Talk:Thomas S. Monson

Significant re-write, needs more citations

I removed a fair amount of duplication, consolidated timelines, and worked to improve readability. Also some removal of culture-specific terms and church jargon was re-worded. A number of vague claims, though probably believable, lack citations. Deaddebate (talk) 05:35, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the efforts to improve the article. One thing I think would be helpful when making such large amounts of change would be to do it in smaller chunks, allowing other editors to follow what has been done more easily. ChristensenMJ (talk) 22:28, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

I agree. I normally would have, but as a re-write it was much easier to read and edit it as a whole. Thanks for your continued editing. Deaddebate (talk) 01:13, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

Monson's 90th birthday

I applaud how ChristensenMJ reverted a well-intentioned edit to this article about what President Monson would want for a 90th birthday gift. I fully support that revert. However, Monson marking 90 years a couple of days ago puts him as the 7th LDS Church President to be a nonagenarian. I felt that was important to mention. What I don't know is whether or not the source I cited in adding this information to the article mentions the historical nature of this milestone. If it does not, I am happy to have that source replaced or removed. But I felt the fact of the milestone warranted some mention. Thoughts? --Jgstokes (talk) 04:06, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

In view of the citation needed tag that has (rightfully) been added to the sentence in question (as the cited article does not explicitly state this), I just wanted to note that I will be looking this weekend to try and find a better source for this information. The only reason I know this is the case is that I keep files of random information like this fact, so based on those records, it is accurate. However, in the same breath I know that it takes something more reliable than that to verify such information. So I will work on that. Thanks again. --Jgstokes (talk) 05:15, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 30 September 2017

change "Successor: Boyd K. Packer" to "Successor: Russell M. Nelson" 24.205.68.163 (talk) 15:44, 1 October 2017 (UTC) –</ref></ref></ref></ref></ref></ref></ref>

Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:51, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Aside from the note above about the request, it should remembered that this is not a correct edit. The succession being addressed is that of president of the Quorum of the Twelve, not as president of the church. Boyd K. Packer did succeed Monson as president of the Twelve, with Nelson then being the successor upon Packer's passing. ChristensenMJ (talk) 16:03, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

References

Same Position Under 2 Church Presidents

Contrary to what is asserted in the infobox, Monson did not continuously serve as Second Counselor from November 10, 1985-March 3. 1995. He served as Second Counselor to Benson from November 10, 1985-May 30, 1994, then as Second Counselor to Hunter from June 5, 1994-March 3, 1985. There was no First Presidency between May 30 and June 5 1994. The infoboxes should not imply continuous service when that's inaccurate. This may be a wider problem in all infoboxes of First Presidency members. If that's something we need to discuss at the infobox level, I'd welcome the chance to do so. But this needs to be resolved. Thanks. Jgstokes (talk) 02:40, 5 July 2023 (UTC)