Talk:Nauvoo, Illinois

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Contents 1 Disputed Neutrality 2 Neutrality Tag Needed? 3 Wikipedia requirements 4 Breakout required?

[edit] Disputed Neutrality

Needs citations - a lot of the history here is disputed, especially references to "secrets" and "denial" that come from POV-heavy sources. Re: the whistling and whittling brigade, "vigilantes" seems a bit much (in view of the lack of any actual violent acts) and the article's text makes it sound as though the 'brigade' actually held their knives up to civilians in a threatening manner. Obviously there would have been an implied threat in a bunch of men with knives, but I've never heard of any accounts of them "holding knives near" and non-Mormons...

Basically, this article needs:

• Accuracy checks
• Citations
• Neutral POV rewrite

Another example: the Mormons supposedly threatened "any non-Mormon who dared enter" the city. The Council of Fifty article claims at least three of this supposedly secret ruling council were not members of the Mormon church. Contradictory?

The Mormon War part was very much incomplete, I agree. More mention needed to be made of non-Mormon vigilantes. That's been added with the "wolf hunt." One of many references to the operation of the Whistling and Whittling Brigade that you'd never heard of has been added. The Council of the Fifty was a secret and it had non-Mormon members. I agree that references need to be added throughout and I'll dig into them --John Hamer 03:12, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality Tag Needed?

Do we really have to have the neutrality tag here still? I am going to remove it. If anybody has a good reason for it to stay then please, please feel free to revert me. Thanks. Banes 14:51, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia requirements

Having been born and raised in western Illinois -- I thought the trivalization of the Icarian presence at Nauvoo was unwarranted. When you examine the WIU collection of the Icarian movement and documents - and the original entry "Subsequent history" - yes the Neutrality Tag was there for a reason. G. Beat 15:45, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Breakout required?

There is sufficent material to support a new article just for the 1939 - 1846 period (Mormon presence and events). The Nauvoo, Illinois entry - when compared to other city/town entries is far too large - but a main article reference could then be supported.G. Beat 15:43, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

In the article, did the mob lynch or assassinate Joseph Smith?