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Revert multiple changes

I have reverted an extensive rewrite of the article because of a multitude of problems. Wording drawn from the source material has been altered, he was referred to subsequently as "Joseph" instead of Rutherford, opinion injected on "unfair" charges laid against the directors, the patently absurd assertion that Rutherford's requirement for Bible Stidents to sell literature door to door and file weekly reports was "in line" with first century Christians; that the altered date of Christ's return was "carrying on" from Russell's teaching and the capitalising of birthdays. LTSally (talk) 19:27, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kingdom songs

I've no idea why such a minor point should have become such a point of contention for a certain editor (see his reverts here and here), but the fact that the term "Kingdom songs" was in common use among Jehovah's Witnesses for years before Rutherford's death seems sufficient to establish that the term is appropriate in an article on Rutherford. Ironically, the term itself wasn't even used in the article's text, but only in a link. When an editor insists upon "evidence that he did use that specific term", that ignores the international ubiquity of the term as early as 1934. I'd look for additional examples, but it seems unwarranted. For now, see Between Resistance and Martyrdom: Jehovah's Witnesses in the Third Reich by Detlef Garbe, Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2008, ISBN 0299207900, 9780299207908, page 207.
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 I have reverted an extensive rewrite of the article because of a multitude of problems. Wording drawn from the source material has been altered, he was referred to subsequently as "Joseph" instead of Rutherford, opinion injected on "unfair" charges laid against the directors, the patently absurd assertion that Rutherford's ''requirement'' for Bible Stidents to sell literature door to door and file weekly reports was "in line" with first century Christians; that the altered date of Christ's return was "carrying on" from Russell's teaching and the capitalising of birthdays. [[User:LTSally|LTSally]] ([[User talk:LTSally|talk]]) 19:27, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
+== Kingdom songs ==
+I've no idea why such a minor point should have become such a point of contention for a certain editor (see his reverts [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Franklin_Rutherford&diff=prev&oldid=344579848 here] and
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Franklin_Rutherford&diff=next&oldid=344674475 here]), but the fact that the term "Kingdom songs" was in common use among Jehovah's Witnesses for years before Rutherford's death seems sufficient to establish that the term is appropriate in an article on Rutherford. Ironically, the term itself wasn't even used in the article's text, but only in a link. When an editor [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:AuthorityTam&diff=next&oldid=338000713 insists upon "evidence that he did use that specific term",] that ignores the international ubiquity of the term as early as 1934. I'd look for additional examples, but it seems unwarranted. For now, see ''Between Resistance and Martyrdom: Jehovah's Witnesses in the Third Reich'' by Detlef Garbe, Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2008, ISBN 0299207900, 9780299207908, page 207.<br />--[[User:AuthorityTam|AuthorityTam]] ([[User talk:AuthorityTam|talk]]) 15:56, 18 February 2010 (UTC)