his infobox. Since his position was so unique, I'm not really sure if it should go in the infobox, but it seemed helpful. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 17:39, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Church Historian in infobox