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Nomination for deletion of Template:Board of Directors of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (1987-2000)

Template:Board of Directors of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (1987-2000) has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:58, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Board of Directors of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (1916-1987)

Template:Board of Directors of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (1916-1987) has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:58, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Watch Tower directors tables

I like the presentation of the tables for the Watch Tower Society directors. But what is your rationale for concluding that Fisher and Macmillan each had two separate tenures as director? Some sources indicate that they were re-elected as directors, but that is something that happened each year, and the sources don't say that they stopped being directors in between. Also, the two tables could probably be merged into one? The point where one ends and the next begins seems fairly arbitrary. Thanks.--Jeffro77 (talk) 09:02, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

The source for Fisher and Macmillan having this gap is the article "Annual Meeting of Shareholders", in: The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, January 15, 1919, p. 24 (reprints p. 6379) that says, "At about 8:30 p.m. the result of the ballot was announced, as follows: J. F. Rutherford 112,000, C. A. Wise 111,712, R. H. Barber 97,828, W. E. Van Amburgh 88,307, W. E. Spill 84,148, W. F. Hudgings 75,942, C. H. Anderson 70,113, E. J. Coward 59,917, H. H. Riemer 53,134, J. F. Stephenson 52,081, E. H. Thomson 48,410, G. F. Kendall, 1,769. The seven who received the highest number of votes cast and who were declared by the judges of election as having been duly elected members of the Board of Directors of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society for the ensuing year, were: J. F. Rutherford, C. A. Wise, R. H. Barber, W. E. Van Amburgh, W. E. Spill, W. F. Hudgings, C. H. Anderson."

So, Fisher and Macmillan were not even listed for election as one of seven directors. (There could never be more than seven according to the charter.) Probably, because they were in prison. Of course, Rutherford and Van Amburgh also were in prison with them, but they were the President and Secretary-treasurer and reelected in exile, while Fisher and Macmillan had no office and were replaceable by new vice-president Wise and William Hudgings. In 1920, after being released, Fisher and Macmillan got their offices back, replacing Barber (who also replaced Bohnet in 1919) and Spill respectively.

Yes, the cut is arbitrary, but that's the fault of the Watch Tower Society because it did not provide information of succeeding directors between 1975 and 1987 when the Revisions to the Pennsylvania Charter were published. That's why we don't know who succeeded which person and that's why I put questions marks there originally. For example, the February 15, 1983 Watchtower mentions Barr being reelected in 1982, but who did he succeed: Groh after he died in 1975, Knorr after he died in 1977 or Jackson after he died in 1981? And who could have succeeded Suiter in 1983? We are entirely left in the dark on all positions except President Franz, Vice-President Henschel and Secretary-Treasurer Swingle between 1975 and 1987 because they lived through. That's why I would not merge the two templates and just start a new, fresh one from 1987. Junkönig (talk) 18:57, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

An excellent summary. Based on on your response, I have restored the question marks to reflect the 7 director positions you've indicated in the charter. I have kept the references for the people whose tenures ended rather than with the question marks, as the sources refer to the named individuals rather than the 'vacancies'. (I'm not sure though that each director explicitly had a 'successor' per se, and it may be that some directors were not immediately replaced.)--Jeffro77 (talk) 07:25, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Correct grammar

Despite your deference to a Watch Tower Society Yearbook from the 1970s, the correct grammar is indeed "Jehovah's Witnesses is ... a denomination", for the same reason that a native English speaker would not say "Mad Men are a television series", despite men being plural. This is standard usage for compound proper nouns containing a plural form that function in the singular. Additionally, your confusion may stem from the Watch Tower Society's ambiguous usage of the same term to interchangeably refer to the denomination or its members collectively. See also WP:JW#Referring to Jehovah's Witnesses.--Jeffro77 Talk 09:23, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

I'll comply with the established rules. Junkönig (talk) 16:06, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Categories

I've removed various categories that were added to redirects for current and former JW Governing Body members. Article categories are not generally used for redirects. For more information, see Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects. In the event that any of the individuals has sufficient notability to warrant separate articles in the future, those categories can of course be restored, and are readily available in the page history.--Jeffro77 Talk 05:20, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:New Zealand Jehovah's Witnesses

A tag has been placed on Category:New Zealand Jehovah's Witnesses indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:57, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Canadian Jehovah’s Witnesses missionaries

Hello, Junkönig,

Category redirects are different than article redirects. Please look at the code/template on this page so you better understand how category redirects are created. Then, if you want to make a proper category redirect in the future, you'll know how to do it. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:13, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Christian congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses

A tag has been placed on Christian congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a recently created redirect from an implausible typo or misnomer, or other unlikely search term.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Jeffro77 Talk 00:51, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

'Special creation'

The term 'special creation' refers to the pseudoscientific belief that the whole universe (not just 'life') was created by a deity or other sentient supernatural force. It is not the correct analogue to be contrasted with evolution. The correct term for the various pseudoscientific beliefs about the development of life is 'intelligent design'.--Jeffro77 Talk 23:42, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

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