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LDS doctrine aside, how does this intersect with a more realistic view of Central American history? Shouldn't this article be marked as mythology or something? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.209.175.75 ( talk) 23:53, 31 January 2008 (UTC) reply

Can anyone confirm that the John Smith that I linked to is the correct John Smith? Thmazing ( talk) 03:42, 15 March 2008 (UTC)Thmazing reply

Hi,

I can tell you with some confidence that John Smith (Joseph Smith Junior’s uncle) was a citizen of the small Iowa settlement of "Zarahemla". (See Richard Lyman Bushman’s, Joseph Smith Rough Stone Rolling, pg. 469) Kovesh ( talk) 20:01, 12 January 2010 (UTC) reply

I have amended the caption for the scene from Testaments and am having some difficulty uploading the picture again. Sorry! Kovesh ( talk) 20:33, 12 January 2010 (UTC) reply

In an effort to help improve the article, I have taken the basic outline, reworded and reorganized it in places, added a short new section on the local literary setting, and supplied the article with references. Kovesh ( talk) 00:29, 13 January 2010 (UTC) reply

I have supplied additional commentary and a reference regarding D&C 125 Kovesh ( talk) 17:46, 13 January 2010 (UTC) reply

continuing to make minor corrections and improvements. Kovesh ( talk) 21:25, 14 January 2010 (UTC) reply

Made more improvements and removed the "Cleanup" tag. Kovesh ( talk) 21:42, 16 January 2010 (UTC) reply