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Removed link from further reading

Wikipedia says that sources under further reading should be reliable including: "historically important publications; creative works or primary sources discussed extensively in the article; and seminal, but now outdated, scientific papers." The link for

Nola Redd, Relief Society Presidents: Amy Brown Lyman

is a blog. while it does offer some other information on Amy Brown Lyman, I do not believe that it is completely reliable. It doesn't have any citations or references. It also does not add significantly to the information already provided in the article. I removed the link for those reasons. Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 17:35, 21 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Removed source

There seems to be some contradiction as to when Lyman taught at BYA. In the source:

Ernest L. Wilkinson, Brigham Young University: The First 100 Years (Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 1975) vol. 1, p. 579.

it states that Lyman was part of the faculty from 1888 to 1894, however in "Sister Saints" and in The Encyclopedia of Mormonism it states that she only taught for 4 years at BYA and then two years at an elementary school in Salt Lake City. They agree that she stopped teaching in 1894. Since she started school at BYA in 1888, I assume that the dates in the book were incorrect and she began teaching in 1890, when she graduated. I removed the source I believe is incorrect (it was also the only time it was included in the article). Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 16:30, 21 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Removed information

I took out the following information from Family Background because it just talks about her father and would be more relevant on his page. The information occurs before Lyman was even born. Here is the information:

This group of Mormons were aware that Brigham Young and the rest of the Quorum of the Twelve had begun the exodus of the Mormons from Nauvoo, Illinois; however, early in 1846, they decided that the best way to join up with the main body of the church was to go west and meet in the mountains. They spent the winter in Pueblo, Colorado, where they were joined by the Mormon Battalion sick detachment, and then traveled north to meet up with the advance company under Young. Amgisseman(BYU) (talk) 15:44, 21 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]