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The following was formerly found on Talk:Russell M. Nelson/Comments, but has been moved here, where it belongs. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 17:40, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that more citations are needed to support certain assertions made in the article. Magnetic Flux (talk) 05:15, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wendy Watson Nelson

There is a mini-bio for Wendy Watson Nelson (Wendy L. Watson) under the Family section. This should be shortened to one sentence, and the other information can be put in her own article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by X-Kind (talk • contribs) 10:15, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

She doesn't have an article, unless you happened to add an incorrect link. If you click on Wendy L. Watson, there's a redirect that takes you back to this article, making the added link either misdirected or pointless. --Jgstokes (talk) 10:50, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
My point is she doesn't have an article, but she should because there is too much information about her on this page that has little to do with Russel M. Nelson. X-Kind (talk) 01:28, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree with that. If you say that Nelson's second wife is deserving of her own article, you should also say every wife of every apostle who has ever served in the LDS Church merits one, and we know this is not the case. We include as much information about each apostolic wife as we have available. In Wendy Watson Nelson's case, there's a little more information available about her due to her status as a BYU professor who became the 2nd wife of an apostle. If you do try to establish a separate article for Watson Nelson, odds are it will be subject to speedy deletion due to a lack of sufficient verifiable information to warrant keeping such an article. But you're welcome to try. I just speak as someone who has had several articles I have created about prominent Church members deleted because their notability in sources independent of the Church was limited. I wouldn't want the same thing to happen to Watson Nelson's article, if you did decide to create one. --Jgstokes (talk) 05:29, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nelson's status as Quorum President

There has been somewhat of an edit war going on on this page, with some insisting that no citation is needed for the "fact" that Nelson is now President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Those of us with a sound understanding of the way succession works in the Church, particularly as it relates to the apostleship, agree that Nelson is now the Quorum President. However, there has been no source indicating that he has been set apart or sustained in that capacity, either by the Council of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles or by the Church at large. Until that happens, and until we have a source to cite that states it has happened, we can only say that with Packer's death, Nelson becomes the de facto Quorum President and attach a citation needed tag on it. Not only is this necessary, it's also Wikipedia policy. So I would respectfully ask that Nelson only be referred to as the de facto Quorum President unless and until we have a source stating that he has been so sustained and set apart. When we do have a source, the current wording can be adjusted accordingly. Until that time, please do not revert the information as it now stands until a consensus is reached on this matter or a source is provided. Thank you. --Jgstokes (talk) 10:57, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nelson was officially set apart today as Quorum President, as reported by the Mormon Newsroom at lds.org. I have added that source to the list of sources in this article. I have also added a citation needed tag for the "fact" that Nelson is the oldest living apostle. If such a tag was needed until a reference was found for Perry, this article should carry that tag until a source is cited to verify this information. Comments? --Jgstokes (talk) 23:35, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nelson's status as President of the Church

An anonymous editor has pre-emptively changed President Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve to President of the Church, prior to his announcement of leadership on 16 January. While this may appear to be a foregone conclusion, the Church's official newsroom and newspaper have not yet announced such change, but only the Pres Nelson (of the Q12) will make an announcement to the Church at 9AM MST. Let's please allow the actual facts to drive the article - thanks. ShaziDaoren (talk) 12:01, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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