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"+" is a plus sign not an ampersand. KriZe 22:12, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
I deleted the Voree Plates photo because of a copyright issue. I thought I had obtained the proper permissions, but it turned out that this was not the case. Hence, the photo has been removed. - Ecjmartin 23:51, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
I returned the material on the script used on the Voree plates (after heavy editing and some expansion) to the article. While LeContexte certainly makes a point about relying upon unknown authors and unpublished papers on partisan websites, there really isn't much else out there on this particular subject at the moment that is NOT from partisan--i.e. Strangite--websites. Outside of the dimunitive Strangite church and a few Mormon history enthusiasts, very few folks have even heard of the Voree Plates! While I thoroughly understand and agree with LeContexte's reluctance to rely too heavily upon partisan or unpublished sources, I also believe that this does not necessarily invalidate the conclusions presented there, either. Hence, I rewrote the material, emphasizing the preliminary and partisan nature of the source material--but also allowing it to be presented so that the reader might draw their own conclusions (and maybe even that some qualified person or persons might ultimately become interested in doing serious scholarly inquiry into Strang's text for themselves; this is entirely outside the scope of my own talents!). I also eliminated the unsourced material about the alleged boustrophedon nature of the text and added material on comparison between Strang's diary code-text and the Voree Plates text. Comments, anyone?? - Ecjmartin ( talk) 15:57, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Of course the plates are "forgeries". All "plates" of allegedly divine origin related to the Book of Mormon are by definition forgeries since Jesus never commissioned any such plates. What's the point of asking whether any particular plates are "forgeries"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.9.170.26 ( talk) 09:17, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Over at Golden Plates user:Routerone and user:John Foxe are claiming that the Voree Plates were proven to be fraudulent. Can someone here add some insight? Mormography ( talk) 03:20, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
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"+" is a plus sign not an ampersand. KriZe 22:12, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
I deleted the Voree Plates photo because of a copyright issue. I thought I had obtained the proper permissions, but it turned out that this was not the case. Hence, the photo has been removed. - Ecjmartin 23:51, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
I returned the material on the script used on the Voree plates (after heavy editing and some expansion) to the article. While LeContexte certainly makes a point about relying upon unknown authors and unpublished papers on partisan websites, there really isn't much else out there on this particular subject at the moment that is NOT from partisan--i.e. Strangite--websites. Outside of the dimunitive Strangite church and a few Mormon history enthusiasts, very few folks have even heard of the Voree Plates! While I thoroughly understand and agree with LeContexte's reluctance to rely too heavily upon partisan or unpublished sources, I also believe that this does not necessarily invalidate the conclusions presented there, either. Hence, I rewrote the material, emphasizing the preliminary and partisan nature of the source material--but also allowing it to be presented so that the reader might draw their own conclusions (and maybe even that some qualified person or persons might ultimately become interested in doing serious scholarly inquiry into Strang's text for themselves; this is entirely outside the scope of my own talents!). I also eliminated the unsourced material about the alleged boustrophedon nature of the text and added material on comparison between Strang's diary code-text and the Voree Plates text. Comments, anyone?? - Ecjmartin ( talk) 15:57, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Of course the plates are "forgeries". All "plates" of allegedly divine origin related to the Book of Mormon are by definition forgeries since Jesus never commissioned any such plates. What's the point of asking whether any particular plates are "forgeries"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.9.170.26 ( talk) 09:17, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Over at Golden Plates user:Routerone and user:John Foxe are claiming that the Voree Plates were proven to be fraudulent. Can someone here add some insight? Mormography ( talk) 03:20, 25 October 2010 (UTC)