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October 17, 2006	Good article reassessment	Delisted
September 6, 2012	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
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February 17, 2024	Peer review	Reviewed
May 1, 2025	Good article reassessment	Kept
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No consensus, 11 January 2005, from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, see discussion.
Moved, 20 September 2006, from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, see discussion.
Not moved, 29 June 2014, to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, see discussion.
Not moved, 17 May 2018, to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, see discussion.
Not moved, 18 December 2022, to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, see discussion.

Article review

I am reviewing good articles to see if they still meet the good article criteria, and noticed that this article has lots of uncited text, including entire paragraphs. Since this article has recently completed peer reviews, is anyone interested in resolving these, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 02:42, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Kept. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:20, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lots of uncited statements. Z1720 (talk) 02:27, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Generally speaking, this is better sourced than it was when it was originally promoted. There are a few non-controversial paragraphs near the start that have never had citations; if that’s the issue, we can work on it. Lastly, there are about a half dozen tags that have crept in over the last 3-4 years when someone has added something that’s either uncited, poorly cited, miscited, etc. I’ve been hesitant to strike those totally though because I don’t want to WP:OWN the article, but if those are the issue then I can certainly strike them, no big deal. Trevdna (talk) 02:52, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Trevdna: If an editor couldn't find a reliable source to support a claim, I would removing the information. If you are still unsure, you can always remove the information and open a discussion on the talk page. Z1720 (talk) 12:13, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I’ll go through and either remove or find citations for statements that are currently uncited or that have tags on them. Give me a couple of days. Trevdna (talk) 14:15, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I actually got some time to go through and handle these right now. (Decided to just do it and keep it off my to-do list.) How does the article look to you as it currently stands?

Note that per my understanding of MOS:LEADCITE, few if any citations are required in the lead section, as it summarizes content that is properly cited elsewhere in the article. But let me know what your thoughts on it are. Some citations are present for items that, in the original editor's judgement, may have been controversial or challenged, or I guess where they thought that having a citation specific to that statement was just a good idea. Trevdna (talk) 16:29, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Citations only need to be in the lead under specific circumstances (like quoting someone) but usually they are not needed and should be removed. The information in the lead should also be in the article body. I have added "citation needed" tags to various locations that need citations. Z1720 (talk) 17:46, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I think that should do it. All the items you tagged have now been addressed. And all citations have been removed from the article lead, one way or another. Let me know what you think. Trevdna (talk) 19:26, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

"JustServe" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect JustServe has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 May 27 § JustServe until a consensus is reached. Rusalkii (talk) 18:47, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"may serve as missionaries"

In the sentence of the leading paragraphs for "may serve as missionaries", is the intent to link to the general "Missionary" article (which defines what a missionary is in general) or should it be the specific "Mormon missionary" article (which goes in detail about Mormon missionaries)? Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 09:06, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]