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University newspaper (selected articles)

Around the web

New features in MuseScore 0.9.5 (14 April 2009)

Release notes for MuseScore

Reflections on water (18 February 2009)

In Uganda my daily experience with water was very different from my normal life. I wrote a guest blog post for Sustainable Good.

MuseScore v. Finale NotePad (8 September 2008)

Compares the features of MuseScore and Finale NotePad. The post is cited by more than a half-dozen blogs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) and Lasconic translated the blog post to French.

Joseph Smith Hymn Festival [PDF] (July 2005)

Readings used for a hymn festival commemorating the bicentennial of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Approximately 300 people attended the event at Kirtland Temple (6 pages).

Emma Smith Hymn Festival (July 2004)

Sarah Thatcher and I created the “Emma Smith Hymn Festival” in 2004 to commemorate Emma’s 200th birthday. The event became an annual tradition at the Kirtland Temple in Kirtland, Ohio.

Wikipedia

Double buzz (May 2005)

On a phenomena of trumpet or brass playing known as a “double buzz.”

The Spirit of God Like a Fire Is Burning (Hymn) (February 2005)

On a popular hymn of the Latter Day Saint movement.

Emma Hale Smith (January 2005)

Expanded Wikipedia article on Emma Smith from a one-paragraph stub to an article of substance. (Details)

Significance of Emma Smith article

Emma Smith was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement and wife of the founder, Joseph Smith, Jr.. Despite her prominent place in church history her article contained no more than two or three sentences, which led Wikipedia contributor, Cool Hand Luke, to call it “the most embarrassing stub in Mormonism,” in October 2004.

The article for Joseph Smith, Jr. was created in 2001, the same year the Wikipedia project started and stands today as a 5,000 word article. While my additions in January 2005 bring Emma’s article to a modest 700 words, it is my hope that it will continue to be edited and improved in the months and years to come.

Update (13 Feb 05): John Hamer has significantly expanded the information on Emma’s life, bringing the article to a respectable 2,500 words.

Development of article

  1. In January 2004 the original “stub” article was created for Emma Hale Smith. It contained the following text:

    Emma Hale Smith (1804 - 1879) was the wife of Joseph Smith, Jr. and an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement. She was also the first president of the Relief Society, one of the world’s oldest and largest women’s organizations. [1]

  2. In July 2004, someone felt it appropriate to add, “She was an amazing woman and an inspiration to many.” [2]

  3. During month of January 2005, substantial changes and additions bring an end to the article status as a “stub.”

  4. February 2005, John Hamer significantly expands article to include more information on Emma’s life.